[Recommendations] Strange, Obscure, Experimental Films

The Bib-iest of Nickels

08-01-18

I am about to hit 200 movie reviews (many of which have been posted some place on Movie Forums as well), and I've decided I want to "branch out" so-to-speak. I've prided myself for reviewing various different genres of film from various different countries (my favorite seems to be South Korea). I've decided it'd be interesting if I took to you guys to recommend some of the most interestingly weird films you've seen. I'm looking, in-particular, for films that are very strange and bizarre, ones that are both bad and good, experimental and unique, ones from many different countries, and ones that might've flown under my radar.

I'll mark my thoughts in this thread, and feel free to mark your own from the recommendations, cheers!

2013-2016
1. The Burning - Bad
2. The Veil - Bad
3. All Hallows' Eve - Bad
4. All Hallows' Eve 2 - Above Average
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron - Good
6. Antichrist - Decent
7. Guardians of the Galaxy - Very Good
8. Interstellar - Very Good
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Good
10. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Perfect *
11. Goosebumps - Average
12. Crimson Peak - Above Average
13. The Green Inferno - Below Average
14. Knock Knock - Below Average
15. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials - Below Average
16. Pan - Below Average
17. Sinister 2 - Below Average
18. Sinister - Great
19. Ant-Man - Average
20. Headless - Bad
21. Pitch Perfect 2 - Bad
22. Poltergeist - Bad
23. Reel Evil - Very Bad
24. Evil Bong 420 - Horrible
25. Identity Thief - Very Bad
26. Planet of the Apes 2001 - Very Bad
27. P2 - Above Average
28. Pitch Black - Below Average
29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze - Very Bad
30. The Secret Garden - Average
31. There's Something About Mary - Bad
32. Mary and Max - Good
33. About Schmidt - Very Good
34. Man of Steel - Decent
35. Confession of Murder - Average
36. Missing - Below Average
37. Birdman - Great
38. Benny's Video - Decent
39. Boyhood - Good
40. Kingsman: The Secret Service - Good
41. SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water - Below Average
42. Fifty Shades of Grey - Very Bad
43. The Den - Above Average
44. Horns - Good
45. Dracula Untold - Decent
46. Batman: Assault on Arkham - Above Average
47. Son of Batman - Decent
48. The Giver - Above Average
49. Vampire Academy - Very Bad
50. The Interview - Average
51. Fantastic Planet - Good
52. TimeCrimes - Average
53. Star Knight - Horrible
54. Machete - Average
55. The Other Woman - Below Average
56. Tusk - Decent
57. Nobody Knows - Great
58. I Saw the Devil - Great
59. Oldboy - Great
60. Mad Detective - Bad
61. Let the Right One - Very Good
62. The Skin I Live In - Above Average
63. Transcendence - Above Average
64. The Family - Below Average
65. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Below Average
66. Kick-Ass 2 - Below Average
67. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Average
68. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Average
69. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 - Above Average
70. Lucy - Below Average
71. The Lego Movie - Great
72. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Above Average
73. Godzilla - Average
74. 22 Jump Street - Very Good
75. Horrible Bosses 2 - Average
76. Nurse 3D - Horrible
77. Dumb and Dumber Too - Below Average
78. Star Trek - Very Good
79. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Very Bad
80. The Box Trolls - Good
81. Big Hero 6 - Above Average
82. Star Trek: Into Darkness - Good
83. X-Men: Days of Future Past - Great
84. Maleficent - Bad
85. The Purge: Anarchy - Above Average
86. Frozen - Above Average
87. The Maze Runner - Good
88. That Awkward Moment - Below Average
89. Ender's Game - Decent
90. Captain Phillips - Very Good
91. Jack the Giant Slayer - Very Bad
92. Machete Kills - Average
93. Because of Winn Dixie - Below Average
94. Endless Love - Very Bad
95. About Time - Above Average
96. Grown Ups 2 - Horrible
97. Need for Speed - Below Average
98. Insomnia - Good
99. Corpse Bride - Average
100. The Illusionist - Above Average
101. Peacock - Above Average
102. The Descendants - Great
103. The Crazies - Bad
104. Her - Great
105. Blood Widow - Very Bad
106. Bling Ring - Average
107. Kill Bill: Volume One - Above Average
108. Under the Skin - Good
109. The World's End - Good
110. We Are What We Are - Above Average
111. Enemy - Below Average
112. Kill Your Darlings - Good
113. El Muerto - Below Average
114. The Purge - Below Average
115. Unbreakable - Average
116. Being John Malkovich - Great
117. SLC Punk - Very Good
118. Rum Diary - Above Average
119. Oblivion - Average
120. Source Code - Very Good
121. Hollow Man 2 - Horrible
122. Looper - Great
123. Alien - Good
124. Monsters - Above Average
125. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Average
126. Equilibrium - Above Average
127. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Very Good
128. Hollow Man - Average
129. 21 Jump Street - Good
130. Splice - Good
131. The Squid and the Whale - Above Average
132. Warm Bodies - Above Average
133. On the Road - Below Average
134. Donnie Darko - Perfect
135. Special - Very Good
136. Iron Man 3 - Above Average
137. In Time - Average
138. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Average
139. Catch Me If You Can - Very Good
140. Hours - Good
141. Oldboy Remake - Average
142. Pod - Decent
143. The Forest - Bad
144. Bloody Murder - Terribles
145. Murder in the Dark - Decent
146. Unnatural - Terrible
147. Bastard - Below Average
148. Lumberjack Man - Bad
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on the website I write on now (2017-on):

