The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a very bizarre and enjoyable film.
27 -
anthony
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:25 pm
no one has mentioned Zardoz?
That was the mother, father, aunt and uncle of STRANGE films.
Phallacy galore and it starred none other than Sean Connery.
Enjoyable....no.
Laughable... maybe
Strange.... #1
I dunno, I thought "Gummo" was bizarre--unless you think eating cats and raping retarded girls is normal.
29 -
T. Dunn
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:30 pm
Brazil
Alice in Wonderland (Svankmeyer version)
Natural Born Killers
Pi
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Paperhouse
Saddest Music in the World
Secretary
Anything directed by Peter Greenaway
30 -
Jakob
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:36 pm
This is a very poor list. The compiler obviously has very little depth to his movie habits. Vanilla Sky and not Open Your Eyes? Does he even know of the original? Although to be fair, he doesn't say they are the best or most bizarre films of all time, just a list of 10 bizarre films. S
31 -
yaas0n
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:36 pm
I'm surprised no one's mentioned fear and loathing and cube.
good list nonetheless. like all lists it's subjective.. so i'm not going to freak like some people have and suggest it's wrong.
32 -
Erin
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:42 pm
A good start, but if you're going there you might as well go all the way. I reccommend Even Dwarfs Started Small,written and directed by acclaimed German filmaker Werner Herzog. For movie masochists only. A debacle of rampaging midgets oogling porn and monkeys nailed to crosses. Need I say more?
33 -
yikes
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:45 pm
You need to add The Dark Backward. Truly, truly, bizarre (but entertaining!).
Also, A Clockwork Orange really doesn't have much to do with statements about violence (although it is admittedly violent). It was a counter-argument to B.F. Skinner's book Walden Two. Replace the violence with some other behavior (smoking, singing, whatever) and you have the same message.
34 -
Gilbert Nash
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:46 pm
For an unusual movie you would need to check out "The Day before the End of the World."
35 -
panda
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:46 pm
if those are the most bizarre films you can come up with you obviously havent seen that many films.
36 -
Scott
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Good list, several of these are on my favorites list.
Abre los Ojos, to me, is interchangable with Vanilla Sky - I've seen both, but perfer Cameron's, partly because of the incredible soundtrack. I'm not sure about the comment above stating they're based on a French film - I'm pretty familiar with both, and had not heard that the movies' author, Alejandro Amenabar, based his story on another film. Do you have a reference for that?
I would have added Lost Highway, in additional M.D. FWWM is worth a mention also, for Lynchians.
Brazil belongs on the list as well.
37 -
surfdork
Apr 30, 2005 at 2:58 pm
Wow,
I can't believe y'all have missed the following cinematic gems.
BTW, this is going to be a thread to bookmark, I've already found films I've missed.
Pleas forgive the spelling errors, I'm pulling this list out of my arse.
In no particular order:
The films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, in particular, "The Wizard of Gore".
"Trip" with the Monkees and Jack Nicholson.
"A Chien Andalou", now that's fricking weird.
"Polyester", John Waters.
"Bukaroo Banzai"
Anything else by Cronenberg.
"After Hours", Martin Scorcesse.
No mention of "Eraserhead"? I don't think "Mullholland Drive" tops that film in the strange category.
I think anime is worth mentioning as well. I'm not a big follower yet I've seen "Urotskdiji, the Legend of the Overfiend".
Strange demons with multiple penises, flying gnomes beating off, like nothing I've ever seen.
Cheers,
-Surfdork
38 -
Sarah
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:00 pm
Uzumaki.
It's a movie about people turning into snails. I kid you not. Besides being weird, it's a really shitty film.
39 -
Stan
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Vanilla Sky is "a thinking man's Total Recall"?
Vanilla Sky was a disorganized, pompous mess with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
40 -
Stan
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:06 pm
Okay...maybe ONE redeeming quality. It was neat to hear Diaz talking about tasting come.
But that's about it...
41 -
rahree
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:06 pm
I'd like to see "The Cube" by Jim Henson. Heard of it, but never seen it.
Surprised "X-Files" the movie isn't in here. THAT was just bizarre.
Running an hour and a half at least and touching on scenarios similar to real life, but not clear enough to have meaning. Take the movie as a whole without any knowledge of the X-Files series.
