Please do not ask “what was that movie?” questions on this page. We set up an entire site here to answer those questions. This page is for suggesting movies to be reviewed.
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. (More than that since I last updated the page)! 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. The best you can really hope for at this point is to bring something to our attention that we might have overlooked. (Also note that although we prioritize the earliest nominations later suggestions may get reviewed before earlier ones if they receive a re-release on DVD or Blu-ray, or interest us for our own inscrutable reasons).
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.
All serious suggestions will receive a response, as well as all most non-serious ones.
harmony korine’s new film, “trash humpers” looks very promising. it may not make it, because “gummo” is already on the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPl-O0Z5hys
This site will have to cover any new Korine movie. Thanks for pointing it out. I’ll put it at the end of the list, and it will hopefully be on DVD by the time I get there (at the rate I’m going, it may be out of print already by the time I get to it!)
I like Dead Man in your queue.
The one’s I didn’t see that come to mind are Takashi Miike’s Gozu and Ichi the Killer.
I think Stalker is probably my favorite weird movie… Extremely philosophical and subliminally spiritual story about Russian(?) guys who leave an extremely sepia tinted world to go to a mysterious, full color, cordoned off zone that seems to have a judgemental consciousness of its own.
The weirdest is Tetsuo: the Iron Man. It’s very gory and has a lot of cheap but very effective special effects. Basically its a mystery/horror turned love story about a guy who starts growing machine parts all over his body at an exponential rate. It’s gruesome at parts and pretty much leaves the statement or philosophical pretext at the door. It just kind of is what it is.
John,
Miike is a giant in this field and we’ll get to all his films eventually (we’ve already covered the minor entry One Missed Call). I will add Gozu to the queue. (Tetsuo will also see a review down the line).
I like Stalker a lot too: visually beautiful, and Tarkovsky is the master at using open-ended symbolism that allows the viewer to draw his own meaning from the film. But I realize it isn’t for everyone, thanks to the slow pace.
The reader review queue now looks like this: Cowards Bend the Knee (next week), Greaser’s Palace, Pan’s Labyrinth, Waking Life, Survive Style 5+, The Dark Backward, The Short Films of David Lynch, Santa Sangre, Dead Man, Inland Empire, Monday (assuming I can find an English language version), The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Barton Fink, What? (Diary of Forbidden Dreams), Meatball Machine, Xtro, Basket Case, Suicide Club, O Lucky Man!, Trash Humpers (assuming it’s released on DVD), and Gozu.
I’d like to suggest “Tales of Ordinary Madness (Storie di ordinaria follia)” with Ben Gazzari and Ornella Muti. Director:Marco Ferreri.
Great suggestion Natalia! I’ve heard lots of good things about this film based on the legendary drunk poet Charles Bukowski. I will put it in queue.
You need to watch The Wayward Cloud by Tsai Ming-Liang. Its a f***ing wacked out sex filled musical centered around a drought and a low budget porn star.
Thanks ulysses, that’s exactly the kind of suggestion we need here. I was unaware of the movie until you mentioned it. Consider it added into the review queue.
Just found this site and am filling my Netflix Queue!!!!!!
Thank you so much for this collection because these are the films I love.
Just a few suggestions:
Kwaidan (visually stunning)
Salo (hard to watch but should easily make the list)
Also, someone suggested the film ‘Primer’. The greatest time travel film I’ve ever seen.
Keep up the great work.
– Doug
Thanks for the compliment Doug! I will definitely put Kwaidan in the queue. On the other hand, I will continue to dodge Salo until someone forces the issue, though I know I will have to get to it someday! P.S. I like your handle.
Hello! I’m a big fan of weird movies and I’m so happy to have found your site. If you get a chance, you might consider reviewing a little gem called “Six-String Samurai”. It’s great – the lead character is a Buddy Holly look-alike and guitar player who is also a ninja. It’s cheesy, but not quite as cheesy as it sounds. 🙂
Gray: I will definitely put Six-String Samurai (1998) in my review queue. I feel privileged to have been one of the few who saw it in theaters before it became a minor cult hit on video. This post-apocalyptic fantasy featuring a samurai Buddy Holly traveling to Las Vegas to challenge Elvis is clearly right up our alley; we’ll see if it’s as much fun as I remember!
