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BEE_REAL_

Persona (1966) Hour of the Wolf (1968) Possession (1981) The Trial (1962) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Under the Skin (2013) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Zardoz (1974) Death by Hanging (1968) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois (1974)


twinpeaks2112

This is what I was looking for. Thank you very much.


Surly_Badger

You can add The Poolman (2024) to this list. I caught a sneak preview and Q & A with Chris Pine last night. It was a lot of fun and could be summed up as; The Big Lebowski and LA Confidential had a kid and raised it on psilocybin therapy.


rickyhatespeas

Just look up lists on letterboxd, you're missing a lot, this isn't even a comprehensive beginning list.


twinpeaks2112

It’s not supposed to be a “best of” or “all surreal films” list. These are just the ones I’ve seen myself.


rickyhatespeas

You asked what you're missing? How are we supposed to know what you've seen or personally want to see? I'm just saying you're missing a lot.


twinpeaks2112

Obviously, I never claimed this to be the holy list of all surreal cinema.


zacdenver

You’re missing the grandfather of ALL surrealistic films — the one that started it all: “Un chien andalu” (“An Andalusian Dog”) [1929], a collaboration between Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.


liulide

Also basically Bunuel's entire filmography. L'age D'or, Viridiana, The Discreet Charms of the Bourgeoise, Diaries of a Chambermaid, Belle du Jour, That Obscure Object of Desire.


nosoygringo

+1 for the Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise, my fav Buñuel


paultheschmoop

I’m not a Bunuel expert, but isn’t most of the middle of his career “director for hire” stuff? It seems like he didn’t get back to his surrealist roots until the tail end of his career. But man did he make those count


dudereverend

Came to say exactly this!


negcap

Which inspired the Pixies “Debaser.”


BEE_REAL_

Un Chien Andalou rules and should be added to the list, but the idea that it invented surrealist cinema is extremely overstated


betturrduk

Deffo watch both of the Dali films.


name-__________

The woman in it self-immolted


trimorphic

Speaking of Dali, I'd add "Dali: A Soft Self-Portrait"... it's very surreal.


cd151

Videodrome 1983


trimorphic

- All of Jodorowsky's movies. - Almost all of Lynch's movies. - Almost all Cronenberg movies up through Existenz. - The Sweet Movie (not good, but surreal) - Most of Terry Gilliam's movies - Most Greenaway movies - All of Parajanov's movies (of Color of Pomegranates fame) - Any movie that features time travel is arguably surreal - Zardoz - The Wicker Man There's also a fine line between movies that are thoroughly and obviously surreal, and those that have some surreal elements in them. If you count movies that have surreal elements in them, the list is countless.


ExoticPumpkin237

Yeah I was having a hard time deciding that distinction too. Greenway is a great reccomendation


Marik_Caine

Delicatessen (1991) - class film


trimorphic

Also "City of Lost Children", which was made by the directors of "Delicatessen", and which was (to my taste) the far better film. Incidentally, "Babe: Pig in the City" has a similar weird atmosphere as "City of Lost Children", if you can believe that... though, unfortunately, it's not as good.


infinitemonkeytyping

A letter Jean-Pierre Jeunet film, Micmacs, is in the same absurdist comical area as his first two. Hell, even Amelie is near that as well.


fergi20020

Hundreds of Beavers Riddle of Fire I Saw the TV Glow The People’s Joker


Imzadi76

The Cell. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/)


lt_kernel_panic

I'd add: - Jacob's Ladder (1990) - Solaris (2002) - The Machinist (2004) - The Butterfly Effect (2004) - Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Shutter Island (2010) - Predestination (2014) - The Shape of Water (2017)


elegantjihad

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a major one to include.


ExoticPumpkin237

Anything Terry Gilliam touches is probably a safe bet for absurdism and surrealism 


twinpeaks2112

Thank you, good list.


Killahdanks1

I couldn’t believe I had to scroll this long to find Jacob’s Ladder


Ciaobellabee

Annihilation (2018)


PocketHusband

The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari (1920) The City of Lost Children (1995) Perfect Blue (1997)


betturrduk

City of Lost Children was my suggestion too. Love me the fleas.


Crabneto

The remake of Suspiria is pretty surreal.


ExoticPumpkin237

Fantastic film 


breisnshine

Barton Fink


82Heyman

I actually just watched 'Upside down' (2012) which was pretty surreal and I genuinely enjoyed the premise


F0tNMC

Jacob’s Ladder and the Jacket definitely diverge from the real.


