10 Greatest Dream Sequences on Film

9. You Have the Power (Dark City, 1998)

Alex Proyas' grossly under appreciated sci-fi noir predated The Matrix by a year in giving a stark and grim fusion of man and machine. John Murdoch (in a rare Protagonist role for the always memorable Rufus Sewell) is a murderer trying to hide his most recent kill... no he's a man with amnesia trying to figure out his own name... no he's a disillusioned husband. Long story short he a rather confused man. In John's gothic journey into discovering the truth of this sprawling Metropolis and its inhabitants he meets with the eerie Dr. Schreber (a wonderfully creepy Kiefer Sutherland). Without spoiling too much of this excellent mystery, I'll just say the good Doctor has all the answers to John's questions, and more, implanted in his dreams. Proyas' strange, dark and metaphorical tale of man vs. society at large remains relatively unknown, gradually developing a cult following in the years after it's release. Though obscure, the message remains clear, our greatest hopes and fears lie in our dreams.