Your favorite surreal films?

[CountryGent]

So, at the present, my wife and children are outside, and therefore not, as they say, "in my hair". There is a wildfire around us, but we are safe, even though there are a great many aircraft flying above us. So I am drinking and watching the very bizarre film El Topo. To say this one is surreal would be a very great understatement. I also had the recollection that a family member of mine had a part in the production of the film Altered States. As such, I throw out this question: what are some of your favorite surreal, bizarre, haunting, or otherwise strange films? Enjoy, amigos.

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[notazombie]

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[CountryGent]

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One of my favorites too, my friend.

 

[jbett98]

 

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Backcountry (2014) ⭐ 6.0 | Adventure, Drama, Horror

1h 32m | R

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Not sure if that counts but good grief it reminded me of a lot of idiots and the cliches were spot on. It was a little too real at some points.

I haven't been in the woods since.

 

[Dungannon]

I enjoyed El Topo in 1972 and thought it was deep, but then I was in a greatly altered state.
Saw it again years later and decided the director was in a greatly altered state.

Brazil was another. Space Odessey 2001. Dead Man [Johnny Depp's weird western].

 

[Xaevian]

I have many. To name a few off the top of my head:
Apocalypse Now (see my avatar)
Pan's Labyrinth
Jacobs Ladder
Shoot `Em Up
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff

Thanks for the topic, CountryGent.

 

[Kruel J]

Human Centipede

 

[Ura-Ki]

+1 for Pans Labyrinth, that was one crazy, freaky, and yet cool film, especially the directors cut with the directors commentary!

 

[CHLChris]

@Xaevian beat me to THE answer.

Jacob's Ladder...for the win!

And if you can possibly find it, I once saw the director's cut, which was an even better ending!

 

[CHLChris]

By the way, nobody makes movies like this anymore. Either sequels, remakes, superhero movies, or woke leftist drivel...that's all that is getting made these days.

 

[mrblond]

might be NSFW.. but this movie was a trip when I saw it back in the day.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

"Catch 22"..."Blade Runner"..."American Beauty"..."Cannery Row"..."Apocalypse Now".

 

[Stomper]

Apocalypse Now, and Boondock Saints come to mind.

 

[CountryGent]

A few come to mind ...

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• The Wall (1982)
• El Topo (1970)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Altered States (1980)
• Brazil (1985)
• Metropolis (1927)
• M (1931)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• Eraserhead (1977)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Dark City (1998)
• Zachariah (1971)
• The Lost Highway (1997)
• Dr. Strangelove (1964)

 

[CountryGent]

Oh, and I forgot the "great" body of work from one Ed Wood. Crappy, bizarre, yet strangely charming in their own way.

 

[TeacherSmurf]

My favorites are THX 1138, Dr Strangelove, and The Big Lebowski.

Just for fun, I am also adding my favorite commercial, Design for Dreaming-MST3K style

 

[E4mafia]

They live

 

[CountryGent]

My favorites are THX 1138, Dr Strangelove, and The Big Lebowski.

Just for fun, I am also adding my favorite commercial, Design for Dreaming-MST3K style

LOL! Yes, but I fear you are forgetting one "Mr." B Natural.

I was ready for marriage. Not sure others were.

And "no springs"

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yentl.



Lol, not really.