Surreal Movies

2016 • Rating 8.5 • animation, romance, drama

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

Genre: Animation, Romance, Drama

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Family, Teens

Plot: High School, Race Against Time, Dreams, Afterlife, Natural Disaster, Supernatural, Time Travel, Comet, Romance, Tragedy

Time: Year 2016, 2010S, Time Travel Era, 2016-08-26

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yuuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaito Ishikawa

2026 • Rating 7.9 • animation, comedy, family

A small goat with big dreams gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball, a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Underdog, Friendship, Sports, Allies, Ambition, Bullying, Challenge, Basketball, Rivalry, Coming Of Age

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-11

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Stephen Curry, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour

1995 • Rating 7.9 • animation, drama, family

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."

Genre: Animation, Drama, Family

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Family

Plot: Dreams, Library, Italy, Violin, Writing, Education, Love, Train, Based On Manga, Cartoon Cat

Time: Year 1995, 1990S, 1995-07-15

Place: Japan, Japanese

Cast: Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Minami Takayama, Mayumi Izuka

2019 • Rating 7.7 • animation, family, adventure

As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.

Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Family, Teens

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Flying, Villain, Melancholy, Vikings (Norsemen), Sequel, Overpopulation, Dragon, Love Interest, Based On Children'S Book

Time: Year 2019, 2010S, 2019-01-03

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson

2025 • Rating 7.2 • mystery, thriller

Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Mind Bending, Surreal, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Manipulation, Psychological Thriller, Housekeeper, Dominance, Attic, Housemaid, Enigmatic, Adaptation, Secrets

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-12-18

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, Elizabeth Perkins, Indiana Elle

1998 • Rating 7.1 • mystery, drama, thriller

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Surreal, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: New York City, Hacker, Ark Of The Covenant, Insanity, Paranoia, Mathematics, Mathematician, Delusion, Helix, Headache

Time: Year 1998, 1990S, 1998-07-10

Place: United States Of America, English, New York, Future City

Cast: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Pearlman, Samia Shoaib

1986 • Rating 7.1 • action, drama, romance

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance

Style: Mind Bending, Surreal

Audience: Date Night, Teens

Plot: Dying And Death, Secret Love, Lovesickness, Airplane, Loss Of Loved One, Self Discovery, Hostility, Fighter Pilot, Pilot, Training Camp

Time: Year 1986, 1980S, 1986-05-16

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt, Michael Ironside

1986 • Rating 6.4 • fantasy, horror

A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

Genre: Fantasy, Horror

Style: Dark, Surreal

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Gore, Surrealism, Fireplace, Storm, Doll, Toy Maker, Candlestick, Traveling, Toymaker, Possessed Doll

Time: Year 1986, 1980S, 1986-10-27

Place: Italy, United States Of America, English

Cast: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason, Bunty Bailey