.jpg "Books That Should Be Made Into Movies")
.jpg "Relive the Bizarre: Find Chuck Palahniuk in Denver")
.jpg "The Book Was Better Than The Movie")
.jpg "The New York City Movie Snob's Guide")
.jpg "Elisa")
.jpg "The Hot Booth Babes of E3")
.jpg "Celebrity Couples That Won't Last")
.jpg "Ugly Bathing Suits and the Celebrities Who Wear Them")
.jpg "$45 Microdermabrasion + Mini Facial in North Atlanta, GA/ Effie Salon and spa")
.jpg "Eyebrow Threading in Kennesaw, GA / Effie Salon and Spa")
.jpg "24 Hour Rego Park Locksmith 718-504-1455 Master Key Installation & Cutting")
.jpg "Locksmith Sheepshead Bay 718-412-2005 All Security Systems Install Repair/ Sell")
.jpg "Awkward Family Portraits will make you say \"WTF?\"")
.jpg "Failbook")
.jpg "Love is funny: Awesomely BAD engagement photos")
.jpg "Will You Go to Duct Tape Prom With Me?")
SPONSORED LISTINGS
"Well, That Was Weird": Bizarre Movies
- by elisa
- 9 contributors
- -
- July 10, 2009
- + Add To This Guide
(3)
- 3 discussions
- |
- 41 comments
- -
- collapse all
.jpg)
With all the buzz on Tim Burton's new version of "Alice in Wonderland," I started thinking about weird movies-- as Burton is one of the original patron saints of weirdness when it comes to film. What movies left YOU thinking, "well, that was weird," (or just left you thinking "WTF?")
Northfork
Duuuuuude. Did anyone else see this movie? I was so tripped out trying to keep the visual queues straight . . . even my film snobbish arthouse boyfriend at the time gave up and fell asleep!
added by Karey Ann 06/30/2009
.jpg "Elisa")
-
I remember when this came out, but I never saw it— probably a good thing!
Holy Mountain
Alejandro Jodorowsky is a weird dude. This movie is visually bonkers, Tarsem Singh rips him off left and right. The plot is tough, and there’s some scenes I could live without seeing again, but based on sheer audacity this movie is top notch.
His other big movie El Topo is much clearer and simpler in plot and is also visually stunning. Check out his box set if you’re a movie buff, his first films are kind of boring but it’s interesting to see him shoot off like a rocket for his last two films.
added by ghosty 06/30/2009
-
Just from looking at this image, I’m going to concur with your “weird dude” remark.
.jpg "Karey Ann")
-
Wow. I had blocked this experience out of my mind. There is enough Jesus imagery to last even this latina a lifetime . . . this could have only been made in the 70s after a mind-bending late 60s . . .
Being John Malkovich
Doesn’t everyone want to get inside the head of John Malkovich? I know I do… if only there was a portal on the 7 1/2 floor of a building.
added by Head 07/01/2009
-
I love this movie for all its crazy weirdness.
Losing Your Marbles
One of the oddest things I’ve ever seen. So this guy who works in government has this affair, see. And he gets caught. But that’s not the weird part. What he says to the press is sure looney-toons. I mean the writers of this bizarro movie must have been complete freaks. Because this script is almost Tarantino-like…ugh….it’s not a movie?
added by davidh 07/02/2009
-
I’m going to let this slide just because it’s pretty funny. :)
.jpg "davidh")
-
You can erase it if you want. Or let portend a future movie in 5-6 years or so.
-
The only explanation I have is that the guy must be a total ego-maniac . . . why else would he think we care or think he wouldn’t sound totally ridiculous?
Raising Arizona
I just saw this for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I usually like the Coen brothers’ movies, but I think this was just a little too weird for me.
.jpg "ghosty")
-
What?!?! This is classic, its my example I use when I talk about the days before Nicholas Cage turned into a doofus!
.jpg "poorluckyme")
-
This is a spectacular movie.
