if you’re looking for films that are a
bit or a lot off-center you’ve come to
the right place close your eyes oh good
boy welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 weird movies for this list we’ll
be looking at films that contain
traditional elements but heavily
features strange or bizarre components
or storytelling films that are more
avant-garde for example begotten and
that don’t feature any typical
storytelling do not qualify number 10
Inland Empire him del Popolo – shh-shh
Inland Empire in this mystery films lead
role Laura Dern plays an actress who’s
believed to be cursed following the
revelation that the two former lead
actors of the film she’s been shooting
had been murdered
is there a laughter in your film
ah no that’s not part of the story after
she begins to become more and more like
her character she also begins to lose
her grasp on reality people having weird
dreams and seeing things at wooden
they’re initially shot as a series of
separate scenes writer and director
David Lynch realized that there were
recurring themes between them and
developed Durin’s character and
confusion to allow her to play a role in
each sequence I’m not the weird really
hits its peak when she plays a tearful
woman watching a sitcom on TV focused on
a room full of rabbits it was read
number 8 Synecdoche New York I want to
bring my production in New York and to
get it seen by people you no matter this
postmodern drama tells the story of a
theatre director who finds himself in
the middle of a seismic change in his
life and who has given seemingly endless
funds that allow him to create a whole
new world for himself and his interests
I’ll have someone play me to delve into
the murky cowardly depths of my lonely
top being recreating New York as he sees
it in a gigantic warehouse Caden Cotard
populates his city with representations
of the people in his life including
himself and has his characters live out
their lives in a never-ending play yeah
the end is built into the beginning
never seeking to create logic in the
film story Synecdoche director Charlie
Kaufman instead wallows in the absurdity
and be fun be weird I like weird number
eight Being John Malkovich when a movies
protagonist starts working at a company
that operates on a building floor that
appears to be designed for little people
and thus has to spend his working hours
perpetually bent over you know that this
is not gonna be a typical film it’s a
portal and it takes you inside John
Malkovich in this fantasy comedy while
working at said company Craig Schwartz
finds a door that eventually allows him
to take control of the body of real-life
actor John Malkovich
sure you’re not going crazy you don’t
understand then it’s like nothing I’ve
ever felt yeah yeah a Jana Jana are you
stoned yes yes oh Jesus if that wasn’t
bizarre enough already the love story
that develops is all too weird
but somehow relatable you see the world
through John Malkovich’s eyes and then
after about 15 minutes your spit out
into a ditch on the side of the New
Jersey Turnpike sounds great
packed to the gills with eccentric
imagery everything we see ultimately
serves the plot of Spike Jones’s
masterpiece of a film it’s my head
Schwartz it’s my head I will see you in
court
number seven Naked Lunch Mar book yeah
the one you’ve been calling Naked Lunch
in this David Cronenberg sci-fi drama an
exterminator and his wife become
addicted to a chemical that he uses to
kill insects it’s my job I use it to
kill bugs says it kills bugs the
exposure to the bug powder
causes him to hallucinate and later
accidentally kill his wife your life is
not really your life she is an agent of
Interzone incorporated you must kill her
as is to be expected their lives are
never the same again thought you were
finished with doing weird stuff I
thought I was too but I guess I’m not
delving further into the new fantasy
world his addiction has unveiled to him
he comes to see himself as a secret
agent who’s trying to find his way out
of a conspiracy while reporting two
strange creatures who’s called Magua
perhaps the most unsettling moment of
all is when were first introduced to the
insect-like typewriter that William Lee
uses to type up his findings
number six LaMontagne sagrada in all
traditions they speak of holy mountains
in order to make this film whose title
translates to the holy or sacred
mountain its director alejandro
jodorowsky claims to have gone a week
without sleep and took LSD for the first
time a philosophical stone of the
alchemists was LSD while this kind of
preparation might not make sense for
most films after viewing this surreal
fantasy work we totally get it there are
many other holy mountains the legend is
always the same 9 in mortal men live on
top of the mountain explaining its plot
may be near impossible but all we will
