dvyost dvyost one small nit pick in this paragraph a minority of theorists such as wendy b faris argue that certain films such as the witches of eastwick and field of dreams could be described as magical realist but the term is still primarily used to describe literature however if one accepts movies as a possible medium for magic realism one should have a look at many of the movies of tim burton the nightmare before christmas big fish or david lynch mulholland drive wild at heart other examples la cit des enfants perdus what dreams may come adaptation and being john malkovich these following movies listed above are based on books the witches of eastwick field of dreams and what dreams may come it's also silly to wonder if movies can be magical realist esp if it's based on books that are magical realist books very sensible edit away why don't you user