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Man uses meditation to escape his mental illness.

A humanoid hunter starts to wonder what it means to be alive, whether life is born or manufactured.

A psychology/philosophy of mind narrative about a man's psychological collapse as every member of society appears to homogenize into repeated units.

Lucia
Lucia (2013)
A: 1.0 Q: 3.0 R: 1.7

A man suffering from insomnia can finally sleep thanks to a drug, Lucia, that causes lucid dreaming. Fantasy and reality become intertwined.

Lack of emotions, bipolar characters, use of drugs and placebos, social experimentation.

A clerk in a government agency finds his unenviable life takes a turn for the horrific with the arrival of a new co-worker

In post-WWII America, a Native American war veteran, mute and suffering from migranes, is given psychotherapy, exploring his dreams and traumatic past.

A man who steals corporate secrets from people's minds while they dream is given one last job: plant an idea in someone's mind.

Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, Beyond the Black Rainbow is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories

A surrealistic depiction of a man's confusion between dreams and reality, as he tries to win a woman's heart.

Paprika
Paprika (2006)
A: 3.1 Q: 4.5 R: 4.3

A machine that allows therapists to enter patients' dreams is stolen, and the line between reality and fantasy is blurred.

In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

A long-mustached man shaves his mustache and is shocked when no one notices; he is further befuddled as his friends claim he hadn't worn a mustache in 15 years.

Code 46
Code 46 (2003)
A: 3.4 Q: 3.5 R: 4.1

A futuristic detective has a gift for reading people's minds.

Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky (2001)
A: 2.9 Q: 3.7 R: 3.4

A man is trapped in his own dreams.

A man tries to reconcile his experiences in multiple phenomenal worlds.

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

A viewing of the lucidity of the afterlife as a dream/nightmare and concepts of Heaven and Hell is discussed in the imaginary sense.

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