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Very Complicated Films to See

by JuliusGaleano • Created 11 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
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  • The Exterminating Angel (1962)

    1. The Exterminating Angel

    19621h 35mNot Rated
    8.0 (37K)
    The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsSilvia PinalJacqueline AndereEnrique Rambal
  • Terence Stamp and Silvana Mangano in Teorema (1968)

    2. Teorema

    19681h 38mNot Rated
    7.0 (16K)
    A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoTerence StampMassimo Girotti
  • Malcolm McDowell in O Lucky Man! (1973)

    3. O Lucky Man!

    19732h 58mR
    7.6 (9.1K)
    An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
    DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellRalph RichardsonRachel Roberts
  • Gertrud (1964)

    4. Gertrud

    19641h 56mNot Rated
    7.3 (7.1K)
    In the elegant world of artists and musicians, Gertrud ends her marriage to Gustav and takes a lover, the composer Erland Jansson.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsNina Pens RodeBendt RotheEbbe Rode
  • Nikolay Grinko, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, and Anatoliy Solonitsyn in Stalker (1979)

    5. Stalker

    19792h 42mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.0 (152K)
    A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
    DirectorAndrei TarkovskyStarsAlisa FreyndlikhAleksandr KaydanovskiyAnatoliy Solonitsyn
  • Liquid Sky (1982)

    6. Liquid Sky

    19821h 52mR66Metascore
    6.0 (7.3K)
    A small, heroin-seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug-addicted fashion model, and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.
    DirectorSlava TsukermanStarsAnne CarlislePaula E. SheppardSusan Doukas
  • Sean Connery in Zardoz (1974)

    7. Zardoz

    19741h 45mR46Metascore
    5.8 (26K)
    In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSean ConneryCharlotte RamplingSara Kestelman
  • Rupert Everett, Anna Falchi, and François Hadji-Lazaro in Cemetery Man (1994)

    8. Cemetery Man

    19941h 43mR
    7.0 (25K)
    A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.
    DirectorMichele SoaviStarsRupert EverettFrançois Hadji-LazaroAnna Falchi
  • Alejandro Jodorowsky and Brontis Jodorowsky in El Topo (1970)

    9. El Topo

    19702h 5mNot Rated65Metascore
    7.2 (33K)
    A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters.
    DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyBrontis JodorowskyJosé Legarreta
  • 964 Pinocchio (1991)

    10. 964 Pinocchio

    19911h 37m
    5.5 (2.8K)
    Pinocchio 964, a lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is abandoned by his owners due to his inability to maintain an erection, while the corporate entity plans to kill him.
    DirectorShozin FukuiStarsHaji SuzukiOnn-chanKôji Ôtsubo
  • Jack Nance in Eraserhead (1977)

    11. Eraserhead

    19771h 29mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.3 (138K)
    Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen Joseph
  • Burt Lancaster in Castle Keep (1969)

    12. Castle Keep

    19691h 47mR
    6.1 (3.6K)
    During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his remote 10th Century castle hoping a battle there against the advancing Germans will not lead to its destruction and all the heritage within.
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsBurt LancasterPatrick O'NealJean-Pierre Aumont
  • Rodleen Getsic in The Bunny Game (2011)

    13. The Bunny Game

    20111h 16mNot Rated
    3.4 (3K)
    A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
    DirectorAdam RehmeierStarsRodleen GetsicJeff F. RenfroDrettie Page
  • Visitor Q (2001)

    14. Visitor Q

    20011h 24mR
    6.5 (18K)
    A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKen'ichi EndôShungiku UchidaKazushi Watanabe
  • Luis Buñuel, Pierre Batcheff, Salvador Dalí, Jaume Miravitlles, Simone Mareuil, and Fano Messan in Un chien andalou (1929)

    15. Un chien andalou

    192916mNot RatedShort
    7.6 (55K)
    Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis Buñuel
  • Session 9 (2001)

    16. Session 9

    20011h 37mR58Metascore
    6.4 (65K)
    Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
    DirectorBrad AndersonStarsDavid CarusoStephen GevedonPaul Guilfoyle
  • David Bennent in The Tin Drum (1979)

    17. The Tin Drum

    19792h 22mR63Metascore
    7.4 (27K)
    In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
    DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDavid BennentMario AdorfAngela Winkler
  • Caché (2005)

    18. Caché

    20051h 57mR87Metascore
    7.3 (88K)
    A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice Bénichou
  • Brian Salzberg in Begotten (1989)

    19. Begotten

    19891h 12mUnrated
    5.6 (12K)
    Presented in a surreal, gory and entirely visual manner, Begotten tells of the death of religion, the abuse of nature by Man and a nihilistic outlook on what life ultimately is.
    DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsBrian SalzbergDonna DempseyStephen Charles Barry
  • James Woods and Debbie Harry in Videodrome (1983)

    20. Videodrome

    19831h 27mR58Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja Smits
  • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)

    21. Cloud Atlas

    20122h 52mR55Metascore
    7.4 (382K)
    As souls are born and reborn, they renew their connections to one another throughout the ages.
    DirectorsTom TykwerLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsTom HanksHalle BerryHugh Grant
  • Arrebato (1979)

    22. Arrebato

    19791h 55mUnrated80Metascore
    6.8 (3.7K)
    A low budget horror filmmaker gets in touch with an eccentric who is trying to film his consciousness during drug abuse.
    DirectorIván ZuluetaStarsEusebio PoncelaCecilia RothWill More
  • The Ship Sails On (1983)

    23. The Ship Sails On

    19832h 8mPG
    7.4 (7.1K)
    In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
    DirectorFederico FelliniStarsFreddie JonesBarbara JeffordVictor Poletti
  • Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)

    24. Donnie Darko

    20011h 53mR88Metascore
    8.0 (884K)
    After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
    DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnell
  • Brazil (1985)

    25. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (217K)
    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De Niro

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