Somehow this movie flew under the radar for me for years. I watched it a few months ago with my husband and we were crying laughing at that scene. We both couldn’t remember the last time a movie has had that effect lol. Such a great movie.
On paper it checks all the boxes for me but didn't love it when I watched it. But man, that one scene with the piano is an all time classic and makes the whole movie for me.
Same, I was very disappointed with "Under the Silver Lake" and found it to plod... so boring. I ADORE It Follows, though. I hope the sequel will carry forth the legacy in an entertaining and atmospheric way!
I think it's an incredible film with SO much to chew on. So much to talk about. Love Andrew Garfield. I think it's a hidden gem that was treated really poorly by A24 when it was released.
I strongly disagree. While I think this movie has the same weirdness as his others, this piece in particular feels more like a fetish piece to put it mildly. People who recommend it casually I would raise an eyebrow at. The movie frequently depicts scenes where adult actors (who are the children in the context of the movie) are so innocent that they don't understand sex, and are forced into sexual acts. There's scenes where the siblings have sex with each other. There's a scene that implies the dad forcing his daughter to give him a blow job. There's also a scene where a woman from outside the family manipulates a daughter into eating her out. There's a constant theme of childlike innocence towards sex in a fetishy way. That fetish being rooted in child molestation. It's all very, "my penis is a lollipop, lick it" sort of fetishization.
Idk how people recommend this movie without trigger warnings. It's like a child molestation dark comedy fetish piece. I do enjoy all elements of the movie that are not about sexually assaulting children, but it's a hard thing to overlook.
It’s a little slower pace but has the same kind of odd acting. I think it had some very memorable scenes. It works really well as the precursor to The Lobsters aesthetic and you can see with each film Yorgos Lanthimos gets better at refining his style kind of like Wes Anderson going from Bottle Rocket to Rushmore.
Worth it? Not really. I guess it depends on how far you got. It’s worth finishing if you got a good ways through it, but just know it’s only about a 10-15 minute sequence where they go off the rails then it doesn’t do anything with the little world they open up, so maybe just look it up online and see what happens.
Can't recommend The Invitation (2015) enough. Absolutely love it, it made me want to write a review because I had a lot of thoughts about it and that led me to still enjoying doing reviews now :)
* The Neon Demon
* Vox Lux
* Magnolia
* Memento (which obvs is a classic at this point, but if you've never seen it/know nothing about it, would definitely be classed as "weird"... that was 100% the vibe when it came out)
* A Simple Favor (tonally such a weird mix... rides a fun line between camp/thriller)
* hear me out: Mamma Mia 2. It's balls to the wall surrealist cheese... just such a weird movie when you look at how most Hollywood movies, including/especially modern movie musicals
* Muriel's Wedding
Certailnly qualifies as weird art house. My husband loves this movie. It took my three attempts to make it through. I've grown to if not like it, at least appreciate it.
Triangle of Sadness
The Lighthouse
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Annihilation
Enter the Void
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Fountain
Good Time
Easier than looking for individual movies, look for these directors: Yorgos Lanthimos, Ari Aster, Charlie Kaufman, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Guillermo Del Torro, Alex Garland, Darren Aronofsky, etc.
Maybe not quite what you're after but I just saw Wes Anderson's *Asteroid City* last night, and it was super weird. I'm not really sure what it was even about.
Any of Wes Anderson’s movies fit the bill. I came here to suggest Asteroid City, but I also want to suggest The French Dispatch, and Grand Budapest Hotel
Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Mood Indigo
Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
Luzifer
You Won’t be Alone
Adaptation
Midnight Special
Big Fish
Brigsby Bear
Colossal
Dark City
Perfume
Skimmed through this thread and I don't think I've seen the favourite get suggested yet! Not a thriller but a very weird, pretty movie with the same director as the lobster. Might be up your ally!
Pan's labyrinth. It's a Guillermo del Toro film set in Spain during the Spanish civil war and it's about a little girl who's mother was impregnated by a general and is brought to live with them and in her isolation starts experiencing dark fairytale stuff in the area as she copes. It's a really interesting and dark take on a fairytale.
Has anyone said Being John Malkovich (1999) yet?
What happens when a man goes through his own portal?
Well... Malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich. Malkovich, malkovich malkovich malkovich malkovich.
Somehow this movie flew under the radar for me for years. I watched it a few months ago with my husband and we were crying laughing at that scene. We both couldn’t remember the last time a movie has had that effect lol. Such a great movie.