1. Spider-Man: Homecoming - Very Good
2. Annabelle: Creation - Decent
3. SAW - Above-Average
4. SAW II - Below-Average
5. SAW III - Above-Average
6. SAW IV - Bad
7. Leatherface - Below-Average
8. Death Note - Bad
9. Valerian & the City of a Thousand Planets - Decent
10. Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Bad
11. Curse of Chucky - Bad
12. Cult of Chucky - Decent
13. Creep - Decent
14. Jigsaw - Below-Average
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Decent
16. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Decent
17. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 - Below-Average
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 - Bad
19. A Nightmare on Elm Street 5- Decent
20. Freddy's Dead - Bad
21. Wonder - Good
22. Coco - Very Good
23. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Horrible
24. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Decent
25. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - Above-Average
26. Dunkirk - Below-Average
27. The Shape of Water - Decent
28. The Cloverfield Paradox - Bad
29. Fullmetal Alchemist: Live Action - Below-Average
30. Hellraiser: Judgment - Below-Average
31. Always Shine - Decent
32. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Above-Average
33. Terrifier - Below-Average
34. The Poughkeepsie Tapes - Decent
35. A Quiet Place - Good
36. The Collector - Decent
37. The Collection - Bad
38. Avengers: Infinity War - Very Good
39. Ready Player One - Above-Average
40. Star Wars - Episode One: A New Hope - Above Average
41. Incredibles 2 - Good
42. It - Great
43. The Strangers: Prey at Night - Decent
44. Friday the 13th (1981) - Bad
45. Friday the 13th: Part Two - Below-Average
46. Friday the 13th: Part Three - Bad
47. Tomb Raider - Decent
48. Killers - Good
49. Hotel Transylvania: Summer Vacation - Average
50. Ant-Man and the Wasp - Good
51. Monster Hunt

SeeingisBelieving

Msg

Former member

08-01-18

A couple that sprang to mind first:

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)
Possession (1981)

jiraffejustin

Let the night air cool you off

08-01-18

@Mr Minio help this man (what's your pronoun/gender?) out

ynwtf

That elusive hide-and-seek cow is at it again

08-01-18

Did not see this on your list, but it's one of my favorite movie experiences of all time.
Hopkin's Slipstream

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jiraffejustin

Let the night air cool you off

08-01-18

Suspiria
Django
Cemetery without Crosses
The Great Silence
Christmas Evil
Amer
Hausu
Eraserhead
Dick Tracy (1990)
Un Chien Andalou
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
The Terrys
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Lolita Vibrator Torture
Tetsuo, the Iron Man
Evil Dead Trap
Lucifer Rising
Blast of Silence
Tears of the Black Tiger
Johnny Guitar
The Furies
Solaris
Stalker
Nostalghia
Andrei Rublev

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SeeingisBelieving

Msg

Former member

08-01-18

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin

Dick Tracy (1990)

Great film, and probably belongs here just for its rogues' gallery.

resopamenic

Registered Poser

08-01-18

Tho' mostly not feature length, Check stuff from the like Stan brakhage, maya deren, michael snow, kenneth anger, takashi ito. just name of few

McConnaughay

The Bib-iest of Nickels

08-02-18

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look at several (if not all) of the films listed. Lately, not necessarily from the films I've reviewed, but from the films I've seen, I almost feel like I've circled back on a lot of the films I'm interested in (and have frankly ignored the ones I'm not), and now, I am hoping to discover ones I might have missed from obscurity or from lack of appeal Stateside.

I've found a lot to love about South Korean films (like I Saw the Devil or Oldboy), but am still really only now finding my own for Chinese films and Japanese films. I feel like "Monster Hunt" might've been the first Chinese film I've ever seen, while I've seen a lot from Japan, just haven't seen the best from Japan. I love the horror genre and it's what I gravitate toward, either that or dark subject-matter, but Japan's best live-action film I've seen so far was a film called "Nobody Knows".

Anyways, cheers!

McConnaughay

The Bib-iest of Nickels

08-02-18

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin

I've meant to watch Suspiria for such a long time, but I've ignored it. Maybe I'll make a double-feature out of the original and the remake some time.

Dick Tracy, Eraserhead, and Evil Dead Trap (because it's name alone) are three films I'm vaguely familiar with. Not sure what I'll watch first.

Ultraviolence

�I was cured, all right!�

08-02-18

I stopped here:

"Avengers: Age of Ultron - Good"

jiraffejustin

Let the night air cool you off

08-02-18

Originally Posted by Ultraviolence

I stopped here:

"Avengers: Age of Ultron - Good"

There's too much goddang snark on the internet. Let's take care of our own in this forum.

McConnaughay

The Bib-iest of Nickels

08-02-18

Originally Posted by Ultraviolence

I stopped here:

"Avengers: Age of Ultron - Good"

I would've much preferred you have stopped before you commented, personally.

Edit: I have no issue if you dislike Age of Ultron, or Marvel movies in-general, but it ultimately has absolutely nothing to do within the context of the thread. I'm literally asking for recommendations. If you've got something better then, by all means, "woo" me. You could've singled out any film I've reviewed, the South Korean ones, the Chinese ones, the Japanese ones, I don't discriminate.

Kaplan

A genuine idiot!

08-02-18

A few recommendations of personal favorites:

Woman in the Dunes
Synecdoche, New York
Dogtooth
Dogville

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Msg

Registered User

08-02-18

KIller Joe
Kill List
Onibaba
Mum and Dad
Shura
Bellflower
The Beguiled (original)
Wake in Fright
Stroszek
Harakiri
Head-On
Bad Boy Bubby
Red Angel
Pixote

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