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About Surreal, Psychedelic & Mind-Bending films:
A selection of films, famed for their decision to throw convention out of the window. This list pays homage to the great surrealist films from the history of cinema.
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About Surreal, Psychedelic & Mind-Bending films:
A selection of films, famed for their decision to throw convention out of the window. This list pays homage to the great surrealist films from the history of cinema.
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- DirectorC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiStarsGabriel AfolayanOmowunmi DadaKelechi UdegbeRomero's (Gabriel Afolayan) neighbourhood is in trouble. People are suddenly manifesting symptoms of rabid river blindness . With his friends, Emmy (Kelechi Udegbe) and Peju (Omowunmi Dada) he struggles to understand how the neighbourhood's sole source of water supply could have been infected. However, there's no time to ponder because they all must survive and fight their way through to escape the infested neighbourhood.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsEdward NortonEdward FurlongBeverly D'AngeloLiving a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.
- DirectorIsmail BasbethStarsTara BasroRatu AnanditaCornelio SunnyA dreamy, absurdist fantasy film based on Indonesian legends. Asa is the daughter of a seer. To escape her mother's clutches, she lives hidden in a forest. One day, she is collected by a dog, who turns out to be a man sent by her mother.
- DirectorRobert KurtzmanStarsTammy LaurenAndrew DivoffAngus ScrimmA demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsHolly FieldsChris WeberAl FosterThe evil Djinn is awakened once more, and must collect 1001 souls to begin the Apocalypse.
- DirectorChris AngelStarsJason ConneryA.J. CookTobias MehlerThe evil Djinn is back at again, this time wreaking havoc on the students of Illinois' Baxter University.
- DirectorChris AngelStarsTara Spencer-NairnMichael TruccoJason ThompsonThis time, the Djinn unleashes his undying love for a beautiful woman in his final attempt to unleash his brethren from Hell.
- DirectorMike MitchellStarsChris PrattElizabeth BanksWill ArnettIt's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
- DirectorSatoru OguraA duo of guys capture and brutally torture a young girl to the point of piercing her retina.
- DirectorHideshi HinoStarsHiroshi TamuraKirara YûgaoAnja BlagojevicLate at night, a woman is kidnapped by an unknown assailant and taken back to his blood-spattered dungeon, where he turns her into a "flower of blood and flesh" through a series of dismemberment and evisceration.
- DirectorMasayuki KusumiStarsShinsuke ArakiIvuMasahiro SatôAfter being dumped by his girlfriend for a friend, he attempts suicide - which turns up pain-free - and decides to scare the guy by literally throwing his own guts at him.
- DirectorHideshi HinoStarsShigeru SaikiMari SomeiMasami HisamotoAn artist rescues a mermaid in a sewer who develops bleeding sores all over her body, paints a portrait with her oozes and eventually disjoints her.
- DirectorKazuhito KuramotoStarsToshihiko HinoMio TakakiTomorô TaguchiA dwarf scientist has his dreams frustrated when his sister becomes seriously ill. Determined to find a way to preserve the essence of his sister after the death, the scientist begins to use humans as guinea pigs in a bizarre experiment.
- DirectorHajime TabeStarsMitsuru FukikoshiKobuhei HayashiyaMasami HisamotoA drag queen doctor named Peter conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsWoody HarrelsonEmily MortimerBen KingsleyA Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsRose LeslieHarry TreadawayBen HuberA newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night.
- DirectorTashi GyeltshenStarsTshering EudenDorji GyeltshenSingyeWe all live in one story but different realities. Or perhaps, we all live in one reality but different stories. And in between, there is just a mask.