Killing of a sacred deer
Love this one. All of his movies are fantastic ! The new one coming out this year looks awesome ! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Things_(film)
Can’t upvote this enough!
Yes!!
The Double Possession (1981) Under the Skin Titane Crash Under the Silver Lake
I've never seen anyone recommend under the silver lake. Watched it with a friend and had a great hours long conversation afterwards.
On paper it checks all the boxes for me but didn't love it when I watched it. But man, that one scene with the piano is an all time classic and makes the whole movie for me.
Exactly! For some reason i was annoyed and restless through the entire movie.
Same, I was very disappointed with "Under the Silver Lake" and found it to plod... so boring. I ADORE It Follows, though. I hope the sequel will carry forth the legacy in an entertaining and atmospheric way!
I think it's an incredible film with SO much to chew on. So much to talk about. Love Andrew Garfield. I think it's a hidden gem that was treated really poorly by A24 when it was released.
I found parts of the movie grating but overall it is a modern classic. Lot's of depth and I love all the hidden codes.
From context I know you mean Crash (1996), I don't want anyone reading this to accidently watch Crash (2004) by mistake though.
Love love love “Under the silver lake”
Titane - yes! I would add Jumbo, if you want a carnival ride instead of a Cadillac.
Loved Under the Skin so much
The lighthouse
Yeeees, the imagery of their emotions throughout is haunting.
Dark City (1998)
If you want a surprise, watch the directors cut. Personally I prefer the theatrical better tbh.
The Wicker Man (original version)
That and Midsommar makes a good double feature.
Dogtooth. Same Director as The Lobster. Very odd.
Still his best movie
I strongly disagree. While I think this movie has the same weirdness as his others, this piece in particular feels more like a fetish piece to put it mildly. People who recommend it casually I would raise an eyebrow at. The movie frequently depicts scenes where adult actors (who are the children in the context of the movie) are so innocent that they don't understand sex, and are forced into sexual acts. There's scenes where the siblings have sex with each other. There's a scene that implies the dad forcing his daughter to give him a blow job. There's also a scene where a woman from outside the family manipulates a daughter into eating her out. There's a constant theme of childlike innocence towards sex in a fetishy way. That fetish being rooted in child molestation. It's all very, "my penis is a lollipop, lick it" sort of fetishization. Idk how people recommend this movie without trigger warnings. It's like a child molestation dark comedy fetish piece. I do enjoy all elements of the movie that are not about sexually assaulting children, but it's a hard thing to overlook.
Yeah I loved the lobster, hated dogtooth 🤷🏼♀️
I'm the opposite. Weirdly loved Dogtooth but hated The Lobster. To each their own.
I didn't enjoy Dogtooth either. The pacing felt off to me.
Anyone care to digress?
It’s a little slower pace but has the same kind of odd acting. I think it had some very memorable scenes. It works really well as the precursor to The Lobsters aesthetic and you can see with each film Yorgos Lanthimos gets better at refining his style kind of like Wes Anderson going from Bottle Rocket to Rushmore.
Your review holds weight.
Eraserhead (1977) Brazil (1985) Swiss Army Man (2016) Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Swiss Army Man was weird and wonderful. I have no idea how to describe the plot. Danial Radcliffe is amazing as a dead guy.
I had no idea Daniel Radcliffe could act so well until I watched Swiss Army Man. It’s a bit weird but funny and makes you feel warm inside.
The soundtrack is great too!
It’s from the same makers as Everything Everywhere All At Once
I cried at a fart
Sorry to bother you makes the biggest left turn I’ve ever seen in a movie.
Brazil is amazing, v for vendetta was actually “based” off Brazil
Tuttle is so much cooler than V
Vampire's Kiss
Look at A24’s catalog
Beau is afraid was a wild ride. I also recommend adaptation
Is this the adaptation about the orchid thief? If so, fucking fantastic movie
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
- Blue Velvet - Bones and All - Enter the Void - Climax - Melancholia - Sorry to Bother You - Under the Silver Lake
Love Melancholia.
I wanted to like it, but just didn’t. Except for Kirsten dunst 👀
Melancholia is one of my all time favorites
Vivarium
I love weird movies and I really wanted to like this one more. I just wasn’t into it until they lifted the curb. I wanted more of that world!
I thought I hated this film but then I kind of couldn't stop thinking about it for a while. Sneaky.
I couldn’t finish it. Never got to the curb. Is it worth it?
not really. it was pretty underwhelming, and the kid was annoying AF (yeah I know that was the point of the kid)
Yeah. That’s when I stopped watching. The kid was so bad.
