Surreal movie recommendations
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, IMDb used to have user forums. On a forum post for Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain, someone asked for recommendations for similar movies and filmmakers. Thus was born the greatest thread in IMDb forum history....
Note: Repeated recommendations and any notes from the poster have been preserved to the best of my ability
A few of these I was unable to track down on IMDb:
Return to Light: A Spiritual Odyssey (2004) by Gregory Pearce [NateManD] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVtL8kI4g8
Sex, Gewalt und gute Laune (1982) by Jörg Buttgereit [alelorax-1] - https://letterboxd.com/film/sex-gewalt-und-gute-laune/
*beep* Blues [alelorax-1] - Title was censored
Necro-fetish [alelorax-1]
Also mentioned:
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941 [tommy52]
JIStory: Santiago Segura Corto Greatest Hits (1994) - compilation of short films [alelorax-1]
See also the companion list for filmmaker recommendations
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls527990863/
Note: Repeated recommendations and any notes from the poster have been preserved to the best of my ability
A few of these I was unable to track down on IMDb:
Return to Light: A Spiritual Odyssey (2004) by Gregory Pearce [NateManD] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gVtL8kI4g8
Sex, Gewalt und gute Laune (1982) by Jörg Buttgereit [alelorax-1] - https://letterboxd.com/film/sex-gewalt-und-gute-laune/
*beep* Blues [alelorax-1] - Title was censored
Necro-fetish [alelorax-1]
Also mentioned:
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941 [tommy52]
JIStory: Santiago Segura Corto Greatest Hits (1994) - compilation of short films [alelorax-1]
See also the companion list for filmmaker recommendations
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls527990863/
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- DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira SaundersIn a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.Poster: P_walles
Note: Had to include the OP of course - DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen JosephHenry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.Poster: iscream22
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMartin PotterHiram KellerMax BornA series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.Poster: iscream22
- DirectorRalph BakshiDoug CraneStarsThe Life CycleVerna D'AltoGary LantzMarvin, a teenage ball of fur, gets the idea to paint the entire city in groovy, psychedelic colors.Poster: iscream22
Note: Short - DirectorSlava TsukermanStarsAnne CarlislePaula E. SheppardSusan DoukasA small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.Poster: iscream22
- DirectorSteven LisbergerStarsJeff BridgesBruce BoxleitnerDavid WarnerA computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.Poster: iscream22
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKazuya NakayamaKaori MomoiRyûhei MatsudaAn executed samurai takes an existential journey throughout time, space and eternity in search of bloody vengeance.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorFernando ArrabalStarsAnouk FerjacNúria EspertMahdi ChaouchDuring Spanish Civil War, young Fando navigates parents' clashing ideologies after father's arrest. Explores his imagination, friendships, views on sex and death amid family upheaval. Questions mother, seeks father's fate.Poster: NateManD
Note: Part of the panic movement with Jodorowsky - DirectorFernando ArrabalStarsGerard BorlantJean ChalonFrançois ChateletRunning away from the police, Aden goes to the desert where he meets an uncivilized man who has a special link with Mother-Earth. He ends up by convincing the hermit to come along with him into another desert... the big town!Poster: NateManD
- DirectorFernando ArrabalStarsMariangela MelatoRon FaberCosimo CinieriThe Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count's son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town's teacher, Antonio Garcia, a pacifist, tries not to take sides but to inspire the children with ideas; a beautiful eccentric woman, Vandale, brings leadership and strength to the town; dwarfs long for equality. The fictive story of Villa Ramiro is inter-cut with archival footage of the war itself. The town is near Guernica, and the local Republicans draw inspiration from its freedom tree.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsBarry BostwickJennifer DrakeEric BauginOn a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.Poster: NateManD
Note: Really screwed up animated film by Roland Topar another friend of Jodorowsky - DirectorTinto BrassStarsTina AumontGigi ProiettiNino SeguriniA runaway bride and an eccentric vagrant embark on a surreal journey in a twisted world reflecting 60s pop culture, sex, and politics.Poster: NateManD
Note: Really strange film by Tinto Brass director of Caligula - DirectorDerek JarmanStarsTilda SwintonJohnny MillsPhilip MacDonaldA nearly wordless visual narrative inter cuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones.Poster: NateManD
Note: Really trippy film about a gay couple crucified like Christ - DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsGaston ModotLya LysCaridad de LaberdesqueA surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorLloyd KaufmanStarsWill KeenanAlyce LaTourelleLloyd KaufmanA homicidal maniac is on the loose in the city and the low-budget film crew of a Troma movie has the power to stop them.Poster: NateManD
Note: Really disgusting bizarre Troma film about a killer on the set of a B-movie - DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsCarole LaurePierre ClémentiAnna PrucnalAfter winning the "most virgin" contest, Miss Canada is married to a rich milk tycoon. But she quickly flees the marriage to experience the world around her, full of sweetness and anarchy.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorRobert Downey Sr.StarsAlbert HendersonMichael SullivanLuana AndersA strange man named Jesse who can revive life and walk on water comes into a surreal and cruel western town.Poster: NateManD
Note: semi El Topo parody and musical - DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsJulia OrmondRalph FiennesPhilip StonePlagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorJuan López MoctezumaStarsClaudio BrookArthur HanselEllen ShermanThe inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, then put into action their own ideas of how the place should be run.Poster: NateManD
Note: another film from one of Jodorowsky's friends - DirectorJuan López MoctezumaStarsClaudio BrookDavid SilvaTina RomeroAfter the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work?Poster: NateManD
- DirectorKen RussellStarsVanessa RedgraveOliver ReedDudley SuttonIn 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.Poster: NateManD
Note: masterpiece! - DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie CeskováAfter realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?Poster: NateManD
Note: awesome psychedelic feminist Czech film - DirectorVera ChytilováStarsJitka NovákováKarel NovakJan SchmidAn experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence.Poster: NateManD
Note: about the garden of eden - DirectorJuraj JakubiskoStarsPhilippe AvronJirí SýkoraMagda VásáryováThree adolescent war orphans seclude themselves in an anarchic and playful existence of denial and juvenile joy.Poster: NateManD
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMartin PotterHiram KellerMax BornA series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.Poster: NateManD