say is that it involves a thief who
looks like Christ and his limbless
little person companion traveling
through a strange city actually strange
may be an understatement
number five rubber going back to Monty
Python and the Holy Grails killer rabbit
of caerbannog the history of cinema has
included some unlikely killers lavish go
officious Street a mile wide get out but
this film arguably takes the cake okay
kid was right
the killer is a tire after a tire comes
to life it begins to roll around pulsate
and acquires the ability to blow up
people’s heads this discovery is the
catalyst to an unusual killing spree
like you’ve never seen before oh yeah
all the while a group of onlookers with
binoculars observes the chaos that the
tire instigates as though they’re
watching a film this is the first time
in my life I identify with the tighter
number four pink flamingos I’m gonna
make mine hot pink with a DA with Elvis
Presley sideburn filmed for a mere ten
thousand dollars this John Waters film
has garnered more of a reputation for
controversy than nearly any film ever
made
mister Eggman Hey
Oh God starring divine as the supposed
winner of the title of filthiest person
alive the black comedy largely surrounds
a competition between her and another
group that is attempting to outdo her
filthiness oh mama mama this storm wat
devolve into depravity that was
completely new to most viewers pink
flamingos is not for the weak stomach or
those who are looking for a traditional
film this is a direct attack on my
divinity a direct attack on a piece of
harmony of our last few weeks there and
outrageous attempt to humiliate and
disgrace my private life someone will
pay for this someone will pay with our
life with a grossly offensive act number
three Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
well no zoo in the 90s when you hire
Johnny Depp to star in your film you
were purchasing a rabid female following
that lusted after the star along with
him
someone was looking for you know
anything yet shooing that entirely this
dark comedy stripped the actor of his
looks and likability by casting him as a
journalist on the bender of all benders
while attempting to cover a motorcycle
race he’ll just an indigo you’re asking
me to kill you you want to kill me why
should you goddamn was gone
pulled from Raoul Dukes vantage point in
this Terry Gilliam adaptation of the
Hunter s Thompson novel we are treated
to a series of hallucinations as he and
his attorney search for the secret of
the American dream at the bottom of a
bottle a whole galaxy of multicolored
uppers downers screamers lappers also a
quarter tequila quarter rum taste beer
fine of raw ether two dozen tables
number two brazil in a society akin to
the one featuring big brother from the
novel 1984 a workaday bureaucrat becomes
entranced with the neighbor of a
recently deceased suspected terrorist
and becomes an enemy of the state in the
process oh yeah yeah good-looking sexy
just my time
I don’t believe you it’s the visual
style of director Terry Gilliam that
really lands this science fiction
fantasy on this list as seemingly
mundane moments like a plastic surgeon
at work become incredibly marked on
viewers minds it’s time for you to grow
up and accept responsibility your poor
father would be appalled at your lack of
promotion turning an actor like Robert
De Niro known principally for tough guy
roles at the time into a kooky suspected
terrorist is another master stroke by
the director of this offbeat film thanks
Ian we’re all in this together all right
before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions so
much strengthen me you have no idea I
have a love in my life it makes me
stronger than anything you can imagine
Videodrome is dead
is the night and my beautiful teacher is
this turned to be boy number one
erase her head thank you very much
arguably the Godfather of weird cinema
it was a natural fit that director David
Lynch his first feature-length film
finds itself at the top of our list I
just Ted just cut them up like regular
chickens sure just come up like regular
chickens produced over five years
Eraserhead introduces the character of
Henry and his surroundings which include
his reptilian-looking son and strange
looking woman who sings to him from his
radiator where she lives
though his other works like the trippy
2001 film Mulholland Drive are weird in
their own right that means we should yes
it’s this surrealist body horror flick
that weirds us and so many others out
the most
do you agree with our list I am
completely at peace with myself totally
happy which movie do you think is the
weirdest geez you think you’re gonna
shut up sometimes and let’s watch in
peace I can’t stand it for more crazy
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com we’ll protect
you