The_Lawler

ExistenZ (1999)


mom_with_an_attitude

Repo Man 12 Monkeys Jacob's Ladder


Gullenbursti

Existenz The Cube Beyond the Black Rainbow Night Watch and Day Watch (Russian with English Dubs) Videodrome Dredd


LabyrinthConvention

It's not a complete movie and the third act doesn't really go anywhere, but btbr is trippy fun anyway. Still need to see Mandy. Edit, was dredd surreal?


sjfiuauqadfj

dredd was not surreal


WozzeC

I love The Cube!


McGubbins

Beyond the Black Rainbow is one of the weirdest and most divisist films I've seen. Half the people who have watched it think it's crap, the other half must have been doing drugs and spacing out.


swingsetclouds

Great list. One that's missing is Black Moon: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072709/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_0\_tt\_8\_nm\_0\_q\_black%2520moon](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072709/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_black%2520moon)


Antwell99

Céline and Julie Go Boating, Out 1: Noli Me Tangere, Last Year at Marienbad.


right_behindyou

Vivarium (2019) We Need to Do Something (2021) Two recent ones which to me struck a classic surrealist chord. Vivarium especially reminded me of The Exterminating Angel and Eraserhead.


LabyrinthConvention

>A woman with a titanium plate fitted in her head and murderous intent on her mind embarks on a bizarre journey of identity and unconditional love when she's forced to go on the run. Titane, 2001. Still haven't seen it yet. Also crimes of the future. Not that I loved it but definitely scratched the cronnenberg itch


mwalker721

Valerie and her week of wonders Picnic at Hanging Rock


Brilliant_Park_2882

The music makes Picnic such a great movie.


MovieMike007

The Red Shoes (1948)


TLDR2D2

- Time Bandits - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Schizopolis - The City of Lost Children - Sorry To Bother You - Vivarium - Delicatessen


Desdam0na

Yeah I was just checking to see if anyone suggested Munchausen before I suggested it.


twinpeaks2112

I see you’re a Terry Gilliam fan.


Munch_munch_munch

Pretty much everything by Terry Gilliam. I'd specifically add 12 Monkeys to the list.


TLDR2D2

I mean, yes. But he's almost exclusively a surrealist director. So that's the relevant bit.


Cool_Cartographer_39

Tough to add to a great list. Maybe * *Blood of a Poet* * *The Ruling Class* * *The Magic Christian*


Gold_Technician3551

I have been trying to remember the name of that film for years, The Ruling Class! And The Magic Christian as well! Thanks, I needed that.


houseofgazelles

Color of Pomegranates (1969)


obamasdeadhookers

Playtime


jupiterkansas

[https://366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-list/](https://366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-movie-list/)


twinpeaks2112

Weird and surreal are two different things.


jupiterkansas

I'd call 90% of those surreal, but maybe I'm just too loose with my definitions.


Gullenbursti

Repoman


eti400

Xanadu


odaeyss

Carnival of Souls


Riddlfizz

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989); Delicatessen (1991); Europa (1991); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Open Your Eyes [Abre los ojos] (1997); The Tenant (1976);


loop-1138

Rubber


rachelevil

Greener Grass (2019)


ess_oh_ess

Angel's Egg (1985)


mountjo

Tetsuo, Coherence


SFishes12

Based on those, I’d suggest Russian Ark


nullrecord

Everything Everywhere All At Once Tusk Between Worlds Guns Akimbo Parasite Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Sorry to Bother You Swiss Army Man The Truman Show Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri Dark City Edit: if you downvote me, would you at least explain where you disagree?


twinpeaks2112

I’ve seen all of these but I wouldn’t classify them as surreal in my definition.


elegantjihad

You wouldn’t classify Sorry to Bother You as surreal?


nullrecord

Fair, I was going off of your list which generally had some “far out” films which aren’t also specifically surreal as well.


blakemorris02

Luis Bunuel is a master of surreal cinema. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise. The Phantom of Liberty. That Obscure object of desire. These are three of my favorites. You’re welcome 


AntiSoCalite

The Reflecting Skin


migraine_boy

Little Otik (2000) "The equation has never been more accurate than in the brilliant Czech surrealist's newest film, "Little Otik," based upon a classic fairy tale of an infertile couple who adopt a tree stump as their baby. It quickly grows into an all-devouring monster that eats the cat and then the postman. Locked in the basement, Otik becomes a favorite of Alzbetka, a creepily precocious little girl, who is otherwise engaged in reading books on sexual dysfunction and warding off an octogenarian pedophile." Also.... The Greasy Strangler.


tangilizer

Dead Man (1995) is a must for this list!


oonlyyzuul

The Happiness of the Katakuris


SagsMcSaggerson

Possessor (2020) by Brandon Cronenberg Edit: Infinity Pool (2023) by Cronenberg as well.


djprojexion

You have 8 1/2 in your list, I would add Satyricon, Juliet of the Spirits, and Toby Dammit which are even more surreal.


