Most UNIQUE Movie You've Seen?
 

And one that's great, a favorite of yours.

"Buffalo '66" is mine.

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Swiss Army Man (2016)

This was a strange one but I really liked it. Probably Daniel Radcliffe's best role since Harry Potter.

I was totally surprised by how much I liked Swiss Army Man, the premise sounded nuts but it worked!

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At The Horizon (2018) - one of the only truly unique movies of its decade

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Eraserhead and Holy Motors come to mind.

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Off the top of my head I'll say maybe Goodbye to Language or River of Fundament.

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Enter the Void

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Being John Malkovich

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Gummo
The Holy Mountain
Sweet Movie

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

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Toss up between Donnie Darko and Tetsuo: the iron man, both I loved. How to get ahead in advertising wins for movies I’ve watched recently, again magnificent movie.

I love it.

It has to be "Holy Motors", for which I never finished. Most likely, will never attempt. But have to credit its "uniqueness".

Are you sure this fits? It doesn't sound like you liked it very much.

Oh, I hated it. But admired its approach. Just too over the top for me.

In the actual first post, matt said "And one that's great, a favorite of yours." That's why I asked. I've probably seen more unique films than Being John Malkovich, but it's the most unique film that I consider a favorite.

Please forgive me for not reading the parameters, for I am such a newb here...


:D

Even the veterans make this mistake :)

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"A Woman In The Dunes"

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"Bad Boy Bubby"

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without a doubt: Happy End (1967)

Eraserhead. I honestly hated it, Lynch's worst film and I like Lynch lol. Just too much weird etc.

Mulholland Drive is by far the most unique film I have seen (multiple times).

I had zero idea about Lynch, zero idea about the plot or what the movie was about. I was so immersed in the mystery and atmosphere, that half of the movie went into minutes. Was trying to find an explanation to things, or what happened but decided to do it at the end. One of the first "serious" and art-house films that still is in my top 10. Dunno but Lynch never captures the same magic of that film with me. Main reason; the characters in Mulholland Drive could exist in real life (y'know not the hobo or minions but the real ones) meanwhile, I didn't really care about Harry in Eraserhead or Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. It just feels so pessimistic and tragic, and it has also a meaning.

Dreams + revenge + surrealistic atmosphere isn't something you find in every movie so it gets my pick.

This is a great topic, but I wouldn't even begin to know how to answer it..."unique" is like "sexy"...it's in the eye of the beholder and no two conceptions of "unique" are the same. I'm sure I've used the word "unique" in writing movie reviews, but I'm sure there are at least ten people who don't think said films are unique at all.

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Lord Love A Duck (1966)

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I'm putting this on here because it's one of the weirdest movies ever - it's starts out like a typical teen comedy of it's time - with a high school, attractive young teenagers in romances, dancing, beach parties, etc. - then it moves into areas of a very strange father / daughter relationship, alcoholism, suicide, divorce, and murder plots - finally culminating as a zany teen comedy once again. It's really all over the place.

In the Original Post, I ask for your favorites that are also most unique.

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Probably something like 'The Holy Mountain'. Although 'Hausu' is also pretty unique and great. 'Underground' I'd put up there too.

Short film called Blood Tea and Red String

I Clowns (1970). Have seen plenty of circus movies before but nothing quite like this. Seems really different to any other film I've seen. And I enjoy it a lot.

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Losharik is a cute short film from Russia and not many know of it.

Pentimento is a unique film as well.

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the crow <3 <3 my favorite movie of all time <3
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Hausu.

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mine is "Inception"

I forgot 'The Devils' deserves a mention. I've not seen Derek Jarman's 'Blue' but that might be a worthy mention. 'Notes on Blindness' moved me greatly also.

Under the Skin. That's the respectable answer.

Just plain weird for weirds sake? Rat Pfink a Boo Boo. Or Fearless Frank.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man comes to mind first. I still wonder what the heck I just saw even though it's been a few years since I've seen it. Other than that, I'd go with Prospero's Books, which does things with rear projection and overlaying footage on top of other footage I haven't seen before or since.

Another one I'd throw into the mix is Tokyo Tribe, a rap musical about a gang war that I love. It'd be interesting to know if that's the first rap musical (it does predate Hamilton, at least). With this movie and Chi-Raq, there should really be more rap musicals.

Thought of another odd one(or two) in "Nymphomaniac I & II".

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Fantastic Planet is the first that came to mind

I so love this film. Top three animation for me, along with Toy Story & Watership Down.

Would you recommend part II? I watched the first half, and while I found it interesting - it's hard to say if I actually liked it - I'm not compelled to watch the second half.

I didn't think it was unique, just more sex/nudity than usual..

Bunraku



Colourful, action packed and cool.
If you haven't seen it I recommend you do (just don't moan at me if you don't like it) :D

Sátántangó would have to be up there for me.

Holy crap, I just finished watching The Night of the Hunter for the first time so...


The Night of the Hunter


Definitely.

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Tetsuo was pretty metal, I mean mental!

Tetsuo was the first movie I thought of.
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Hausu is up there
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as is The Forbidden Zone
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Pulp Fiction

I watched them both back-to-back a couple of years ago. Loved the first, lukewarm on the second. Maybe too much overload. Need to rewatch Pt. 2.

LOVED Night of the Hunter...Robert Mitchum was amazing.

He absolutely was. The whole movie was ... trippy.

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) was pretty unique and cool.

Good movie, even better actor.. The only thing that was not unique is Shelley Winters drowning in a movie, but the subsequent drownings happened later, so scratch that :)

;D :up:

Little Otik
Its about a couple who adopt a baby tree, its a pretty freaky movie

The non-unique thing was Shelley Winters playing another doormat.

