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Movies by Lists - The Top 100 Weirdest Movies of All Time (102 [102])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
31Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.2016Rob ZombieHorror, Thriller5.1 (20.1K votes)10220211228
47 Meters DownTwo sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.2017Johannes RobertsAdventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller5.7 (52.9K votes)8920211228
2001 A Space Odyssey The Monoliths push humanity to reach for the stars; after their discovery in Africa generations ago, the mysterious objects lead mankind on an awesome journey to Jupiter, with the help of H.A.L. 9000: the world's greatest supercomput1968Stanley Kubrick (*)Adventure, Sci-Fi8.3 (642.5K votes)14920211228
Accountant, TheAs a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.2016Gavin O'ConnorAction, Thriller7.3 (284K votes)12820211228
AlienThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounter a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission.1979Ridley Scott (*)Horror, Sci-Fi8.4 (841K votes)11720211228
American History XA former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.1998Tony KayeDrama8.5 (1.1M votes)11920211228
American PsychoA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.2000Mary HarronCrime, Drama, Horror7.6 (546.6K votes)10120211228
Ant Bully, TheAfter Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.2006John A. DavisAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy5.8 (38.8K votes)8820211228
Apocalypse NowA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.1979Francis Ford Coppola (*)Drama, Mystery, War8.4 (641.8K votes)14720211228
AvatarA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.2009James Cameron (*)Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi7.8 (1.2M votes)16220211228
BabelTragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.2006Alejandro G. IñárrituDrama7.4 (298.2K votes)14320211228
BatmanThe Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.1989Tim Burton (*)Action, Adventure7.5 (359.1K votes)12620211228
BeetlejuiceThe 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.1988Tim Burton (*)Comedy, Fantasy7.5 (286.2K votes)9220211228
Black ChristmasDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.1974Bob ClarkHorror, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (39.2K votes)9820211228
Blue VelvetThe 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.1986David Lynch (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (192.4K votes)12020211228
Breakfast Club, TheFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.1985John Hughes (*)Comedy, Drama7.8 (379.9K votes)9720211228
Bridge Too Far, AOperation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.1977Richard Attenborough (*)Drama, History, War7.4 (60.1K votes)17520231101
CarrieCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.1976Brian De Palma (*)Horror, Mystery7.4 (182.8K votes)9820220524
Cat PeopleA young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.1982Paul Schrader (*)Fantasy, Horror, Thriller6.2 (20.7K votes)11820211228
Child's PlayA single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.1988Tom HollandHorror, Thriller6.6 (99.1K votes)8720220423
ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.1974Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.2 (315K votes)13020211228
Chopping MallA group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.1986Jim WynorskiComedy, Horror, Sci-Fi5.6 (13.9K votes)7720211228
ChristineA nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.1983John Carpenter (*)Horror, Thriller6.7 (79.2K votes)11020211228
Class of 1984A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.1982Mark L. LesterAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.6 (11.2K votes)9820211228
Class of 1999Three ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take ove1990Mark L. LesterAction, Horror, Sci-Fi5.9 (7.4K votes)9920211228
Clockwork Orange, AIn the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.1971Stanley Kubrick (*)Crime, Sci-Fi8.3 (799.7K votes)13620211228
Conversation, TheA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.1974Francis Ford Coppola (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (108K votes)11320211228
Cool Hand LukeA laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.1967Stuart Rosenberg (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (172.7K votes)12720211228
Criminal LawA lawyer defends a killer, but soon after he wins, he finds out that the killer is guilty.1988Martin CampbellCrime, Drama, Thriller5.7 (4K votes)11720211228
Dances with WolvesLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Native Americans, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.1990Kevin Costner (*)Adventure, Drama, Western8.0 (254.9K votes)18120211228
Dark Knight, TheWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.2008Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller9.0 (2.5M votes)15220211228
Donnie DarkoAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.2001Richard KellyDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.0 (774.8K votes)11320211228
DunkirkAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.2017Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War7.8 (614K votes)10620211228
Edward ScissorhandsAn artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.1990Tim Burton (*)Drama, Fantasy, Romance7.9 (471.5K votes)10520211228
FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.1996Joel Coen, Ethan CoenCrime, Thriller8.1 (654.8K votes)9820211228
Fight ClubAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.1999David Fincher (*)Drama8.8 (2M votes)13920211228
Final DestinationAlex Browning is among a group of high school students readying themselves for a trip to Europe. When he suddenly has a premonition their airplane will crash, he screams to warn the others but instead he is thrown off of the plane.2000James WongHorror, Thriller6.7 (245.1K votes)9820211228
French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.1971William Friedkin (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (118.5K votes)10420211228
FrenzyA serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.1972Alfred Hitchcock (*)Thriller7.4 (44.4K votes)11620211228
Friday the 13thA group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer.1980Sean S. CunninghamHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (133.5K votes)9520211228
Full Metal JacketA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.1987Stanley Kubrick (*)Drama, War8.3 (713.8K votes)11620211228
Good Girl, TheA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.2002Miguel ArtetaDrama, Romance6.4 (47.2K votes)9320240319
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixWith their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.2007David YatesAction, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery7.5 (553.7K votes)13820211228
HeathersAt Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.1988Michael LehmannComedy, Crime7.2 (98.4K votes)10320211228
Hills Have Eyes , TheOn the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.1977Wes Craven (*)Horror, Thriller6.3 (33.7K votes)9020211228
House on Sorority Row, TheAfter a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.1982Mark RosmanHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.0 (8.5K votes)9120211228
Hunger GamesKatniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.2012Gary RossAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.2 (888.3K votes)14220211228
I.T.In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.2017Andy Muschietti (*)Horror7.3 (505.8K votes)13520211228
InceptionA 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.2010Christopher Nolan (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.8 (2.2M votes)14820211228
Island, TheA man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.2005Michael BayAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.8 (310.6K votes)13620211228
ItIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.2017Andy Muschietti (*)Horror7.3 (505.4K votes)13520211228
