Movies and TvShows featuring "fictional-character-comes-to-life" theme.

When a man and his daughter discover their ability to bring characters from books to life by reading aloud, they must battle an evil ruler to protect the world of literature.

Arabela is a magical princess who comes to the real world through a magical ring. She causes chaos and adventures as she tries to adapt to the modern world and deal with various situations. Along the way, she encounters other fictional characters who come to life and has to face a vengeful sorcerer.

During the Great Depression, a movie star steps off the screen and into reality, falling in love with a lonely woman in New York City. This fantasy-becomes-reality tale explores the complexities of love, happiness, and the boundaries between fiction and reality.

In 'The House That Dripped Blood,' a Scotland Yard inspector investigates a series of murders that are connected to a house with a dark history. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers tales of witchcraft, insanity, and vengeful spirits. The film showcases four different stories, each revolving around a different resident of the haunted house.

In Slipstream (2007), an aging television writer named Felix Bonhoeffer embarks on a surreal journey when the characters from his screenplay come to life. As he struggles with memory loss, paralysis, and the blurring lines between reality and fiction, Felix finds himself caught in a murder mystery with unpredictable twists and turns. With elements of comedy, fantasy, and drama, Slipstream explores themes of identity, creativity, and the power of storytelling.

Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.

The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the Czechoslovak film industry, to be held at the Prague U Hybernu venue. The protagonists of the piece are comedians Oldrich Kaiser and Jirí Lábus, who are set to accept an award from Japanese television representatives at the exhibition. At the same time, five gangsters plot to seize a revolutionary invention devised by professor Suzuki - a super holograph, which enables any figure from television to be transported in the flesh into the real world, and vice-versa.

A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

A well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary style will grow worn. His everyday existence is enlivened by characters from his stories, who tend to enter reality in unexpected ways, at various stages of completeness and with all kinds of strange demands.

A mentally ill man, struggling with his own demons, jumps from a rooftop and miraculously survives. He finds himself in an alternate reality where comic book characters come to life. As he navigates this new world, he discovers that he has the power to alter reality and must confront his own personal demons in order to find his way back home.

During Christmas Eve, a teenage boy discovers a magical pen that brings his comic book creations to life. Unfortunately, he accidentally summons a killer shark wearing a Santa Claus outfit. Chaos ensues as the town becomes the target of the bloodthirsty Santa Jaws. With the help of his friends and a comic book store owner, the boy must find a way to stop the shark and save Christmas.

Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.

A little boy, child of the space age, encounters an old and crotchety magician and his familiars, and outdoes all the wizard's tricks with the products of modern science.

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).

At school the dunce draws a Picasso style chicken on the black board. The chicken comes to life, runs away, and finds itself in the teacher's garden. The teacher thinks he has discovered a new species and christens it with his own name.

An old Mystery Date-style board game holds more evil than amusement in this expertly wound fright flick.

Live action adaptation of Masakazu Katsura’s debut manga in commemoration of it's 40th anniversary.