An Experimental Drug for Lucid Dreams
In the Netflix series Maniac, reality cracks at the seams, as if the characters are in a dream where familiar faces try on other people’s masks and logic gives way…
Demi Moore’s Passion of Mind
In the film Passion of Mind, Demi Moore’s character flits between two realities—much like an experienced lucid dreamer moving between a lucid dream and wakefulness. Two women, Marie and Marty,…
Lucid Dreaming as a Method of Re-education
Is it possible to change another person through lucid dreaming? The animated film Dreambuilders proposes just such a scenario. The main character, a girl named Minna, is struggling with her…
Become Lucid in Eight Minutes
Imagine being sent into the body of a stranger over and over again—specifically, into the last eight minutes of their life. Imagine they died in a terrorist attack, and you…
Just Another Dream or a Game with Reality?
Just Another Dream is the story of a teenage girl named Anna. After a tragic event, she begins to have nightmares that ominously come true in reality. She desperately tries…
Waking Life: An Anime Textbook on Lucid Dreaming
Waking Life isn’t just an animated film about lucid dreaming—it’s a textbook disguised as anime and fiction. Its protagonist, who is unnamed and has no backstory, drifts in and out…
Sherlock’s False Awakenings
“The Abominable Bride”—an Emmy-winning episode of Sherlock—sees Benedict Cumberbatch’s Victorian detective delving into the depths of his mind like a seasoned lucid dreamer, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination.…
A Lucid Dreaming Animated Film from Netflix
Netflix promises to take lucid dreaming to a new level in its animated film, In Your Dreams. Adults have iconic films like Inception or A Nightmare on Elm Street, and…
Heroes: Sylar’s Lucid Nightmare
Heroes is a series about people who suddenly discover they have superpowers. One can fly, another can control time, a third can read minds, and so on. Most of the…
Black Mirror: Farewell in the Astral
Imagine looking at an old photo—and stepping into that moment. Imagine being able to walk through a forgotten house and see the people captured in the photo come to life.…
Daniela Forever: A Magic Pill for Lucid Dreamers
Daniela Forever is a sci-fi melodrama where love and grief intertwine in the realm of lucid dreams. Nicolas, a young man from Madrid, has recently lost Daniela—the love of his…
Involuntary Lucid Dreams
The film The Jacket, inspired by Jack London’s novel The Star Rover, pulls the viewer into a whirlwind of time travel, where reality and fiction intertwine. After suffering a severe…
Silver and the Book of Dreams
Imagine that the door to someone else’s dream is open, and not only can you peek in, but you can also change the rules of the game. This is exactly…
Hurry Up Tomorrow: The Enemy Is Sleep Paralysis
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye—better known as The Weeknd—is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor whose songs have repeatedly topped global charts. He is a four-time Grammy winner and has…
Charmed: Dream Sorcerer
The three witch sisters from Charmed usually fight demons and other evil creatures, but in Dream Sorcerer (series 1, episode 5), they are confronted by a mad scientist—Whitaker Berman, who…
A Lucid Nightmare in Slumberland
The fantasy film Slumberland invites viewers to immerse themselves in the whimsical world of dreams alongside young Nemo. After the tragic death of her father, who was swept away by…
Escaping Reality in Lucid Dreams
The Good Night (2007) isn’t just a film about lucid dreams—it’s a dark tale of escaping reality. Mired in routine and dissatisfaction, Gary finds solace in his dreams, where his…
The Astral Plane of Doctor Strange
The astral plane plays an essential role in the plot of the well-known film Doctor Strange, which is about a successful neurosurgeon whose career is destroyed after a terrible accident.…
The Dream Masters
A group of villains has seized power and are controlling people’s dreams using psychotropic substances and hypnosis. Anyone who opposes them begins to have nightmares, and the wounds inflicted on…
The Manhattan Alien Abduction
In 1989, one of the most high-profile alien abduction cases took place: Linda Napolitano, a former singer—and a housewife living in New York City at the time—went to sleep in…
