A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

Dream may also refer to:

Art

Paintings

  • The Dream (Detaille), an 1888 painting by Édouard Detaille
  • The Dream, a painting by Salvador Dalí
  • The Dream (Rousseau), by Henri Rousseau
  • The Dream (Tamara de Lempicka), a 1927 painting by Tamara de Lempicka
  • The Dream (The Bed), a 1940 painting

Sculptures

  • The Dream, a 2008 work by Damien Hirst, a simulated unicorn in a tank of formaldehyde solution
  • The Dream (sculpture), a 1998 outdoor bronze of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Michael Florin Dente in Portland, Oregon
  • Dream (sculpture), a 2009 public art work by Jaume Plensa in Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside

Books

  • "A Dream", 1924 short story by W. Somerset Maugham
  • "The Dream", a Hercule Poirot short story by Agatha Christie in the 1960 collection The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
  • Dream (character), a character in The Sandman
  • "The Dream" (Dafydd ap Gwilym poem), 14th century
  • "The Dream" (John Donne poem), 1635
  • "The Dream" (Lord Byron poem), 1816
  • The Dream (novel), by H. G. Wells
  • "The Dream" (short story), 1832 short story by Mary Shelley
  • The Dreme, 1528 poem by Scottish poet David Lyndsay
  • "Dream" (Taras Shevchenko poem), 1844 poem by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko

Film and TV

Films

  • The Dream (1911 film), an American short film
  • The Dream (1920), a Vitagraph short starring Alice Calhoun
  • The Dream (1931 film), a French film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli
  • The Dream (1964 film), a Soviet Ukrainian film about Taras Shevchenko
  • The Dream (1966 film), a Yugoslavian war film
  • The Dream (1985 film), directed by Pieter Verhoeff
  • The Dream (1987 film), a Syrian documentary
  • The Dream (1989 film), a television film starring Jeremy Irons
  • Dream (2008 film), a South Korean film
  • Dream (2012 film), an Indian Telugu-language thriller
  • Dream (2023 film), a South Korean sports drama film

Television

Series

  • Dream (TV series), a South Korean TV drama
  • The Dream with Roy and HG, an Australian talk show

Episodes

  • "The Dream", 1989 episode, see list of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes
  • "The Dream", 2013 episode from The Amazing World of Gumball season 2
  • "Dream", 1997 episode, see list of Where the Heart Is episodes
  • Dream Multimedia, makers of the Dreambox satellite TV receiver
  • Dream Satellite TV, a defunct satellite TV provider in the Philippines

Gaming

  • Dream (YouTuber), an American YouTuber and Minecraft player
  • Project Dream, an unreleased video game, redeveloped as Banjo-Kazooie

Music

  • The Dream (ballet), a 1964 ballet premiered by the Royal Ballet
  • Dream (musical), a 1997 stage show

Artists

  • D:Ream, a Northern Irish pop and dance group
  • Dream (American group), a pop girl group
  • Dream (Japanese group), a pop girl group
  • Dream (rapper) (born 1974), Finnish rapper better known as Petri Nygård
  • The-Dream (born 1977), American R&B artist
  • NCT Dream, a South Korean-Chinese boy group and subunit of NCT

Albums

  • Dream, by Jaclyn Victor, 2002
  • Dream, by Michelle Tumes, 2001
  • Dream (Ai album), 2022
  • The Dream (alt-J album), 2022
  • Dream (Angie Stone album), 2015
  • Dream (Captain & Tennille album), 1978
  • The Dream (The Favors album), 2025
  • The Dream (In This Moment album), 2008
  • The Dream (John & Audrey Wiggins album), 1997
  • Dream (Keller Williams album), 2007
  • Dream (Kitarō album), 1992
  • Dream (Lebo Mathosa album), 2000
  • Dream (Michael Bublé album), 2002
  • The Dream (Open Hand album), 2003
  • The Dream (The Orb album), 2007
  • Dream (Roland Hanna album), 2002
  • The Dream (Sanctus Real album), 2014
  • Dream (TrueBliss album), 1999
  • Dream (Yuna Ito album), 2009
  • The Dream 1973–2011, a 2012 compilation album by Michael Franks
  • The Dream (George Duke album), 1978
  • Dream (Cliff Richard and the Shadows EP), 1961
  • Dream (Jeong Eun-ji EP), 2016
  • Dream (Seventeen EP), 2022
  • Dream (Dreamcar EP), 2024