- DirectorCarter SmithStarsShawn AshmoreJena MaloneJonathan TuckerA leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsDanny MulheronDonna AkerstenStuart DevenieMultiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsBeckyBengalMasayuki DeaiA young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
- DirectorChris WalasStarsEric StoltzDaphne ZunigaLee RichardsonThe almost-human son of "Brundlefly" searches for a cure to his mutated genes while being monitored by a nefarious corporation that wishes to continue his father's experiments.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsShirley HendersonAllison JanneyAlly SheedyFriends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
- DirectorChris CrowStarsMark Lewis JonesMichael JibsonIan VirgoBased on real events which saw two lighthouse keepers stranded for months at sea in a freak storm, the film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of human darkness.This is similar to the recent 2019 film of the same name, except it was produced in Wales.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsBéatrice DalleCharlotte GainsbourgAbbey LeeTwo actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches - but that's not all. 'Lux Æterna' is also an essay on cinema, the love of film, and on-set hysterics.
- DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsDavid Lee SmithDoug HaleyDavi SantosA 14,000-year-old college professor notices that he has finally started showing signs of aging. Meanwhile, four of his students get suspicious of him and start investigating his past.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsAnge DargentThéophile BaquetDiane BesnierTwo young friends embark on a road trip across France in a vehicle they built themselves.
- DirectorJoachim RønningStarsAngelina JolieElle FanningHarris DickinsonMaleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBenicio Del ToroAdrien BrodyTilda SwintonA love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossFreedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossThe human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
- DirectorLana WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesCarrie-Anne MossYahya Abdul-Mateen IIReturn to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsHugo SilvaMario CasasPepón NietoA gang of armed robbers finds a safe haven in a secluded village crammed with witches--only to encounter the bizarre, the unexpected, and the occult. Can they save themselves, and the rest of the world from the next witch apocalypse?
- DirectorAndrey IskanovStarsAlexandra BatrumovaSvyatoslav IliyasovAndrey IskanovA haunted hitman whose violent career has taken a toll on his mental health turns to trepanning as a means of relieving his growing anxiety.
- DirectorAndrey IskanovStarsIgor AnikinAlexandra BatrumovaYukari FujimotoDemons cross the divide between the world of dreams and waking reality to capture a victim and drag him back to their nightmarish realm.
- DirectorSimon RumleyStarsLeo BillRoger Lloyd PackKate FahyA descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. Alone, his over-protected, delusional, adult son, James, fancies himself in charge of the manor house with his terminally ill mother, and barricades the two of them into the house for a series of ever more panicked home treatments, mistakenly protecting her from the arrival of Nurse Mary and any outside help.
- DirectorRobert HallStarsBobbi Sue LutherKevin GageLena HeadeyA young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
- DirectorRobert HallStarsBrian Austin GreenThomas DekkerMimi Michaels"ChromeSkull" is the sequel to the 2009 horror hit "Laid to Rest." It brings back ChromeSkull, who barely escaped death in the first movie and is hell-bent on continuing where he left off... and forging a new path of terror and destruction.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
- DirectorAlexandre BustilloJulien MauryStarsAlysson ParadisJean-Baptiste TabourinClaude LuléFour months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.
- DirectorStephen BiroStarsEight The Chosen OneScott GabbeyJim Van BebberTwo women are abducted by a group of snuff filmmakers and brought into a Hellish nightmare of unmistakable brutality, viciousness and destruction that will leave every viewer shocked, amazed and awestruck.
- DirectorMarcus KochStarsDan EllisLillian McKinneyAndy WintonA man is imprisoned by a psychotic doctor who tortures him in increasingly gruesome ways in order to extract chemicals from his bloodstream. Along the way, he develops a relationship with a female prisoner.
- DirectorPoison RougeStarsRoberto ScorzaFlora GiannattasioIntent on delving deep into the abysmal realm of self-mutilation, Daniel locks himself in the bathroom and begins an esoteric conversation of blood and suffering with the goddess, Ishtar. Will his sacrifice open the path to enlightenment?
- DirectorDominic BurnsSimon PhillipsStarsCraig ConwaySimon PhillipsGemma AtkinsonWith Britain battered by a storm, one last plane takes off. Shortly after, passengers start disappearing one by one. Those that remain frantically try to discover who - or what - is behind it before they share the same fate.