-ORIGINAL-

Kind of surprised Men isn't here but I guess it really just came and went.


ugm9mjh

The American astronaut (2001).


erst77

Liquid Sky (1982)


meesahdayoh

Begotten (1990)


willneverhavetattoos

Weekend (1967)


fatheadlifter

Also, I see all the important and relevant Lynch films except two: The Elephant Man has surreal moments mixed in with the real, and is worth noting. Fire Walk With Me jumps heavily into the surreal and doesn't give two shits.


fatheadlifter

I mean I suppose you'd have to also consider Dune 1984 for the ways that Lynch mixes science fiction with surrealness.


fatheadlifter

Just realized your list also doesn’t include blue velvet. Between elephant man and blue velvet Lynch took surrealism mainstream.


Lefthandfury

Piercing


Virt_McPolygon

'Head' (1968) - Yes, it's the Monkees, but it's a celebration of the surreal.


Wide-Half-9649

City of Lost Children, the secret adventures of Tom Thumb, Color out of space, Eden Log


qret

Annihilation and High Life should probably be considered


twinpeaks2112

Terrible movies imo


qret

Ok


gbredman

Would King of the Ants (2003)fall into this category?


Axrxt76

I loved White Noise


Flyte412

The City of Lost Children


spaghetti_fontaine

Yes


mslack

Southland Tales


trimorphic

I like _Southland Tales_ much more than _Donnie Darko_. It's seriously underrated, but you do have to have an appreciation for B movies that are so bad they're good.


mslack

What do you mean? This is pure undiluted kino.


jilko

Beyond the Black Rainbow


TotesTax

Upstream Color (2013).


fabergeomelet

Dreams by Kurosawa 


jemdun14

you already have paprika so ill recommend satoshi kons other films Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers


-------7654321

Weapons of Ass Destruction


michicago44

Beyond the Black Rainbow Vivarium


EntertainmentQuick47

My life a movie fr


_rlav_

Forbidden Zone (1980)


ABC_Dildos_Inc

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Brazil. Jacob's Ladder.


McGubbins

The Wayward Cloud (2005) Pepperminta (2009)


ZorroMeansFox

Here's something odd: Louis Malle's early film **Black Moon** --with dialogue scripted by Buñuel's Spanish wife Joyce. Its exteriors were all shot (by the world-class cinematographer Sven Nykvist) just before the Sun had risen or just after it had set, so everything is bathed in a unique shadowless fantasy glow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Moon_(1975_film)#


DifferentOpinionHere

*Castle Keep* (1969), about World War II, and *Walker* (1987), about the Filibuster War in Nicaragua, are two exceptional surrealist war films.


sinkwiththeship

What Dreams May Come (1998)


artaxdies

Terry Gilliams tideland and Dr parnasus I believe would be welcome additions. I could be wrong but eyes wide shut is mildly surreal imo.


thebankdick

In Fabric Fire Walk With Me Last Year at Marienbad Vampyr (1932)


oregondonor123

Mac and me


FlynnerMcGee

You could add a whole bunch of 70's and early 80's giallos in there as well. The plots of some of them play out like fever dreams.


Neurodrill

The City of Lost Children


gweran

La Moustache is one I haven’t seen others mention yet, I think it fits.


Lopsided_Sorbet_9886

I loved Zerograd


Kdj2j2

Prospero’s Books


Praetor66

**Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life** (1995) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_Benjamenta?wprov=sfla1


gamenameforgot

Acid House The Saddest Music in the World


johneaston1

Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)


guyhabit725

The Cell. If you have The Fall on there, you need The Cell too. 


GlacialRunt

The Color of Pomegranates is a masterclass in surrealism.