Makes Brazil downright explicable.
For more japano-weird-goodness check out "Electric Dragon 20,000V"
Alsio Visitor Q really sets new standards in being weird, but every Miike movie is pretty much psycho-hardcore - at least the ones i have seen till now.
44 -
rahree
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:13 pm
Oh, and I firmly stand by my comment that "Vanilla Sky" is the remake of "Abre los ojos."
The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires gets my vote. Hell, it gets all 10 of my votes.
47 -
natezee
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:17 pm
I think a more appropriate name to this list would be
"Top Ten Bizzare Films That You Have Heard Of". Of course there are going to be foreign and obscure movies out there that top these- but since so few people have seen then, what fun is it to read/discuss about on a blog? You can alwasy get the self-proclaimed film snobs showing up and flaunting ramdom film references.
Look at your comments, they really say alot about you.
Some people say, "Oh, yeah those are wierd, you know what else is super wierd [Insert obscure film here]"
While other people say, "You don't know anything about movies. I will share my movie knowledge is superior..." Like you Panda and Jakob.
Both approaches are doing the same thing, sharing other bizarre films not on the list. The first approach accomplishes this in a civilway, but the second approach has the added benefit of proving the commenter to be a self-absorbed dick with no people skills. Seriously. Look at yourself and wonder why the hell you write like that.
My approach to commenting? Rip on you anonymously. Sorry, all that tells you is that I have no interest in continuing the conversation with idiots.
WOW! I can't believe that this column from last year (granted I just put it up here now) is causing this much response!
Thank you for all the suggestions, some I have seen, some I will add to the ever growing list. Just so you know, this wasn't meant as an all encompassing list. I was limiting myself to films in my collection which discounts many bizarre movies, and they were generally films I had watched around the time of the writing. I haave watched and enjoyed films from all decades (I think....). ALso I limited to 1 film per director to save the list from being dominated by someone like Lynch or Miike, or whoever. My experience is admittedly weak in some areas. The one thing we should all agree on here is a love of film.
THis is a great way to discover new movies to see!
And for a few response:
I know that Amelie was after City... but it is still the same director regardless of order.
I know that Vanilla Sky was a remake of Abre los ojos, which I now own, but have not yet watched.
Never much cared for U Turn
Lost Highway is incredibly bizarre and my favorite Lynch, but I do not yet own it.
I liked Uzumaki, it seemed like a film that Tim Burton would make.
To Robert Berry:
I make no claims "of all time" This is merely a list of some of the bizarre films in my collection. I do refer to it as a Top Ten column, as that was what I called this when I did it regularly, but I do not call the list Top Ten Bizarre Films of All Time or any such closed minded nonsense.
Jakob:
Odd comment, thank you for the To Be Fair portion. I feel I do have good depth to my film habits, I watch and enjoy films from anywhere anytime, not to say I like everything, but there films from all sorts that i do like.
I think Miike's Audition would make a great addition to the list. 90% slow paced guy-meets-girl drama and 10% insane gore-fest. In fact you could probably fill the whole list with Miike films.
Some others I could add ar:
Oldboy
Alphaville
Avalon
Bartleby
Bio Zombie
Belicatessan
Das Experiment
Evil Dead Trap
Ichii the Killer
Irreversible
Mr. Vampire
Onibaba
Pistol Opera
Requiem for a Dream
Running on Karma
53 -
Joe
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:38 pm
Bizarre? Where's "two-lane blacktop"? Dennis Wilson (yes of The Beach Boys), James Taylor (the singer) and the '55 Chevy (it stars a car!?!) from "American Graffiti." None of the characters have names and it just ends after 100 minutes.
I agree with some of the movies listed as bizzare but the one movie I actually stood up after it was over and said, "What the H___ was that"!! was "She's So Lovely" what a complete waste of 2 hours.
57 -
Bolo
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:56 pm
For the record:
The protagonist in Pi isn't trying to understand the stock market. He's trying to understand everything--i.e. the natural cycles of the world and what underlying pattern they follow. The stock market just happens to be a very big, complicated system that he can use to try and discern this.