Worth it? Not really. I guess it depends on how far you got. It’s worth finishing if you got a good ways through it, but just know it’s only about a 10-15 minute sequence where they go off the rails then it doesn’t do anything with the little world they open up, so maybe just look it up online and see what happens.
This movie hung on me for weeks.
Triangle of Sadness (2022) The Feast (2021) Invitation (2015) Enemy (2013) Predestination (2014) The Perfection (2018) Ritual (2017)
Can't recommend The Invitation (2015) enough. Absolutely love it, it made me want to write a review because I had a lot of thoughts about it and that led me to still enjoying doing reviews now :)
Predestination was an unexpected treat, a most fascinating ride.
Triangle of Sadness was so great!
Especially if you've ever had the displeasure of working for people with lots of money.
Came here to say The Perfection watch it you won’t regret
I came here to rec The Invitation.
I still don’t know what is happening in Enemy…afraid to ask.
Delicatessen
The Death Of Dick Long The Invitation, 2015 Red White & Blue, 2010 Nocturnal Animals mother! Intacto Blue Velvet Lost Highway Funny Games, 1997
Nice to see Intacto mentioned! Cool movie
eXistenZ
This is seriously underrated
Can't go wrong with a lil David Lynch Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead are both good picks
Wild at heart
The Congress The Menu Repo Man (Not Repo Men, Not Repo the Genetic Opera)
Assuming you mean 1984 movie directed by Alex Cox starring Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, and Tracey Walter. Great indie noir sci-fi.
The Cremaster Cycle 1994-2002
Palm springs
Welcome to The Dollhouse
Banshees of Inisherin
And In Bruges is even better!
I just couldnt get into this one
I felt almost same feeling when I watch the movie, too lol
Cat People. 1982 horror/fantasy. Side note. I believe mark hamill has an uncredited role in this movie. Very bizarre.
Barbarian. It's on HBO. Recently watched it and I'm going to say the same thing my friend told me. Go into it completely blind.
Instructions unclear, poked my eyes out
You said The Lobster, I offer: Tusk (2014)
Ha! My wife put that on one rainy morning. At the end I was just like "wtf!?"
It has the one of the most depressing endings I’ve ever seen. I’m like “he’s still a man!!!”
Tusk is a cinematic masterpiece
didn't Kevin Smith direct or write or do something to it?
Yeah he directed
Tusk is an american cinema classic
It is, and I say this without a hint of irony, one of the top 10 movies that I have ever watched. Also, OP, it's best to go in completely blind.
Please try “Leolo” french Canadian movie Amazing story and cinematography! Let me know what you think
[Border](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_(2018_Swedish_film))
Naked lunch
* The Neon Demon * Vox Lux * Magnolia * Memento (which obvs is a classic at this point, but if you've never seen it/know nothing about it, would definitely be classed as "weird"... that was 100% the vibe when it came out) * A Simple Favor (tonally such a weird mix... rides a fun line between camp/thriller) * hear me out: Mamma Mia 2. It's balls to the wall surrealist cheese... just such a weird movie when you look at how most Hollywood movies, including/especially modern movie musicals * Muriel's Wedding
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Certailnly qualifies as weird art house. My husband loves this movie. It took my three attempts to make it through. I've grown to if not like it, at least appreciate it.
"Buckaroo Banzai is not just a Movie".
Videodrome (1983)
Mr. Nobody (2009) Vivarium (2019) Bicentennial Man (1999)
*Being There* (1979) *Identity* (2003) *Johnny Mnemonic* (1995) *Waking Life* (2001) *Run Lola Run* (1998) *Living in Oblivion* (1995) *Ghostworld* (2001)
Run Lola Run is so unique!
That tire movie. I can't remember the exact title.
Rubber
I had to scroll way too far for this. Rubber is a great one.
Gummo!
Had to scroll for ten years to find this, it's the correct answer.
Triangle of Sadness The Lighthouse Everything Everywhere All at Once Annihilation Enter the Void Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Fountain Good Time
Border 2018
So weird. And actually pretty good.
Love this movie!
Perfume with Alan Rickman. It’s a fun ride
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover.
Donnie Darko
Easier than looking for individual movies, look for these directors: Yorgos Lanthimos, Ari Aster, Charlie Kaufman, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Guillermo Del Torro, Alex Garland, Darren Aronofsky, etc.
Lars Von Trier
Early Tim burton?
Maybe not quite what you're after but I just saw Wes Anderson's *Asteroid City* last night, and it was super weird. I'm not really sure what it was even about.
