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Plot Summary:
Two ghosts walk along the Camino of Santiago.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: surreal, contemplative, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, road movie, mind bending, psychedelic, dark, deep
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22nd of May (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sam wakes up, gets ready and goes to do his daily job. And then the unexpected happens. A bomb explodes in the center of the shopping mall where he works. He drags himself towards the entrance to save the victims. One by one he pulls them out, until something terrible takes place. In complete hysteria he runs off till he falls down from exhaustion. A woman's voice makes him raise his head. She's one of the victims he saved. She wants to know why the suicide bomber did it. This encounter projects him back in history and even in a surreal world. Thereafter he runs into everyone he saved and feels that their defeat shows many parallels with his own. Even his confrontation with the wrongdoer isn't that straightforward as he thought it would be and confronts him with the fact that guilt and innocence can be pretty much alike.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 809
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, serious, emotional, surreal, controversial, deep, bleak, captivating, contemplative
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The Distance (2014)
Plot Summary:
A heist film unlike any you've ever seen. In his second film (following his debut Finisterrae), Sergio Caballero plays fast and loose with all the laws of genre filmmaking. The ‘distance’ in the title is the ultimate MacGuffin - the term coined by Hitchcock for the thing the characters are pursuing, but which for the audience is completely meaningless. The fact that everyone communicates by telepathy enables Caballero to ‘speak’ a lingua franca made up of many different languages: from the Russian of the dwarves and the guard, to the German of the artist and the Chinese of the guard with the brazier.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 388
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, serious, stylized, realistic, art house, offbeat, psychotronic, avant garde, mind bending
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Animals (2012)
Plot Summary:
Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure which will take over their lives. Animals is a story of teenage love, of sacrifice, of the tragedy of two clashing worlds. A Tale in which the power of imagination blurs it´s borders with reality and where death turns out to be an ending as tempting as inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, serious, offbeat, avant garde, gloomy, manga, queer cinema
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The Stone Raft (2002)
Plot Summary:
An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Portugal, Netherlands
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: surreal, sincere, semi serious, contemplative, road movie, offbeat
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Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
Plot Summary:
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious, sketch comedy, cult classic, mind blowing, psychological, mind bending
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Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001)
Plot Summary:
Toledo in the 30s: The godfather of cinematic surrealism, Luis Buñuel, the poet Federico Garcia Loca and the painter Salvador Dalí are on a search for the mythical table of King Salomon, which is known to have the power to see in the past, the present and the future. Their scour paths them through hilarious moments of absurdity and lots of references to movie history.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Mexico, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, surreal, contemplative, stylized, manga, offbeat, serious, mind bending
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Pitfall (1962)
Plot Summary:
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, depressing, experimental, avant garde, atmospheric, rough, offbeat, bleak
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Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)
Plot Summary:
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, stylized, serious, experimental, disturbing, controversial, artsy, slow cinema, aesthetic
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Don't Look Up (1996)
Plot Summary:
On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai (Yanagi), is trying to complete his debut film. The two starring actresses, Hitomi Kurokawa and Saori Murakami, play sisters in his film. Murai has a crush on Hitomi (Shiroshima), the seasoned leading actress, and keeps a photo of her by his bed. The younger and less experienced actress, Saori (Ishibashi), is annoying and likes to have recess on the set. The production of the movie is consistently interrupted by strange occurrences and the cast and crew begin to get spooked.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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They Came Back (2004)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the residents of a small French town are changed when thousands of the recently dead inexplicably come back to life and try to integrate themselves into society that has changed for them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychedelic, surreal, scary, contemplative, spooky, weird
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Temp Staff Psychic Ataru (2019)
Plot Summary:
21-year-old Ataru Matoba begins work for an event company as a dispatched worker. This is her first real job. She goes to work wearing a knit hat, sunglasses and a long coat. She is happy to have the various work experiences and she works pleasantly. Ataru Matoba also has a special ability. When she makes eye contact with someone, she can see that person's troubles or indelible memory. With her special ability, Ataru Matoba solves troubles of people she works with.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, mystical, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
Plot Summary:
A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams. Late one night, Isaac is summoned by a wealthy family to take the last photograph of a young bride, Angelica, who mysteriously passed away. Arriving at their estate, Isaac is struck by Angelica's beauty, but when he looks through his lens, something strange happens - the young woman appears to come to life. From that moment, Isaac will be haunted by Angelica day and night.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, emotional, contemplative, captivating, serious, realistic, gloomy, beautiful