bit or a lot off-center you’ve come to
the right place close your eyes oh good
boy welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 weird movies for this list we’ll
be looking at films that contain
traditional elements but heavily
features strange or bizarre components
or storytelling films that are more
avant-garde for example begotten and
that don’t feature any typical
storytelling do not qualify number 10
Inland Empire him del Popolo – shh-shh
Inland Empire in this mystery films lead
role Laura Dern plays an actress who’s
believed to be cursed following the
revelation that the two former lead
actors of the film she’s been shooting
had been murdered
is there a laughter in your film
ah no that’s not part of the story after
she begins to become more and more like
her character she also begins to lose
her grasp on reality people having weird
dreams and seeing things at wooden
they’re initially shot as a series of
separate scenes writer and director
David Lynch realized that there were
recurring themes between them and
developed Durin’s character and
confusion to allow her to play a role in
each sequence I’m not the weird really
hits its peak when she plays a tearful
woman watching a sitcom on TV focused on
a room full of rabbits it was read
number 8 Synecdoche New York I want to
bring my production in New York and to
get it seen by people you no matter this
postmodern drama tells the story of a
theatre director who finds himself in
the middle of a seismic change in his
life and who has given seemingly endless
funds that allow him to create a whole
new world for himself and his interests
I’ll have someone play me to delve into
the murky cowardly depths of my lonely
top being recreating New York as he sees
it in a gigantic warehouse Caden Cotard
populates his city with representations
of the people in his life including
himself and has his characters live out
their lives in a never-ending play yeah
the end is built into the beginning
never seeking to create logic in the
film story Synecdoche director Charlie
Kaufman instead wallows in the absurdity
and be fun be weird I like weird number
eight Being John Malkovich when a movies
protagonist starts working at a company
that operates on a building floor that
appears to be designed for little people
and thus has to spend his working hours
perpetually bent over you know that this
is not gonna be a typical film it’s a
portal and it takes you inside John
Malkovich in this fantasy comedy while
working at said company Craig Schwartz
finds a door that eventually allows him
to take control of the body of real-life
actor John Malkovich
sure you’re not going crazy you don’t
understand then it’s like nothing I’ve
ever felt yeah yeah a Jana Jana are you
stoned yes yes oh Jesus if that wasn’t
bizarre enough already the love story
that develops is all too weird
but somehow relatable you see the world
through John Malkovich’s eyes and then
after about 15 minutes your spit out
into a ditch on the side of the New
Jersey Turnpike sounds great
packed to the gills with eccentric
imagery everything we see ultimately
serves the plot of Spike Jones’s
masterpiece of a film it’s my head
Schwartz it’s my head I will see you in
court
number seven Naked Lunch Mar book yeah
the one you’ve been calling Naked Lunch
in this David Cronenberg sci-fi drama an
exterminator and his wife become
addicted to a chemical that he uses to
kill insects it’s my job I use it to
kill bugs says it kills bugs the
exposure to the bug powder
causes him to hallucinate and later
accidentally kill his wife your life is
not really your life she is an agent of
Interzone incorporated you must kill her
as is to be expected their lives are
never the same again thought you were
finished with doing weird stuff I
thought I was too but I guess I’m not
delving further into the new fantasy
world his addiction has unveiled to him
he comes to see himself as a secret
agent who’s trying to find his way out
of a conspiracy while reporting two
strange creatures who’s called Magua
perhaps the most unsettling moment of
all is when were first introduced to the
insect-like typewriter that William Lee
uses to type up his findings
number six LaMontagne sagrada in all
traditions they speak of holy mountains
in order to make this film whose title
translates to the holy or sacred
mountain its director alejandro
jodorowsky claims to have gone a week
without sleep and took LSD for the first
time a philosophical stone of the
alchemists was LSD while this kind of
preparation might not make sense for
most films after viewing this surreal
fantasy work we totally get it there are
many other holy mountains the legend is
always the same 9 in mortal men live on
top of the mountain explaining its plot
may be near impossible but all we will
say is that it involves a thief who