This is why, in addition to businessmen, religious zealots are also pursuing him. They want him to find a code in the bible. The businessmen want him to predict the future of the stock market. Either way, its just one small application of his knowledge.
Ok, that's the end of my little rant :)
58 -
Bolo
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:58 pm
And I forgot to mention some other weird movies that I would consider adding to this list:
Buckaroo Banzai
Primer
I Heart Huckabees (sp?)
59 -
Michelangelo
Apr 30, 2005 at 3:58 pm
I like Blue Velvet. Guy finds human ear in a field and it's all downhill from there.
mulholland is all about the way power influences reality. choices that are made create certain outcomes. many current plausible theories suggest that reality exists in multiple parallel universes where various outcomes are explore. now go watch the movie again.
Opps sory I was slacking.
Slack is good
don't I feal silly now
and I apoligze for the limmeted comment I just diden't finish the statment and it diden't come out right. and I was about to go fix it but decided to slack a few.
Bob Dobbs
Good Luck
Slack is good.
67 -
NinjAdaMX5
Apr 30, 2005 at 4:32 pm
The one (David Lynch)movie I always recommend to people to freak their fragile little minds out is
Eraserhead
Man, Lynch at his wierdest. Unexplained siezures, unexplained pregnancy, unexplained freak baby who gets an unexplained illness, unexplained tremors and power surges, unexplained miniature chickens who inexplicably spout blood all over... in fact, the only thing I got out of the movie was the meaning of the title. But that's hard to explain
68 -
zach
Apr 30, 2005 at 4:40 pm
what about eraserhead?
69 -
garrison
Apr 30, 2005 at 4:44 pm
Just have to chime in with
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover..
can't get too much more bizarre than that..
and Dark City?
Just as a coincidence, I first heard of Mulholland Drive exactly 6 hours ago on a trailer on a used video I bought... I immediately thought... "weird... where did THIS come from? hmmm... might be interesting to rent someday... " Then I find this site.
70 -
Brian
Apr 30, 2005 at 4:46 pm
Nice list, I wouldn't argue with any of those selections. You might try "Picnic at Hanging Rock," an early film by Peter Weir ("Dead Poet's Society"). Creepy atmosphere, good plot and a bizarre twist that will leave you guessing as to what happened during a school outing.
71 -
Eric Olsen
Apr 30, 2005 at 4:49 pm
great job Chris, fascinating topic. I've only seen Mulholland and Clockwork of those on your list and they are strange indeed. We have discussed Mulholland a number of times including here and here.
This got mentioned several times with one person mentioning that they were both based on a story.
The life of the author of the story was as weird as his writing, even weirder since he had to live it and he never could figure out the strange things that happened to him. Many, including himself, think he was borderline insane. His stories also became Blade Runner and Minority Report.
Check out his life through a google search - Philip K. Dick
i agree on eraserhead and brazil. they out-weird any of the movies on that list.
the bergman film Persona should be there
Videodrome (much weirder cronenberg than naked lunch)
barton fink
party monster (i thought it sucked, but if the only criteria is weirdness it gets my vote)
un chien andalou (most disturbing opening sequence ever)
pink flamingos
the man who fell to earth
welcome to the dollhouse or happiness
solaris (tarkovsky, not the crappy clooney version)
74 -
JT
Apr 30, 2005 at 5:11 pm
Tetsuo the Iron Man (Holy crap, I have a drill for a penis, suddenly)
Delicatessen (Odd, but strangely pretty).
Eraserhead for sure, but basically anything David Lynch, except Dune. It wasn't bad, just not really all that bizarre.
Happiness by Todd Solondz was funny, but in the kind of way that makes your friends look at you in disbelief for laughing.
Un Chien Andalou (Dali+Bunuel = Weird)
75 -
JT
Apr 30, 2005 at 5:13 pm
PS, the story upon which Total Recall is based (along with many other Phillip K. Dick short stories and novels) was brilliant when it was on paper, Hollywood f'd it up. Same goes for Minority Report and Blade Runner.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments26 - SupaStarr!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a very bizarre and enjoyable film.
27 - anthony
no one has mentioned Zardoz?
That was the mother, father, aunt and uncle of STRANGE films.
Phallacy galore and it starred none other than Sean Connery.
Enjoyable....no.