It FollowsA young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.2014David Robert MitchellHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (231.9K votes)10020220414
Jackie BrownA flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the FBI for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the drug dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.1997Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (337.3K votes)15420211228
Journey to the Center of the EarthOn a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.2008Eric BrevigAction, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi5.8 (131.6K votes)9320240416
Journey to The Center Of The EarthOn a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.2008Eric BrevigAction, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi5.8 (119.8K votes)9320211228
Kick-AssDave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a superhero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.2010Matthew VaughnAction, Comedy, Crime7.6 (547.2K votes)11720211228
Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.1973Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (30.5K votes)11220220414
Lost Boys, TheAfter moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.1987Joel SchumacherComedy, Horror7.3 (136.3K votes)9720211228
Machinist, TheAn industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.2004Brad AndersonDrama, Thriller7.7 (377.2K votes)10120211228
MagicA ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.1978Richard Attenborough (*)Drama, Horror6.8 (10.7K votes)10720211228
Man on a LedgeAs a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.2012Asger LethAction, Crime, Thriller6.6 (149.8K votes)10220211228
Mary PoppinsIn turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.1964Robert Stevenson (*)Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.8 (167.2K votes)13920211228
Mean StreetsA small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors.1973Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.2 (106.5K votes)11220211228
MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.2000Christopher Nolan (*)Mystery, Thriller8.4 (1.2M votes)11320211228
MiseryAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.1990Rob Reiner (*)Drama, Thriller7.8 (200.1K votes)10720211228
Monster HouseThree teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.2006Gil KenanAnimation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery6.6 (114.4K votes)9120220423
Moonrise KingdomA pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.2012Wes Anderson (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.8 (339.1K votes)9420211228
NarcWhen the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.2002Joe CarnahanCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (40.1K votes)10520211228
Natural Born KillersTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.1994Oliver Stone (*)Action, Crime, Drama7.3 (228.2K votes)11820211228
NightcrawlerWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.2014Dan GilroyCrime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (510.4K votes)11720211228
Nightmare Before Christmas, TheJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.1993Henry SelickAnimation, Family, Fantasy, Musical8.0 (323.4K votes)7620211228
No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
One Flew Over the Cuckoos NestA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.1975Milos Forman (*)Drama8.7 (970.7K votes)13320211228
Outsiders, TheThe rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.1983Francis Ford Coppola (*)Crime, Drama7.1 (82.7K votes)9120211228
Pee-wee's Big AdventureWhen eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.1985Tim Burton (*)Adventure, Comedy, Family7.0 (52.1K votes)9120211228
Phone BoothPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.2002Joel SchumacherCrime, Thriller7.0 (262.2K votes)8120211228
PlatoonChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict.1986Oliver Stone (*)Drama, War8.1 (401.4K votes)12020211228
PoltergeistA family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.1982Tobe Hooper (*)Horror, Thriller7.3 (156.3K votes)11420211228
Primal FearAn altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.1996Gregory HoblitCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (205.1K votes)12920211228
PsychoA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.1960Alfred Hitchcock (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (643.8K votes)10920211228
Pulp FictionThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.1994Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama8.9 (2M votes)15420211228
Requiem for a DreamThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.2000Darren Aronofsky (*)Drama8.3 (809.2K votes)10220211228
Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.1992Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.3 (976.6K votes)9920211228
Rosemary's BabyA young couple trying for a baby move into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, but find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.1968Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Horror8.0 (207.9K votes)13720211228
Running Man, TheIn a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.1987Paul Michael GlaserAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.7 (149.1K votes)10120211228
SawTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.2004James WanHorror, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (404.7K votes)10320211228
ScreamA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.1996Wes Craven (*)Horror, Mystery7.3 (322.6K votes)11120211228
Shining, TheA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.1980Stanley Kubrick (*)Drama, Horror8.4 (968K votes)14620211228
SicarioAn idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.2015Denis Villeneuve (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (407.6K votes)12120211228
Silence of the Lambs, TheA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.1991Jonathan Demme (*)Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller8.6 (1.4M votes)11820211228
Snake EyesA shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino.1998Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller6.0 (79.9K votes)9820211228
Spiderman 3A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.2007Sam Raimi (*)Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi6.2 (560.2K votes)13920211228
Strange DaysA former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.1995Kathryn BigelowCrime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.2 (70.5K votes)14520211228
Strangers, TheA young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.2008Bryan BertinoHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (127.1K votes)8620211228
Suicide SquadA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.2016David AyerAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi5.9 (662.7K votes)12320211228
Taking LivesAn FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.2004D.J. CarusoCrime, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (87.9K votes)10320211228
Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.1976Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (780.5K votes)11420211228
Terminator I - The TerminatorA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation1984James Cameron (*)Action, Sci-Fi8.0 (830.8K votes)10720211228
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, TheFive friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.1974Tobe Hooper (*)Horror7.5 (151K votes)8320211228
Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.1995Bryan Singer (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1M votes)10620211228
Wall-EIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.2008Andrew StantonAnimation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi8.4 (1.1M votes)9820211228
Wizard of Oz, TheYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishe1939Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard ThorpeAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical8.0 (384.7K votes)10220211228