Thriller movies about dreams

A list of the best thriller movies about dreams, selected by visitors to our site: The Call, Uncut Gems, The Place Beyond the Pines, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, The Guest, The Ides of March, The Raven, Sneaky Pete, Shutter Island, The Devil All the Time.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

    A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

      A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

        Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
        Duration01:50

        A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

          An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:32

          Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, drama, history
          CountryUSA, Germany, India
          Duration02:39

            During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:03

            Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:58

              When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, adventure, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
              Duration01:33

              The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

              What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA, Mexico
              Duration01:45

              A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrethriller, drama, biography
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration02:00

              As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:35

              Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:55

                A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:52

                A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
                Duration01:47

                France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:04

                Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrehorror, thriller
                CountryUSA

                On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

                An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:32

                  Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:44

                  Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:45

                  Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, military
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Mexico
                  Duration02:02

                  A second rated journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                  A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                    Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
                    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
                    Duration01:53

                    Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:35

                    When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:52

                      After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:30

                      A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

                      Markimdb: 7.1
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:10

                      Marnie is a beautiful kleptomaniac who is in love with businessman Mark Rutland. Marnie who is a compulsive thief is being watched by her new boss Mark who suspects her of stealing from him and thus decides to blackmail her in the most unusual way. A psychological thriller from Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel of the same name by Winston Graham.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:33

                      When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrethriller, drama, detective
                      CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
                      Duration01:35

                      Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:49

                      A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrethriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:58

                      Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:02

                      Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.

                      Markimdb: 7.3
                      Genrethriller, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:31

                        Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

                        Markimdb: 8.5
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                        Duration02:31

                        To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

                        Markimdb: 7.4
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA
                        Duration02:19

                        Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

                        Markimdb: 8.1
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:33

                          When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

                          Markimdb: 7.3
                          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration01:45

                          New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

                          Markimdb: 6.8
                          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, Mexico, France

                          Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

                          Markimdb: 7.1
                          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration01:42

                          A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

                          Markimdb: 8.6
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:07

                          Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.




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