20 movies that feel like a dream

La La Land | Image Source: Summit Entertainmen
La La Land | Image Source: Summit Entertainment

12) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Image Source: Focus Features
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Image Source: Focus Features

In Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel and Clementine, as embodied by Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, pursue each other after a breakup with a radical kind of cure: erase one another from their memories. Reality is confused with memory: the movie uses surreal imagery and fractured chronology, that mimics the dreamscapes so often found bewildering. Its emotional depth, combined with unconventional visuals, makes for a powerful exploration of love, loss, and the impermanence of relationships—all of which leave the viewer feeling as though they have witnessed a fleeting, poignant dream.

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Edited by Sangeeta Mathew
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