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FUN, Mystery, Reality-Bending Movies

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  • Bill Murray and Robert Duvall in Get Low (2009)

    1. Get Low

    20091h 43mPG-1377Metascore
    7.0 (24K)
    A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
    DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsRobert DuvallBill MurraySissy Spacek
  • Big Fish (2003)

    2. Big Fish

    20032h 5mPG-1358Metascore
    8.0 (471K)
    A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsEwan McGregorAlbert FinneyBilly Crudup
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

    3. The Grand Budapest Hotel

    20141h 39mR88Metascore
    8.1 (935K)
    A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu Amalric
  • Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    4. Pan's Labyrinth

    20061h 58mR98Metascore
    8.2 (729K)
    In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi López
  • Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski (1998)

    5. The Big Lebowski

    19981h 57mR71Metascore
    8.1 (896K)
    Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne Moore
  • Alice (2009)

    6. Alice

    20092 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    7.2 (10K)
    Everything you know about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about to be turned upside down in this modern-day mini-series. The cast includes Kathy Bates, Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Harry Dean Stanton, and Tim Curry.
    StarsCaterina ScorsoneAndrew Lee PottsMatt Frewer
  • Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

    7. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    19981h 58mR41Metascore
    7.5 (312K)
    An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey Maguire
  • Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011)

    8. Hugo

    20112h 6mPG83Metascore
    7.5 (344K)
    In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsAsa ButterfieldChloë Grace MoretzChristopher Lee
  • The Legend of 1900 (1998)

    9. The Legend of 1900

    19982h 49mR58Metascore
    8.0 (72K)
    A baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
    DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsTim RothPruitt Taylor VinceMélanie Thierry
  • Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris (2011)

    10. Midnight in Paris

    20111h 34mPG-1381Metascore
    7.6 (463K)
    While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsOwen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy Bates
  • Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Samantha Weinstein, and Jason Spevack in Jesus Henry Christ (2011)

    11. Jesus Henry Christ

    20111h 32mPG-1341Metascore
    6.4 (6.4K)
    At the age of ten, Henry James Herman, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.
    DirectorDennis LeeStarsJason SpevackToni ColletteMichael Sheen
  • John Cusack, Brendan Gleeson, and Luke Evans in The Raven (2012)

    12. The Raven

    20121h 50mR44Metascore
    6.4 (90K)
    When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.
    DirectorJames McTeigueStarsJohn CusackAlice EveLuke Evans
  • Vincent Cassel in Satan (2006)

    13. Satan

    20061h 35mNot Rated
    5.6 (9.8K)
    A group of youngsters go out to a disco on Christmas Eve and accidentally run into a shepherd who has prepared himself for a night of pure insanity.
    DirectorKim ChapironStarsVincent CasselOlivier BarthélémyRoxane Mesquida
  • Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, and Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

    14. Shoot 'Em Up

    20071h 26mR49Metascore
    6.6 (158K)
    A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.
    DirectorMichael DavisStarsClive OwenMonica BellucciPaul Giamatti
  • Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci in Don't Look Back (2009)

    15. Don't Look Back

    20091h 51mNot Rated
    5.8 (7.7K)
    A psychodrama about a photographer whose pictures tell a different story than that of her perception.
    DirectorMarina de VanStarsSophie MarceauMonica BellucciAndrea Di Stefano
  • Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Ray Stevenson, and Chris Massoglia in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

    16. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

    20091h 49mPG-1343Metascore
    5.8 (49K)
    Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.
    DirectorPaul WeitzStarsChris MassogliaJohn C. ReillySalma Hayek
  • Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Kiami Davael, Pam Ferris, Rhea Perlman, Jacqueline Steiger, Michael Valentine, and Mara Wilson in Matilda (1996)

    17. Matilda

    19961h 38mPG72Metascore
    7.0 (188K)
    A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
    DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsDanny DeVitoRhea PerlmanMara Wilson
  • Natasha Richardson and Kiran Shah in Gothic (1986)

    18. Gothic

    19861h 27mR
    5.7 (9.6K)
    The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsGabriel ByrneJulian SandsNatasha Richardson
  • Venus in Fur (2013)

    19. Venus in Fur

    20131h 36mNot Rated69Metascore
    7.1 (22K)
    An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsEmmanuelle SeignerMathieu Amalric
  • George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges in The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

    20. The Men Who Stare at Goats

    20091h 34mR54Metascore
    6.2 (140K)
    A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
    DirectorGrant HeslovStarsEwan McGregorGeorge ClooneyKevin Spacey
  • Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Jonah Meyerson, and Grant Rosenmeyer in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

    21. The Royal Tenenbaums

    20011h 50mR76Metascore
    7.6 (325K)
    The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica Huston
  • Naked Lunch (1991)

    22. Naked Lunch

    19911h 55mR67Metascore
    6.9 (59K)
    After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan Holm
  • Sonny Boy (1989)

    23. Sonny Boy

    19891h 36mR
    5.7 (1K)
    A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transgender wife cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute accomplice in their crimes. When the grown "Sonny Boy" escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.
    DirectorRobert Martin CarrollStarsDavid CarradinePaul L. SmithBrad Dourif
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

    24. Beasts of the Southern Wild

    20121h 33mPG-1386Metascore
    7.2 (86K)
    Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
    DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy Easterly
  • Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

    25. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    19892h 4mNC-1762Metascore
    7.5 (44K)
    At an opulent gourmet restaurant, a woman carries on an affair with deadly consequences.
    DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRichard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren

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