Surreal movies and TV shows – page 5

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Greedy Guts (2000)
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, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids
Plot: surrealism, killer child, folk horror, absurdism, tree, baby, monster, dark humor, obsession, couple relations, parents and children, macabre ...
Time: 90s
Place: czechoslovakia, central europe
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Midnight in Paris (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
Style: feel good, melancholic, surreal, romantic, sweet ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: time travel, magic realism, painter, literature, art history, bohemian life, love and romance, writers, artist, nostalgia, fall in love, writer's life ...
Time: 2010s, 19th century, year 2011, 20th century, 1920s ...
Place: paris france, france, versailles, europe, iran ...
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 8.0
 792K
Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style: humorous, absurd, surreal, parody, ironic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: monty python, knight, holy grail, king arthur, medieval, arthurian legend, satire, sword fight, surrealism, breaking the fourth wall, monk, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 10th century, 20th century, year 1975
Place: england, britain, arizona, europe, xian ...
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The Matrix (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: kids, date night, family friendly, manly, chick flick ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, philosophy, virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial arts, existentialism, cyberpunk, alternate reality, gunfight, fight, visceral ...
Time: future, 20th century, near future, year 1999, 90s ...
Place: persia, los angeles
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style: surreal, psychological, dark comedy, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: midlife crisis, existentialism, theater, surrealism, showbiz, actor, magic realism, satire, father daughter relationship, dark humor, alter ego, art ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, america, ethiopia, manhattan new york city ...
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The Element of Crime (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the ...
Style: surreal, bleak, neo noir, art house, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, hypnosis, police investigation, surrealism, mentor, dystopia, society, memory loss, distopia, dialogue, psychoanalysis ...
Time: future
Place: middle east, cairo egypt, europe, egypt, africa
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The Taste of Tea (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has ...
Style: surreal, touching, semi serious, contemplative, disturbing ...
Plot: escape from reality, countryside, family life, eccentric family, youth, teenage love, parents and children, housewife, delusion, dull life, surrealism, family history ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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 6.5
 243K
Silent Hill (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style: scary, dark, surreal, gothic, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, demon, survival, supernatural horror, macabre, insanity, torture, ghost town, ghost, good versus evil, missing child ...
Time: year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: west virginia, virginia, america, usa
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 7.6
 203K
The Birds (1963)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. ...
Style: surreal, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense, dark ...
Plot: bird, bird attack, paranoia, disaster, killer animal, survival, animal attack, small town, creature feature, unsolved mystery, dangerous animal, murder ...
Time: 20th century, year 1963, 60s
Place: california, san francisco, bay area
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 6.7
 111K
Four Rooms (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, anthology, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, multiple storylines, workplace situations, disorder, hotel, gangster, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, couples, new year's eve, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: america, los angeles, california, usa
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 6.7
 114K
Primer (2004)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, independent film, confusing, mind bending ...
Plot: time travel, time loop, parallel universe, time machine, changing the past or future, changing the future, science, inventor, paradox, time traveler, twists and turns, scientist ...
Time: future, year 2004, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas
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Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, surreal, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Plot: factory worker, life is a bitch, blindness, death sentence, immigrant, destiny, murder, tragedy, secret, hanging, tragic hero, dancing ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place: nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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 7.0
 12K
Martin (1977)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Martin sedates women with a syringe full of narcotics and then slices their wrists with a razor blade so he can drink their blood. Martin, who comes to live with his uncle and cousin in the dying town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has romantic ...
Style: surreal, suspenseful, tense, grindhouse, disturbing ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, serial killer, violence, murder, curse, hidden identity, shyness, teenage life, female pubic hair, zombie, macabre ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, romania
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life? Harold Crick is your average IRS agent: monotonous, boring, and repetitive. But one day this all changes when Harold begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, offbeat, humorous, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: literature, paranoia, philosophy, publisher, novelist, writer's life, existentialism, heartwarming, love story, professor, hearing voices, love and romance ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.5
 53K
The Double (2013)
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, mindfuck, bleak, art house ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: shyness, doppelganger, surrealism, suicide, loneliness, depression, workplace, office, obsession, losing-it hero, loser, wise man ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: britain, usa
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Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A traumatized young man abducts Korean leaders, believing they're toxic reptilian aliens - a fifth column launching a takeover of beloved Earth. Stumped law enforcement geniuses half-seriously hire a disgraced, disheveled private detective with ...
