Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsCannes Film FestivalStar WarsAsian Pacific American Heritage MonthSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
Copy

Surreal, Disturbing, Thought Provoking, Sick, violent and Twisted Films!

by gaboayaroa • Created 10 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
Here you can find weird, bizarre, surreal, shocking, disturbing sick and twisted films!
List activity
3.5K views
• 21 this week
Create a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
  • 69 titles
  • Jack Nance in Eraserhead (1977)

    1. Eraserhead

    19771h 29mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.3 (138K)
    Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsJack NanceCharlotte StewartAllen Joseph
    Over the top weirdness, an instant classic.
  • Luis Buñuel, Pierre Batcheff, Salvador Dalí, Jaume Miravitlles, Simone Mareuil, and Fano Messan in Un chien andalou (1929)

    2. Un chien andalou

    192916mNot RatedShort
    7.6 (55K)
    Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis Buñuel
  • La Jetée (1962)

    3. La Jetée

    196228mNot RatedShort
    8.2 (39K)
    The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
    DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène Chatelain
  • Marie Déa, María Casares, Jean Marais, and François Périer in Orpheus (1950)

    4. Orpheus

    19501h 52mNot Rated
    7.8 (14K)
    A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.
    DirectorJean CocteauStarsJean MaraisFrançois PérierMaría Casares
  • The Blood of a Poet (1932)

    5. The Blood of a Poet

    193255mNot Rated67Metascore
    7.2 (7.7K)
    Told in four episodes - an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
    DirectorJean CocteauStarsEnrique RiveroLee MillerPauline Carton
  • Testament of Orpheus (1960)

    6. Testament of Orpheus

    19601h 19mNot Rated75Metascore
    7.2 (3.9K)
    The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
    DirectorJean CocteauStarsJean CocteauFrançoise ArnoulClaudine Auger
  • The Holy Mountain (1973)

    7. The Holy Mountain

    19731h 54mR76Metascore
    7.7 (51K)
    In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a messianic character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.
    DirectorAlejandro JodorowskyStarsAlejandro JodorowskyHoracio SalinasZamira Saunders
    I think this is one of the most visually symbolic, esoteric, provocative and bizarre movies out there. Jodorosky really succeed crafting this piece of surrealistic value.
  • Pink Floyd in Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

    8. Pink Floyd: The Wall

    19821h 35mR47Metascore
    8.0 (88K)
    A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames Laurenson
  • Brazil (1985)

    9. Brazil

    19852h 12mR84Metascore
    7.8 (217K)
    A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
    DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De Niro
  • Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)

    10. Lost Highway

    19972h 14mR53Metascore
    7.6 (164K)
    Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn Roselius
    In this movie you can find the most terrifying character ever! This guy is disturbing, believe me.
  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)

    11. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    19751h 57mTV-MA
    5.8 (70K)
    In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of torture.
    DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsPaolo BonacelliGiorgio CataldiUberto Paolo Quintavalle
    I mean, Pasolini was brutally killed shortly after the realize of this movie and it has also been banned around the world. You better beware of this leviathan of weirdness and bizarre, behold: Saló!
    Also, the soundtrack is awesome.
  • Gozu (2003)

    12. Gozu

    20032h 9mRVideo58Metascore
    6.9 (13K)
    A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsYûta SoneKimika YoshinoShôhei Hino
    Yakuza meets David Lynch
  • Irreversible (2002)

    13. Irreversible

    20021h 37mNot Rated51Metascore
    7.3 (156K)
    Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order.
    DirectorGaspar NoéStarsMonica BellucciVincent CasselAlbert Dupontel
    The raping scene as well as the killing scene at the bar called "rectum" are worthy but in general the movie is also unusual and hectic due to the camera work.
  • Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001)

    14. Mulholland Drive

    20012h 27mR87Metascore
    7.9 (408K)
    After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin Theroux
    Where does the dream or nightmare begin? where does it end? what is that weird creature? what the hell is going on here?
  • Visitor Q (2001)

    15. Visitor Q

    20011h 24mR
    6.5 (18K)
    A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKen'ichi EndôShungiku UchidaKazushi Watanabe
    For me this movie is like the twisted version of Pasolini's Teorema. Insest, Necrophilia, abusive bullying, dysfunctional family, what else can you ask for?
  • Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic in A Serbian Film (2010)

    16. A Serbian Film

    20101h 44mNC-17
    4.9 (76K)
    An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.
    DirectorSrdjan SpasojevicStarsSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicSergej TrifunovicJelena Gavrilovic
    Provocative and weird Serbian stuff
  • Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist (2009)

    17. Antichrist

    20091h 48mNot Rated49Metascore
    6.5 (141K)
    A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsWillem DafoeCharlotte GainsbourgStorm Acheche Sahlstrøm
    Depressive, dark and weird. Part of the depression trilogy.
  • Jacob's Ladder (1990)

    18. Jacob's Ladder

    19901h 53mR62Metascore
    7.4 (124K)
    Mourning his dead son, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny Aiello
    I decided to include this film here not because it is shocking or disturbing but rather for its surreal value. This movie is the kind of the dream within the dream and nightmare stuff. Again, what is real, what is a dream, is he dead?
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    19. Audition

    19991h 55mR70Metascore
    7.1 (95K)
    A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyô IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
    Another Miike's classic. Slow pasted but very disturbing and bloody.
  • Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet (1986)

    20. Blue Velvet

    19862hR75Metascore
    7.7 (233K)
    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis Hopper
  • Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, and Moon Geun-young in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

    21. A Tale of Two Sisters

    20031h 54mR65Metascore
    7.1 (71K)
    After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-su
    Perhaps the most challenging movie i have seen, the paste is hard to follow but really great Korean horror flick
  • Three... Extremes (2004)

    22. Three... Extremes

    20042h 5mR66Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
    DirectorsFruit ChanPark Chan-wookTakashi MiikeStarsBai LingLee Byung-hunKyôko Hasegawa
    A collection of 3 nightmares from Asian masters of horror
  • Suicide Club (2001)

    23. Suicide Club

    20011h 39mR
    6.5 (23K)
    A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsRyô IshibashiMasatoshi NagaseMai Hôshô
    Wow Mr Shion Sono you really got my attention here! This movie kicks off with a group of teenage schoolgirls who massively commit suicide at a train station. and then glorious sight after glorious sight, blood everywhere and a girly music group who seem to be inducing youngsters to end their lives in quite creative ways. Definitely in my top ten of disturbing movies!
  • Jacob Reynolds in Gummo (1997)

    24. Gummo

    19971h 29mR19Metascore
    6.6 (40K)
    Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.
    DirectorHarmony KorineStarsNick SuttonJacob SewellLara Tosh
    White trash, a bunch of weird kids and good metal tunes for soundtrack!
  • Naked Lunch (1991)

    25. Naked Lunch

    19911h 55mR67Metascore
    6.9 (59K)
    After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan Holm
    Get high on cockroach insecticide and then travel to a world of talking roaches and a bunch of queers. What is reality and what is a psychedelic kafkian trip? i don't know find it yourself.

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.