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What Dreams May Come (1998)

"After life there is more. The end is just the beginning."

7.2/10 1h 53m Oct 02, 1998
Drama Fantasy Romance

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in Hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

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Movie Details

Original Title What Dreams May Come
Original Language EN
Budget $85,000,000
Revenue $71,485,043
Status Released
Popularity 3.0

Cast

Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Chris Nielsen
Popularity: 3.2
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Albert Lewis
Popularity: 2.1
Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Sciorra
Annie Collins-Nielsen
Popularity: 6.8
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Josh Paddock
Ian Nielsen
Popularity: 3.0
Jessica Brooks Grant
Jessica Brooks Grant
Marie Nielsen
Popularity: 2.5
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
The Tracker
Popularity: 2.2
Wilma Bonet
Wilma Bonet
Angie
Popularity: 1.3
Lucinda Jenney
Lucinda Jenney
Mrs. Jacobs
Popularity: 1.4
Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao
Leona
Popularity: 2.7
Matt Salinger
Matt Salinger
Reverend Hanley
Popularity: 1.2
Maggie McCarthy
Maggie McCarthy
Stacey Jacobs
Popularity: 5.9
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Carin Sprague
Best Friend Cindy
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Producer Stephen Deutsch, Barnet Bain
Executive Producer Scott Kroopf, Ted Field, Erica Huggins
Editor David Brenner, Maysie Hoy
Director Vincent Ward
Screenplay Ronald Bass

Production

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
US
Interscope Communications
US
Metafilmics

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Keywords

paradise afterlife painting hell heaven spiritism

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Aug 7, 2025

Hindsight, and all that, but I wonder how much of the things going through the mind of his character here were actually going through the mind of Robin Williams himself in his later life? Here, he is doctor “Chris” who quite literally collides with “Annie” (Annabella Sciorra) in their boats, ... Read more

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Details
Release Date October 2, 1998
Runtime 1h 53m
Budget $85,000,000
Revenue $71,485,043
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 3.0
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