

Some things just go together. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar; Victoria’s Secret lingerie and Candice Swanepoel; Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister…
To that list you can add dreams and the cinema. Hollywood might be capable of amazing feats of schmaltz and cheese, but it’s also the greatest medium in which to express the hypnotic qualities of a dream or nightmare.
What follows are our top ten dream sequences in film. See, pantomime pirate popster Gabrielle was right when she said dreams can come true.
(Images: All Star, Rex Features)
The Big Lebowski
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Spellbound
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Spellbound
Fletch
Lost Highway
American Beauty
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Fast Times At Ridgemont High
Peewee’s Big Adventure
Rushmore
81/2
8½
Papillon
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