looks like Christ and his limbless
little person companion traveling
through a strange city actually strange
may be an understatement
number five rubber going back to Monty
Python and the Holy Grails killer rabbit
of caerbannog the history of cinema has
included some unlikely killers lavish go
officious Street a mile wide get out but
this film arguably takes the cake okay
kid was right
the killer is a tire after a tire comes
to life it begins to roll around pulsate
and acquires the ability to blow up
people’s heads this discovery is the
catalyst to an unusual killing spree
like you’ve never seen before oh yeah
all the while a group of onlookers with
binoculars observes the chaos that the
tire instigates as though they’re
watching a film this is the first time
in my life I identify with the tighter
number four pink flamingos I’m gonna
make mine hot pink with a DA with Elvis
Presley sideburn filmed for a mere ten
thousand dollars this John Waters film
has garnered more of a reputation for
controversy than nearly any film ever
made
mister Eggman Hey
Oh God starring divine as the supposed
winner of the title of filthiest person
alive the black comedy largely surrounds
a competition between her and another
group that is attempting to outdo her
filthiness oh mama mama this storm wat
devolve into depravity that was
completely new to most viewers pink
flamingos is not for the weak stomach or
those who are looking for a traditional
film this is a direct attack on my
divinity a direct attack on a piece of
harmony of our last few weeks there and
outrageous attempt to humiliate and
disgrace my private life someone will
pay for this someone will pay with our
life with a grossly offensive act number
three Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
well no zoo in the 90s when you hire
Johnny Depp to star in your film you
were purchasing a rabid female following
that lusted after the star along with
him
someone was looking for you know
anything yet shooing that entirely this
dark comedy stripped the actor of his
looks and likability by casting him as a
journalist on the bender of all benders
while attempting to cover a motorcycle
race he’ll just an indigo you’re asking
me to kill you you want to kill me why
should you goddamn was gone
pulled from Raoul Dukes vantage point in
this Terry Gilliam adaptation of the
Hunter s Thompson novel we are treated
to a series of hallucinations as he and
his attorney search for the secret of
the American dream at the bottom of a
bottle a whole galaxy of multicolored
uppers downers screamers lappers also a
quarter tequila quarter rum taste beer
fine of raw ether two dozen tables
number two brazil in a society akin to
the one featuring big brother from the
novel 1984 a workaday bureaucrat becomes
entranced with the neighbor of a
recently deceased suspected terrorist
and becomes an enemy of the state in the
process oh yeah yeah good-looking sexy
just my time
I don’t believe you it’s the visual
style of director Terry Gilliam that
really lands this science fiction
fantasy on this list as seemingly
mundane moments like a plastic surgeon
at work become incredibly marked on
viewers minds it’s time for you to grow
up and accept responsibility your poor
father would be appalled at your lack of
promotion turning an actor like Robert
De Niro known principally for tough guy
roles at the time into a kooky suspected
terrorist is another master stroke by
the director of this offbeat film thanks
Ian we’re all in this together all right
before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions so
much strengthen me you have no idea I
have a love in my life it makes me
stronger than anything you can imagine
Videodrome is dead
is the night and my beautiful teacher is
this turned to be boy number one
erase her head thank you very much
arguably the Godfather of weird cinema
it was a natural fit that director David
Lynch his first feature-length film
finds itself at the top of our list I
just Ted just cut them up like regular
chickens sure just come up like regular
chickens produced over five years
Eraserhead introduces the character of
Henry and his surroundings which include
his reptilian-looking son and strange
looking woman who sings to him from his
radiator where she lives
though his other works like the trippy
2001 film Mulholland Drive are weird in
their own right that means we should yes
it’s this surrealist body horror flick
that weirds us and so many others out
the most
do you agree with our list I am
completely at peace with myself totally
happy which movie do you think is the
weirdest geez you think you’re gonna
shut up sometimes and let’s watch in
peace I can’t stand it for more crazy
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com we’ll protect
you
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