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Love Exposure (2009)

Fast pacedBrilliantDarkWeird

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Sakura Ando

The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Takahiro Nishijima  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Sakura Ando

The One I Love (2014)

OriginalCleverDarkWeird

On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie McDowell
CAST:  Elisabeth Moss  •  Mark Duplass  •  Ted Danson  •  Kiana Cason

On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie McDowell
CAST:  Elisabeth Moss  •  Mark Duplass  •  Ted Danson  •  Kiana Cason

Ten (2002)

Thought provokingBrilliantInsightfulWeird

A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Mania Akbari  •  Amina Maher  •  Kamran Adl  •  Roya Arabshahi

A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Mania Akbari  •  Amina Maher  •  Kamran Adl  •  Roya Arabshahi

The Best You Got (2020)

Thought provokingOriginalCleverDark

Welcome to Pre-Life. What's your plan? Before starting their lives on earth, customers must get their plans approved by an unusual banker and his two assistants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taz Lake
CAST:  Len Cassamas  •  Mack Bayda  •  Brandi Jay

Welcome to Pre-Life. What's your plan? Before starting their lives on earth, customers must get their plans approved by an unusual banker and his two assistants.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taz Lake
CAST:  Len Cassamas  •  Mack Bayda  •  Brandi Jay

Stay (2013)

Thought provokingDarkDramaticWeird

A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wiebke von Carolsfeld
CAST:  Taylor Schilling  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Michael Ironside  •  Brian Gleeson

A woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wiebke von Carolsfeld
CAST:  Taylor Schilling  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Michael Ironside  •  Brian Gleeson

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Thought provokingBrilliantDarkDramatic

Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they split into two separate camps -- one led by the pragmatic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Brook
CAST:  James Aubrey  •  Tom Chapin  •  Hugh Edwards  •  Roger Elwin

Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they split into two separate camps -- one led by the pragmatic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Brook
CAST:  James Aubrey  •  Tom Chapin  •  Hugh Edwards  •  Roger Elwin

Noi the Albino (2003)

Thought provokingSlow movingBrilliantClever

17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Nói dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Íris, a city girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dagur Kári
CAST:  Tómas Lemarquis  •  Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson  •  Elín Hansdóttir  •  Hjalti Rögnvaldsson

17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Nói dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Íris, a city girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dagur Kári
CAST:  Tómas Lemarquis  •  Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson  •  Elín Hansdóttir  •  Hjalti Rögnvaldsson

Happiness (1998)

OriginalPowerfulBrilliantDark

The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Solondz
CAST:  Jane Adams  •  Jon Lovitz  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Dylan Baker

The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Todd Solondz
CAST:  Jane Adams  •  Jon Lovitz  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Dylan Baker

Tusk (2014)

WeirdDisturbingMindlessBrilliant

When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Smith
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Justin Long  •  Haley Joel Osment  •  Genesis Rodriguez

When his best friend and podcast co-host goes missing in the backwoods of Canada, a young guy joins forces with his friend's girlfriend to search for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Smith
CAST:  Michael Parks  •  Justin Long  •  Haley Joel Osment  •  Genesis Rodriguez

Harvey (1950)

Thought provokingCleverSmartEnjoyable

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Josephine Hull  •  Peggy Dow  •  Charles Drake

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Josephine Hull  •  Peggy Dow  •  Charles Drake

Salt and Fire (2016)

WeirdThought provokingSlow movingDark

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Michael Shannon  •  Veronica Ferres  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Werner Herzog

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Werner Herzog
CAST:  Michael Shannon  •  Veronica Ferres  •  Gael García Bernal  •  Werner Herzog

Project Almanac (2015)

CleverThought provokingRomanticAction-packed

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Israelite
CAST:  Amy Landecker  •  Virginia Gardner  •  Jonny Weston  •  Katie Garfield

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Israelite
CAST:  Amy Landecker  •  Virginia Gardner  •  Jonny Weston  •  Katie Garfield

October Moon (2005)

Thought provokingOriginalRomanticBeautiful

A straight man's life becomes disastrous - and obsessively dangerous - when his family, fiancee and friends all begin to reject him after he realizes he has fallen in love with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Paul Collum
CAST:  Judith O'Dea  •  Brinke Stevens  •  Sean Michael Lambrecht  •  Jerod Howard

A straight man's life becomes disastrous - and obsessively dangerous - when his family, fiancee and friends all begin to reject him after he realizes he has fallen in love with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jason Paul Collum
CAST:  Judith O'Dea  •  Brinke Stevens  •  Sean Michael Lambrecht  •  Jerod Howard

What's Your Number? (2011)

FunnyRomanticBrilliantClever

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Mylod
CAST:  Chris Evans  •  Anna Faris  •  Martin Freeman  •  Chris Pratt

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've been with 20 or more lovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Mylod
CAST:  Chris Evans  •  Anna Faris  •  Martin Freeman  •  Chris Pratt

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

BrilliantScaryViolentDark

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

BrilliantFunWeirdBeautiful

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Jack Albertson  •  Peter Ostrum  •  Roy Kinnear

When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Stuart
CAST:  Gene Wilder  •  Jack Albertson  •  Peter Ostrum  •  Roy Kinnear

Hereditary (2018)

Slow movingBrilliantCleverComplex

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Aster
CAST:  Toni Collette  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Alex Wolff  •  Milly Shapiro

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ari Aster
CAST:  Toni Collette  •  Gabriel Byrne  •  Alex Wolff  •  Milly Shapiro

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009)

InspiringEnjoyableThought provokingUplifting

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimit Amin
CAST:  Ranbir Kapoor  •  Sumeet Darshan Dobhal  •  Gauahar Khan  •  Shazahn Padamsee

Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year is the sometimes thoughtless, sometimes thoughtful story of a fresh graduate trying to find a balance between the maddening demands of the 'professional' way, and the way of his heart - and stumbling upon a crazy way which turned ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimit Amin
CAST:  Ranbir Kapoor  •  Sumeet Darshan Dobhal  •  Gauahar Khan  •  Shazahn Padamsee

Eraserhead (1977)

WeirdSlow movingSleep-throughPowerful

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Jack Nance  •  Charlotte Stewart  •  Allen Joseph  •  Jeanne Bates

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Jack Nance  •  Charlotte Stewart  •  Allen Joseph  •  Jeanne Bates
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