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Plot Summary:
A white Bull Terrier named Baxter is given to an elderly woman by her daughter. As time passes, the dog develops aggressive and murderous behavior in order to be adopted by another family.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, suspense, allegory, surreal, controversial, deep, twisted, serious, captivating
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Shelley (2016)
Plot Summary:
Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological thriller, spooky, psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, demonic, mystic, religious horror
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The Crazy Family (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Kobayashi family finally get the chance to move out of their tiny, cramped Tokyo apartment in favour of the suburban house of their dreams. But all is not well: the house is infested by termites and the family starts cracking up: Son Masaki is studying so obsessively for his exams that he's losing his mind; daughter Erika is oblivious of all but her forthcoming record company audition, grandfather Yasukuni starts getting World War II flashbacks and father Katsuhiko is so worried about his family's "sickness" that he thinks can only be cured by group suicide.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 950
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, deep, surprise ending, manga, allegory, black comedy, weird, cult film
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A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)
Plot Summary:
The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her three puppies, set against the backdrop of a devastating earthquake and the ensuing chaos, rescues and heroism.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, realistic, disturbing, sad
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Play Dead (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychotronic, brutal, independent film, awful
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Barking dogs never bite (2000)
Plot Summary:
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, realistic, black comedy, feel good, sincere, captivating, entertaining
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777 Charlie (2022)
Plot Summary:
Dharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie who is naughty and energetic which is a complete contrast with the Dharma’s character enters his life and gives him a new perspective towards it.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: kannada, psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, road movie, extraordinary
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Some Like It Rare (2021)
Plot Summary:
Sophie and Vincent’s small butcher shop is on the brink of bankruptcy and their marriage is falling apart. Their lives are turned upside down when Vincent accidentally kills a vegan activist who vandalized their shop. Overwhelmed and terrified of being accused of murder, their only solution is to get rid of the body by turning it into ham. To their surprise the ham is so popular that it may save their business… that is if they’re ready to keep “hunting"!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, slasher, horror comedy, black comedy, dark comedy, weird
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The Year of the Shark (2022)
Plot Summary:
A small coastal town in the south-west of France is on high alert after a surfer disappeared - Soon the incredible truth is revealed : a shark is prowling in the harbor.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Godsend (1980)
Plot Summary:
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, slasher, grindhouse, terrifying, independent film, psychotronic
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Just to Be Sure (2017)
Plot Summary:
Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Last Circus (2010)
Plot Summary:
The journey of Javier, the obese Sad Clown, starts during his childhood in the midst of the Spanish civil war in 1937. His father, one of Spain’s most prominent jesters, is detained and tortured by the fascist regime.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, bleak, rough, psychological, surreal, suspense, twisted, serious, horror comedy
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Smuggling Hendrix (2018)
Plot Summary:
Caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cyprus, Germany, Greece
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Wiener-Dog (2016)
Plot Summary:
Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some contorted life lessons before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn Wiener. Dawn reunites with someone from her past and sets off on a road trip picking up some depressed mariachis along the way. Wiener-Dog then encounters a floundering film professor, as well as an embittered elderly woman and her needy granddaughter—all longing for something more.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, philosophical, mumblecore, controversial, cynical
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The Two of Us (1967)
Plot Summary:
A story of the caring friendship formed between a crusty, old anti-Semite and an eight-year-old Jewish boy who goes to live with him during World War II.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anthology, cult classic, semi autobiographical, sentimental, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, contemplative
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Posthumous Memories (2001)
Plot Summary:
Free adaptation of Machado de Assis' classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 926
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: contemplative, humorous, surreal, cynical, semi serious, suspense, biting
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Inconceivable (2008)
Plot Summary:
A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in helping women who have had trouble getting pregnant conceive, usually through artificial insemination techniques or transplanting donated eggs into his patients. Over the course of several weeks, Freeman inseminates nine women from different walks of life, eight become pregnant and give birth to healthy children, but when the new mothers compare notes, they discover their children bear a striking resemblance to one another.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK, USA, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, disturbing, touching, serious, realistic, dark comedy, emotional, independent film
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White Dog (1982)
Plot Summary:
A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that's been raised to kill black people.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, stylized, rough, thought provoking, psychedelic, natural horror
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Satan (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of young people leaves a disco and bumps into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, christmas horror, suspenseful, surreal, dark comedy, rough, suspense, slasher, psychological
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Trash Humpers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: independent film, minimal cast, not serious, realistic, cynical, black comedy, disturbing, controversial, experimental, surreal
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Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, enigmatic, black and white, atmospheric, stylized, scary, underground film, horror comedy
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Max mon amour (1986)
Plot Summary:
A French wife takes a zoo chimp named Max to be her lover.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: disturbing, clever, humorous, realistic, erotic, controversial, sex comedy, offbeat, surreal, witty
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Fido (2006)
Plot Summary:
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, funny, stylized, horror comedy, witty, atmospheric, black comedy, touching, parody
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The Butcher Boy (1997)
Plot Summary:
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, black comedy, depressing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, surreal, cult classic, controversial
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Louise hires a contract killer (2008)
Plot Summary:
In this radical and endearing black comedy, a group of retrenched female factory workers decide to pool their compensation money… and hire a hit man to liquidate their boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, captivating, light, entertaining, political, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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The Green Butchers (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere) is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's mentally retarded twin brother Eigil.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, absurd, humorous, black comedy, semi serious, funny, surreal, disturbing, offbeat, realistic
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A Happy Event (2011)
Plot Summary:
She drove me into a corner, then forced me to go beyond my limits. She made me confront the absolute: love, sacrifice, tenderness, abandonment. She dislocated me, transformed me. Why didn't anyone warn me? Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?" Un heureux événement, or an intimate view of motherhood, sincere and with no taboos.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexy, crying
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Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971)
Plot Summary:
Anne and Lore, neighbors and best friends, barely into their teens, board at a convent school where they have taken a vow to sin and to serve Satan. Anne keeps a secret diary, they read a salacious novel, they get a classmate in trouble, they spy on the nuns, they set aside their communion wafers; they make a pact of devotion.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: disturbing, scary, realistic, suspenseful, sensual, serious, satanic, controversial, erotic, romantic
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Taxidermia (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Hungary, Austria, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, surreal, controversial, cult classic, offbeat, art house, humorous, semi serious, erotic
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Possession (1981)
Plot Summary:
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, mind bending, art house, scary, creepy, grindhouse, controversial
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Raw (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister also studies. There, she gets no time to settle: hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, bloody, dark, scary, atmospheric, stylized, sensual, bleak, slasher