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Movies Like The Dreamcatcher

If you liked The Dreamcatcher, a movie directed by Talon Boggess, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Before I Wake

    Before I Wake (2016)

    ★ 6.5/10

    An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

  2. 2Dream Scenario

    Dream Scenario (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to…

  3. 3MirrorMask

    MirrorMask (2005)

    ★ 6.4/10

    In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

  4. 4A Score to Settle

    A Score to Settle (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.

  5. 5Inception

    Inception (2010)

    ★ 8.4/10

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the…

  6. 6Shrek 3-D

    Shrek 3-D (2004)

    ★ 6/10

    Lord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of his henchman, Thelonious, he kidnaps Fiona. Shrek and the donkey set out to save her, with help from the dragon…

  7. 7The Shipment

    The Shipment (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.

  8. 8The I Inside

    The I Inside (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When Simon awakens in the hospital after surviving a near-fatal accident, amnesia has erased the last two years from his memory. He learns that his brother was killed, he has married a woman he doesn't remember and…

  9. 9Hook

    Hook (1991)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful…

  10. 10Amateur

    Amateur (1994)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

  11. 11Peter Pan

    Peter Pan (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story…

  12. 12Deep Rising

    Deep Rising (1998)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.

  13. 13Upgraded

    Upgraded (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Ana is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss Claire. When she's upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, and Ana pretends to be her…

  14. 14Slumberland

    Slumberland (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

  15. 15The Butterfly Effect

    The Butterfly Effect (2004)

    ★ 7.6/10

    A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every…

  16. 16A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

  17. 17Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  18. 18Sintel

    Sintel (2010)

    ★ 7.3/10

    A wandering warrior finds an unlikely friend in the form of a young dragon. The two develop a close bond, until one day the dragon is snatched away. She then sets out on a relentless quest to reclaim her friend…

  19. 19Need for Speed

    Need for Speed (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10

    The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los…

  20. 20Out of Sight

    Out of Sight (1998)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it…

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