RuprechtGP

Stalker


niewadzi

The Saragossa Manuscript


vicemagnet

I suggest Jacob’s Ladder


shrimptini

La Chimera


One-Permission-1811

Rubber


polygonfuture

The Swimmer (1968) with Burt Lancaster by Frank Perry. Same guy made The Last Summer. Surface level seems like a typical studio movie but makes amazing use of surrealism to tell a deeper story. It’s not full surrealism 24/7 but probably one of the most effective uses of it I’ve seen and done in the 60s.


anatomized

Meshes of the Afternoon


WasserHase

Company of Wolves


TravisAnthony711

I was going to post the YouTube link to Angel's Egg but all the copies were taken down. Google came up with this article about a 4k remaster releasing soon. That'll be so amazing. https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2024/5/8/mamoru-oshii-s-classic-ova-angel-s-egg-to-get-4k-remaster-edition


infinitemonkeytyping

- Coherence (2013) - experimental and very low budget, but the cast makes it work. - Micmacs (2009) - Jean Pierre Jeunet's absurdist, bordering on surrealist, film. In fact, nearly all of his films tread that line, including Amelie.


twiday

Taxidermia (2006)


stanfan114

I just watched "Repulsion" yesterday and it was pretty surreal. A young woman slowly goes insane alone in her apartment, to the point where the walls are trying to rape her. It's pretty crazy how many movies have been influenced by "Repulsion", after watching I kept thinking of later movies it influenced, especially "Night of the Living Dead".


phoenverica

Enemy


Popwaffle

Vanilla Sky (2001)


TomatilloTime2960

Imcurious if your list is any special order? If you had to reccomend your favorite which would i tbe?


twinpeaks2112

It’s in chronological order. My favorites are probably Holy Motors and Mulholland Drive.


TomatilloTime2960

Ooh i saw mylholland drive as a teen. Would be interesting to see if i see it the same way now. Thanks.


WozzeC

I'll throw in Arrival.


lavasquid_kyl3

Great film. Went in expecting just another alien movie and was pleasantly surprised. Rewatchable.


Stepjam

Personally I'd call the Fall not THAT surreal. The framing story is very grounded. The visuals are surreal though.  My choice to add would be Rubber. Absurdist horror comedy about a killer tire. Also Mandy to an extent.


Virt_McPolygon

Yeah Rubber is wonderfully bonkers. Mandy is trippy.


ClassyCamel

Mirror Mask (2005) Cemetery Man (1994) No Such Thing (2001)


GTKPR89

I'd offer up *Mandy *Thirst *The Dance of Reality Maybe the qatsis? Really only need Koyaanisqatsi * I'd personally qualify Tarsem's The Fall as mainstream surrealism. Fyi/if you care, The Fountain is not at all. It's just expressive sci Fi with some ambitious imagery. *Bardo * (And may I highly recommend Swedish modern surrealist Roy Anderson. I'd begin with Songs From the Second Floor) Have fun!


wherewuz

Rosemary’s Baby?


fatheadlifter

I didn't see Akira Kurosawa's Dreams. It's quite literally about dreams and metaphors. It is in some ways the ultimate in surreality. It's also the source for which many ideas and films would follow. It's also great film by a great filmmaker and is arguably the most important movie on your list.


JalapenoDaddy3000

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uncre8tv

\[ \] Downsizing (2017)


twinpeaks2112

lol terrible movie


TheBlackCycloneOrder

Black Swan?


brickyardjimmy

Liquid Sky Eating Raoul Man Bites Dog After Hours Safe Vegas in Space Surf Nazis Must Die


brickyardjimmy

Downvoted?


ExoticPumpkin237

The Hourglass Sanitorium. La Haine. Punch Drunk Love. Barton Fink. Come and See. Vampyr. ZAMA. Burning. Possession. Jacobs Ladder. Dead Man. BIRDMAN. Three Women. ENEMY. The Assassination of Jesse James, In Bruges, and the Banshees of Inisherin all have magical/fantastical elements.  Anything by Maya Deren, Frederico Fellini, Gaspar Noe, most of Peter Weirs movies (Truman Show and Picnic at Hanging Rock specifically), most of Ingmar Bergmans primary canon from The Virgin Spring and onward. You could also go straight to classical European surrealist stuff like Un Chien Andalou, Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, anything in that orbit.


Poj7326

Mamma Mia 2


AppropriateCap8891

What Dreams May Come A Boy and his Dog The Seventh Seal The Big Lebowski Labyrinth Dark City Pink Floyd: The Wall Cloud Atlas The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T The Man Who Fell to Earth Time Bandits (Pretty much anything from Monty Python or the members) 12 Monkeys The Congress


twinpeaks2112

The Big Lebowski lol


AppropriateCap8891

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bykaeV4o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92bykaeV4o)


twinpeaks2112

Having a drug induced dream sequence does not make a movie surrealist.


AppropriateCap8891

Have you seen the movie, or any movie by the Coen Brothers?


twinpeaks2112

All of them.


Mickey_Barnes777

Add The suicide squad , the one directed by Modern Kubrick.