.jpg "brianpdoyle")
-
So true ghosty, so true.
Brazil
I grew up watching Terry Gilliam— “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,” “Time Bandits,” Monty Python… But even after seeing his other work when I finally saw “Brazil” I was like this is kinda weird…
Weird Al's Brain Promotes Weird Al's Movie
Somehow it seemed apt to link to a blog post about Weird Al making a movie.
Dune
I grew up watching “Star Wars” (thanks to an older brother who wanted to be a Jedi when he grew up), so when I finally saw “Dune” I liked it, but that didn’t stop me from thinking it was a tad odd.
-
David Lynch knows how to make things perplexing (see everything since Dune, especially INLAND EMPIRE). I love the digi-armor in this movie, thats my most solid memory of it. Time for a refresh.
-
I haven’t seen the OG version in a LONG time. I saw the updated one a few years back, but it’s not the same without Sting. Speaking of Lynch, I’m surprised there aren’t more of his movies on here!
Gormenghast
This book series was turned into a BBC mini series starring Jonathan Rhys Myers back in 2000 (way before he started ripping off bodices as Henry VIII). And despite the eye candy, it’s pretty darn bizarre.
366 Weird Movies
One for every day of the year— including leap years!
Five weird directors
I thought I’d supply a list of directors who’s work is consistently weird: you can check out almost anything by these guys and find something to blow your mind.
- David Lynch: When you tell someone you like “weird” movies, they will immediately say, “You mean like David Lynch?” I’d say the procreation nightmare Eraserhead (1977) is his best and weirdest film, but the ultra-ironic Blue Velvet (1986) comes in a close second. Also check out Wild at Heart (1990); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Lost Highway (1997); Mulholland Dr. (2001); and Inland Empire (2006).
- Luis Bunuel: Undoubtedly the most important figure in the history of cinematic surrealism. Un Chien Andalou (1929), the legendary short film he co-directed with Salvador Dali, begins with the image of a man slicing a woman’s eyeball and was the first shot fired in the Surrealist revolution and caused riots when it was shown. Bizarre highlights from a career that spanned almost half a century are L’Age D’or (1930), The Exterminating Angel (1962), Belle de Jour (1967), The Milky Way (1960), and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972).
- Guy Maddin: Maddin has one of the most unique styles of any contemporary filmmaker: he deliberately makes scratchy, black and white films that mimic the style of early talkies. Recommended titles are the amazing, award winning short tribute to early Soviet cinema, The Heart of the World (2000); Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988); Archangel (1990); Dracula, Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (2002); Cowards Bend the Knee (2003); The Saddest Music in the World (2003); Brand upon the Brain (2006); and My Winnipeg (2007).
- Alejandro Jodorowsky: Always surreal, grandiose and excessive. His mystical spaghetti western El Topo is my favorite, though The Holy Mountain (1973) may be his weirdest. Also check out Fando & Lis (1968) and Santa Sangre (1989) his movie about a serial killer controlled telepathically by his armless mother.
- Jean Cocteau: Another classical French Surrealist, Cocteau’s movies are considered “poetic” and are filled with monochrome beauty. His “Orphic trilogy”—Blood of a Poet (1930), Orpheus (1950), and The Testament of Orpheus (1960)—is required viewing for anyone interested in the history of strange cinema. His dreamlike fairytale adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (1946) is probably his most crowd-pleasing work.
added by 366weirdmovies 07/10/2009
Funny Games
F’d up. The movie is pretty brutal all on its own, but when the killers break the camera barrier and starting talking directly to you (or the audience) you’ll squirm. I watched by myself… at night, which may have made it more squirm worthy than watching it during the day.
added by Hi Liner 06/30/2009
-
I had a similar experience when I watched “The Virgin Suicides” by myself one night— I don’t think I would have been as traumatized had it been daytime— or had I been with other people.
Naked Lunch
Umm…come again? That’s all I got.
added by aliciak 07/02/2009
-
I haven’t seen this, but I’ve heard tales of its weirdness!