How About Lost Highway,Andy Warhol’s Trash,Mondo Trasho,Prospero’s Books,Gummo,Julien Donkey Boy,Delicatessen,Mondo Cane, Andy Warhol’s Flesh,Andy Warhol’s Heat,I am Curious Yellow,Chelsea Girls,Fire Walk with me, Ratfink a Boo Boo,Flesh Gordon,Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,Cannibal Holocaust,I spit on your Grave,I Drink Your Blood,Dellamorte Dellamore….I have a longer list but here are the best ones I have in mind now
El Topo
Nice list, Duane. I will put Trash in queue. I’m not sure it’s weird enough to make the List, but all the Warhol/Morrisey collaborations deserve coverage here, and Trash‘s as good a place to start as any.
I will point out we’ve already certified Gummo, Delicatessen, and El Topo as great weird movies. The others on your list will probably all be covered (a few are favorites of mine), with the exception of Cannibal Holocaust and I Spit on Your Grave. I’ve never seen either, but from all the descriptions I’ve read they sound more like extreme exploitation films than “weird” movies.
Here is a little pick for you :
First i will re-insist on Altered State, that was suggested to you earlier but you seemed to miss it out. Its great : i am a sucker for movies about drugs and disrupting reality but this one is really a stand alone kinda thing. Youd kick yourself for missing it !
Secondly i suggest Primer, a low budget but mindblowingly scripted movie about time travel. The best, if not the only good time travel movie ive ever seen. I watched it because i didnt like Donny Darko and the said “Donnie Darko for grown up” and man there is little relation between dem both but its a definite must see (it seats beside Antichrist and Festen in my podium of the best movies…)
And last, you could give a go at Bruce LaBruce absolutely strange work, mixing the oddest gay porn with intricated political intrigues and trashy statements about social relations.
oh yeah and a couple more :
Versus, japanese zombi samurai with guns. Didnt really liked it at first, but watched it a second time last week and the cinematography itself is actually worth the experiment lol.
and
I Stand Alone – i might have seen it somewhere in your list but just in case that could be worth reminding you about it. I must say it is probably about as much exploitation movie as cannibal holocaust, but in a more 90′ way, a.k.a. less guts flying around and more human misery !
Lol ok a very last one !
Detroit Metal City.
Adapted from an anime adapted from a manga, its just… quite something.
Bertrand,
Since you insist, I’ll put Altered States in the queue. I agree that it definitely has to be covered, along with the rest of Ken Russell‘s work.
As for the rest of your list, Primer looks interesting (and if you like time-travel movies, you also might want to check out the Spanish Los Cronocrimes [TimeCrimes]—not weird, but a good, serious little science fiction movie. It is supposed to be remade by David Cronenberg in 2011).
I wasn’t aware of the director Bruce LaBruce: he’s pretty far underground. I’ll have to keep an eye out for his works. Versus sounds like something we could do down the line. I don’t know if we’ll get to I Stand Alone right away but we might do something else from Gaspar Noé. Detroit Metal City looks a little farther afield, but it’s certainly a possibility. Thanks for the suggestions!
Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, The Cell, What Dreams May Come, 12 Monkeys, Big Fish.. There is just a few that I dont recall seeing on the list. All worthy of a watch, and all take a part in bringing forward unconventional movie experiences.
Those are all worthy nominees, Andrew. I think you put it well: “unconventional movie experiences.” I will add Memento to the queue. I’ve never seen it: some people say it’s weird, some people think it merely has an unconventional narrative structure, but I need to evaluate it for myself.
I’ve heard the meremaid singing. The Pirate and the Crystal Ball
Where the toys come from
Wow, Maxwell, there are some movies I’ve never heard of there. Good job! There are two movies called I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, one from 1984 and one from 2008; I guess you mean the 1984 version but I can’t find much info on the other. I couldn’t find anything called The Pirate and the Crystal Ball on IMDB. Where the Toys Come From is a 1980s Disney movie, but I think I’ll take a pass on it because I’m interested in seeing Vincent and Frankenweenie. These two famous early Tim Burton shorts are on the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD, so I can check out all three movies at once.
Vincent
and Frankenweenie
[youtube link] here is The Pirate and the Crystal ball, gets weirder.
