Movies that are just Bat-S### CRAZY!!
Here's a big list of WILD films. Trippy, Weird, Original... all of the above. I considered a gigantic list, but I've narrowed it down to the craziest films I've ever seen.
I didn't include anything I rated lower than 4. There are only a couple 4's, and a few 5's - so I can recommend nearly every film on the list.Obviously, I didn't include anything I haven't seen.
Here's the monster JUST MISSED list. Beerfest, The Man With Two Brains, Subway, Logan's Run, Dark City, Piranha(most recent one), Legend, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, VHS, Night on Earth, Meaning of LIfe, Life of Brian, Deathproof, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, History of the World, Trollhunter, Balls of Fury, Spirited Away, House, Half Baked, Road Warrior, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura, Hellboy, Tekkon Kinkreet, If Looks Could Kill, Evil Dead(orig), Evil Dead 2, Back to the Future 2, The Wizard of Oz, Kontroll, Top Secret, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Eternal Sunshine, Micmacs, Howl's Moving Castle, Detective Dee, CJ7, Remo Williams, Timecrimes, Safety Not Guaranteed, Half Baked, Hot Fuzz, 7 Psychopaths, Warm Bodies, Zombieland, Kick-Ass, Paprika, Fifth Element, Gremlins 2, Killer Joe, Weird Science, The Arrival, The Cell, Battle Royale, Revenge of the Nerds, Youth In Revolt, Running Scared('06), The Fly, Charlie Bartlett, Mallrats, Puppet Masters, Freaks, The Cat From Outer Space, Intacto, Tzameti 13, Piranha(orig/80's), Legend, Edward Scissorhands.
Now for the one's that made the cut!
I didn't include anything I rated lower than 4. There are only a couple 4's, and a few 5's - so I can recommend nearly every film on the list.Obviously, I didn't include anything I haven't seen.
Here's the monster JUST MISSED list. Beerfest, The Man With Two Brains, Subway, Logan's Run, Dark City, Piranha(most recent one), Legend, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, VHS, Night on Earth, Meaning of LIfe, Life of Brian, Deathproof, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, History of the World, Trollhunter, Balls of Fury, Spirited Away, House, Half Baked, Road Warrior, Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura, Hellboy, Tekkon Kinkreet, If Looks Could Kill, Evil Dead(orig), Evil Dead 2, Back to the Future 2, The Wizard of Oz, Kontroll, Top Secret, Fantastic Mr.Fox, Eternal Sunshine, Micmacs, Howl's Moving Castle, Detective Dee, CJ7, Remo Williams, Timecrimes, Safety Not Guaranteed, Half Baked, Hot Fuzz, 7 Psychopaths, Warm Bodies, Zombieland, Kick-Ass, Paprika, Fifth Element, Gremlins 2, Killer Joe, Weird Science, The Arrival, The Cell, Battle Royale, Revenge of the Nerds, Youth In Revolt, Running Scared('06), The Fly, Charlie Bartlett, Mallrats, Puppet Masters, Freaks, The Cat From Outer Space, Intacto, Tzameti 13, Piranha(orig/80's), Legend, Edward Scissorhands.
Now for the one's that made the cut!
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- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsChase WilliamsonRob MayesPaul GiamattiA new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return no longer human. Can two college drop-outs save humanity from this silent, otherworldly invasion?This is one of those movies that isn't good, but you want to watch it again regardless.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsJosh HutchersonShanley CaswellSpencer LockeAs a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.Definitely one of the craziest films on the entire list. Teen-Comedy/sci-Fi/fantasy/horror. 1 and 2 here are up there for a reason.
- DirectorW.D. RichterStarsPeter WellerJohn LithgowEllen BarkinAdventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.I understand the cult following, but not one of my favorites.