The Darjeeling Limited
Such an odd flick. However such an awesome one too! It’s filled with lots of irony and little life messages and all that. Oh and the soundtrack RULES! Bizarre films are interesting. I highly recommend this one!
added by Madeleine 07/01/2009
.jpg "The Mean Bean")
-
Totally weird, but still amazing.
-
It’s funny, I was totally thinking about “Darjeeling” when I was writing this guide! For some reason I didn’t end up putting it on here, and I’m glad someone did!!
- I LOVE Wes Anderson and I found Darjeeling a little weird, but I think in the end I was more disappointed than weirded out. I had super high hopes for this movie and I think it fell a little short.
Mulholland Drive
This is one weird movie, even for David Lynch’s standards, but it is incredible! Naomi Watts should have one Best Actress in this film. This movie is like one big dream sequence and it totally messes with your mind. Loved it.
added by brianpdoyle 07/02/2009
-
Yep, weird.. Unlike INLAND EMPIRE though, I can sit through it and really enjoy myself. I love how David Lynch uses music, lighting and melodrama to make you feel emotional without a recognizable plot.
-
Phew! I’m glad someone put this on here. A weird movie guide without a “Mulholland Drive” reference would just be sad.
-
Inland Empire definitely takes the Lynch weirdness cake.
I Heart Huckabees
I remember being really excited about this movie, and when I finally saw it I was pretty disappointed (although I did have a new-found appreciation for Mark Wahlberg’s acting abilities afterward). It was pretty weird— and not in a good way.
.jpg "Head")
-
I <3 this movie!
-
This movie could have been called: Dumb people’s take on philosophy meets Dustin Hoffman’s tan
-
Haha. NICE.
"First Look: What a Weird 'Wonderland' Burton's Made"
A sneak peak at Burton’s new baby.
Donnie Darko
I didn’t see this until a couple years ago (I know, I know), and it was WAY weirder than what I was expecting. Still good though.
Movies Guidespot Thinks You Should Add to Your Netflix Que:
What Movies Have You Walked Out Of?
What Movies Do YOU Want to See This Summer?
The Book Was Better Than The Movie: ‘Twilight,’ Anybody?
The Best ’80s Movies of All Time
Secretary
I liked this movie a lot, but I think it was so enthralling partly due to the fact that it was so quirky.
-
And more than partly to do w/ the fact that the main crux was quirky sex. W/ Maggie Gyllenhaal. What is this movie had been about James Spader’s pencil sharpening fetish? Definitely not as enthralling
-
Very true!
Volver
I saw this recently for the first time, and while I did like it, I did think it was a bit weird— but that’s typical Almodovar for you.
-
I’ll watch anything with Penelope Cruz cause her accent is BAD ASS.
-
I didn’t really care for her too much before I saw “Vicky Cristina” and now I’m a big fan!
The City of Lost Children
Oddly enough, this odd/borderline disturbing movie was made by the same person (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) who made the sunny “Amelie.”
-
Love Juenet! When is that guy gonna pop up again?!
-
Good question! He did “A Very Long Engagement,” but that was like 5 years ago now. I’m sure he’s got something in the works.
-
From the look of it, it sounds like it’s going to be an interesting one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149…
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
My dad is a big Werner Herzog fan and has all his movies. But that doesn’t stop me from finding Klaus Kinski scary— in a bizarre sort of way.
- |
- |
- |
- |
- share this
-
I must be weird because I like most of these movies. Do we need to add Being John Malkovich to this list?
.jpg "ethwiny")
-
Why is it that I LOVE weird movies but at this moment can’t think of anything to ad?
.jpg "Hi Liner")
-
I fell in love with Jena Malone and Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko. To this day they can do no wrong.
Contributors To This Guide
Add Our Widget To Your Site
.jpg)
What Is the Your Favorite Color?
Blue... no Green!
Discussions