Laughable... maybe
Strange.... #1
28 - Evan
I dunno, I thought "Gummo" was bizarre--unless you think eating cats and raping retarded girls is normal.
29 - T. Dunn
Brazil
Alice in Wonderland (Svankmeyer version)
Natural Born Killers
Pi
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Paperhouse
Saddest Music in the World
Secretary
Anything directed by Peter Greenaway
30 - Jakob
This is a very poor list. The compiler obviously has very little depth to his movie habits. Vanilla Sky and not Open Your Eyes? Does he even know of the original? Although to be fair, he doesn't say they are the best or most bizarre films of all time, just a list of 10 bizarre films. S
31 - yaas0n
I'm surprised no one's mentioned fear and loathing and cube.
good list nonetheless. like all lists it's subjective.. so i'm not going to freak like some people have and suggest it's wrong.
32 - Erin
A good start, but if you're going there you might as well go all the way. I reccommend Even Dwarfs Started Small,written and directed by acclaimed German filmaker Werner Herzog. For movie masochists only. A debacle of rampaging midgets oogling porn and monkeys nailed to crosses. Need I say more?
33 - yikes
You need to add The Dark Backward. Truly, truly, bizarre (but entertaining!).
Also, A Clockwork Orange really doesn't have much to do with statements about violence (although it is admittedly violent). It was a counter-argument to B.F. Skinner's book Walden Two. Replace the violence with some other behavior (smoking, singing, whatever) and you have the same message.
34 - Gilbert Nash
For an unusual movie you would need to check out "The Day before the End of the World."
35 - panda
if those are the most bizarre films you can come up with you obviously havent seen that many films.
36 - Scott
Good list, several of these are on my favorites list.
Abre los Ojos, to me, is interchangable with Vanilla Sky - I've seen both, but perfer Cameron's, partly because of the incredible soundtrack. I'm not sure about the comment above stating they're based on a French film - I'm pretty familiar with both, and had not heard that the movies' author, Alejandro Amenabar, based his story on another film. Do you have a reference for that?
I would have added Lost Highway, in additional M.D. FWWM is worth a mention also, for Lynchians.
Brazil belongs on the list as well.
37 - surfdork
Wow,
I can't believe y'all have missed the following cinematic gems.
BTW, this is going to be a thread to bookmark, I've already found films I've missed.
Pleas forgive the spelling errors, I'm pulling this list out of my arse.
In no particular order:
The films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, in particular, "The Wizard of Gore".
"Trip" with the Monkees and Jack Nicholson.
"A Chien Andalou", now that's fricking weird.
"Polyester", John Waters.
"Bukaroo Banzai"
Anything else by Cronenberg.
"After Hours", Martin Scorcesse.
No mention of "Eraserhead"? I don't think "Mullholland Drive" tops that film in the strange category.
I think anime is worth mentioning as well. I'm not a big follower yet I've seen "Urotskdiji, the Legend of the Overfiend".
Strange demons with multiple penises, flying gnomes beating off, like nothing I've ever seen.
Cheers,
-Surfdork
38 - Sarah
Uzumaki.
It's a movie about people turning into snails. I kid you not. Besides being weird, it's a really shitty film.
39 - Stan
Vanilla Sky is "a thinking man's Total Recall"?
Vanilla Sky was a disorganized, pompous mess with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
40 - Stan
Okay...maybe ONE redeeming quality. It was neat to hear Diaz talking about tasting come.
But that's about it...
41 - rahree
I'd like to see "The Cube" by Jim Henson. Heard of it, but never seen it.
42 - prjindigo
Surprised "X-Files" the movie isn't in here. THAT was just bizarre.
Running an hour and a half at least and touching on scenarios similar to real life, but not clear enough to have meaning. Take the movie as a whole without any knowledge of the X-Files series.
Makes Brazil downright explicable.
43 - vibro
For more japano-weird-goodness check out "Electric Dragon 20,000V"
Alsio Visitor Q really sets new standards in being weird, but every Miike movie is pretty much psycho-hardcore - at least the ones i have seen till now.
44 - rahree
Oh, and I firmly stand by my comment that "Vanilla Sky" is the remake of "Abre los ojos."
