Dreams

Dreams

The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

1990119 min7.7 / 10

A meditative anthology of dreamscapes that blends the personal and universal, using surreal imagery and magic realism to explore mortality, art, nature, and the human condition.

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Dreams one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 98% of films.

  • Is Dreams sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Dreams violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Dreams scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Dreams end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Dreams easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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90/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise81

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love93

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like Dreams, and what each one shares →

Like Dreams

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Dreams

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Dreams, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Dreams, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Dreams, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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