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Prospero's Books (1991)
Plot Summary:
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: experimental, surreal, psychedelic, epic, art house, non-linear, psychotronic, postmodern, cult classic, atmospheric
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Reflections of Evil (2002)
Plot Summary:
Julie, a teen who died from a PCP overdose in the early '70s searches from beyond the grave for her younger brother Bob who now in the '90s is an obese watch seller suffering with sucrose intolerance.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: surreal, rough, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, psychedelic, suspense, dark
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Horsehead (2014)
Plot Summary:
Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, mind bending, suspense, dark, disturbing, grindhouse
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The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather's story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin and seduce him; he wakes beside corpses under a gallows. He meets a hermit priest and a goatherd; each tells his story; he wakes again by the gallows. He's rescued from the Inquisition, meets a cabalist and hears more stories within stories, usually of love. He returns to Venta Quemada, the women await with astonishing news.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, art house, cerebral, visual, atmospheric, mindfuck, philosophical, mind bending, spiritual
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The Taste of Tea (2004)
Plot Summary:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko is mainly concerned with why she seems to be followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: surreal, touching, semi serious, mind bending, psychedelic, disturbing, contemplative, poignant, independent film, black comedy
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About Endlessness (2019)
Plot Summary:
A reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality, guided by a Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments have the same significance as historical events. Simultaneously an ode and a lament, presents a kaleidoscope of all that is eternally human, an infinite story of the vulnerability of existence.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, sincere, thought provoking, contemplative, anthology, mind bending, psychedelic, stylized, existential
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Plot Summary:
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, anthology, philosophical, cerebral, mind bending, art film, spiritual, artsy, visually appealing
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Fando and Lis (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fando and his partially paralyzed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar. Based on Jodorowsky's memories of a play by surrealist Fernando Arrabal.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, experimental, mind twisting, psychedelic, disturbing, avant garde, philosophical, depressing, suspense
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Cremaster 3 (2002)
Plot Summary:
CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner, antagonistic forces at play for access to the process of (spiritual) transcendence. These factions find form in the struggle between Hiram Abiff or the Architect.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, stylized, serious, thought provoking, psychedelic, disturbing, independent film, avant garde
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
Plot Summary:
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave - the birthplace of his first life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, disturbing, art house, philosophical, meditative, visually appealing, cerebral, slow cinema, contemplative
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Another Trip to the Moon (2015)
Plot Summary:
The magical surrealist journey of Asa, daughter of a shaman, who confronts her own mother, fighting for her own life and freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, surreal, disturbing, psychedelic
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Rabbits (2002)
Plot Summary:
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Short, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, psychological, atmospheric, experimental, mind bending, offbeat, psychedelic, art house, dark
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After Life (1998)
Plot Summary:
After death, people have just one week to choose only a memory to keep for eternity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, emotional, spiritual, existential, psychological, sincere, touching, contemplative, stylized
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Edge of the Garden (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Brian lets his girlfriend, decides to change city and way of life. Attracted by the incredible offer, purchase a large house outside keeping a big secret. One day you have the impression of seeing a woman in the garden and can also talk to her ... is how both discover that one of us is in the wrong era.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sentimental, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, romantic, touching, offbeat, serious
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Jauja (2014)
Plot Summary:
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: Denmark, Mexico, France, Argentina, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: contemplative, atmospheric, surreal, serious, road movie, captivating, slow cinema, tense, philosophical, cerebral
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Holy Motors (2012)
Plot Summary:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: surreal, art house, psychedelic, cerebral, mindfuck, enigmatic, disturbing, atmospheric, experimental, artsy
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The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Plot Summary:
Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Poland
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychological, psychedelic, dark, mindfuck, disturbing, existential, philosophical, slasher
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Eraserhead (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, art house, psychological, disturbing, psychedelic, experimental, atmospheric, black and white, dark