Magical Realism Movies

An isolated young black man leaves reality behind to become a giant Octopus.

A story about the strange appearance of an unusual person in the rural courtyard of ordinary people. One evening, Pelayo, the owner of the yard met a...

Follows a woman who sells words so potent that they even influence a powerful man’s quest for the presidency.

In the wake of her parents' divorce, 13 year old Nova is confronted by an identical but seemingly older version of herself called The Other, forcing...

A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love.

A woman struggles to keep her fading family restaurant alive, stuck upholding its legacy alone. When Meng Po — the old goddess who serves soup...

When Martin is fired and subsequently forced to move in with his sister following a Misophonia outburst at work, he sets out on a comically...

With a taxidermy parrot and pistol in hand, Praxi, breaks into the home of a mute spiritual guru who trapped his lover’s soul inside the parrot...

The villagers, who think that Hasan is dead, believe that he has mystical powers when he opens his eyes. The subsequent course of events begins to...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT. On his daily dog walk in the Peaks, Cary stumbles upon something otherworldly: a giant monolith, standing...

Over two summers, between city streets and forest paths, young art student Adnan has a series of unexpected intimate encounters.

A disheveled, humanoid Moth, drawn into a 24/7 optometrist office by the allure of its neon-light sign, regales the attending physician about his...

A young woman is forced to deal with her identity crises, when a mysterious old woman squats on her chest.

Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town,...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY follows Craig Smith, a young man grappling with trauma and grief - embodied in the form of a red backpack. Despite his efforts to rid...

A supernatural encounter burdens the recently retired Mr. Melih with an existential awakening. Soon he, his wife, and their daughter are all haunted...

In a world where suicide requires a permit, a man seeking to end his life meets "Soulbound." To regain his permit, he must spend a day with this...

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s...

Hazel Monroe, a trans pageant queen finds herself back in the spotlight to reclaim the space she once fled. But as the pressure mounts, her surreal...