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Plot Summary:
A fantastical tale based on true events, about five women of Signe Baumane's family, including herself, and their battles with depression and madness.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Latvia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surreal, stylized, adult animation, humorous, psychological, atmospheric, semi serious, anime, visually stunning, touching
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Wrinkles (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on Paco Roca's comic of the same title (2008 Spanish National Comic Prize), WRINKLES is a 2D animated feature-length film for an adult audience. Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two aged gentlemen shut away in a care home. Recent arrival Emilio, in the early stages of Alzheimer, is helped by Miguel and colleagues to avoid ending up on the feared top floor of the care home, also known as the lost causes or "assisted" floor. Their wild plan infuses their otherwise tedious day-to-day with humor and tenderness, because although for some their lives are coming to an end, for them it is just a new beginning.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sad, touching, sentimental, humorous, anime, compassionate, social, stylized, realistic
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My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)
Plot Summary:
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, stylized, touching, serious, adult animation, korean anime, whimsical
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After School Midnighters (2012)
Plot Summary:
Houkago Midnighters is about a human anatomical model that comes to life at midnight in a school.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, surreal, stylized, semi serious, computer animated, psychedelic, offbeat
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Glitch in the Grid (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: experimental, psychological, contemplative, sincere, atmospheric, mind bending, serious, realistic, surreal, spiritual
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Cheatin' (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through the malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 981
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, stylized, humorous, semi serious, anime, visual, visually stunning, offbeat, independent film
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A Letter to Momo (2011)
Plot Summary:
Clinging to an unfinished letter written by her recently deceased father, young Momo moves with her mother from bustling Tokyo to the remote Japanese island of Shio. Upon their arrival, she begins to explore her new habitat, meeting local children and learning their routines and customs. However, it's not long before several bizarre occurrences crop up around the previously tranquil island. Orchards are found ransacked, prized trinkets start disappearing and, worst of all, each morning after her mother leaves for work, Momo hears strange mumblings coming from the attic of their home. Annoyed by these creepy goings-on and her mother's refusal to believe them, Momo embarks on a strange and supernatural adventure to discover the source of the mischief, which leads her to a trio of troublesome imps: the flatulent lizard Kawa, the childlike Mame and their hulking ogre leader Iwa. Momo also learns that her visit to the island is in some way connected to her father's mysterious letter.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, semi serious, stylized, captivating, uplifting, epic, whimsical
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My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
Plot Summary:
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, France
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, compassionate, adult animation, sincere, romantic, independent film, captivating, funny, offbeat
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Colorful (2010)
Plot Summary:
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, manga, psychological, inspirational, touching, stylized, depressing, deep, adult animation
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The Suicide Shop (2012)
Plot Summary:
A city where suicide is the only growing business. A shop where you can get everything to cater this urge. In the hand of one family for centuries.. till they get a happy baby. And he has to power to make all around him happy as well.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Musical
Country: France, Canada, Belgium
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, bleak, mind bending, psychedelic, sad, surreal, 3d animation
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Aya of Yop City (2013)
Plot Summary:
Love stories in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the Ivory Coast capital.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, touching, adult animation, anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
Plot Summary:
A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 803
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, experimental, surreal, stylized, postmodern, independent film, anime, cerebral, serious
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Lunacy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s funeral he is invited by a Marquis he meets at lunch to spend the night in his castle. There he witnesses a blasphemous orgy and a ‘therapeutic’ funeral. He tries to flee but is taken to a lunatic asylum where the patients have complete freedom and the staff are locked up behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, rough, suspenseful, mindfuck, dark comedy, offbeat, gothic, experimental
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$9.99 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Israel, Australia
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: surreal, humorous, ironic, adult animation, touching, contemplative, claymation, black comedy, cult classic, adult cartoon
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My Love Affair with Marriage (2022)
Plot Summary:
From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grew older something didn't seem right with the concept of love: the more she tried to conform, the more her body resisted. A story about the acceptance of the inner female rebellion.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Luxembourg, USA, Latvia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, adult animation, independent film, 2d animation
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Mind Game (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: anime, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, psychedelic, touching, humorous, cerebral, mindfuck, adult animation
