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Fando and Lis (1968)
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Original name: Fando y Lis
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
Style:
surreal, experimental, disturbing, avant garde, philosophical, depressing, suspense, controversial, apocalyptic, art house ...
Plot:
surrealism, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, nihilism, distopia, female nudity, journey, paraplegic, mental disorder, desert, youth, art, dream, landscape, fetish, trippy, disability, magic realism, dystopia, unconventional romance, post apocalyptic, card playing, puppet, toys, escapades ...
Time:
distant future, 60s
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Most similar movies to Fando and Lis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surreal, stylized, atmospheric and weird films with plots about surrealism, escapades, blood, danger, death, female nudity and existentialism mostly in Fantasy, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Fando and Lis: The Holy Mountain (1973), Zardoz (1974), Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), Finisterrae (2010), The Dance of Reality (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, esoteric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, artificial intelligence, immortality, satire, medieval, rebellion, surrealism, death, commune, old woman, old man ...
Time:
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Place:
arizona
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, stylized, experimental, serious ...
Plot:
surrealism, couples, religions or cults, society, couple relations, human nature, theory, art, ship, disintegration, nudity, ocean ...
Time:
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Place:
asia, japan
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two ghosts walk along the Camino of Santiago.
Style:
surreal, contemplative, atmospheric, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, pilgrimage, introspection, on the road, supernatural, journey, wandering, surrealism, society, friendship, minimalism, human relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
spain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro ...
Style:
art house, surreal, realistic, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, childhood, coming of age, kids in trouble, dysfunctional family, family life, family relations, street kid, family problems, parents and children, misfit, youth ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
chile, latin america
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, ...
Style:
surreal, offbeat, fairy tale, cerebral, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, imagination, escape from reality, suicide, desert, storytelling, stuntman, magic realism, imaginary kingdom, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
india, los angeles, california, cambodia, taj mahal ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Running away from the police, Aden goes to the desert where he meets an uncivilized man who has a special link with Mother-Earth. He ends up by convincing the hermit to come along with him into another desert... the big town!
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, psychotronic, art house ...
Plot:
surrealism, desert, oedipus complex, torture, coming of age, unsettling, magic realism, peeping, overprotective mother, human relationship, incest, epilepsy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. El Topo (the mole) claims to be God, while dressed as a gunfighter in black, ...
Style:
experimental, surreal, disturbing, sexy, psychedelic ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, boy, murder, revenge, religion, rape, church, violence, russian roulette, lion, dark hero ...
Time:
year 1970, 70s
Place:
south america, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
A small group of cosmic explorers leave Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization.
Style:
surreal, avant garde, mysterious, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, astronaut, philosophy, male nudity, religion, planet, existentialism, moon, time travel, chaos, male pubic hair, alien ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
poland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, bleak, art house, brutal ...
Plot:
viking, danger, norse mythology, death, lone wolves, warrior, vengeance, mute, all male cast, violence, nordic, new world ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, year 2009, ancient times ...
Place:
jerusalem, highlands, scotland, europe, holy land
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Mexico, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Toledo in the 30s: The godfather of cinematic surrealism, Luis Buñuel, the poet Federico Garcia Loca and the painter Salvador Dalí are on a search for the mythical table of King Salomon, which is known to have the power to see in the past, the ...
Style:
contemplative, surreal, clever, stylized, manga ...
Plot:
filmmaking, surrealism, ancient mystery, political unrest, artist, art history, famous, art, architecture, painter, performer's life, teleportation ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 2000s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In this classically surreal fantasy, a sailor, known for telling tales, sees a student killing his teacher and decides to spin a few yarns for him. He tells the boy of his many adventures in exotic South American ports where he visited opium dens ...
Style:
psychedelic, atmospheric, stylized, offbeat, surreal ...
Plot:
ghost, surrealism, sailor, trippy, ocean, ship, nudity, escapades, lifestyle, adventurer, mysterious character, imaginary ...
Time:
year 1983, year 1958
Place:
singapore, france, chile, south america, poland ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
494
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary, Netherlands, UK, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Befriended by the keeper, he learns of a secret world he can see inside the light of the lamp - the world of Taxandria ruled ...
Style:
surreal, anime, independent film, fairy tale, offbeat ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
lighthouse, dictatorship, superhero, architecture, hotel, prince, dystopia, friendship, rescue, love and romance, young heroes, imaginary ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces ...
