Unusual films to watch
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1. The Fraulein and the Sandman (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is loosing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Luisi | Stars: Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger, Beat Schlatter, Florine Elena Deplazes
Votes: 744
2. Bottom of the World (2017)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The mysterious disappearance of a young woman leads her boyfriend on a journey for truth and perhaps his own unknown reality in this dark, hypnotic mystery that transcends the limitations of traditional narrative.
Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Jena Malone, Douglas Smith, Ted Levine, Tamara Duarte
Votes: 5,317
3. Concrete Night (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama
A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Stars: Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 1,265
4. Welcome to Happiness (2015)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
There's a magical door in Woody's closet that allows those who go through it to erase mistakes from their past. When he finds out where it goes, his life will be changed forever.
Director: Oliver Thompson | Stars: Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thirlby, Nick Offerman, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 1,101
5. Girl Asleep (2015)
TV-MA | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The world is closing in on Greta Driscoll. On the cusp of turning fifteen she can't bear to leave her childhood, it contains all the things that give her comfort in this incomprehensible new world.
Director: Rosemary Myers | Stars: Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Amber McMahon, Matthew Whittet
Votes: 2,871 | Gross: $0.05M
6. Are We Not Cats (2016)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Two strangers spark romance through their unusual habit.
Director: Xander Robin | Stars: Michael Patrick Nicholson, Chelsea Lopez, Michael Godere, Dean Holtermann
Votes: 867
7. The Guardians (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.
Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak, Alina Lanina
Votes: 14,562
8. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,737
9. My Father Die (2016)
90 min | Action, Drama
Deaf since having his hearing knocked out at the age of 12, Asher has been training for almost two decades to avenge himself on Ivan, the man that killed his older brother, 21 years ago. ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Brosnan | Stars: Gabe White, Chester Rushing, Trina LaFargue, Gary Stretch
Votes: 1,082 | Gross: $0.00M
10. The Cleanse (2016)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A heartbroken man attends a spiritual retreat to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. There he meets a fellow lost soul, and together they discover that "the cleanse" releases more than everyday toxins...a lot more.
Director: Bobby Miller | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Kyle Gallner, Anjelica Huston
Votes: 4,057
11. Bitch (I) (2017)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
Director: Marianna Palka | Stars: Jason Ritter, Jaime King, Marianna Palka, Brighton Sharbino
Votes: 2,036
12. Brigsby Bear (2017)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Kyle Mooney, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins
Votes: 17,783 | Gross: $0.53M
13. Fashionista (2016)
Unrated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A woman who uses clothes as an emotional crutch discovers her life isn't as ideal as she thought...
Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Amanda Fuller, Ethan Embry, Eric Balfour, Alexandra Essoe
Votes: 573
14. God Told Me To (1976)
R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, Sylvia Sidney
Votes: 6,553
15. Hapinesu (2016)
90 min | Drama
the film is about a man who owns a helmet which makes you reexperience your happiest moment of your live. the major in the town he lives wants to use him for his good but the man with the helmet has got other plans....
Director: Sabu | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Orakio, Hiroki Suzuki
Votes: 96
16. November (2017)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Director: Rainer Sarnet | Stars: Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Heino Kalm
Votes: 6,038 | Gross: $0.02M
17. Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Not Rated | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation.
Director: Bill Watterson | Stars: Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Nick Thune, Adam Busch, James Urbaniak
Votes: 9,098 | Gross: $0.03M
18. Prevenge (2016)
TV-MA | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.
Director: Alice Lowe | Stars: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner, Jo Hartley, Tom Davis
Votes: 8,617
19. Jallikattu (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery | Stars: Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad, Jaffer Idukki
Votes: 9,048
20. The House That Jack Built (2018)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 92,086 | Gross: $0.09M
21. Burning (2018)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jong-su bumps into a girl who used to live in the same neighborhood, who asks him to look after her cat while she's on a trip to Africa. When back, she introduces Ben, a mysterious guy she met there, who confesses his secret hobby.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Soo-Kyung
Votes: 76,393 | Gross: $0.72M
22. Benny Loves You (2019)
TV-MA | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Jack, a man desperate to improve his life throws away his beloved childhood plush, Benny. It's a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions.
Director: Karl Holt | Stars: Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, George Collie, James Parsons
Votes: 3,099
23. After Life (1998)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
After death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Arata Iura, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô
Votes: 13,760 | Gross: $0.80M
24. Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström
Votes: 20,352 | Gross: $0.00M
25. The Lighthouse (I) (2019)
R | 109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes
Votes: 255,186 | Gross: $0.43M
26. In Fabric (2018)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram
Votes: 13,965
27. O Beautiful Night (2019)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Yuri is a young musician. He is very afraid of death. For this reason, he hardly leaves his apartment. One day he meets a mysterious man who claims to be death. He takes him on an extraordinary journey.
Director: Xaver Böhm | Stars: Noah Saavedra, Marko Mandic, Vanessa Loibl, David Ali Rashed
Votes: 413
28. Paradise Hills (2019)
TV-14 | 95 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Uma is a young woman who wakes up in an apparently idyllic reform school for young ladies. But a dark secret lies within its walls.
Director: Alice Waddington | Stars: Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Eiza González
Votes: 17,547
29. Undergods (2020)
92 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline - a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.
Director: Chino Moya | Stars: Johann Myers, Géza Röhrig, Michael Gould, Hayley Carmichael
Votes: 1,536
30. Nine Days (2020)
R | 124 min | Drama, Fantasy
A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Director: Edson Oda | Stars: Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Benedict Wong
Votes: 11,820
31. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,313 | Gross: $6.30M
32. Entre la vie et la mort (2022)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A contemporary urban thriller about the bloody journey of a Brussels subway driver.
Director: Giordano Gederlini | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Marine Vacth, Olivier Gourmet, Fabrice Adde
Votes: 655
33. An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worst when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn; For One Magical Night Only."
Director: Jim Hosking | Stars: Matt Berry, Aubrey Plaza, Zach Cherry, Emile Hirsch
Votes: 6,651 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Enys Men (2022)
96 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
Director: Mark Jenkin | Stars: Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, John Woodvine
Votes: 3,293
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