- DirectorJoe DanteCarl GottliebPeter HortonStarsRosanna ArquetteMichelle PfeifferArsenio HallA spoof of low budget 1950s science-fiction movies, interspersed with various comedy sketches and fake commercials making fun of late-night television.Many segments centered around an mst3k-esque sci-fi. Launched many a career.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTerry PotterPete O'HerneCraig SmithThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.Ultra-Low Budget Peter Jackson full-length feature film debut. Definitely not for all tastes. The gore and suspense is done quite well, now for the rest of it... wew... if you can find the humor in it - you'll be alright.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.This movie is absolutely wild. A huge improvement(quality and entertainment-wise) over Bad Taste.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.IMO this film belongs in the top 15-20 horror films of all-time.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.Definitely the zaniest of the evil dead trilogy.
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Definitely the zaniest of the living dead trilogy. This movie is a blast!
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsRobert UrichMary CrosbyMichael D. RobertsIn a distant future scarce of water, space pirates get caught after stealing ice from a spaceship. They are sold to a princess looking for her dad. He might have found a planet abundant with water.There are very few sci-fi comedies that work... Spaceballs, Big Trouble in Little China, Beetlejuice, and Ice Pirates are four that do..
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellKim CattrallDennis DunA rough-and-tumble trucker and his side kick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.A personal favorite. My side splits every time I see Kurt Russel in the tank top and lipstick. This was John Carpenter at his zany best.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsAlec BaldwinGeena DavisMichael KeatonThe spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out.You knew we couldn't get through a list like this with at least 1 Tim Burton film. Surprised I'm not including more.. I might have to add Pee-Wee.
- DirectorRick MoranisDave ThomasStarsRick MoranisDave ThomasMax von SydowCanada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.A combined IQ of 64. 24 elsinore!
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsTaimakVanityChristopher MurneyIn New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.The 80's vibe, the neon effects, and the suspect acting all work... somehow.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael NouriClaudia ChristianA cop and an FBI agent race for answers after law abiding people suddenly become violent criminals.I finally saw this for the first time last week, and I loved it! Puppet Masters and They Live were good, but this is borderline great, and came out earlier.
- DirectorSteve De JarnattStarsAnthony EdwardsMare WinninghamJohn AgarA young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.Between the ambiguously gay duo helicopter/wristband guys, and the impending end of the world... yeah, nuts.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob BalabanA psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.Starts as a thriller - ends as a I don't know what.
- DirectorEthan WileyStarsArye GrossJonathan StarkRoyal DanoThe new owner of a sinister house gets involved with reanimated corpses and demons searching for an ancient Aztec skull with magic powers.The first House is a better movie, but this is one of the craziest camp films I've ever seen. Weird! Some my say stupid.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsBrandon Quintin AdamsEverett McGillWendy RobieTwo adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.Funnier than I remembered upon a recent review - which edged-it on the list.
- DirectorAndrew EdisonStarsJohn KarnaLuke LoftinAndrew EdisonThree high school virgins, suspended from school on a bogus graffiti charge, flee to the inner city in an attempt to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye - a book they neither have read nor understand. BINDLESTIFFS documents their struggles along the way as they surrender their virginities to vagrants, prostitutes, and crack fiends. Hot on their tail is Charlie, the deranged school security guard. Under the impression that the boys are planning a school shooting, he takes the law into his own hands to stop them and save America.ultra-low budget nonsense. I loved every minute. I can see most people hating this.
- DirectorCiarán FoyStarsAneurin BarnardJames CosmoWunmi MosakuAn agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children who committed an act of violence against his family years earlier.Not as Zany as some other films on the list, but the creepiness and sci-fi spin put it on here. Plus, I think this is a low-budget horror that needs some exposure.
- DirectorFred DekkerStarsJason LivelyTom AtkinsSteve MarshallAlien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against them."You know, a corpsicle". Starts in space. Then goes to black and white 50's era, then to color, then back to space. Crazy fun.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.What a great flick. It's SUPPOSED to 'look' that way.
- DirectorTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.I think this is the zaniest of the Monty Python's.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.One of the biggest 180's in movie history. Human-intestinal cat-gut guitar strings - where else you gonna find that?
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von SydowA football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.No explanation needed.
