What are your top favorite surrealist movies?

[verso]

One of my favorites is "Being John Malkovich", but I'd love to get to know more.

I've heard David Lynch has a ton of surrealist stuff, right? I've only watched Blue Velvet (really liked) and heard a lot of his songs, which funnily was what I first got to know him for 

As I imagine a lot of people might mention his movies, it'd be cool to get to know more directors that do surrealist themes as well lol.

[anyabooger]

you might find that my answers are pretty generic haha -- Perfect Blue (1997) and I Saw The TV Glow (2024).
I do wanna recommend something more niche, but this one is a video intended for viewing in a contemporary art context rather than a cinematic film: Ordinal SW/NE (2017) directed by Rini Yun Matea Keagy for Miljohn Ruperto. I was able to watch it here, although I did have to make an account to access it. It's free and I haven't gotten any newsletter emails from them so I think it shouldn't be too much of a hassle. runtime is about 40 minutes 

[fairyrune]

i'm seconding "i saw the tv glow". i watched it once. i don't think i can stomach watching it again, and that's a compliment; it's a horror movie and it succeeded in horrifying me. but it was also something of a wake up call. i'm doing my best to live my life to the fullest now.

i think this fits the category... one of my favourite pieces of art ever is "angel's egg". it's a collaboration between yoshitaka amano, best known for his work on the final fantasy series, and mamoru oshii, director of 1995's "ghost in the shell". if i had to describe it, it feels like a dream, and i really don't say that lightly. little of it makes sense. there's almost no dialogue. there's not even really a plot. it's almost ambivalent to the idea of an observer, i suppose. but it's beautiful, and i find it interesting to consider the meaning even if there isn't really supposed to be any.

[MrsMoe]

Oh god, surrealism is a major interest for me, especially surrealist film. I have a TON of recs for all kinds of weird movies, but I guess I'll have to narrow it down to some favs that no one's mentioned yet.

- Pink Floyd's The Wall (fav movie ever)
- Mulholland Drive
- Synechdoche, New York
- Eraserhead
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Beau is Afraid
- The Hourglass Sanitorium
- The Holy Mountain
- Santa Sangre
- Enter the Void

Pretty much every movie mentioned in this thread so far are some of my favorite movies of all time, ESPECIALLY Perfect Blue and Being John Malkovich. I think I could make a list rec that could go on for miles if I wanted to.