45 - vibro
oops ... my bad. its 80,000 not 20,000 ;)
46 - DrPat
The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires gets my vote. Hell, it gets all 10 of my votes.
47 - natezee
I think a more appropriate name to this list would be
"Top Ten Bizzare Films That You Have Heard Of". Of course there are going to be foreign and obscure movies out there that top these- but since so few people have seen then, what fun is it to read/discuss about on a blog? You can alwasy get the self-proclaimed film snobs showing up and flaunting ramdom film references.
48 - Josh
Look at your comments, they really say alot about you.
Some people say, "Oh, yeah those are wierd, you know what else is super wierd [Insert obscure film here]"
While other people say, "You don't know anything about movies. I will share my movie knowledge is superior..." Like you Panda and Jakob.
Both approaches are doing the same thing, sharing other bizarre films not on the list. The first approach accomplishes this in a civilway, but the second approach has the added benefit of proving the commenter to be a self-absorbed dick with no people skills. Seriously. Look at yourself and wonder why the hell you write like that.
My approach to commenting? Rip on you anonymously. Sorry, all that tells you is that I have no interest in continuing the conversation with idiots.
49 - Chris Beaumont
WOW! I can't believe that this column from last year (granted I just put it up here now) is causing this much response!
Thank you for all the suggestions, some I have seen, some I will add to the ever growing list. Just so you know, this wasn't meant as an all encompassing list. I was limiting myself to films in my collection which discounts many bizarre movies, and they were generally films I had watched around the time of the writing. I haave watched and enjoyed films from all decades (I think....). ALso I limited to 1 film per director to save the list from being dominated by someone like Lynch or Miike, or whoever. My experience is admittedly weak in some areas. The one thing we should all agree on here is a love of film.
THis is a great way to discover new movies to see!
And for a few response:
I know that Amelie was after City... but it is still the same director regardless of order.
I know that Vanilla Sky was a remake of Abre los ojos, which I now own, but have not yet watched.
Never much cared for U Turn
Lost Highway is incredibly bizarre and my favorite Lynch, but I do not yet own it.
I liked Uzumaki, it seemed like a film that Tim Burton would make.
To Robert Berry:
I make no claims "of all time" This is merely a list of some of the bizarre films in my collection. I do refer to it as a Top Ten column, as that was what I called this when I did it regularly, but I do not call the list Top Ten Bizarre Films of All Time or any such closed minded nonsense.
Jakob:
Odd comment, thank you for the To Be Fair portion. I feel I do have good depth to my film habits, I watch and enjoy films from anywhere anytime, not to say I like everything, but there films from all sorts that i do like.
Again. Thanks everyone!
I am secure enough in my film tastes to take it.
50 - Chris Beaumont
I loved Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires!
51 - Joe Kowalski
I think Miike's Audition would make a great addition to the list. 90% slow paced guy-meets-girl drama and 10% insane gore-fest. In fact you could probably fill the whole list with Miike films.
52 - Chris Beaumont
Some others I could add ar:
Oldboy
Alphaville
Avalon
Bartleby
Bio Zombie
Belicatessan
Das Experiment
Evil Dead Trap
Ichii the Killer
Irreversible
Mr. Vampire
Onibaba
Pistol Opera
Requiem for a Dream
Running on Karma
53 - Joe
Bizarre? Where's "two-lane blacktop"? Dennis Wilson (yes of The Beach Boys), James Taylor (the singer) and the '55 Chevy (it stars a car!?!) from "American Graffiti." None of the characters have names and it just ends after 100 minutes.
54 - himself
That's evinced. Sheesh.
55 - andrew e.
What, no "Shakes the Clown"?
56 - Rob
I agree with some of the movies listed as bizzare but the one movie I actually stood up after it was over and said, "What the H___ was that"!! was "She's So Lovely" what a complete waste of 2 hours.
57 - Bolo
For the record:
The protagonist in Pi isn't trying to understand the stock market. He's trying to understand everything--i.e. the natural cycles of the world and what underlying pattern they follow. The stock market just happens to be a very big, complicated system that he can use to try and discern this.
This is why, in addition to businessmen, religious zealots are also pursuing him. They want him to find a code in the bible. The businessmen want him to predict the future of the stock market. Either way, its just one small application of his knowledge.