Songs

  • "Dream" (1944 song), a 1944 jazz and pop standard written by Johnny Mercer
  • "Dream" (Dizzee Rascal song), 2004
  • "Dream" (Lisa song), 2025
  • "Dream" (Suzy and Baekhyun song), 2016
  • "Dream" (Taeyeon song), 2023
  • "Dreams" (The Cranberries song), the debut single of the Cranberries
  • "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac song), by Fleetwood Mac from their album Rumours
  • "Dream" (Forest for the Trees song), 1997
  • "The Dream" (Roko Blažević song), 2019 song that represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
  • "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)", by Irene Cara, 1983
  • "D.R.E.A.M.", a 2019 song by Miley Cyrus
  • "Dream", by Anza
  • "Dream", by Babymonster from their EP Babymons7er
  • "Dream", by Chris Brown from the album Breezy
  • "Dream", by Golden Earring from the album Winter-Harvest
  • "Dream", by Imagine Dragons from the album Smoke + Mirrors
  • "Dream", by Mami Kawada from the album Savia
  • "Dream", by Miley Cyrus from the soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie
  • "Dream", by Tally Hall from the album Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
  • "Dream", by OneRepublic from the album Oh My My
  • "Dream", by P. Lion
  • "Dream", by Priscilla Ahn from her album A Good Day
  • "Dream", by Shawn Mendes from the album Wonder
  • "Dream", by White Lion from the album Return of the Pride
  • "Dreams", by Kep1er from their EP Troubleshooter
  • "Dream, Dream", by Kissng the Pink (KTP) from the album Certain Things Are Likely
  • "The Dream", by Broken Spindles from the album Fulfilled/complete
  • "The Dream", by The Moody Blues from the album On the Threshold of a Dream
  • "This Dream", by David Rolfe, opening of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge, the seventh season of the Pokémon anime, 2004
  • "Dream Song", by Joe Satriani from the album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards
  • "Dream Song", by John Fogerty from the album John Fogerty
  • "Dream Song", by Scott Matthews from the album Passing Stranger
  • "D.R.E.A.M.", by JoJo Siwa

Programs

  • DREAM Act, an American legislative proposal related to immigration
  • DREAM Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition, an AIDS therapy program

Science and technology

  • DREAM complex, protein in cell-cycle gene regulation
  • DREAM (protocol), a location-based routing protocol
  • DREAM (software), a computer programming tool
  • HTC Dream, a smartphone
  • Project DReaM, a digital rights management implementation
  • Sophomore's dream, a pair of mathematical identities discovered in 1697 by Johann Bernoulli

Sports

  • Hakeem Olajuwon (born 1963), nicknamed "The Dream", a Nigerian-American basketball player
  • Dream (mixed martial arts)
  • Atlanta Dream, an American women's basketball team

Transportation and vehicles

  • Honda Dream (disambiguation), various models of Honda motorcycles
  • Voyah Dream, a Chinese minivan
  • Firefly Alpha "Dream", flight 1 mission and rocket of Firefly Alpha on 3 September 2021; see List of Firefly Alpha launches

Aviation

  • Airdrome Dream Classic, a model of aircraft
  • Antonov An-225 Mriya, cargo aircraft frequently referred to under its translated name "Dream"

Ships

  • Dream, a cruise ship built in 1970, now sailing as the MS Formosa Queen
  • Disney Dream, a 2010 cruise ship operated by Disney
  • Dream-class cruise ship, a cruise ship class operated by Carnival
  • Carnival Dream, the lead vessel of the class

Other uses

  • Dream (chocolate bar), a candy bar

See also

  • A Dream (disambiguation)
  • Dreams (disambiguation)
  • Dream FM (disambiguation)
  • Andria "Dreamz" Herd, a Survivor contestant
  • Dreamer (disambiguation)
  • Dreaming (disambiguation)
  • Dream Team (disambiguation)
  • Dreamy (disambiguation)
  • Le Rêve (disambiguation) ( in French)
  • The Dreamer (disambiguation)
  • The Dreamers (disambiguation)
  • Wish, a hope or desire for something