Absurd movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant absurd movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out absurd, weird, funny, humorous, parody and clever films and TV shows about / with dialogue, storytelling, satire, violence, mentor, chase, brutality, nude, runaway and female nudity plots mostly in Comedy, Adventure and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as absurd: Idiocracy (2006), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), The Interview (2014), Adaptation. (2002), The Dictator (2012), Rubber (2010), The Hangover (2009), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Vivarium (2019), Zombeavers (2014).
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213K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, satirical, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dystopian future, time travel, distopia, stupidity, social satire, satire, dystopia, absurdism, social decay, dimwit, hibernation, dark humor ...
Time:
future, year 2006, year 2005, distant future, y2k ...
Place:
texas, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Style:
absurd, gothic, humorous, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, dark humor, werewolf, friendship, supernatural, goth, immortality, blood, social misfits, roommate, urban, found footage ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1912, year 1997, year 1978, 2010s ...
Place:
new zealand, indiana, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
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375K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to ...
Style:
absurd, controversial, satirical, political, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
dictator, male nudity, assassination attempt, sex, alternate history, undercover, profanity, farce, propaganda, satire, coup d'etat, journalism ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, america, asia, usa, korea ...
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213K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
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363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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43K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
Style:
horror comedy, parody, absurd, surreal, clever ...
Plot:
absurdism, desert, dark humor, supernatural, filmmaking, objects come to life, danger, monster, trippy, surrealism, killer car, eye ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, mojave desert, southern california
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920K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. ...
Style:
funny, humorous, cult classic, absurd, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
buddies, party, bachelor party, buddy, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, friendship between men, hung over, friends, memory loss, road trip, stupidity ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, iran, america, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, UK, USA, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.
Style:
humorous, funny, dark comedy, absurd, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
death, gory, dark humor, vacation, group of friends, student, nothing goes right, accidental killing, youth, chainsaw, friends, freak accident ...
Time:
year 2010, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
virginia, west virginia, usa, canada
Is relevant?
89K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
trapped, psychological torture, paradox, young couple, mysterious man, human experiment, suburbs, voyeurism, evil child, buying a house, evil wins, unhappy ending ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
College friends find their weekend of sex and debauchery ruined when deadly zombie beavers swarm their riverside cabin.
Style:
parody, horror comedy, humorous, absurd, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, monster, beaver, sexy girl, sorority girl, bear, bee, gory, stupidity, brutality, creature feature, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Edward, Peter, Lucy and Susan each follow their own path, they end up finding themselves at Willy's Chocolate factory. Walking through a wardrobe, they discover the world of Gnarnia, which is ruled by the White Bitch. Meeting up with ...
Style:
parody, satirical, humorous, absurd, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, magic, youth, orgy, heroic mission, young heroes, disorder, rivalry, nothing goes right, good versus evil, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
medieval times, 20th century, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
paris france, mexico
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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, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
monty python, medieval, knight, holy grail, satire, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword fight, surrealism, monk, absurd humor, camelot ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 10th century, year 1975, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona, britain, europe, england, xian ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink white Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events ...
Style:
black comedy, absurd, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bowling, dialogue, mistaken identity, slacker, hippie, weed, marijuana, great dialogue, laziness, dream, twists and turns, heart attack ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998, year 1991
Place:
los angeles, iraq, america, arizona, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Five teenagers enter a deserted jungle and trespass inside an abandoned house only to haunted by a woman with a monster hidden inside her reproductive organs.
Style:
absurd, suspense, sex comedy, horror comedy, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexploitation, japanese woman, teenager, infection, jungle, body horror, parasite, exploitation, death, erotica, characters killed one by one, human versus monster ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
From the creators of Scary Movie and Date Movie comes this tongue-in-cheek parody of the sword-and-sandal epics, dubbed Meet the Spartans. The 20th Century Fox production was written and directed by the filmmaking team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron ...
Style:
parody, slapstick, satirical, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
goofy hero, homoeroticism, stupidity, satire, breakdance, oracle, male male relationship, queen, celebrity, heroic mission, army, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
ancient greece, greece
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, satirical ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
wild west, old west, small town, irreverent, profanity, fall in love, stereotypes, duel, satire, teaching the ways of the world, newcomer, notoriety ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century, 1880s ...
Place:
usa, arizona
Is relevant?
330K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style:
surreal, art house, clever, absurd, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
absurdism, dystopia, distopia, solitude, blindness, love, manhunt, society, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, near future
Place:
ireland, greece, hellas, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style:
funny, humorous, laugh out loud, absurd, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
road trip, dumb, dimwit, stupidity, buddies, toilet humor, parakeet, odd couple, friendship, bromance, misfit, travel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Style:
clever, absurd, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Plot:
satire, farce, journalism, psychic power, media, desert, sarcasm, reporter, adaptation, drug trip, drug, military base ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, year 1983, year 2003, year 1973
Place:
iraq, middle east
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.
Style:
parody, absurd, sexy, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
farce, knight, medieval, wizard, female warrior, brothers, siblings relations, chastity belt, nobility, sarcasm, dumb, satire ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2011, 2010s, 50s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first things first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
mad scientist, robot, space and aliens, space travel, satire, stupidity, teleportation, irreverent, scientist, time, imaginary, satellite ...
Time:
future
Place:
minnesota
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
robin hood, farce, medieval, satire, wedding, king, righting the wronged, chastity belt, bow and arrow, virgin, arson, blind man ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 20th century, 90s, 12th century ...
Place:
england, arizona, jerusalem, new jersey, egypt
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style:
humorous, parody, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, satire, sarcasm, stupidity, farce, virus, love, espionage, culture clash, male pubic hair, secret service, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, south africa, northern england, santiago chile ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, absurd, horror comedy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
invasion, dark humor, dog, fictional reality, monster, psychic power, male friendship, out of body experience, buddies, portal, save the world, adult humor ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it ...
Style:
exciting, absurd, ironic, not serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
hitler, moon, alien race, outer space, dinosaur, post apocalypse, space, exploitation, adam and eve, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, rescue ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., germany
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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:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, obsession, dream, alternate reality, parallel universe, hollywood, filmmaking, lesbian sex, nightmare ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california, mulholland drive
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
Style:
slasher, humorous, parody, spoof, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
satire, virginity, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, camp counselor, serial killer, characters murdered one by one, teenager, summer camp, camp, killer, scream queen ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 1986, year 1987, 1950s ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
Style:
adult animation, entertaining, humorous, offbeat, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
mad scientist, time travel, scientist, dark humor, graphic violence, prodigy, relatives, grandfather grandson relationship, satire, family relations, youth, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, entertaining, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, revenge, fight scenes, comic book, superhuman powers, immortality, anti hero, invulnerability, dark hero, regeneration, sarcasm, mutant ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, new york
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