Magical Realism Movies

To fight plant and animal cruelty, a vegan joins a cult and must harness photosynthesis before starving to death.

Nwa, a British-Nigerian woman, is in torment for not being able to have children. However, a transformative baptism leads her on an unusual journey...

After disappearing during a dive at sea, Cristián, a Chilean fisherman trapped in his own violence and guilt, returns months later to his...

Luca Venditto, a down-on-his-luck filmmaker drowning in student debt from film school, scrapes by working in a restaurant to make ends meet. One...

A retired mother becomes increasingly devoted to “The Jakrak Society", a cult that believes in healing through palm energy, as her illness...

Marija returns to Latvia hoping to regain not only a sense of home, but also her close relationship with her friend, Sofija. Longing for the freedom...

Amid Guanajuato's vibrant streets, an aging filmmaker becomes a modern Don Quixote, joined by a spirited young animator as his loyal Sanchia....

The myths of Orpheus and Charon are interwoven with the entirely sung story of four friends dining in an Italian bistro who are fated to perish the...

June's struggle to pay rent causes a strain on her relationships.

The conventions of documentary, musical theater, and magical realism are combined and subverted to address issues of personal, national, and artistic...

A middle-aged man on the brink of divorce gets stalked by a blue chair that refuses to go away.

Jinwon, a chicken delivery man running through the night streets, unexpectedly bumps into his ex-girlfriend, Mi-young. As Mi-young questions him...

An introverted AI coder struggling to keep her grandfather's theater and her mother's legacy from being destroyed, decides to use her skills to blur...

Set in a distant barrio, a strange skin disease throws a tight-knit village into turmoil. At the heart of their struggle stands an ancient tree...

A photographer disillusioned with her everyday life gets stranded in a remote Amazonian village. As she uncovers her host's hidden past with a river...

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...

When an ornithologist’s funding gets cut, her nurturing of abandoned bird eggs leads to a transformation as her marriage crumbles.

A group of literary charcaters refuse to be forgotten and decide to take matters into their own hands. A whimsical look at literature and the power...