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Weird and unusual, sometimes even disturbing.

by poiseh • Created 8 years ago • Modified 2 weeks ago
The unexpected can be pretty fun, or at least somewhat interesting.
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  • 198 titles
  • The Nightmare (2015)

    1. The Nightmare

    20151h 32m
    6.5 (3.3K)
    After attending a rave party, a teenage girl forms a bond with a strange monster as she suffers a slow chaotic mental breakdown.
    DirectorAkizStarsCarolyn GenzkowSina TkotschWilson Gonzalez
  • Brazil (1985)

    2. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (218K)
    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
  • Gandahar (1987)

    3. Gandahar

    19871h 18mPG
    7.0 (6K)
    An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
    DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie Escourrou
  • Synecdoche, New York (2008)

    4. Synecdoche, New York

    20082h 4mR67Metascore
    7.5 (102K)
    A theater director struggles with his work and the women in his life as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
    DirectorCharlie KaufmanStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanSamantha MortonMichelle Williams
  • Denden in Cold Fish (2010)

    5. Cold Fish

    20102h 26mNot Rated66Metascore
    7.1 (15K)
    The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsMitsuru FukikoshiDendenAsuka Kurosawa
  • Colin Farrell in The Lobster (2015)

    6. The Lobster

    20151h 59mR82Metascore
    7.1 (322K)
    In a dystopian near future, according to the laws of The City, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in 45 days or they're transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
    DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsColin FarrellRachel WeiszJessica Barden
  • The Signal (2014)

    7. The Signal

    20141h 37mPG-1354Metascore
    6.0 (72K)
    On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
    DirectorWilliam EubankStarsBrenton ThwaitesOlivia CookeBeau Knapp
  • Emily Baldoni in Coherence (2013)

    8. Coherence

    20131h 29mNot Rated65Metascore
    7.2 (162K)
    Strange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
    DirectorJames Ward ByrkitStarsEmily BaldoniMaury SterlingNicholas Brendon
  • Enemy (2013)

    9. Enemy

    20131h 31mR61Metascore
    6.9 (229K)
    A mild-mannered college professor investigates the life of an actor who looks exactly like him.
    DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsJake GyllenhaalMélanie LaurentSarah Gadon
  • Save the Green Planet! (2003)

    10. Save the Green Planet!

    20031h 58mNot Rated70Metascore
    7.2 (9.3K)
    Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.
    DirectorJang Joon-hwanStarsShin Ha-kyunBaek Yoon-shikHwang Jung-min
  • Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (2013)

    11. Under the Skin

    20131h 48mR83Metascore
    6.3 (165K)
    A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
    DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsScarlett JohanssonJeremy McWilliamsLynsey Taylor Mackay
  • Santa Sangre (1989)

    12. Santa Sangre

    19892h 3mNC-17
    7.5 (25K)
    A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
    DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAxel JodorowskyBlanca GuerraGuy Stockwell
  • Jeremy Cooper and Lindsay Duncan in The Reflecting Skin (1990)

    13. The Reflecting Skin

    19901h 36mR
    6.7 (10K)
    In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
    DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsViggo MortensenLindsay DuncanJeremy Cooper
  • Escape from Tomorrow (2013)

    14. Escape from Tomorrow

    20131h 30mNot Rated58Metascore
    5.1 (10K)
    In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.
    DirectorRandy MooreStarsRoy AbramsohnElena SchuberKatelynn Rodriguez
  • Évelyne Dandry, Adrien de Van, Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido, Stéphane Rideau, Lucia Sanchez, and Marina de Van in Sitcom (1998)

    15. Sitcom

    19981h 25mUnrated
    6.6 (5.8K)
    The adventures of an upper-class suburban family dealing with their younger brother's homosexuality, elder sister's suicide attempt, masochist tendencies, and a free-spirited maid and her husband.
    DirectorFrançois OzonStarsÉvelyne DandryFrançois MarthouretMarina de Van
  • The Isle (2000)

    16. The Isle

    20001h 30mNot Rated61Metascore
    6.9 (15K)
    Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.
    DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsJung SuhKim Yu-seokCho Jae-hyun
  • Jitka Cerhová and Ivana Karbanová in Daisies (1966)

    17. Daisies

    19661h 15mNot Rated
    7.2 (17K)
    After realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
    DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie Cesková
  • Matango (1963)

    18. Matango

    19631h 29mUnrated
    6.4 (3.8K)
    Shipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
    DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboKumi MizunoHiroshi Koizumi
  • Cronos (1992)

    19. Cronos

    19921h 34mR70Metascore
    6.7 (35K)
    A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFederico LuppiRon PerlmanClaudio Brook
  • Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

    20. Brand Upon the Brain!

    20061h 35mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.3 (3.8K)
    Returned home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
    DirectorGuy MaddinStarsGretchen KrichSullivan BrownMaya Lawson
  • Surviving Life (2010)

    21. Surviving Life

    20101h 49m
    7.2 (1.5K)
    The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another woman.
    DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsVáclav HelsusKlára IssováZuzana Krónerová
  • Thomas est amoureux (2000)

    22. Thomas est amoureux

    20001h 37mUnrated63Metascore
    7.0 (2.1K)
    In the near future, a man confined to his apartment for eight years by agoraphobia and fear of human contact is prescribed remote sex therapy.
    DirectorPierre-Paul RendersStarsBenoît VerhaertAylin YayMagali Pinglaut
  • Vera (2003)

    23. Vera

    20031h 26m
    5.9 (130)
    The story of an android that raises alive in the deepest caves of the mayan zone in México and meets and old dying man. They will stablish a spiritual bond than enlightens the old mayan and helps him to release himself out of his withered body.
    DirectorFrancisco AthiéStarsUrara KusanagiMarco Antonio Arzate
  • Dark Days (2000)

    24. Dark Days

    20001h 22mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.7 (7.4K)
    A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
    DirectorMarc SingerStarMarc Singer
  • In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

    25. In the Realms of the Unreal

    20041h 21mUnrated74Metascore
    7.3 (2.3K)
    Janitor Henry Darger spent decades creating a 15,000-page illustrated novel depicting an epic battle between good and evil. His fantasy world, combining religious imagery and heroic drama, remained undiscovered until his twilight years.
    DirectorJessica YuStarsHenry DargerDakota FanningLarry Pine

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