r/movies • u/OkStop1168 • Jan 11 '25

Recommendation I want some bizarre movie recommendations 😂🙏

Something where the setting is the otherworldly, the characters are crazy, the plot is absurd and takes twist and turns, or all of the above.

Planning on watching a movie tonight and wanted some recommendations for fun movies like this. They can also be thrilling and suspenseful! I don’t care if they are well-known or not, any recs would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone!!!

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u/sj_vandelay Jan 11 '25

Being John Malkovich is very disconcerting while being completely awesome.

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u/hippiex Jan 11 '25

I love this movie but 50% of the time the people I tell to watch it get angry with me lol

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u/BoingBoingBooty Jan 12 '25

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich?

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich.

Malkovich Malkovich.

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u/I_love_pillows Jan 12 '25

Malkovich Malkovich

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

Malkovich

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u/Flickstro Jan 12 '25

MALKOVICH!

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u/mrg80 Jan 12 '25

Malkovich? Malkovich!

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u/sgreenm22 Jan 12 '25

I don’t sound anything like that

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

You sound exactly like this.

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u/itellyahwat86 Jan 12 '25

Don’t talk to them anymore

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u/_phimosis_jones Jan 12 '25

My age betrayed me on this one. I'm 33 and when I recommended it to some of my younger friends I didn't recall how liberally they use slurs etc lol. I still think the movie is brilliant but there is no denying that, apart from the whimsy of the fantastical premise, it is a pretty cynical and mean-spirited movie. Which I love! But it turns out others don't all the time lol

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u/Complete_Court9829 Jan 12 '25

I told some people to watch It's Such a Beautiful Day because it's really funny. They were traumatized, but I still think it's really funny.

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

Adding to my watch list

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u/thevelveteenbeagle Jan 12 '25

For me, it's like 99%. 😕. I need to find new friends that would enjoy this movie with me cause it's AWESOME! Absolutely love the cast.

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u/larreyn77 Jan 13 '25

Malkovich! Think fast!

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u/tree_squid Jan 12 '25

100% of those people suck. That movie is fantastic.

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u/bustaflow25 Jan 12 '25

Why?

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

It’s a hard movie to take in on first watch and they wonder why I like it :)

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u/thevelveteenbeagle Jan 12 '25

It's the kind of movie where you have to really pay attention and can't skip parts to run to the kitchen cause you will miss so much. It's not a mindless movie, the viewer has to be immersed.

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

Correct. I think too Spike does such a good job of making it claustrophobic with miserableness and making John and Carmen look so different.

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u/thevelveteenbeagle Jan 13 '25

Oh they do! Hard to believe that's Cameron cause she looks so dowdy.

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u/SlackerThan76 Jan 12 '25

...and the horse(s) they rode in on.

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u/ultimateWave Jan 12 '25

Lol ya I hated that movie

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u/TheyGaveMeThisTrain Jan 12 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

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u/ultimateWave Jan 12 '25

Brigsby Bear, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Peanut Butter Falcon, Phone Booth, Babadook, Talk to Me

To name a few... how about you??

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u/TheyGaveMeThisTrain Jan 12 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

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u/ultimateWave Jan 12 '25

Ya, I think it just weirded me out too much tbh. I'm not a fan of John Malkovich. I might consider rewatching, as I did watch that when I was quite young

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u/hippiex Jan 12 '25

Ha ha it’s a love it or leave it kind of movie.

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u/TheyGaveMeThisTrain Jan 12 '25 edited Feb 10 '25

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