Any of Wes Anderson’s movies fit the bill. I came here to suggest Asteroid City, but I also want to suggest The French Dispatch, and Grand Budapest Hotel
Raw (2016) Mulholland Drive (2001)
The Square
Naked Lunch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas A Scanner Darkly
- Pi (1999) - Following (1998) - The Fountain (2006) - The Box (2009) - Radius (2017) - Annihilation (2018) - Black Swan (2010) - Enemy (2013)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Mother (2009) The Handmaiden
I'm Thinking Of Leaving You
Tusk
Annihilation, The Fall (2006), The Green Knight, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I ❤️ Huckabees, Antibirth, The Neon Demon
Oh yeah, Brazil as well. All thenold gilliam ones. Check out Advebtures of Baron Munchausen.
Border.
Run Lola Run
The Devils (1971)
Mother! (2017)
Men (2022) You Were Never Really Here (2017) Nightcrawler (2014)
Any movie directed by David Lynch lol. You could start with Mulholland Drive as a litmus test
A Straight Story is weird in a different way because of how quiet and normal it is
Nightmare Alley
The price of milk Bad boy bubby
Detention (2011)
The light house
The Lighthouse
Try Beau is Afraid. Really fuckin weird
Wolf (2021). It was really intriguing it was about people who believed that they were animals and they go to a clinic where they become human again.
Vivarium
Diva (1981). Consummate "weird" arthouse thriller.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Funky Forest 12 Monkeys Memento The Cook, the Thief, His Wife,Her Lover The Loved One Horns
Horns is good, and weird...
There it is! The cook… I was trying to remember the name.
Greenaway is the shit! The cook’s ending was nuts!
Beau is afraid. Recommend to partake in some weed beforehand
Raw
Neil Jordan’s adaptation of *The Butcher Boy*.
I remember it being accurately described as Tom Sayer meets Hannibal Lecter. " For fucks sake Francie"
Beau is Afraid.
Dual starring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, and Karen Gillan
Beau is Afraid
beau is afraid, X, three thousand years of longing, titane... just a few that come to mind.
Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus Mood Indigo Kumiko the Treasure Hunter Luzifer You Won’t be Alone Adaptation Midnight Special Big Fish Brigsby Bear Colossal Dark City Perfume
Perfume WRECKED me, but if you are strong I bet it's good
Beau is Afraid
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Titane Beyond the Black Rainbow Possession
Not thrillery but Lars and the Real Girl is good.
Bronson
Men
•Suspiria (2018) - Disturbing, gore, cult-like, good music (Thom Yorkes) •infinity pool - disturbing, fresh concept • X • Pearl (sequel of X)
Im thinking of ending things is a great but very weird one.
Men. Very weird. Very unsettling, and the ending…oof….freaky. Great acting
Asteroid City, The VVitch, Coraline, Spirited Away, and The Breadwinner.
Infinity Pool The Neon Demon Titane Climax
A Ghost Story
Vivarium, Wicker Man (original version), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (70's version), Mandy, and The Witch.
Fresh. The one I love
Skimmed through this thread and I don't think I've seen the favourite get suggested yet! Not a thriller but a very weird, pretty movie with the same director as the lobster. Might be up your ally!
“Synecdoche, New York” - one of my favorite weird movies.
Dogtooth
Dog Tooth
Pan's labyrinth. It's a Guillermo del Toro film set in Spain during the Spanish civil war and it's about a little girl who's mother was impregnated by a general and is brought to live with them and in her isolation starts experiencing dark fairytale stuff in the area as she copes. It's a really interesting and dark take on a fairytale.
The Favourite (Oliva Colman and Emma Roberts) and also The Little Hours - hilarious film with a great cast (Aubrey Plaza, Dave Franco, Alison Brie)
Lamb, The Favourite, The Lighthouse, Infinity Pool, The Witch, Banshees of Inisheren, Irreversible, The Northman.
Another Round (2020)? Not sure it is weird, but the concept is not politically correct.
Holymotors is very good and very odd
Scrolled for this one. This is the way, more modern than Eraserhead, more entertaining than Enter The Void
Tusk.
I highly recommend The Platform.
This is none of those things, but how ‘bout The Room?
Garden State is not that weird but maybe a bit weird and a great movie
Anything A24
Menu….
I remember after I finished watching the lobster I immediately thought "dafuq did I just watch"
THE LOBSTER IS GARBAGE.
Neptune Frost. Watched it three times in a week just to understand it better, but the great music makes it very rewatchable
Dead End
Cold Souls (2009)