- DirectorAte de JongStarsPatrick BerginAdam StorkeChad LoweAn eloping bride is taken into Hell, and her fiancé must pursue.This belongs up there with 1 and 2. A under-rated, under-viewed gem. Patrick Bergen is fantastic, Chad Lowe isn't, but who cares?
- DirectorJulien NitzbergStarsJ. Parker Bazzle IIBig & RichPonty's CamperA year in the life of the White family, well known for Jesco White, the star of the "Dancing Outlaw" documentary.You need to see this.
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneMary Kay BergmanWhen Stan Marsh and his friends go see an R-rated movie, they start cursing and their parents think that Canada is to blame.A no-brainer.
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneElle RussPopular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.Really, a no-brainer.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Edgar Wright is a genius. I can't wait to see "At Worlds End" and "Antman" Both could be added to the list.
- DirectorEric BressJ. Mackye GruberStarsAshton KutcherAmy SmartMelora WaltersEvan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.Really dig this film for not selling out.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCasper Van DienDenise RichardsDina MeyerHumans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.Cliche' ridden, oft poorly acted(much credit to Denise Richards who is always awful), but one of the most entertaining rides of the 90's.
- DirectorTodd Strauss-SchulsonStarsKal PennJohn ChoNeil Patrick HarrisSix years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree.The wildest of the kumar trilogy. The 3D(which was actually well-used) edged this onto the list.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsHugh JackmanRachel WeiszSean Patrick ThomasAs a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.I love this movie.
- DirectorMichael DowseStarsSeann William ScottJay BaruchelAlison PillLabeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.He deserved an oscar:) A Better Hockey Goon than the "the hanson brothers" and that's saying something.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsWoody HarrelsonJuliette LewisTom SizemoreTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.a no-doubter.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsEd Begley Jr.Stockard ChanningDabney ColemanModelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.One of the lowest rated films on my list. One pot-sequence is perhaps the best of it's kind, and the film is definitely odd. "Naked Lunch" meets "The Parents"(oooh that might deserve to be on the list - just missed at the very least).
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter OstrumA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.Another no-brainer. There's no way I'm including the burton remake.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu YuenIn Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.How many films(particularly Asian) have followed this template? A LOT!
- DirectorSavage Steve HollandStarsJohn CusackDavid Ogden StiersKim DarbyAfter his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.I almost included ONe Crazy Summer too... "ThE Savage" was one zany director.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsHal HolbrookLeslie NielsenAdrienne Barbeau"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.Such a diverse horror flick.
- DirectorMichael GornickStarsGeorge KennedyLois ChilesDomenick JohnThree macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker."thanks for the ride lady, thanks for the ride"... "Mucho ecological"..
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinRachel WardAlan LaddFilm noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.You knew Steve Martin would make the list. I might need to upgrade "The Jerk" from the just missed list.
- DirectorJoseph RubenStarsDennis QuaidMax von SydowChristopher PlummerA man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot.bet most haven't seen this wild little b-80's fare.
- DirectorJack PerezStarsKevin CorriganBarry BostwickKaren BlackKen Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life.barely made the list, but it's still weird.
- DirectorAdam GreenJoe LynchBear McCrearyStarsAdam RifkinSarah MutchRay WiseIt's the closing night at the last drive-in theatre in America, and manager, Cecil Kaufman's planned to show 4 movies; films so rare, they've never been exhibited publicly on American soil, until tonight.This deserves a top-5 too. The Wadzilla segment had me rolling on the floor.
- DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsSong Kang-hoLee Byung-hunJung Woo-sungThe story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.Starts tame, but gets wild quick.
- DirectorStephen FungStarsHark-On FungXiaochao YuanStephen FungYang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.Much of the same. Again.. Kung Fu Hustle influence.
- DirectorJohn GulagerStarsNavi RawatKrista AllenBalthazar GettyPatrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.I don't think I'll ever get that rape scene out of my head... defo for adults only. Wild flick. Not great, but on the top half in terms of quality on this list.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsGriffin DunneRosanna ArquetteVerna BloomAn ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop."Surrender Dorothy"...."Here, you keep the quarter - because I don't want you to think you left anything untried"..."I'll probably get blamed for that"...
- DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsKesun LoderBilly ConnollyCarrie-Anne MossIn an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. A company called Zomcon has been able to control the zombie population. Zombies can be temporarily neutralized by being shot, but can only be permanently neutralized by their brain being destroyed. Their ultimate disposal is through cremation, or burial, the latter which requires decapitation with the head being buried separately from the body. Conversely, Zomcon has created the domestication collar, when activated and placed on a zombie makes the zombie controllable, and thus an eternally productive creature within society. Because all dead initially become zombies, the elderly are viewed negatively and suspectly. And all people, adult or child, learn to shoot to kill to protect society. Zomcon is the go to organization for all things zombie. In the town of Willard, the Robinsons - father Bill (Dylan Baker), mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss), and adolescent son Timmy (Kesun Loder) - are one family who don't own a zombie as a domestic, since Bill is afraid of zombies, as, when he was a child, he had to shoot his own zombie father, who tried to eat him. Bill has thus become fascinated with funerals to see zombies put away permanently. But Helen feels pressured to get a zombie when Zomcon's new head of security in Willard, the officious Jonathan Bottoms (Henry Czerny), moves into the neighborhood with his family. Never having had to deal with a zombie directly, Timmy is initially wary of their zombie. But as a lonely child who has no friends and is often bullied, Timmy eventually befriends their zombie, who he names Fido (Sir Billy Connolly), as he treats the zombie much like a faithful pet dog. Timmy protects Fido at all cost, even after Fido, due to no fault of its own, is implicated in some deaths, which creates a mini-wave of loose zombies unknown to Zomcon. But Fido may play a larger role within the family as a companion for Helen, who is largely neglected by Bill, since he sees human affection as ultimately resulting in such difficult issues as what happened between him and his own father. With Timmy and Helen treating Fido with kindness, Fido, in turn, may prove that not all zombies, even when without their domestication collar, are out to kill anyone and everyone in their path.Another first but not the last.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed SorelA group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.You knew this director would have a few on the list. Maybe his wildest concept.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsChristian SlaterDaniel SternCameron DiazA prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.Barely made it.
- DirectorMichael WinnickStarsChristian SlaterPowers BootheDane Cook5 Elvis impersonators stay long after the contest playing poker, when a valuable mask is stolen from the Indian casino. Killers, incl. a sexy, blonde assassin, hunt down the Elvises to get the mask.Ultra-low budget. Slater, Oldman, and its' zaniness make it worth a gamble at the red-box - but DONT have high expectations.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.Stange film.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.Even more strange.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn RoseliusAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.ditto.
- DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsTom HanksMeg RyanLloyd BridgesWhen a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.Interesting film. Stupid, but interesting.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsMichael CeraMary Elizabeth WinsteadKieran CulkinIn a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.Personally, I didn't like this as much as the masses. I'd point to Detention as a similar film that had half the budget, half the exposure, but is nearly it's equal.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsRon PerlmanSelma BlairDoug JonesA prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth. Hellboy and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.Wilder than the first.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsSeth RogenJames FrancoGary ColeA process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.Another one I didn't really care for... I think it's extremely over-rated, but the first 30 minutes is a nice set-up, and the extreme gore is totaly unexpected/out-of-place.
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerJack BlackRobert Downey Jr.Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.Robert Downey jr. is great. Cruise is great. Stiller is good.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsTom SelleckCynthia RhodesGene SimmonsIn the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.Robot spiders, Heat seeking bullets, and that 80's vibe. It deserves to be on the list.
- DirectorJim HensonStarsDavid BowieJennifer ConnellyToby FroudSixteen-year-old Sarah must solve a labyrinth to rescue her baby brother when he is taken by the Goblin King.Not a very good film, but more imaginative and perplexing that many of this guild.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanVirginia MadsenFrancesca AnnisA Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.I have no clue what the spice is, but I want it.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael IronsideWhen a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?Much zanier(and better) than the remake.
