Highest-Rated Movies about 'Dream Within A Dream'

Inception (2010), Mulholland Dr. (2001), An American Werewolf in London (1981), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Vanilla Sky (2001), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Dream Within A Dream movies.

#1. Inception (2010)

Storyline: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

Plot Keywords: dream, subconscious, ambiguous ending, thief, psycho thriller, surprise ending, written by director ...

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#2. Mulholland Dr. (2001)

Storyline: A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, and the mysterious night club Silencio.

Plot Keywords: lesbian sex, lesbian kiss, lesbian, lesbianism, female masturbation, strong sexual content, female nudity ...

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#3. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Storyline: Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural deaths.

Plot Keywords: werewolf, college student, london england, monster as victim, pentagram, london underground, contemplating suicide ...

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#4. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Storyline: With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems.

Plot Keywords: fantasy becomes reality, h.p. lovecraft, madness, ghost town, manhattan new york city, double barreled shotgun, mental institution ...

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#5. Vanilla Sky (2001)

Storyline: Incarcerated and charged with murder, David Aames Jr. is telling the story of how he got to where he is to McCabe, the police psychologist. That story includes: being the 51% shareholder of a major publishing firm, which he inherited from his long deceased parents; the firm's board, appointed by David Aames Sr., being the 49% shareholders who would probably like to see him gone as they see him as being too irresponsible and immature to run the company; his best bro friendship with author, Brian Shelby; his "friends with benefits" relationship with Julie Gianni, who saw their relationship in a slightly different light; his budding romance with Sofia Serrano, who Brian brought to David's party as his own date and who Brian saw as his own possible life mate; and being in an accident which disfigured his face and killed the person who caused the accident. But as the story proceeds, David isn't sure what is real and what is a dream/nightmare as many facets of the story are incompatible to ...

Plot Keywords: dream, remake, lucid dream, amnesia, mental institution, nightmare, mask ...

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#6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Storyline: Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw other people into her dreams. Working with a male doctor assigned to the case, Nancy helps the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of her charges, she leads a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all.

Plot Keywords: reference to edgar allan poe, corpse, dream within a dream, orderly, cut arm, nurse, slow motion scene ...

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#7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Storyline: The general public is concerned over having Superman on their planet and letting the "Dark Knight" - Batman - pursue the streets of Gotham. While this is happening, a power-phobic Batman tries to attack Superman. Meanwhile, Superman tries to settle on a decision, and Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermind and millionaire, tries to use his own advantages to fight the "Man of Steel".

Plot Keywords: based on comic book, superhero, dc comics, sequel, vigilante, revenge, british actor playing american character ...

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#8. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

Storyline: It's nearing the 10th Anniversary of the film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and one of the stars, Heather Langenkamp is being scared by a voice on a phone, sounding very similar to the film's villain, Freddy Krueger. When Heather's husband is killed in a car accident and is discovered with slash marks on him, Heather starts to wonder something. Especially when she discovers that Wes Craven is writing another 'Nightmare' film. Soon, she realizes that Freddy has now entered the real world, and the only way to defeat him is to become Nancy Thompson once again.

Plot Keywords: alternate reality, cult film, filmmaking, dream, knife, death, film actor ...

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#9. Revenge (2017)

Storyline: The story sees three wealthy, middle-aged CEOs - all married family men - get together for their annual hunting game in a desert canyon. It's a way for them to let off steam and affirm their manhood with guns. But this time, one of them has come along with his young mistress, who quickly arouses the interest of the two others. Things get out of hand and she is left for dead in the middle of this arid hell. However, the young woman is very much alive, and the hunting game turns into a ruthless manhunt.

Plot Keywords: revenge, male rear nudity, violence, male nudity, desert, rape and revenge, male frontal nudity ...

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#10. Raising Cain (1992)

Storyline: Jenny Nix, wife of eminent child psychologist Carter Nix, becomes increasingly concerned about her husband's seemingly obsessive concern over the upbringing of their daughter. Her own adulterous affair with an old flame, however, causes her to neglect her motherly duties until a spate of local kidnapings forces her to accept the possibility that he may be trying to recreate the twisted mind-control experiments of his discreditied psychologist father.

Plot Keywords: psychologist, wig, drugged drink, playground, twin brother, flashback, long take ...

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#11. American Fable (2016)

Storyline: When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her beloved father is hiding a wealthy man in her family's silo in order to save their struggling farm, she is forced to choose between saving the man's life or protecting her family from the consequences of their actions. AMERICAN FABLE is a fairytale thriller set in the 1980s rural Midwest about a courageous girl living in a dark - sometimes magical - world.

Plot Keywords: held captive, hostage, mysterious woman, dream sequence, telling a story, dark secret, death of pet ...

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#12. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)

Storyline: A film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's novel. After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.—Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

Plot Keywords: male frontal nudity, dysfunctional marriage, adulterous wife, lust, leg spreading, female pubic hair, female full frontal nudity ...

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#13. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

Storyline: Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son?

Plot Keywords: comic book, loss of boyfriend, diving board, hand through chest, fetus, force feeding, domineering mother ...

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#14. An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

Storyline: The daughter of the werewolf from AWIL is alive and living in Paris where her mother (from the first film) and stepfather are trying to overcome her lycanthropic disease. A trio of American tourists on a thrill seeking trip around Europe manage to stop her from plunging to her death from the top of the Eiffel tower and are embroiled in a horrific but often hilarious plot involving a secret society of werewolves based in the city and a drug which allows werewolves to change at any time... This time there's no need for a full moon...

Plot Keywords: werewolf, full moon, breasts, cleavage, female nudity, public nudity, american abroad ...

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#15. Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

Storyline: Sharon Da Silva believes that she is on the run with her adoptive father because he killed a man in self-defense when she was young. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, living under the alias of Heather Mason, plagued by horrific nightmares and the disappearance of her father, Sharon discovers he has been protecting her from a religious cult called the Order of Valtiel. The revelation leads her deeper into a demonic world that threatens to trap her forever in a place known as Silent Hill.

Plot Keywords: hitchhiking, evil clown, missing father, abandoned mine, private investigator, vagrant, writing in blood ...

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