- DirectorMani HaghighiStarsAmir JadidiEhsan GoodarziHomayoun GhanizadehAn orange Chevrolet Impala drives across a cemetery towards an abandoned shipwreck in the middle of a desert landscape. It is the 22nd of January, 1965. The day before, the Iranian prime minister was shot dead in front of the parliament building.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsLeif EdlundYlva GallonKatarina JacobsonAs a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
- DirectorKevin KölschDennis WidmyerStarsJason ClarkeAmy SeimetzJohn LithgowDr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsLily-Rose DeppHarley Quinn SmithJohnny DeppTwo teenage yoga enthusiasts must do battle with an evil presence that is threatening to rise from its underground lair and endanger their major party plans.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsKevin SmithGenesis RodriguezHarley Quinn SmithLike Jaws (1975), but with a moose.
- DirectorMariano CohnStarsPeter LanzaniAilén MazioniDady BrievaA thug breaks into a specialized car with a special security system that keeps him trapped inside with no one being able to hear him crying for help.
- DirectorFranck KhalfounStarsElijah WoodNora ArnezederAmerica OlivoAs he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaKyoko HinamiA small group of student filmmakers and a shy young girl with strict parents are simultaneously manipulated, seduced and abused by an older man. They follow his bidding, even when murder is involved.
- StarsAmi TomiteKahoHirotatsu TerabayashiManami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to the hotel where a huge matchmaking convention is being held.
- DirectorSeth MacFarlaneStarsMark WahlbergSeth MacFarlaneAmanda SeyfriedNewlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsNicolas CageEva MendesRussell M. HaeuserTerence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
- DirectorVivitaTony WattJohn A. KellyStarsTony WattVivitaMartin MageeRomeo Montague is the alias of (the re-animated) Patient Zero, a skilled, mutated android hit-man/pimp/ancient relics collector, that lives in Verona City, N.Y.; a dystopic metropolis filled with extreme horror and sexual deviancy.
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsStacy ChboskyBen MessmerSamantha RobsonIn an abandoned house in Poughkeepsie, New York murder investigators uncover hundreds of tapes showing decades of a serial killer's work.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsChristian AndrénJohan KylénAnna BjelkerudA severely deformed young man dreams of being reunited with his mother and finds freedom by exploring his imaginative inner life, where he is a 200-foot giant.
- DirectorStephen BiroStarsJessica CameronJim Van BebberGene PalubickiThe Catholic Church is trying to save an innocent soul from the ravages of satanic possession. Wave after wave of holy men are sent to confront the possessed.
- DirectorAlastair OrrStarsRyan MacquetClaire OppermanMichael ThompsonTwo survivors, who appear unwilling to answer questions, are the only links authorities have to a spate of attacks that have hit rural South Africa.
- DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsShin'ya TsukamotoYûko NakamuraCoccoWhen a single mother suffers a nervous breakdown, she is suspected of child abuse and her child is taken away. Her mental suffering escalates as she succumbs to her darkest fantasies.
- DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsMako HyôdôJinpachi NezuKeiichi NodaA mysterious young girl wanders a desolate, otherworldly landscape, carrying a large egg.
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsGéraldine PailhasJonathan ZaccaïFrédéric PierrotThe lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJoel LamanganPiolo PascualShaina MagdayaoMadmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
- DirectorKodie BedfordPerun BonserRob BraslinStarsKatie BeckettShakira ClantonTamala SheltonMystery, terror, suspense and fantasy. Dark Place is a collection of five gripping Australian Indigenous horror tales.
- DirectorTorin LangenNavin RamaswaranZachary RamelanStarsJamie TarantiniNick SmythJason TannisDuring a late night taping of Dr. Nasty's Cavalcade of Horror, bloody chaos takes place while screening two features (Dinner for Monsters and Slit). Samantha/Nurse Nasty is frustrated with how the show is being run by its womanizing director and its drunk and crazy host, Dr. Nasty.
- DirectorBrian O'MalleyStarsLiam CunninghamPollyanna McIntoshBryan LarkinHeld in a remote police station, a mysterious stranger takes over the minds and souls of everyone inside.