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsMartin FreemanYasiin BeySam RockwellMere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."Sam Rockwell is great. The movie is average, but defintely weird.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJack NicholsonPierce BrosnanSarah Jessica ParkerEarth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.Another one that definitely deserves to be here - even though I don't care too much for it. A Bit overrated.
- DirectorMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsJason StathamAmy SmartCarlos SanzProfessional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.The filmmakers deserve huge kudo for taking the action star out of his conventional box.
- DirectorMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsJason StathamAmy SmartClifton Collins Jr.Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.Even crazier than the first.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg FosterThey influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.John Carpenter's second film on the list. It's an incomplete film. Could have been one of his best if it was 45 minutes longer.
- DirectorJonathan KingStarsOliver DriverNathan MeisterTammy DavisAn experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.ODD!
- DirectorEli RothStarsJordan LaddRider StrongJames DeBelloFive college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.barely made it - might reconsider.
- DirectorJames CameronOvidio G. AssonitisMiller DrakeStarsTricia O'NeilSteve MarachukLance HenriksenA scuba diving instructor, her biochemist boyfriend, and her police chief ex-husband try to link a series of bizarre deaths to a mutant strain of piranha fish whose lair is a sunken freighter ship off a Caribbean island resort.I believe this means Peter Jackson's FIRST THREE feature films made the list.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja SmitsA programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.Cronenberg has many on here too. This is an under-rated film.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJude LawJennifer Jason LeighIan HolmA game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.BUT, I don't care for this one at all. This and Cosmopolis are trash IMO. One of 2 or 3 films that I rated a 4 on this list. I'll try to warn you.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsPeter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmAfter developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa.On the other hand - brilliant and supremely weird.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJennifer O'NeillStephen LackPatrick McGoohanA scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsBruce WillisDanny AielloAndie MacDowellA cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.It's like they knew it was a bad movie. Zany fun. I know most people hate this, but I find it an entertaining personal fave. Unlike movies like "Expendables 2" where they actually 'think' they're making a quality film.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsNicolas CageHolly HunterTrey WilsonWhen a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.I'll just be taking these huggies and whatever you got in the cash register.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsLuke WilsonOwen WilsonNed DowdThree friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Wes Anderson's zaniest was his first. Underrated!
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsSean GulletteMark MargolisBen ShenkmanA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBill MurrayOwen WilsonAnjelica HustonWith a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsSean ConneryShelley DuvallJohn CleeseA young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer RubinA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
- DirectorSteve OedekerkStarsJim CarreyIan McNeiceSimon CallowAce Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.it even has a plot about bat-s### - so I had to include it. :)
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsAlison LohmanJustin LongRuth LivierA loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonAfter visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.Like no other "rom-com" before it - or after it for that matter. I mean Cashback comes close(and close to making the list), but this this sets the rom-com-weird-bar.
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonChristine TaylorAt the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.Ben Stiller really sells this. It's by no means a good movie, but crazy original comedy - oh yes.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoShin Ha-kyunBae DoonaA recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.By far the wildest of the "Vengeance Trilogy". Highly recommend this little gem.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.I say "Citadel" makes "Attack the Block" look like a hallmark special. Same goes for what this film does for "Hunger Games".
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinBernadette PetersCatlin AdamsA simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.I was teetering on some of these slapstick(spaceballs etc), but this is one of the very few that gets the nod.
- DirectorMichael TolkinStarsMimi RogersDavid DuchovnyDarwyn CarsonA telephone operator living an empty, amoral life finds God and loses him again.The latter half of the film is definitely "out-of-the-box" filmmaking.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.In a person's dream, who's in a person's dream, who's in another person dream, trying to wHaT??? This turned my brain into tapioca pudding.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsThomas JaneRob LoweJeremy PivenWhen four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control, and a pact they made as young men is revisited.Speaking of turning your brains into tapioca pudding. Ensemble cast certainly does that here.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.Terry Gilliam already has 3-4 films on the list, and Dr. Parnissus should probably be here too... and perhaps Baron Munchausen(sp?) if I'd seen it.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJonathan PryceKim GreistRobert De NiroA bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsZach GalliganDeborah ForemanJennifer BasseyA wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.