Style:
anthology, psychedelic, avant garde, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, fascism, obsession, split personality, supernatural, danger, mental illness, gory, sex, extreme, violent, reincarnation ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country:
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman tried to discover his destiny in order to learn how to die. As he enters the whirling circles of time, we discover the blasphemy of our century, and how it is ...
Style:
christmas horror, surreal, dark comedy, controversial, mind bending ...
Plot:
dalmatian, killer santa claus, post apocalypse, christmas, post-apocalyptic future, xmas, surrealism, post apocalyptic, distopia, dystopia, mysticism, barber ...
Time:
90s, year 2019, year 1999, year 1900, 1910s ...
Place:
macedonia
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Style:
surreal, psychological, avant garde, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
surrealism, baby, existentialism, nightmare, insanity, psychology, dream, loneliness, psychosis, factory, dark humor, eccentricity ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
america, philadelphia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. The Exterminating Angel is a 1962 surrealist film, written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Silvia Pinal. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film contains a view ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, black and white, philosophical ...
Plot:
surrealism, religion, social satire, room, mansion, dinner party, absurdism, satire, class differences, piano, isolation, symbolism ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, paris france
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, sad, surreal, harsh ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
poverty, climate change, children, global warming, magic realism, father daughter relationship, childhood, coming of age, flood, single father, crab, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, tokyo ...
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: UK, France, Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain ...
Style:
psychedelic, suspense, psychological, exciting, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
tough heroes, gunfight, underwater sex, vengeance, desert, rivalry, female nudity, revenge, danger, escapades, outlaw, modern west ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
arizona
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A film adaptation of the classic sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian. A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood ...
Style:
dark fantasy, epic, epic fantasy, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
sword and sorcery, barbarian, sword fight, warrior, medieval, fight, violence, snake, good versus evil, black magic, mythology, warlord ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, stone age, 80s, prehistoric times ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Annunciation (in Hungarian: Angyali üdvözlet) is a Hungarian film directed by András Jeles in 1984, based on The Tragedy of Man (1861) by Imre Madách. When Adam (Péter Bocsor) and Eve (Júlia Mérő), having succumbed to Lucifer's ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
bible, children, devil, symbolism, philosophy, angel, coming of age, religions or cults, obsessive quest, heroes, ancient history, time ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
ancient greece, athens greece, france, paris france, prague ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
Style:
cult classic, fairy tale, visually stunning, visual, visually appealing ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
surrealism, steampunk, rejuvenation, satire, fantasy world, childhood, magic, renaissance, mental disorder, eccentricity, sword and sorcery, siege ...
Time:
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Place:
ancient greece, europe, egypt, austria, constantinople ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
Style:
experimental, psychedelic, surreal, epic, art house ...
Plot:
shakespeare, book, surrealism, magic, magic realism, nudity, children, boy, shipwreck, library, daughter, skinny dipping ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 17th century
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, entertaining, apocalyptic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
desert, martial arts, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, road trip, alternate history, medieval, rock and roll, danger, heroes, chaos ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
las vegas, north america, nevada
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: Denmark, Mexico, France, Argentina, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, serious, cerebral, captivating ...
Plot:
desert, escapades, parents and children, love and romance, family relations, on the road, latin american history, murder, wild west, father daughter relationship, dog, american history ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
19%
317
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, captivating, gloomy ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, ambition, folk hero, clergy, rivalry, dystopian future, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, society, underdog, child hero, absent father ...
Time:
future, year 2003
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Style:
surreal, dark fantasy, fairy tale, cerebral, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
surrealism, imaginary kingdom, deal with the devil, mysterious character, imagination, steampunk, bet, transformation, devil, imaginary world, sex with teenager, circus ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, year 2010
Place:
britain, london
Similarity:
19%
822
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Ethiopia, Finland
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Our figurine sized supermen hero embarks on an epic surreal journey that will take him across the Ethiopian post apocalyptic landscape in search of a way to get on the hovering spacecraft that for years has become a landmark in the skies.
Style:
surreal, indie film, avant garde, weird
Plot:
afrofuturism, tourism, trippy, human relationship, epidemic, post apocalyptic, superhero, apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
ethiopia
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
Dreamwood narrates the oniric quest of a modern argonaut in a mysterious island located somewhere on the borders of the unconscious.
Style:
experimental, avant garde, surreal, independent film, psychological ...
Plot:
children, symbolism, quest, isolation, island, journey, haunting, minimalism, minimal dialogue, ritual, male nudity, moon ...
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