You don’t seem to mention many of David Lynch’s movies, nor many of Kubrick’s…
Plus ‘Johnny got his gun’, ‘Freaks’…
I forgot Roman Polanski’s ‘The Tenant’
Probably hard to get hold of but :
Adam and tree (1970, Yougoslavia)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163847424616&index=1
Maxwell Stewart: sorry, I can’t link to copyrighted material. But looking at that page it appears that “The Pirate and the Crystal Ball” is a segment from a longer movie called Be Glad For the Song Has No Ending, which seems to be a collection of psychedelic music videos from The Incredible String Band. Thanks for bringing that to my notice.
Chris: with 366 movies to cover I didn’t want to do all of Lynch and Kubrick right away. There are currently two David Lynch movies in the reader-suggested review queue, though. I am going to take your suggestion of Johnny Got His Gun and put it in my review queue; in fact, I may leapfrog it ahead of the others because the DVD was released in 2009 and fits in with the “year end” theme we’re working on.
Bertrand: I’ve never heard of “Adam and Tree” and I can’t find anything similar on the IMDB. If you know the title in the original language, that would help my search. The link you supplied goes to a notice for Sweet Movie, another film I will have to cover eventually.
An extra weird movie from Michel Gondry
The Science of Sleep
http://www.reelzchannel.com/trailer-clips/15196/the-science-of-sleep-trailer
A young man with an overactive imagination has a hard time separating reality from his vivid fantasy world. Great movie, but definitely wierd.
Kristin: Yes, Science of Sleep is an excellent choice. and very much in demand with our readers. I will put it in my review queue. But do realize that the queue is incredibly long at this point!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; incredibly weird movie with incredibly weird music and an unexpectedly weird role for Jim Carrey.
JMan: Yep, Eternal Sunshine deserves a shot. I will put it in queue.
I’m always searching for the most surreal interesting weird movies
– Gothic (1986)
– Casshern (2004)
– Quick Gun Murugan (2009) (might only be out in theaters in India currently)
– Antichrist (2009)
– Forbidden Zone(1982)
– Street Trash (1987)
– Bebe’s Kids (1992)
– Haxan (1922)
– Death Becomes Her (1992)
– The Fall (2006)
– Waltz with Bashir (2008)
– The Dark Backward (1991)
– Trapped in the Closet Vol. 1-12 (2005) &
– Trapped in the Closet Vol. 13-22 (2005)
– Freaks (1932)
– Freaked (1993)
– Satyricon (1969)
– The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
I could think of more if I kept going but this was kind-of stream of consciousness, I own most of these, if you want more or have any questions or anything contact me via the e-mail I signed up with, great list thus far by the way, turned me on to a few I haven’t heard of, thanks!
DamienB: I will put Gothic in queue. I came very close to reviewing it earlier in the year, but for some reason never got around to it. Of the other movies you can be almost certain Antichrist will be reviewed here after it makes its DVD debut in January. The Dark Backward is already in the review queue. Waltz with Bashir, Forbidden Zone, Haxan, Freaks, and Satyricon will definitely be covered. Quick Gun Murugan looks interesting, and Bollywood is definitely a blind spot for me.
Trapped in the Closet also looks very interesting: an anti-homophoibia music video movie made by shamed R&B star R. Kelly! Titles of threads on the IMDB page are intriguing: “I CAN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS MOVIE! WHAT THE ‘F’ IS WRONG WITH YOU?,” “Is this meant to be hilarious?,” and a simple “What?” Thanks for pointing this one out.
Here’s the current reader-suggested review queue: Greaser’s Palace (substituted for Institute Benjamenta), Waking Life, Survive Style 5+, The Dark Backward, The Short Films of David Lynch, Santa Sangre, Dead Man, Inland Empire, Monday (assuming I can find an English language version), The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Barton Fink, What? (Diary of Forbidden Dreams), Meatball Machine, Xtro, Basket Case, Suicide Club, O Lucky Man!, Trash Humpers (when/if released), Gozu, Tales of Ordinary Madness, The Wayward Cloud, Kwaidan, Six-String Samurai, Andy Warhol’s Trash, Altered States, Memento, Nightmare Before Christmas/Vincent/Frankenweenie, Johnny Got His Gun, The Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Gothic.
I would like to suggest “The Attic Expeditions” I love it every time I watch it; and it has always struck me as strange. 🙂 Also “May”
Thanks Holly: I will add The Attic Expeditions to the review queue. I am constantly amazed by how you guys come up with movies I’ve never heard of before. It really helps me out!