It's freaky, alright. It's also disgusting and horrifying, and since my newborn also has an insatiable appetite, it's pretty true to life.
It is good, though.

She did seem to be typecast but maybe it's because her most well known roles like TNotH, Lolita and A Place in the Sun were her playing a doormat/starter wife.

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Anybody watched Tetsuo II I have it on Blu-ray but haven’t really been tempted to watch it. But yeah have to agree with everyone that said Tetsuo, messed up and brilliant all the same.

Casino Royale (1967)

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A strange series of mildly interconnected yet juxtaposed vignettes apparently all about different people named Bond. Seems like an attempted spoof of 007 movies - but veers off in inexplicable directions - making very little sense. It's like James Bond on LSD.

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Winters doesn't play one in "Next Stop, Greenwich Village", but she just plays the mom, not a major role (but a GREAT movie)

Sounds fun...

I may have watched it because it does sound familiar.. I have a friend who used to watch movies like this with me... really freaky weird a^^ films.

Maybe if I can find it.. I will watch it to see if I had seen it before.

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Oh how did I forget Takashi Miike’s efforts. ‘Ichi the killer’ is downright disturbing and disgusting, ‘visitor Q’ involves a crazy family dynamic including a son consistently milking his mother’s breasts as an adult VERY WEIRD. I have to watch more Takashi Miike.

IIRC, it’s a Czech movie.

I dont mind foreign films. I can recommend a few 100 myself.

I mentioned it since I think you once posted that you like Eastern European films. Or Slavic films - can’t remember.

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I am going to go with the documentary Tickle. You just have to see it to believe it. not as weird as some of the surrealist movies mentioned on this thread but has the extra charm if you will of being grounded in a off putting and odd reality.

Yup...

I.have a huge list of Nordic films as well.

That would be a great idea for a thread -- "Most Unique Documentaries".. You should start it up?

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"The Swimmer" (1968)

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I keep bringing this one up...weird, unique, strange, off-the- wall...I don't know which. Probably all. But I still see it as a masterpiece foreign film.

Leolo

Kaja, I Will Kill You (1967), Faust (1994), Come and See (1985), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999) are irreplicable

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I'm trying not to think of unique as just bizarre or surrealistic. It seems like that sort of turns this into an undercover weird movies thread.

One that I doubt anyone will mention is The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1965). It does have some clear noir influence, but not in any way I've seen before. I remember thinking it's like if aliens got ahold of a few archetypal Earth movies and tried to make their own. Not particularly bizarre by intention; just feels so different.

I'll second the mention of Happy End (1967). A movie played back completely in reverse. Surprisingly good.

I'll also throw Peter Greenaway's name in the hat. Maybe I'm breaking my own criteria. His movies are often bizarre, but I find his way of shooting scenes like traveling stage plays really different and cool.

Brandon Lee was wonderful in The Crow. You could see his actual charisma right through his character. His father Bruce was a poor actor in my opinion, but did have that charm and charisma.

It was really quite a loss when Brandon died at 28 years old from a ridiculous prop accident. I believe he would have done very well in the acting industry.

In reverse? But nothing like "Citizen Kane"?

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I think that it's Tall Tale (1995), although I watched it many years ago. It's underrated movie.

No sir. The whole movie (apart from dialogue) is rewound.
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he was but sad that he got shot and killed D=. i only seem few of his dad movies back in the day. gosh i know right wish they would check in the first place i agree

Woah! Have you seen this more than once? How was it like watching it for the first time? Is it a favorite of yours?

Only once so far. I'm not sure I'd call it a favorite, but it's much more entertaining than I expected given the gimmick. Oldrich Lipsky is a favorite filmmaker of mine though. After watching it, I started walking around feeling discombobulated now that life was in proper motion again. :lol:

Thought of another one that I loved, "Bubba Ho-Tep".

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Coming Apart
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First one to come to mind: The Trial (1962). Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, based on the Kafka novel.

After watching it for the 25th HoF it might be Themroc. I means it's in gibberish for God's sake.

I think I remember this film.
I always had memories of a film where Rip Torn plays a psychiatrist, a movie that was around when I was a kid... unless it's something else, this has to be it!

Yup, and records all his encounters!

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Probably The Mirror.

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

The dialogue is all sung...which works beautifully to tell the tale of a once in a lifetime romance that's doomed by circumstances. Not only a very unique film but a wonderful Foreign Language film.

Tarkovsky's "The Mirror"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2eYicTOHGA&t=43s


Dying at Grace

Correctamundo.

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The Platform (2019). One of the most unique thrillers I've ever seen.

"Little Fugitive"
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Blind (2014) -- it's best not to say anything about it, because you can always read if you want, but you should check this out. It's in Norwegian.

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It changed everything. No one had seen a film that did what it did, the way that it did up to that point. In '77 it was like being there. It woke everyone up. Directors like Scott and Cameron were forced to take notice and evolve their ambitions. It set the bar.

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Irreversible
The Artist

Kenneth Anger's 1954 short film Inauguration of the Please Dome. A wild 35-40 minute experience, loved every minute of it and I have no clue what it's about. Highly recommended!


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On this note, I'd have to mention both 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) - as ground-breaking on several levels and unique even among the most original sci-fi movies that preceded it, and its Russian "cousin" (if you don't mind me calling it that)... Solaris (1972)

As far as unique goes, I don't think much compares to almost 5 minutes of traffic on a highway as somehow possibly representing space travel (or something)! ;)

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"Traite De Bave Et Deternite"

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I would say two of them would be November (2017) and The Painted Bird (2019).