Know a weird movie? Something strange that glued you to the screen with awe, amazement or reverence, while your more mundane minded friends left the room (or theater) in boredom, confusion or disgust? A movie whose omission from a list of the 366 weirdest movies of all time would offend you on a personal level? Something even I haven’t heard of or considered? There are potentially thousands of forgotten films, critically dismissed films, foreign or independent films that never got a proper release, or misplaced oddities hiding out there that may deserve a place at the table. One man can’t be expected to track them all down. Here is the place to mention those treasured curios that no one else seems to have even heard of. Nominate a movie in the suggestion box and I’ll move it up on my review queue, or at the very least, explain why I’m not going to review it.
NOTICE: The “Suggest of Weird Movie!” feature has become a victim of its own success. At the time of this update, we have about 250 reader suggestions (!) in queue. Since we can only do 1 or maybe 2 reviews a week, be aware there may be a huge delay—currently, possibly over a year!—between the time you make a suggestion and the point at which it’s actually reviewed. I considered shutting down the suggestion box as of 2011, but I decided to let you keep your suggestions coming (if nothing else, it tells us what types of movies readers are interested in seeing reviews of). Just be aware that when you make a suggestion, it may not receive the promptest of attention.
If you can’t wait for one of our staff to review your movie, why not review it yourself and submit it to us via the contact form? We can’t swear we’ll publish every submission we receive, but we want reader participation and we are fairly liberal.
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Don’t you guys think Pierrot Le Fou a bit strange?
Gruntz: I don’t know, I haven’t seen it. But I will add it to the queue.
Has anyone mentioned the Cement Garden? It was my first weird movie. It has weird movie mainstay Charlottle Gainsbourg.
Also maybe its too self aware to qualify but Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
I just updated the queue and it’s already out of date! No, feraltorte, i don’t believe anyone has mentioned The Cement Garden before, so I can add it. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls would be appropriate to consider, too, but come back later with that suggestion! (Self-awareness is not a problem).
The Idiots (Idioterne) by Lars Von Trier.
A group of people, living together in a house, while pretending to be retarded, which is supposedly the future of mankind. It’s also the second Dogme 95 film, which is something you should be looking into.
http://cinemassacre.com/category/moviereviews/monstermadness/monster-madness-2010/
Check out those reviews.
Good suggestion, Fríði. The Idiots is already in the review queue (top post on this page). There are a couple of titles in that cinemassacre link that are also enqueued.
I am not sure if it’s even worth-mentioning as I didn’t even bother to see it but my friends who were excited to see “The Astronaut’s Wife” (1999) way back all told me it was good enough to make it to the top list of worst movies ever.
Hmm… the queue is pretty large right now as it is without putting in borderline suggestions. Rosie, I challenge you to actually watch The Astronaut’s Wife and then come back and tell us whether its worth a recommendation or not!
El Último Fin de Semana (Our Last Weekend)
http://www.elultimofindesemana.com
Norberto, if you send us a screener DVD we will review it. (Use the contact form).
‘Visions of Suffering’ by director Andrey Iskanov.
Singapore Sling
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100623/
that’s a really weird and dark film by greek director nikos nikolaidis
Josh: Yeah, Visions of Suffering looks like something we should take a look at.
Willy: Singapore Sling passed the first round when Eric Gabbard reviewed and recommended it for us. I have never gotten around to actually seeing it myself and giving it a “yea” or “nay,” however. I will put it in queue for a re-review but it will have to wait its turn (currently a long wait).
Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi (1982). Weirdly beautiful movie with accompanying music composed by Philip Glass.
I am a little surprised no one mentioned Koyaanisqatsi before now. I’ll put it in the queue.
….A Serbian Film.
DONE.
Covered: A Serbian Film.
I would like to suggest In the Mouth of Madness. Probably the best of John Carpenter’s 90s films, and the weirdest in his catalogue.
Good idea, Kevin. Carpenter is (or at least was) an offbeat and interesting director, but on the margins of what we’d consider “weird.” His weirdest film should definitely get some consideration.
Uzumuki Is a creepy, surreal japanese film, weird even by japan standards in my mind.
Uzumaki [AKA Spiral] is a good suggestion, Dan. We already reviewed it, but I still have not got around to personally seeing it and approving it for the List. I will put it in queue for a re-review, but bear in mind it will be a long time before I get to it.
Keep up the good work guys, i don’t know how i could find more weird movies without you :) Anyway, here are some suggestions that i do not see in the list (or maybe the search is broken :P)
Container (2006)
Possible Worlds (2000)
Week End (1967)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
La Double vie de Véronique (1991)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Ken Park (2002)
Hi Pixel! Week End and La Double vie de Véronique are in the queue above (as Weekend and The Double Life of Veronique). The Exterminating Angel is not (I’m as surprised by that as you are). I am going to skip over your suggestions of Container and Possible Worlds (neither of which are available on Region 1 DVD at the moment) and add Exterminating Angel. Thanks!
Just saw Bob Fosse’s “All that Jazz”, and it’s quite an extravagant masterpiece. It’s pretty weird at times, but i actually don’t know if that is a weirdness inherent to the genre of musicals, or if that film is truly one of a kind. Maybe you’ve got an opinion on that ? Worth a review anyway :)
a few weirdies:
Hanger (2009)
-> disfigured characters and gruesome revenge.. think street trash but more trash and more weird..
-> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1391469
The Dark Backward (1991)
-> a man who grows a hand on his back and his way to success
-> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101660
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)
-> what would happen if children would take the world over and were filmed by an acid-loaded japanese director
-> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066468
Dwarf Oscar: if anyone else told us that a musical that was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four was “weird,” we’d laugh them out of the room… but we trust you. All That Jazz taps its way into the queue.
jef t-scale: we already reviewed and certified the very weird The Dark Backward. We’re aware of but holding off on Emperor Tomato Ketchup pending a possible Region 1 release, but Hanger is readily available, so I’ll put that one into the queue.
‘Wristcutters: a love story’ is definitely weird, bizzare, unusual..
We liked Wristcutters a lot, but thought it fell just short of “weird”… definitely unusual and a fun movie, though.