- DirectorAndreas MarschallStarsSusen ErmichMagdalena RitterJulita WittIn the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor "shine". Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the "Matteusz Gdula"-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...
- DirectorSandi ManceStarsHrvoje DundovicMia DurcevicMarko JuricIn a school full of perverse teachers, where you earn grades by having sex, Nancy is the only honest person. But when she, despite studying a lot, fails her final exam... it's time for revenge!
- DirectorGrant McPheeStarsKitty ColquhounJason HarveyMariel McAllanFion (Patrick O'Brien) uses his hereditary psychic abilities, along with an unknown mystical drug he smokes, to help solve crimes. His current case involves a vampire couple that are responsible for a series of murders in the city slums. He is soon joined by Isobel (Mariel McAllan) a mysterious young woman who seems to have a personal stake in wanting to defeat the vampire couple.
- DirectorByron Conrad ErwinStarsTony DarrowJohn J. CornettaMichael H. ColeThe rural town of Lynchburg, Georgia holds a dark secret. A century old curse has condemned the citizens to a diet of human flesh. Unable to leave the city limits the town folks must lure unsuspecting travelers to their quaint town where they soon become the menu item of choice. Problems arise when the Federal Government releases a street savvy criminal into their community under the witness relocation program.
- DirectorKasper JuhlStarsNickolai JensenLina Nemi NielsenSanne Oskjær ChristiansenTwo friends record their brutal torture of human victims, descending into a depraved world of madness and disturbing hallucinations in this dark and unsettling portrait of humanity's darkest tendencies.
- DirectorYorgos NoussiasStarsMeletis GeorgiadisPepi MoschovakouArgiris ThanasoulasAn evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitMichal KosakowskiAndreas MarschallStarsLola GaveAxel HolstMichael ZennerThree German tales of love, sex and death in Berlin from Germany's most shocking directors.
- DirectorJuan PadrónStarsIrela BravoFrank GonzálezManuel MarínPepín, Pepe's little son, is a gifted child who, despite his young age, develops a new magical drink more powerful than Vampisol, which he calls Vampiyaba because it is made from guava. Mobsters, vampires, Soviet spies and even a Nazi commando arrive in Cuba in search of this new drink and its creator. So Pepe has to save his son, his marriage from failure and his club, Pepito's, from ruin. But when everything seemed to be lost, Von Dracula returned from his afterlife and reestablished the new world vampires order.
- DirectorAlejandro Guzmán AlvarezStarsFernando BonillaRaúl BrionesJosé Concepción MacíasA deceitful and unemployed 40-year-old man returns to the house of his mother, who has recently passed away, to spend time with his alcoholic father and with a strange monster that oozes skin pieces, employed as fabric on the family's tailor shop business.
- DirectorMoritz BleibtreuStarsMoritz BleibtreuNadja UhlEmily KuscheHagen develops disturbing nightmares and soon can no longer distinguish between dream and reality.
- DirectorDavid Noel BourkeStarsMikkel VadsholtBrian HjulmannSiir TilifJens has a midlife crisis and chooses to settle some old debts.
- DirectorEmir EzwanStarsFarah AhmadMhia FarhanaHarith HaziqSet in the past, in which a family gets a visit from a strange little girl with a frightening prediction.
- DirectorMitch JenkinsStarsKezzabelle AmblerRoger Ashton-GriffithsSheila AtimA man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and violent chiaroscuro women.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsBodil JørgensenMikael PersbrandtLars MikkelsenKaren, Krogen and Bulder are fighting against the clock. The time has come to clean The Kingdom of all evil spirits once and for all, but much can still go wrong.
- DirectorNeus BallúsStarsMohamed MellaliValero EscolarPep SarràA peculiar team of three handymen has to face a series of eccentric clients. Their everyday job becomes a surrealist and exhilarating experience.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorAbba MakamaC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiMichael OmonuaStarsBelinda Agedah YangaPaul UtomiElvis PokoA three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by the Nigerian new wave cinema collective known as Surreal16.