Movies and TvShows featuring "fictional-character-comes-to-life" theme.
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.
Kenta is a high school student obsessed with superheroes and anime, often seen running around in a costume of his own design called "Wingman." One day as Kenta is walking to school, a girl from another world drops out of the sky. Princess Aoi escaped the villain Rimeru with the artifact known as the "Dream Note" which enables its possessor to create anything they desire by drawing or writing within its pages. Kenta soon discovers that his designs and notes on Wingman become reality and he in turn becomes his own creation.
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.
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 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.
E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's endearing movie released in 1982, achieved the triple feat of bringing to life one of the most iconic characters in pop culture, revolutionizing science fiction cinema and establishing itself as one of the highest-grossing family movies in the history of cinema, capable of making the whole world laugh and cry.
Live action adaptation of Masakazu Katsura’s debut manga in commemoration of it's 40th anniversary.
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.
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.
Drama documentary based on the latest discovery of a 16th Century sailing shipwreck found close to Malta by an underwater research team led by maritime archaeologist Timmy Gambin.
In the depths of artistic creation, 'Allegoria' delves into the restless torment of human creativity and the dark corridors of an artist's soul. As a group of artists struggle with their obsessions and insecurities, their lives intertwine and lead to the manifestation of monsters, demons, and death.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Max and Sally, the heroes of popular Czech animated series are leaving the TV in order to become a regular boy and girl.
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.
An old Mystery Date-style board game holds more evil than amusement in this expertly wound fright flick.