I also second AFTER LAST SEASON… if the filmmaker ever gets copies to Netflix.
I also recommend the films of Wodejich Has, who directed THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (available on Netflix). Harder to find, but even stranger are THE HOURGLASS SANITORIUM (AKA THE SANDGLASS), based on a work by Bruno Schulz, and BALTHAZAR KOBER.
And speaking of weird — there’s gotta be room for the work of Andrezj Zulawski – his work is finally getting quality releases on R1 DVD.
Got another one that I think is not mentioned here:
Getting Any? (Minna Yatteruka!) from Takeshi Kitano.
About a guy that thinks he can get some by buying a car ending with him turning into the flyman being lured by a huge bowl of poop and squatted with a giant fly squatter.
Thanks for making this list! I’m a fan of weird movies.
LRob: How in the heck did I miss After Last Season? Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will keep an eye out for a DVD release and try to review it before the end of the year. I’m still on the lookout for something worthy of the title, “Weirdest Movie of 2009.”
Folkwin: I’ll put Getting Any? in the queue. I think it should be easier to find than Monday.
And what about Being John Malkovich. Not a japanese one this time;)
This movie definately deserves a review. Can’t believe it has not been mentioned before.
I got a review request by email (from none other than Graham Reznick, director of the recently reviewed I Can See You), so I am adding it the the queue: Nic Roeg’s Performance (1970), featuring Mick Jagger.
Folkwin: Normally I would not want to stake two suggestions from the same person in a row, but since Graham snuck in ahead of you, I’ll add Being John Malkovich. I admit, I’m surprised no one else made it their top choice either!
I would suggest “The Apple” as one of the worst, and possibly the weirdest movies of the 80’s. It is losely based on the story of Adam and Eve, only with sex, drugs, and rock n roll….AND it is a musical to boot.
Tony, I have wanted to check out The Apple for what seems like forever. I will put it in queue.
Southland Tales… it more than qualifies, I think.
Of the Zulawski – POSSESSION is usually referred to as his weirdest film, but there’s also THE DEVIL and ON THE SILVER GLOBE, and his first feature THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT.
LRob: sure, Southland Tales is appropriate. I’ll add it to the queue. Since we’re planning to get to The Box soon, it would complete the work of Richard Kelly. We will definitely look at Zulawski down the road.
Arizona Dream The weirdest movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: I’ll add Arizona Dream to the queue. It’s definitely something I’ve been interested in seeing for a while now. It still needs a Region 1 DVD release but it’s available in a few other formats.
Here’s the update on that review queue: Greaser’s Palace (substituted for Institute Benjamenta), Waking Life, Survive Style 5+, The Dark Backward, The Short Films of David Lynch, Santa Sangre, Dead Man, Inland Empire, Monday (assuming I can find an English language version), The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Barton Fink, What? (Diary of Forbidden Dreams), Meatball Machine, Xtro, Basket Case, Suicide Club, O Lucky Man!, Trash Humpers (when/if released), Gozu, Tales of Ordinary Madness, The Wayward Cloud, Kwaidan, Six-String Samurai, Andy Warhol’s Trash, Altered States, Memento, Nightmare Before Christmas/Vincent/Frankenweenie, The Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gothic, The Attic Expeditions, After Last Season, Getting Any?, Performance, Being John Malkovich, The Apple, Southland Tales, and Arizona Dream.
Spider (2002) A mentally-disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Ralph Fiennes,Miranda Richardson,etc.
Good suggestion, sule, I’ll add Spider to the review queue. You can see how long that list has gotten, though, so you’ll have to be patient. We’ll get around to it, I promise.
I’m glad to see that the list is constantly growing and I would like to suggest a few more movies for you. The first would be ‘Songs From The Second Floor.’ Next would be Robert Altman’s ‘Images’ as well as Roeg’s ‘Bad Timing’ both of which were released by Criterion. And I’d like to throw in Todd Hayne’s ‘Safe’ in as well.
Hi Richard, it’s nice to see you back. I’m still hoping to come across a copy of An Old Man with Enormous Wings; I’m keeping it on my list of obscure titles to track down one day. Songs From The Second Floor sounds great and it’s readily available, so I’ll add it into queue.