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Dante's Inferno (2007)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comedic travelogue of the underworld - set against an all-too-familiar urban backdrop of used car lots, gated communities, strip malls, and the U.S. Capitol. And populated with a contemporary cast of reprobates, including famous - and infamous - politicians, presidents, popes, pimps. And the Prince of Darkness himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, humorous, witty, semi serious, adult animation, manga, anime, clever, offbeat, futuristic
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Surviving Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life – one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of his dreams. Eugene finds a way of entering his dream-world at will and finds out about his childhood and what really happened to his parents.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, atmospheric, surreal, psychological, captivating, mind bending, psychedelic, dark
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Idiots and Angels (2008)
Plot Summary:
Angel, a selfish rotter is hanging around in a local bar, groping the wife of the barman and dealing with weapons. One morning he wakes up finding a pair of wings growing at his back. These wings do good deeds against his nature. But suddenly he finds himself fighting those who want these wings for their own dark plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, humorous, semi serious, psychedelic, cult classic, mind bending, black comedy, anime, mind blowing
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Lesson Faust (1994)
Plot Summary:
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. Svankmajer's Faust is a nondescript man who, after being lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, France, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, art house, experimental, philosophical, dark, claymation, cerebral, mindfuck, atmospheric, stylized
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Blood Tea and Red String (2006)
Plot Summary:
A handmade stop-motion fairy tale for adults that tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, stylized, semi serious, cult classic, adult animation, mind bending, psychedelic, dark, anime
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Mutant Aliens (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mutant Aliens is a wildly humorous yet poignant story about an astronaut, his daughter, and 5 violent, yet sympathetic, alien creatures who seek revenge against a space industry baron.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: adult animation, semi serious, humorous, stylized, surreal, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, psychedelic
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Heavy Traffic (1973)
Plot Summary:
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: adult animation, surreal, psychedelic, parody, mind bending, dark, social, psychotronic, black comedy, cult classic
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I Married a Strange Person! (1997)
Plot Summary:
A newlywed develops a strange lump on his neck that gives him the ability to transform people or objects at will. His wife is very upset. Meanwhile, the CEO of Smilecorp learns of this man and his ability and sees a way to achieve world domination if only the man can be taken alive. Animated movie by Bill Plympton.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, cult classic, adult animation, offbeat, splatter, surreal, mind blowing
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Ivan the Incredible (2012)
Plot Summary:
Poor Ivan Olsen is plagued by problems bullied at school and constantly pursued by a gang whose greatest pleasure is filling his pants with water. And when Ivan gets home, his dad doesn't have much sympathy for him either because he is crazy about Tarzan and fails to appreciate Ivan's finer qualities. But one day Ivan gets the chance to live up all of his dad's expectations and give the bullies at school a lesson they will never forget. The big question is whether having superpowers makes life any easier?.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, anime, offbeat, computer animated
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Robot Carnival (1987)
Plot Summary:
An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, stylized, atmospheric, surreal, exciting, mecha, manga, cyber, adult anime
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The Flying Machine (2010)
Plot Summary:
A family takes a journey across the globe on a strange and amazing flying machine, experiencing a series of adventures along the way.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, Poland, China, India, Norway, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, stylized, feel good, semi serious, anime, humorous
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It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: philosophical, surreal, adult animation, thought provoking, atmospheric, experimental, enigmatic, depressing, bleak, melancholic
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Anomalisa (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, adult animation, depressing, atmospheric, art house, psychological, emotional, melancholic, meditative, philosophical
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Mary and Max (2009)
Plot Summary:
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York. In the mid-1970's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: touching, depressing, emotional, adult animation, black comedy, sincere, stylized, sad, gloomy, dark comedy
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Xavier: Renegade Angel (2007)
Plot Summary:
The show follows Xavier, a rather strange-looking faun-like wanderer/seeker (complete with snake hand, backwards knees, a beak and six nipples) who is traveling across the land to find out the truth about his mysterious and uncertain origin. Xavier meets all kinds of different folk on his journey who he bores to tears with self obsessed tales about his life and his ability to "blow minds," and encounters rednecks who don't take kindly to his appearance. He speaks in a low, gruff, movie trailer-type tone that accentuates his narcissistic rambling. Although Xavier has a sense of morality and means well, he tends to cause havoc wherever he goes, attempting to help characters along the way, but unknowingly making situations worse due to total incompetence. In the pilot episode, we see in a flash-back that he burnt his house down as an adolescent whilst practicing a spiritual ritual. The fire killed his adoptive parents, yet he is totally oblivious that it was his fault, and is still out.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: adult animation, surreal, humorous, witty, semi serious, psychedelic, dark, adult comedy, adult cartoon, offbeat