Surreal movie recommendations?

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I've been going through Lynch and Jodorowsky movies, so is there any other surreal movies that I haven't heard of?
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Brazil

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There are people who consider it the best movie ever made. Regardless, it's worth a watch. It's a dystopian black comedy about a cog in the machine office worker trying to find the woman he keeps dreaming of.

If you don't mind extremely slow burns try Monument. The atmosphere is dark and unsettling. I might watch it again because once you realise what is going on you may find references you missed.

 
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Brazil

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There are people who consider it the best movie ever made. Regardless, it's worth a watch. It's a dystopian black comedy about a cog in the machine office worker trying to find the woman he keeps dreaming of.

If you don't mind extremely slow burns try Monument. The atmosphere is dark and unsettling. I might watch it again because once you realise what is going on you may find references you missed.

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Brazil's ending was pretty depressing but at least the main character seemed happy I think.
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Another or quite similar to it
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Enemy (2013) ⭐ 6.9 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

1h 31m | K-12
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Try this one
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Muutostiloja (1980) ⭐ 6.9 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

1h 42m | R
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Surprisingly, I haven't watched altered states although I've heard of it before in other forums.
 
Assuming you've got the stomach for some good old trashy exploitation filmmaking, Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (yes) is one of my all-time favourites.

Still got my old bootleg copy from some yard sale ages ago - complete with the title scribbled on the disc with a marker. The way all mostly forgotten, bizarre films should be preserved.
 
RustySK said:
Assuming you've got the stomach for some good old trashy exploitation filmmaking, Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (yes) is one of my all-time favourites.

Still got my old bootleg copy from some yard sale ages ago - complete with the title scribbled on the disc with a marker. The way all mostly forgotten, bizarre films should be preserved.
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Direct to video, was it that bad to be preserved on a DVD-R bootleg?
 
If you like surreal, try some of the stop motion films of Jan Svankmajer, there is also some movies in that style that i saw some time ago, one is Mad God, other is Otesanek, a.k.a. Little Otik. Another good film is Dark city.
 
goldman2786 said:
It's not really surreal but it is definately odd and messed up, but I would reccomend Trainspotting. its about drug addicts in Scotland. Super 90s. there are Playstations in the club scenes.
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If you like surreal, try some of the stop motion films of Jan Svankmajer, there is also some movies in that style that i saw some time ago, one is Mad God, other is Otesanek, a.k.a. Little Otik. Another good film is Dark city.
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Dark City: Director's Cut is a good suggestion
 
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Look for Jan Svankmajer's films like Lesson Faust and Alice or David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch. There's also a lot of interesting Eastern Europe films from the 70s like Valerie, Beauty and the Beast (Juraj Herz), Daisies, The Hourglass Sanatorium etc that have a surrealist style, but they feel less "aggressive" in general.
 

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