DEBUT FILMS
THIS 2017 HORROR DEBUT LANDED ITS DIRECTOR THE OSCAR FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AT THE 2018 OSCARS.
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“HERE'S TO FIVE MISERABLE MONTHS ON THE WAGON, AND ALL THE IRREPARABLE HARM IT HAS CAUSED ME.”
THE SHINING
“MAKE ‘EM LAUGH,” AND “GOOD MORNING” ARE BOTH ICONIC SONGS FROM THIS MOVIE MUSICAL - AND TO SAY THE MOST ICONIC WOULD GIVE THE WHOLE THING AWAY!
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
IN THIS 1972 SURREALIST COMEDY, ATTENDEES OF AN UPPER CLASS DINNER PARTY CAN NEVER SEEM TO TAKE A BITE OF FOOD WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
DIRECTOR TOM SIX PUT TOGETHER THIS TRILOGY OF BODY HORROR CLASSICS.
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE TRILOGY
'THE 400 BLOWS' WAS THE IMPRESSIVE DEBUT OF THIS FRENCH NEW WAVE FILMMAKER.
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
“I WAS THERE TO PUSH PEOPLE BEYOND WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM. I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.”
WHIPLASH
IN THIS FANTASTICAL MOVIE MUSICAL, A MAGIC SNOWFALL SAVES OUR HEROES. HOWEVER, ON SET, THAT SNOW WAS 100% INDUSTRIAL-GRADE ASBESTOS.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
RELIGION, ART, SOCIETY, AND HUMANITY ARE COMMENTATED ON THROUGH RICH SYMBOLISM AND SURREALIST PRESENTATION IN THIS 1973 PSYCHEDELIC ODDITY.
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
THIS 1989 JAPANESE FILM IS DESCRIBED AS 'CYBERPUNK BODY HORROR' ON WIKIPEDIA.
TETSUO: THE IRON MAN
THIS 1957 FILM, SIDNEY LUMET'S FIRST, HAS GONE DOWN AS AN ALL-TIME CLASSIC AND IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE.
12 ANGRY MEN
“OH, YOU ARE SICK”
ERASERHEAD
THREE FILMS HAVE TIED THE RECORD FOR MOST OSCAR NOMINATIONS WITH FOURTEEN. THEY INCLUDE TITANIC, ALL ABOUT EVE, AND THIS MUSICAL.
THE BIZARRE OPENING MONTAGE OF THIS 1966 INGMAR BERGMAN FILM DIVES HEAD FIRST INTO A SHAPELESS SURREALIST FORM.
PERSONA
AT ONCE AN ALIEN INVASION MOVIE, AT ANOTHER TIME A PARANOIA THRILLER, THIS CHILLY 1982 MOVIE'S BIGGEST SCARES COME FROM ITS GROTESQUE MUTILATIONS AND CONTORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
THE THING
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S HUMBLE BEGINNING WAS THIS 1993 HORROR FILM.
CRONOS
“SOMETIMES I THINK I HAVE FELT EVERYTHING I'M EVER GONNA FEEL. AND FROM HERE ON OUT, I'M NOT GONNA FEEL ANYTHING NEW. JUST LESSER VERSIONS OF WHAT I'VE ALREADY FELT.”
HER
BJÖRK PLAYS SELMA, A MOTHER SLOWLY LOSING HER VISION, IN THIS SUBVERSIVE ANTI-MUSICAL.
DANCER IN THE DARK
THIS CZECH ANIMATION DIRECTOR IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE SURREALIST STYLINGS, AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN HIS 1988 VERSION OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
JAN ŠVANKMAJER
THIS 1983 DAVID CRONENBERG CLASSIC FEATURES THE TERRIFYING CONSEQUENCES WHEN A TV CHANNEL PRESIDENT INTERCEPTS A MYSTERIOUS AIRWAVE.
ANDREI TARKOVSKY KICKED OFF HIS FEATURE FILM CAREER WITH THIS 1962 FILM.
IVAN'S CHILDHOOD
“HE REMEMBERS THOSE VANISHED YEARS. AS THOUGH LOOKING THROUGH A DUSTY WINDOW PANE, THE PAST IS SOMETHING HE COULD SEE, BUT NOT TOUCH. AND EVERYTHING HE SEES IS BLURRED AND INDISTINCT.”
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
SET ON THE STREETS OF SKID ROW, A MURDEROUS BLOODTHIRSTY PLANT MANIPULATES ITS WAY TO WORLD DOMINATION FROM MUSHNIK’S FLOWER SHOP.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
THE FIRST OF RICHARD LINKLATOR’S ROTOSCOPE ANIMATED FILMS IS THIS STRANGE MOSAIC OF DREAMS.
WAKING LIFE
THE MOST ICONIC SCENE IN THIS 1981 JOHN LANDIS CLASSIC IS A WEREWOLF TRANSFORMATION DONE ENTIRELY WITH PRACTICAL EFFECTS.
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON