The science fiction genre has been one of the most consistently thrilling to explore throughout the history of cinema.

Still,The Iron Giantnever gets too heavy, owing to it being a family movie and all.

Reality and dreamscapes combine and collide, withPaprikaproving deliberately difficult to wrap ones head around at times.

Hogarth sits on the ground in the woods as the Iron Giant crouches down to speak to him

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Clem and Joel (Kate Winslet & Jim Carrey) eating on a staircase in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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The different versions of Spider-Man in ‘Spider-Man- Into the Spider-Verse’

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Person walking in desolate land in Threads

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Paprika seeing versions of herself in the mirror in the film Paprika.

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Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio communiacting with an underwater alien in the abyss

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Ellie and Palmer talking at a party in Contact (1997)

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Quaid pointing a gun at someone and Lori standing right beside him

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Voyage of the Rock Aliens - 1984 (4)

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