Movies that drop you into another world

Fantasy kingdoms, deep space, places that run on their own rules.

What matters here is total immersion. A world that holds together, that keeps its own logic, and that you are a little sorry to leave when the lights come up.

Lights Down calls this The Escapist

You want a world to disappear into.

The hard part is coming back. Runtime isn't a cost to you, it's more of the thing you came for, and you'll take the three-hour cut over the tight one without thinking twice. What you want from an invented place is the sense that there's more of it offscreen than on. A film that lets you see the edge of its set loses you for good.

Films that sit at the center of it

• Lord of the Rings
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Interstellar
• Avatar
• Encanto

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