# Most UNIQUE Movie You've Seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 5, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211 "2021-03-05T00:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/181 "2021-04-14T20:49:31Z")
I’ll echo **Primer** , the time travel movie; **Memento** , early Christopher Nolan flick; **The Lobster** , with Collin Ferrell who brings his brother the dog; and I’ll add **Tusk** , which hasn’t been named, the Kevin Smith movie about animal husbandry. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/182 "2021-04-14T21:35:16Z")
I was in line to buy tickets to see Penn and Teller’s Vegas show. The guy ahead of me in line made a wise-ass remark, and I came up with a very witty rejoinder which made us both laugh. Thing is, I swear the guy was Teller, who would obviously have no need to wait in line at all for Penn and Teller tickets. Only similar experience was when, riding an escalator in a Toronto department store, a man who climbed next to me made some bizarre remark. He looked an awful lot like one of the Kids In The Hall which was popular then. Either I’m mediocre at recognizing celebrities (probably true) or this is one way of coming up with new material. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/183 "2021-04-15T21:33:46Z")
But as for the list: Heaven Delicatessen Repo Man Roger Rabbit Isle of Dogs Nightmare Before Christmas Harvey Tampoco Life of Brian The Wrong Trousers (before its sequels) ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/184 "2021-04-15T22:57:24Z")
Paprika [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SBrUhQ0_qYA/maxresdefault.jpg "Paprika (2006) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBrUhQ0_qYA) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/185 "2021-04-15T23:56:51Z")
I’ll second Brazil. Pan’s Labyrinth was good and interesting but I’m not sure it got past being only a little unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/186 "2021-04-16T13:30:51Z")
Unique - 8 1/2 ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/187 "2021-04-16T14:21:33Z")
**They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?** (entire movie is FREE on YouTube) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6ckHFgCD76o/hqdefault.jpg "They Shoot Horses Dont They (1969)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckHFgCD76o) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/188 "2021-04-16T14:38:39Z")
I haven’t seen most of these. Some, not sure I wanna. (Might be paywalled?) > **[30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/30-singular-films-watch-quarantine/611956/)** > > These films, each unforgettable in its own way, are essential viewing. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/189 "2021-04-16T16:40:18Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Tampoco Did you mean the Japanese film [Tampopo](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/190 "2021-04-16T16:43:50Z")
I did. Been a long time. Should use my noodle. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/191 "2021-04-16T21:47:05Z")
I love “Taste of Cherry” and think “Dogtooth” is decent, but “El castillo de la pureza” was made almost 40 years before. I noticed that site only concentrating on new movies… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/192 "2021-04-17T07:03:25Z")
Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/193 "2021-04-17T08:50:49Z")
I find it easy to mix up Tampopo and [Pom Poko](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom_Poko) in my head if I’m just thinking about the names, since they are very different films. I’m amused by how many non-US films are mentioned, especially since I came in to mention [Dangan Runner](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangan_Runner)(aka Non-Stop), since the movie is mostly filmed with the main cast running almost the entire film, with very Sabu cuts to other scenes and characters. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/194 "2021-04-17T10:50:08Z")
Well, my nominee, _Tales from the Gimli Hospital_, is Canadian, and we all know how wild those Canadians get. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/195 "2021-04-22T12:02:46Z")
Experiencing “The Mark of Zoro” at the Fox theater in San Francisco with Gaylord Carter at the mighty Wurlitzer was unique (1960) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/196 "2021-05-01T22:51:42Z")
I saw “Parasite” a few days ago. What a trip. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/197 "2021-05-01T22:57:44Z")
Also one of the crappiest I’ve ever seen… [Futz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgk3H0ELco) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/198 "2021-05-02T00:15:27Z")
Ah, I see **Colibri** beat me to it on that one. Basically most stuff from Jodorowski, Madden, Lynch, and Karemone tries to go for the outer fringes. The last one’s kinda poo-like, though - no fan. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/199 "2021-05-02T02:34:36Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Paprika An excellent design prof at our school uses Paprika to teach color theory. Each character has a color scheme (not just their outfits, that’d be too easy; but scenery, background characters, weather, et al), and flashbacks use different palettes as well… ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211/200 "2021-05-02T07:34:31Z")
> **[The Bothersome Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bothersome_Man)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Bothersome Man (Norwegian: Den brysomme mannen) is a 2006 Norwegian film. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Per H. V. Schreiner. The film stars Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker and Per Schaaning. The story is about a man suddenly finding himself in an outwardly perfect, yet empty and unfulfilling dystopia, and his attempt to escape. The film was well received by critics, and was awarded three Amanda Awards in 2006. > As the fi... A real work of art. I’m not going to say it was the _best_ movie I’ve ever seen, but I think it had the largest artistic to entertaining ratio of any movie I’ve seen. Like, I think Inception overall is my favorite film and has quite a lot of artistic merit to it, but a lot more effort went into making the movie entertaining. This movie was only interesting after having watched it, and having digested all that was presented. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unique-movie-youve-seen/937211.md?page=11)