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The Trippy Files

Visually stunning and surreal cinema experiences.


These 40 films have been quietly catalogued into a collection the editors call, simply, “Trippy.” They are not ranked by box office. They are not sorted by release. They are arranged by something harder to measure — a shared emotional frequency, a kinship of mood. What follows is the reading list. Begin where you like. Read until you find the one that looks back.

  1. 01.
    Your Name.

    Your Name.

    2016·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·106 min·8.4

    High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

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  2. 02.
    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    2022·Dir. Daniel Scheinert·140 min·7.7

    An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

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  3. 03.
    Nimona

    Nimona

    2023·Dir. Nick Bruno·99 min·7.5

    A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

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  4. 04.
    Weathering with You

    Weathering with You

    2019·Dir. Makoto Shinkai·112 min·7.5

    The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.

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  5. 05.
    Inception

    Inception

    2010·Dir. Christopher Nolan·148 min·8.8

    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 implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

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  6. 06.
    The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse

    2019·Dir. Robert Eggers·109 min·7.4

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

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  7. 07.
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    2025·Dir. Bi Gan·159 min·7.3

    In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making.

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  8. 08.
    Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

    Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale

    2017·Dir. Tomohiko Ito·119 min·7.3

    In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is “Ordinal Scale” an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma. Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They’re about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn’t all fun and games…

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  9. 09.
    Arco

    Arco

    2025·Dir. Ugo Bienvenu·89 min·7.3

    10-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by all means to help send him back to his era.

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  10. 10.
    I Love Boosters

    I Love Boosters

    2026·Dir. Boots Riley·105 min·7.3

    A fearless crew of inventive young women turn shoplifting into a radical act of defiance.

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  11. 11.
    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

    2022·Dir. Tomohisa Taguchi·83 min·7.2

    Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

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  12. 12.
    Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

    Sword Art Online the Movie - Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

    2021·Dir. Ayako Kono·97 min·7.2

    Asuna Yuuki had never played online games until accidentally putting on the NerveGear for Sword Art Online, the world’s first VRMMORPG. She soon finds herself and other players trapped inside a game, where if a player dies in the game, they die in the real world. As she continues to live on in this world where death is always a step away, a solitary swordsman named Kirito appears before her.

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  13. 13.
    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur

    2020·Dir. Kazuaki Imai·111 min·7.1

    Nobita accidentally finds a fossil dinosaur egg mixed with rocks in the dinosaur fossil exhibition site that he had visited before. He returns it to its original state with the 'time blanket'.

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  14. 14.
    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

    2026·Dir. Shingo Yamashita·141 min·7.1

    Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.

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  15. 15.
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004·Dir. Michel Gondry·108 min·8.3

    Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

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  16. 16.
    Ant-Man and the Wasp

    Ant-Man and the Wasp

    2018·Dir. Peyton Reed·119 min·7.0

    Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

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  17. 17.
    The Blue Trail

    The Blue Trail

    2025·Dir. Gabriel Mascaro·86 min·7.0

    In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is surprised by the announcement of the age reduction, including her age group. Cornered, Teca makes an intriguing journey hidden from the officers amidst rivers, boats and the underworld to clandestinely try to fulfill her last dream, to take a plane ride.

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  18. 18.
    Late Night with the Devil

    Late Night with the Devil

    2024·Dir. Cameron Cairnes·93 min·7.0

    A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

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  19. 19.
    Inside Out

    Inside Out

    2015·Dir. Pete Docter·95 min·8.1

    When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

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  20. 20.
    Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

    Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Winged Angels

    2011·Dir. Yukiyo Teramoto·108 min·8.1

    Nobita and Doraemon find a giant robot in pieces which they later assemble. It turns out to be a destructive weapon and the gang must save Earth from an imminent invasion.

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  21. 21.
    Dogville

    Dogville

    2003·Dir. Lars von Trier·178 min·8.0

    A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

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  22. 22.
    Ballerina

    Ballerina

    2016·Dir. Eric Summer·89 min·6.8

    In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

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  23. 23.
    Annihilation

    Annihilation

    2018·Dir. Alex Garland·115 min·6.8

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

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  24. 24.
    GOAT

    GOAT

    2026·Dir. Tyree Dillihay·100 min·6.7

    A small goat with big dreams gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball, a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.

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  25. 25.
    Coraline

    Coraline

    2009·Dir. Henry Selick·100 min·7.8

    Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

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  26. 26.
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

    Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion

    2013·Dir. Yukihiro Miyamoto·117 min·7.8

    Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.

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  27. 27.
    Paprika

    Paprika

    2006·Dir. Satoshi Kon·90 min·7.7

    When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

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  28. 28.
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    2005·Dir. George Lucas·140 min·7.7

    When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

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  29. 29.
    In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

    2025·Dir. Alex Woo·87 min·6.5

    Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.

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  30. 30.
    Mandy

    Mandy

    2018·Dir. Panos Cosmatos·122 min·6.5

    The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

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  31. 31.
    Despicable Me

    Despicable Me

    2010·Dir. Pierre Coffin·95 min·7.6

    Gru is a supervillain determined to prove he’s the greatest by stealing the Moon. To pull off his plan, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as part of his scheme. However, as Gru bonds with the girls, his cold, villainous exterior begins to melt.

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  32. 32.
    Alien: Covenant

    Alien: Covenant

    2017·Dir. Ridley Scott·122 min·6.4

    The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

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  33. 33.
    The Grinch

    The Grinch

    2018·Dir. Yarrow Cheney·85 min·6.4

    The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

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  34. 34.
    Source Code

    Source Code

    2011·Dir. Duncan Jones·93 min·7.5

    When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

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  35. 35.
    Queer

    Queer

    2024·Dir. Luca Guadagnino·138 min·6.3

    In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

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  36. 36.
    K-PAX

    K-PAX

    2001·Dir. Iain Softley·120 min·7.4

    Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

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  37. 37.
    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    2013·Dir. Ben Stiller·114 min·7.3

    A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

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  38. 38.
    Treasure Planet

    Treasure Planet

    2002·Dir. Ron Clements·96 min·7.2

    When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

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  39. 39.
    The Princess and the Frog

    The Princess and the Frog

    2009·Dir. Ron Clements·98 min·7.2

    A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

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    Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

    Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

    2006·Dir. Ayumu Watanabe·107 min·7.2

    After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.

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