Surrealism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant surrealism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out weird, surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, atmospheric and dark films and TV shows about / with surrealism, obsession, storytelling, psychology, suspense, insanity, existentialism, imagination, cult and trippy plots mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
surrealism
TOP 10 movies tagged as surrealism: Enter the Void (2009), Eraserhead (1977), Mulholland Drive (2001), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Spirited Away (2001), Labyrinth (1986), Donnie Darko (2001), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Vanilla Sky (2001), Mr. Nobody (2009).
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List of surrealism movies
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style:
psychedelic, art house, atmospheric, philosophical, meditative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, drugs, hallucination, stripper, afterlife, drug trip, sex, trippy, drug use, incest, lsd, explicit sex ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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120K
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, art house, experimental, psychological, avant garde ...
Plot:
surrealism, nightmare, insanity, existentialism, baby, cult, psychology, art, loneliness, eccentricity, psychosis, factory ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, atmospheric, psychedelic, cerebral ...
Plot:
gang, insanity, rape, violent, surrealism, psychology, drugs, distopia, violence, psychopath, brutality, murder ...
Time:
future, year 1995, 20th century, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom
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777K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Style:
anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, colourful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, magic, surrealism, supernatural, dragon, witch, parallel world, ghost, human becoming an animal, fantasy world, rescue, bathhouse ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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141K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah - a teenager with an active imagination - summons the Goblins from her favourite book, "Labyrinth", to take the baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, humorous, surreal, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
surrealism, good versus evil, puppet, fantasy world, friendship, rescue, heroes, maze, beast, imaginary kingdom, female protagonist, hopes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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811K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, insanity, time travel, imaginary friend, surrealism, parallel universe, hallucination, suspense, time loop, suburbs, schizophrenia ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
virginia, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, melancholic, mind bending, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
memory, surrealism, amnesia, love, existentialism, memory loss, love story, relationships, alternate reality, couples, loneliness, introspection ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Style:
gothic, surreal, fairy tale, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
loneliness, goth, love, surrealism, freak, social misfits, christmas, love and romance, inventor, fall in love, love story, castle ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
usa, florida
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273K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, surreal, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, hallucination, virtual reality, mind game, love, tragic love, disfigurement, psychology, dream, obsession, lost love, alternate reality ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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237K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, surreal, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
destiny, time, philosophy, alternate reality, surrealism, depression, butterfly effect, utopia, multiple outcomes, life changing experience, twists and turns, bittersweet ...
Time:
future, year 1975, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
canada
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105K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Style:
psychological, surreal, psychedelic, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, race against time, coma, psychiatrist, virtual reality, psychopath, macabre, mind game, fbi, suspense, investigation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new ...
Style:
surreal, buddy comedy, touching, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, corpse, hallucination, friendship, loneliness, magic realism, island, forest, imagination, dark humor, life & death, wilderness ...
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204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, voyeurism, small town, sex, sexual obsession, kidnapping, serial killer, rape, postmodernism, suburbs, sexual perversion, eccentricity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
surrealism, circus, serial killer, revenge, cult, psychology, art, magic realism, insanity, macabre, funeral, clown ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico city, latin america
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312K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, witty, dark fantasy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
ghost, afterlife, supernatural, haunted house, dark humor, surrealism, goth, dysfunctional family, possession, teenage girl, seance, attic ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new england, usa, connecticut
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232K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, surreal, art house, scary ...
Plot:
surrealism, symbolism, vandalism, uninvited guest, cannibalism, pregnant woman, death of son, brutality, riot, husband wife relationship, nightmare, suspense ...
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137K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, distopia, human nature, surrealism, existentialism, wish come true, russian, society, escapades, future dystopia, religion ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, russia
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey ...
Style:
suspenseful, surreal, satanic, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
revenge, lumberjack, cult leader, surrealism, chainsaw, cult, kidnapping, vengeance, mysticism, rage, brutality, nightmare ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s, 20th century
Place:
xian, california, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
John Kricfalusi, the creator of the original Ren & Stimpy Show, is back at the helm with new adventures of Ren Höek and Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy) in Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, with the emphasis toward adults instead of children. These ...
Style:
adult animation, parody, humorous, not serious, absurd ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
surrealism, sexual humor, nude beach, adult humor, toilet humor, anthropomorphism, bad taste humour, disorder, gays and lesbians, heroes, escapades, partners ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, investigation, serial killer, murder, small town life, small town, incest, mental illness, hallucination, supernatural, rape, double life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1988, 80s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
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695K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, stylized, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drugs, existentialism, dark humor, british, junkie, drug abuse, counterculture, life is a bitch, surrealism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, england, europe, london
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20K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style:
surreal, scary, psychological, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, surrealism, secret society, paranoia, monster, cult, transformation, conspiracy, cheerleader, cannibalism, psychiatrist, dark humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
Style:
surreal, experimental, not serious, humorous, philosophical ...
Plot:
surrealism, absurdism, identity crisis, pets, mysterious character, track down, disorder, lost dog, dog, existentialism, mental disorder, hipster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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201K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
small town, serial killer, surrealism, murder, supernatural, investigation, nightmare, hallucination, secret, mysterious death, evil spirit, small town life ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington state, canada, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, mind bending, stylized, dark ...
Plot:
surrealism, supernatural power, twists and turns, supernatural, trapped, paranormal phenomena, investigation, supernatural ability, time travel, alien, space, tv show ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychological, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surrealism, absurdism, killer child, baby, monster, dark humor, obsession, couple relations, parents and children, fantasy world, macabre, suspense ...
Time:
90s
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Style:
psychological, surreal, bleak, art house, dark ...
Plot:
shyness, doppelganger, surrealism, suicide, paranoia, loneliness, depression, workplace, dark humor, office, obsession, loser ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, small town, supernatural, surrealism, small town life, law enforcement, time, interdimensional travel, special agents, mysterious event, good versus evil, anger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
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11K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Style:
avant garde, surreal, disturbing, experimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, macabre, self mutilation, necrophilia, nihilism, torture, violence, chaos, brutality, postmodernism, obsession, supernatural ...
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