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Plot Summary:
On the road wandering minstrel finds a mare, which, upholstered and sickly, is dying. He buries mare and casts a curse in the village where the animal was tortured. In the village lives Jańcio, a philosopher, a man loving life and his young wife, Weronka. Jańcio lives in harmony with God and is not expecting that he will be put to the test by him. He is convinced he has the power to make miracles. He leaves his pregnant wife, and goes to see the world, promising to return before the due date.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 634
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Jasminum (2006)
Plot Summary:
Dziejące się współcześnie "Jasminum" (łacińska nazwa jaśminu) opowiada historię tajemniczą i magiczną, pełną zmysłowych zapachów, wypełnioną szczególnym światłem jakie roztacza wokół siebie miłość. Klasztor, w którym toczy się akcja filmu, nie różniłby się od innych, gdyby nie fakt, że trzech mieszkających tam zakonników posiada pewną niezwykłą cechę. Każdy z nich pachnie innym, owocowym zapachem: jeden czeremchą, drugi czereśnią, a trzeci śliwą, a zapachy te mają szczególne właściwości... Pewnego dnia do klasztoru przyjeżdża młoda konserwatorka malarstwa, która otrzymuje zlecenie odnowienia tamtejszych obrazów. Natasza pojawia się w Jaśminowie wraz ze swoją 5-letnią córką Gienią. Urok i dociekliwość dziewczynki wprowadzają wiele zamętu w spokojne dotąd życie mnichów. W tej historii i ludzie i budynki i zapachy mają swoje tajemnice.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, mystic
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End of Man (1971)
Plot Summary:
Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. He names himself Finis Hominis (The End of Man, in latin), and soon becomes sort of a modern Messiah, capable of performing miracles. An adulterous woman and a cheated husband are among his most faithful followers, as well as a group of hippies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Brazil
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, offbeat, humorous, surreal, semi serious, absurd
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Ladies Room (1999)
Plot Summary:
In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and the other a psychologist, watch the last few days of their lives on a TV screen. Both are having affairs with married men, each has a long encounter with her lover's wife, and both these scenes take place in a ladies' room, one backstage at a play that's about to preview, the other at an opera house during the first act. The relationships between each pair of younger and older women take surprising turns, and in the room with the TV, a sylph asks probing and challenging questions of the two young women as they watch.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious
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Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990)
Plot Summary:
The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos), a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife has long since left him. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During a screening of a sentimental Polish melodrama called "Daybreak" at the Liberty cinema across the road from the censor's office, the actors start to rebel and refuse to speak their lines. There is anarchy and when the censor is unable to control the situation, senior party officials are called in. Eventually a film critic notes that the situation reminds of "The Purple Rose of Cairo" by Woody Allen and brings a reel of the film to demonstrate. The officials watch the film with amusement until another mix-up occurs: the second projector is turned on accidentally and superimposes "Daybreak" over "Purple Rose".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, intellectual
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Everything Must Go (1996)
Plot Summary:
Tony is a homosexual law student who quits his studies. With a van and a handful of cash, he hits the road hoping to become a salesman. This, however, turns out to be harder than he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Garden (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jakub's life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows by his relation with a married woman. Breaking out, Jakub realizes the pleasures of the countryside in the old garden of his grandfather. He finds true love with an angel, and encounters various exciting moments of his new free life. Strange visitors arrive, and he wont get back to town anymore.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Slovakia, France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, touching, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Zel is a fortune teller. She lives and works in an old house at the edge of the woods. The house is crowded with ghosts (including a priest, a bride, a mute child, some washed up vaudevillians and a noisy, sight-impaired group of musicians among others) that have been there for as long as she can remember. When a mysterious light appears in the woods the ghosts realize that they are trapped and begin to rebel. Zel is forced to come to terms with the origins of these spirits and letting go of the only family she has ever known.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, surreal, captivating, independent film, uplifting, offbeat, experimental, underground film
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Squint Your Eyes (2002)
Plot Summary:
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town and finds grudging refuge with the slightly slovenly caretaker of an abandoned farm, an ex-teacher.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 962
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, sexual, sexy
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Big Animal (2000)
Plot Summary:
Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple in a Polish village. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, contemplative
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The Voice of the Moon (1990)
Plot Summary:
Returning to themes he first explored in La strada (1954), Fellini crafts a parable on the whisperings of the soul that only madmen and vagabonds are capable of hearing. The odd couple, Ivo Salvini (Benigni), a fake inspector of wells, and Gonnella (Villaggio), a former prefect, wander through the Emilia-Romagna countryside of Fellini's childhood and discover a dystopia of television commercials, fascism, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan ritual.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: postmodern, offbeat, humorous, surreal, stylized, semi serious
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Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Plot Summary:
Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and surefire commercial success. As such, Alex seemingly has his choice of what his next project will be. Alex has a few thoughts in mind, such as a biopic of Lenny Bruce, or a movie about a black uprising in Los Angeles. As he makes the rounds both in the Hollywood community and European movie centers for ideas, he fantasizes about movie scenarios of those everyday situations he is in. These fantasies are influenced by his movie idols, some who he meets such as Italian director Federico Fellini and French actress Jeanne Moreau. Concurrently, he is considering what to do about his personal life. He is wondering if he and his middle-class family should "move up". The need for commercial success may ultimately take artistic control out of his hands.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 970
