Movies: Magical realism

An extraordinary young girl discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage, against all odds, to help others change their stories, whilst also taking charge of her own destiny. Standing up for what's right, she's met with miraculous resu...

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A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love....

The night before her eighteenth birthday recital, an overworked and undertalented pianist is abducted by three ghouls....

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…...

A girl with vitiligo finds an unlikely friend in the school's talking goldfish, and orchestrates a jailbreak....

In a magic realistic world, troubled young Bernard seeks the closeness of his father Carlos, who refuses a life-saving operation. His approaching death causes Bernard to reevaluate his environment and himself....

The third film version of the popular Mexican novel, about a wayfarer who travels to a mysterious arid village, to meet the father who long ago abandoned his wife....

At an abandoned gas station, the paths of Rue, Halley and Rayleigh cross and unravel through layers of time, where their memories and the impact of choices on each other link the past and the present inextricably together....

A young girl repairs a treasured wooden hummingbird, her late mother's last gift, bringing hope and healing to her grieving father....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY follows Craig Smith, a young man grappling with trauma and grief - embodied in the form of a red backpack. Despite his efforts to rid himself of his hurt, the backpack keeps reappearing in his life. But when an advertisement for Hertz ...

Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…...

Tam, a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha, pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter futu...

Ian is an aspiring autistic photographer who struggles with a painful memory and unemployment, following the loss of his support worker Janet....

A nostalgia-prone man finds himself transported to a world where seventh grade lasts forever....

A mother and daughter rent a house for a getaway after suffering a sudden and tragic loss, little do they know the house is run by a secret cult....

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 believed to be miraculous. Locals flock to it, leaving clothes as tokens of faith and exchanging names wit...

A disheveled, humanoid Moth, drawn into a 24/7 optometrist office by the allure of its neon-light sign, regales the attending physician about his troubling life story and insatiable cravings that led to the demise of his family....

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

Set just days before Christmas, Big Worm is a story about a newly located Nigerian/Canadian family in Australia. The film is narrated by high school student Yemi, who in her teenage lamentation over Australia’s lack of “Christmas Spirit,” recounts my...