Thought from the movie: Donnie Darko I have dreams almost every night, most of them felt so real. I can even remember the sound, the heat, the smell, or even the feeling from my dreams. What if dreams are actually another life? What if life is actually just a dream?PS, Donnie Darko is a 2001 American science fiction film written and directed by Richard Kelly. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell, and depicts the reality-bending adventures of the title character as he seeks the meaning and significance behind his troubling Doomsday-related visions.