Ok, that's the end of my little rant :)
58 - Bolo
And I forgot to mention some other weird movies that I would consider adding to this list:
Buckaroo Banzai
Primer
I Heart Huckabees (sp?)
59 - Michelangelo
I like Blue Velvet. Guy finds human ear in a field and it's all downhill from there.
60 - Ed
Eraserhead, period.
61 - Winston Smith
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
Eraserhead
Tetsuo The Iron Man
62 - Bob Dobbs
you are a very limmited person if this is your top 10.
Try Eracerhead, stranger than paradice, night on earth to start.
good luck.
Bob Dobbs
Slack is Good.
The end of the world was in 2000
63 - Chris Beaumont
Please read prior to posting, this is NOT a top ten, just a listing of 10 bizarre films that I enjoyed.
64 - Stanley the Movie Guy
hrm. not a single person mentioned Liquid Sky. I'm not sure you can get much stranger than that.
65 - mike
mulholland is all about the way power influences reality. choices that are made create certain outcomes. many current plausible theories suggest that reality exists in multiple parallel universes where various outcomes are explore. now go watch the movie again.
66 - Bob Dobbs
Opps sory I was slacking.
Slack is good
don't I feal silly now
and I apoligze for the limmeted comment I just diden't finish the statment and it diden't come out right. and I was about to go fix it but decided to slack a few.
Bob Dobbs
Good Luck
Slack is good.
67 - NinjAdaMX5
The one (David Lynch)movie I always recommend to people to freak their fragile little minds out is
Eraserhead
Man, Lynch at his wierdest. Unexplained siezures, unexplained pregnancy, unexplained freak baby who gets an unexplained illness, unexplained tremors and power surges, unexplained miniature chickens who inexplicably spout blood all over... in fact, the only thing I got out of the movie was the meaning of the title. But that's hard to explain
68 - zach
what about eraserhead?
69 - garrison
Just have to chime in with
The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover..
can't get too much more bizarre than that..
and Dark City?
Just as a coincidence, I first heard of Mulholland Drive exactly 6 hours ago on a trailer on a used video I bought... I immediately thought... "weird... where did THIS come from? hmmm... might be interesting to rent someday... " Then I find this site.
70 - Brian
Nice list, I wouldn't argue with any of those selections. You might try "Picnic at Hanging Rock," an early film by Peter Weir ("Dead Poet's Society"). Creepy atmosphere, good plot and a bizarre twist that will leave you guessing as to what happened during a school outing.
71 - Eric Olsen
great job Chris, fascinating topic. I've only seen Mulholland and Clockwork of those on your list and they are strange indeed. We have discussed Mulholland a number of times including here and here.
72 - J
"Vanilla Sky" is the remake of "Abre los ojos."
This got mentioned several times with one person mentioning that they were both based on a story.
The life of the author of the story was as weird as his writing, even weirder since he had to live it and he never could figure out the strange things that happened to him. Many, including himself, think he was borderline insane. His stories also became Blade Runner and Minority Report.
Check out his life through a google search - Philip K. Dick
73 - Jay Lewis
i agree on eraserhead and brazil. they out-weird any of the movies on that list.
the bergman film Persona should be there
Videodrome (much weirder cronenberg than naked lunch)
barton fink
party monster (i thought it sucked, but if the only criteria is weirdness it gets my vote)
un chien andalou (most disturbing opening sequence ever)
pink flamingos
the man who fell to earth
welcome to the dollhouse or happiness
solaris (tarkovsky, not the crappy clooney version)
74 - JT
Tetsuo the Iron Man (Holy crap, I have a drill for a penis, suddenly)
Delicatessen (Odd, but strangely pretty).
Eraserhead for sure, but basically anything David Lynch, except Dune. It wasn't bad, just not really all that bizarre.
Happiness by Todd Solondz was funny, but in the kind of way that makes your friends look at you in disbelief for laughing.
Un Chien Andalou (Dali+Bunuel = Weird)
75 - JT
PS, the story upon which Total Recall is based (along with many other Phillip K. Dick short stories and novels) was brilliant when it was on paper, Hollywood f'd it up. Same goes for Minority Report and Blade Runner.