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Bizzare yet Beautiful Movies

by peaspot • Created 10 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
These movies have different kind of sense and must use their own logic to digest.
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  • Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001)

    1. Mulholland Drive

    20012h 27mR87Metascore
    7.9 (407K)
    After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin Theroux
  • Jack Nance in Eraserhead (1977)

    2. Eraserhead

    19771h 29mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.3 (137K)
    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
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    3. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (910K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Chieko Baishô, and Takuya Kimura in Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

    4. Howl's Moving Castle

    20041h 59mPG82Metascore
    8.2 (483K)
    When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya Gashûin
  • Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

    5. A Clockwork Orange

    19712h 16mR77Metascore
    8.2 (911K)
    Alex DeLarge and his droogs barbarize a decaying near-future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMalcolm McDowellPatrick MageeMichael Bates
  • Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

    6. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    19711h 40mG67Metascore
    7.8 (237K)
    A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.
    DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter Ostrum
  • Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, and Martin Mull in Clue (1985)

    7. Clue

    19851h 34mPG41Metascore
    7.3 (116K)
    Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.
    DirectorJonathan LynnStarsEileen BrennanTim CurryMadeline Kahn
  • Mary and Max (2009)

    8. Mary and Max

    20091h 32mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.1 (196K)
    In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.
    DirectorAdam ElliotStarsToni CollettePhilip Seymour HoffmanEric Bana
  • Jacob's Ladder (1990)

    9. Jacob's Ladder

    19901h 53mR62Metascore
    7.4 (124K)
    Mourning his dead son, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny Aiello
  • Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Mary McDonnell, Noah Wyle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Stuart Stone in Donnie Darko (2001)

    10. Donnie Darko

    20011h 53mR88Metascore
    8.0 (882K)
    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
  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

    11. Fight Club

    19992h 19mR67Metascore
    8.8 (2.5M)
    An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat Loaf
  • Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann in Persona (1966)

    12. Persona

    19661h 23mNot Rated86Metascore
    8.0 (136K)
    A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha Krook
  • Catherine Deneuve in Repulsion (1965)

    13. Repulsion

    19651h 45mNot Rated91Metascore
    7.6 (60K)
    A withdrawn manicurist who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and experiences horrific visions of violence.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsCatherine DeneuveIan HendryJohn Fraser
  • Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, and Andrea Riseborough in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

    14. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    20141h 59mR87Metascore
    7.7 (682K)
    A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
    DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward Norton
  • Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)

    15. Black Swan

    20101h 48mR79Metascore
    8.0 (859K)
    Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent Cassel
  • Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream (2000)

    16. Requiem for a Dream

    20001h 42mNC-1771Metascore
    8.3 (938K)
    The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsEllen BurstynJared LetoJennifer Connelly
  • Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

    17. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    20082h 46mPG-1370Metascore
    7.8 (721K)
    Benjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 as a baby.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda Swinton
  • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    18. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    20041h 48mR89Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom Wilkinson
  • Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody (2009)

    19. Mr. Nobody

    20092h 21mR63Metascore
    7.7 (252K)
    A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
    DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane Kruger
  • Christian Bale in The Machinist (2004)

    20. The Machinist

    20041h 41mR61Metascore
    7.6 (429K)
    An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
    DirectorBrad AndersonStarsChristian BaleJennifer Jason LeighAitana Sánchez-Gijón
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    21. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (818K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

    22. Stranger Than Fiction

    20061h 53mPG-1367Metascore
    7.5 (241K)
    I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
    DirectorMarc ForsterStarsWill FerrellEmma ThompsonDustin Hoffman
  • John Turturro in Barton Fink (1991)

    23. Barton Fink

    19911h 56mR69Metascore
    7.6 (132K)
    A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn TurturroJohn GoodmanJudy Davis
  • Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Colin Farrell, Olga Kurylenko, and Bonny in Seven Psychopaths (2012)

    24. Seven Psychopaths

    20121h 50mR66Metascore
    7.1 (281K)
    A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
    DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellWoody HarrelsonSam Rockwell
  • Pi (1998)

    25. Pi

    19981h 24mR72Metascore
    7.3 (190K)
    A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsSean GulletteMark MargolisBen Shenkman

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