Style: surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, alien, kidnapping, investigation, torture, dark humor, save the world, biopunk, space and aliens, twists and turns, anti hero, brutality ...
Place: south korea, korea
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The Day of the Beast (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible (Angulo), a death metal salesman from Carabanchel (Segura), and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult (De Razza). These go on a literal ...
Style: surreal, scary, dark comedy, suspenseful, satanic ...
Plot: apocalypse, black magic, devil, satire, catholic priest, macabre, heroic mission, blood, sin, unlikely criminals, save the world, babies and infants ...
Time: 90s, year 1995
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, los angeles ...
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 7.6
 413K
The Machinist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style: psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, surreal, mind bending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insomnia, insanity, obsession, mysterious character, losing-it hero, paranoia, hallucination, life is a bitch, uncover truth, schizophrenia, secrets, mental illness ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, america, usa, los angeles
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Mad Detective (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A rookie cop teams up with a former detective with a supernatural gift to hunt down a serial killer.
Style: surreal, psychological, serious, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: police investigation, mental illness, police detective, manic, murder, dishonesty, law enforcement, serial killer, imagination, surveillance, twists and turns, killer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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 50K
Fallen Angels (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In this bifurcated crime narrative, a disillusioned hitman attempts to escape from his violent lifestyle against the wishes of his partner, who is infatuated with him, and an eccentric mute repeatedly encounters, then subsequently falls for, a ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, visual, neo noir, art house ...
Plot: couples, killer, hitman, couple relations, existentialism, love, criminal heroes, partners in crime, love affair, dialogue, triad, asian ...
Time: year 1995, 90s, 20th century
Place: hong kong, china, asia
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style: surreal, psychological, lovecraft, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: insanity, investigation, hallucination, paranoia, gory, supernatural, small town, mind game, mental illness, writers, fear, monster ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, distant future
Place: new england, new hampshire, england, europe, new york ...
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 7.5
 26K
The Tin Drum (1979)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style: surreal, controversial, disturbing, art house, harsh ...
Plot: world war two, fascism, coming of age, nazi, circus, boy, wartime life, magic realism, life is a bitch, political unrest, beach, against humanity ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1979 ...
Place: germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
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Chronos (1992)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable ...
Style: gothic, surreal, scary, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot: immortality, vampire, addiction, invention, supernatural, aging, blood, death, danger, haunted by the past, race against time, goth ...
Time: 90s, 1930s, 20th century, 16th century, year 1996 ...
Place: rome italy, mexico, latin america, los angeles, usa ...
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 6.9
 117K
Trance (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style: surprise ending, psychological, neo noir, twist ending, clever ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: hypnosis, memory loss, heist, twists and turns, manipulation, amnesia, art thief, plot twist, art theft, dishonesty, torture, mind control ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, england
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. A British science-fiction film from director Nicolas ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, stylized, independent film, erotic ...
Plot: space and aliens, surrealism, alien invasion, alien, sex scene, dystopia, desert, alien life-form, nudity, satire, female nudity, humanity ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, distant future, 70s
Place: usa, new mexico, new york
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 8.1
 117K
Paris, Texas (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style: road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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 7.2
 31K
The Gopher (1970)
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: surreal, psychedelic, disturbing, allegory, experimental ...
Plot: desert, surrealism, murder, boy, revenge, rape, religion, suicide, church, violence, russian roulette, gunfighter ...
Time: year 1970
Place: latin america, mexico
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Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes ...
Style: surreal, humorous, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, motorcycle gang, teenager, revenge, obsessive quest, gang, on the road, youth, misfit, punk, women, coming of age ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, france, europe
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Style: surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: stop motion, magic, surrealism, orphan, childhood, friendship, youth, giant, aunt, young heroes, escapades, buddies ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, england, empire state building manhattan new york city
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