unfulfilled dreams
101 titles
Charles Foster Kane loses his mother and his childhood in one afternoon in Citizen Kane, and spends a fortune failing to replace them. Llewyn Davis plays the same set to the same empty room in Inside Llewyn Davis. A composer counts down to thirty in tick, tick... BOOM!, terrified he will arrive with nothing written. A teenager in A Brighter Summer Day watches the future his parents promised fail to show up.
The dream does not arrive, or it arrives wrong, or it arrives too late. What these films measure is the distance between what was imagined and what actually turned up. Some characters keep reaching. Some stop.
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Citizen Kane
Inside Llewyn Davis
tick, tick... BOOM!
The 400 Blows
Barton Fink
Yi Yi
A Brighter Summer Day
Tampopo
Once Upon a Time in the West
La La Land
Sunset Boulevard
The Wrestler
Still Walking
Lost in Translation
The Crowd
Brokeback Mountain
Morvern Callar
Dear John
About Dry Grasses
Revolutionary Road
The Song of Names
Before Sunset
Hôtel du Nord
Blue Valentine
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Spectacular Now
Mothering Sunday
Before Midnight
No Bears
The English Patient
Taipei Story
The Bridges of Madison County
The Hidden Blade
Past Lives
Sound of Falling
Nebraska
Dust in the Wind
Sideways
Pitfall
The Hours
Salesman
Midnight Cowboy
Wrong Move
Out of Africa
Happy Hour
Once
Camille Claudel 1915
Someone Great
Cutie and the Boxer
The Wife
The Long Dumb Road
Control
The World
Summer of 85
Toni
The Last Picture Show
Homebound
The Best Years of Our Lives
California Dreamin'
I Vitelloni
Double Suicide
Taste of Cherry
The Pornographers
Ugetsu
Café Lumière
Greenberg
The Entertainer
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Intentions of Murder
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Caught by the Tides
An Affair to Remember
The Novelist's Film
Shelter
Girls Will Be Girls
Bright Star
Goodbye South, Goodbye
The Cranes Are Flying
Intimate Lighting
A Place in the Sun
The End of the Day
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Liliom
After the Storm
In Our Day
Stroszek
Taste
The Match Factory Girl
Mediterranean Fever
Mountains May Depart
Boy and His Hero
The Human Voice
Digging for Fire
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Five Easy Pieces
Other People's Children
Interiors
The Last Days of Disco
The Skeleton Twins
Beyond the Hills
While We're Young
The CrowdLiliomToniHôtel du NordThe End of the DayCitizen KaneThe Best Years of Our LivesSunset BoulevardA Place in the SunI VitelloniUgetsuAn Affair to RememberThe Cranes Are FlyingThe 400 BlowsSaturday Night and Sunday MorningThe EntertainerPitfallIntentions of MurderIntimate LightingThe PornographersOnce Upon a Time in the WestSalesmanMidnight CowboyDouble SuicideFive Easy PiecesThe Last Picture ShowWrong MoveThe Man Who Fell to EarthStroszekInteriorsTampopoTaipei StoryOut of AfricaDust in the WindThe Match Factory GirlBarton FinkA Brighter Summer DayBoy and His HeroThe Bridges of Madison CountyThe English PatientGoodbye South, GoodbyeTaste of CherryThe Last Days of DiscoYi YiMorvern CallarThe HoursLost in TranslationBefore SunsetThe Hidden BladeSidewaysThe WorldCafé LumièreBrokeback MountainOnceControlCalifornia Dreamin'ShelterThe WrestlerStill WalkingRevolutionary RoadBright StarDear JohnBlue ValentineGreenbergBeyond the HillsInside Llewyn DavisThe Spectacular NowBefore MidnightNebraskaCamille Claudel 1915Cutie and the BoxerThe Reluctant FundamentalistThe Skeleton TwinsHappy HourMountains May DepartDigging for FireWhile We're YoungLa La LandAfter the StormThe WifeThe Long Dumb RoadThe Song of NamesSomeone GreatRascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming GirlSummer of 85The Human Voicetick, tick... BOOM!Mothering SundayTasteNo BearsThe Novelist's FilmMediterranean FeverOther People's ChildrenAbout Dry GrassesPast LivesIn Our DayGirls Will Be GirlsHow to Make Millions Before Grandma DiesSound of FallingHomeboundCaught by the Tides