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, surreal, witty, semi serious, cult film
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Snow White and Russian Red (2009)
Plot Summary:
An aggressive thug has problems with his girlfriend. Over the course of several chaotic days he walks around the hood, takes drugs and confronts himself with other women.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: surreal, semi serious, realistic, disturbing, offbeat, sexual, fast, sexy
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Static (1985)
Plot Summary:
Ernie Blick has just lost his job at a crucifix factory. Luckily, for Ernie, this allows him more time to devote to his invention. Yes, Ernie is an inventor -- and he's come up with something big. So big, in fact, Ernie's convinced it will change the way people look at life and death. With the support of his drummer friend Julia and his ex-Green Beret-evangelist cousin, Ernie unveils it to the world. But even he isn't prepared for the public's reaction.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, philosophical, mind bending, psychedelic, depressing, avant garde, esoteric, independent film, atmospheric, humorous
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Small Time (1996)
Plot Summary:
Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 497
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, atmospheric, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Wedding (2004)
Plot Summary:
Wojnar is a wealthy man who is marrying off his beautiful daughter Kasia, in a small town in present day Poland. Wojnar had to bribe the groom with a fancy car, since Kasia was pregnant by another man. At the end of the ceremony, the car is delivered by a gangster, who immediately demands the promised money and the deed to land from Kasia's grandfather. Unfortunately grandpa is unwilling to let go of the land. Meanwhile each of the workers at the reception demand to be paid, so Wojnar, who is very reluctant to part with his money, tries to haggle and bribe his way out of all the situations.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, realistic
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Mister Lonely (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Paris, a young American who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Ireland, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, semi serious, atmospheric, avant garde, offbeat, mind bending, psychedelic, experimental, psychological
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Am I Beautiful? (1998)
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious
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Moon Father (1999)
Plot Summary:
The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Japan, Tajikistan, Switzerland, Uzbekistan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film, mesmerizing, touching, offbeat, humorous, captivating, surreal, semi serious, road movie, tragic
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Tomorrow's Another Day (2000)
Plot Summary:
Such an inconsequential event - the unfortunate purchase of a package of cling film - reveals the character and behavior of a small group of individuals caught up in the chaos of today's society. Though it creates arguments and inner questioning, this event - and its various consequences - also creates bonds.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, clever, offbeat
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Walter (2015)
Plot Summary:
A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, semi serious, offbeat, independent film
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The Guatemalan Handshake (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, humorous, realistic, surreal, semi serious, mumblecore, independent film, offbeat, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011)
Plot Summary:
Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail of boyfriends, Justine thinks she has found The One, a hunky shoe salesman, but her temporary happiness is thrown when her neurotic 60-year-old Jewish father (Michel Blanc) suffers a delayed midlife crisis and announces that his young second wife is expecting a baby. Justine and her half-sister Dom, who is trying to adopt, are rather annoyed at the news. Coupled with resentment about her father’s absence when she was growing up, causes her to spiral into self-doubt. Overflowing with French charm, Justine gets by with the help of her family, friends, and newly discovered muse.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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My Father's Bike (2012)
Plot Summary:
Grandfather's wife unexpectedly leaves him for another man and this sparks a series of events. His son and grandson arrive from abroad and set of for a journey to find a woman dear to each of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, road movie, captivating, light, entertaining, touching, realistic, semi serious
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The Milky Way (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surreal, spiritual, road movie, psychedelic, satirical, dark comedy, cult classic, mystical, parody, philosophical
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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
Plot Summary:
In this excoriating satire of the fashion industry, Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime. Polly becomes the subject of an episode of a vapid TV news documentary series called "Qui êtes-vous?" and is pursued by the filmmaker and by the prince of Borodine, a small country in the Soviet bloc.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, psychedelic, offbeat, humorous, realistic, contemplative, semi serious, biting, avant garde
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Bliss (1985)
Plot Summary:
An advertising executive dies and goes to hell... except nothing changes. Well, his daughter is buying drugs with sexual favours from her brother, and the number of cancer-causing products is on the increase. But the notes he writes to himself to prove he hasn't gone insane are getting more disjointed, and he runs off with an ex-prostitute called Honey Barbera.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, surreal, retro, mind bending, psychedelic, art house, cult classic, offbeat, humorous, realistic
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Generation P (2011)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of Russia's transition from communism to capitalism.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, offbeat, thought provoking, cult classic, clever, humorous, cynical, semi serious, biting
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The Acid House (1998)
Plot Summary:
THE ACID HOUSE is a surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche. Directed by Paul McGuigan, the film dramatises three stories from the book: 1- The Granton Star Cause, 2- A Soft Touch & 3- The Acid House.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, dark comedy, disturbing, humorous, absurd, independent film, clever, controversial
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Bunny and the Bull (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surreal, mind bending, touching, humorous, captivating, semi serious, inspirational, psychedelic, art house, visual
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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Plot Summary:
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Germany, Norway, France, Denmark
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surreal, realistic, talky, lyrical, dark comedy, humorous, philosophical, semi serious, absurd, art house