Best Odd Movies

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading (R, 2008)

    George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt
    Joel and Ethan Coen's jet-black comedy Burn After Reading begins with CIA agent Osborne Cox (John Ma... read morelkovich) losing his job. This prompts his long-suffering, unfaithful wife (Tilda Swinton) to consult a lawyer about divorcing him. Osborne decides to write a book about his exploits, but an early draft of his work ends up lost at a gym where it's found by the dim-witted Chad (Brad Pitt, and the plastic-surgery obsessed Linda (Frances McDormand). They decide to blackmail Osborne in order to help Linda pay for the numerous procedures she wants to undergo. Things grow even more complicated when Linda starts an affair with Harry (George Clooney), who also happens to be sleeping with Cox's wife. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
    • SarahTheMovieLover
      SarahTheMovieLover: . Just....odd. Dont really understand the appeal. And the funny thing is the ending lines kinda summed up my t
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • lunarisa
      lunarisa: This was an odd duck of a movie but what else could you expect from the Coen's. It didn't disappoint and it was
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • Artsywoman29
      Artsywoman29: . It was strange, confusing and completely odd...but I found it entertaining.
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (R, 2006)

    Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Karoline Herfurth
    An obsessive French perfumer with a highly developed olfactory sense and an all-consuming drive to c... read moreapture the essence of love eventually resorts to murder in his unrepentant quest to find the key ingredient for his recipe in director Tom Tykwer's adaptation of author Patrick Suskind's best-selling 1985 novel. Born in a fetid fish market and raised in a dilapidated orphanage, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) toiled his childhood away in a rank tannery run by the thuggish Grimal (Sam Douglas). Subsequently obsessed by smell, Grenouille's keen olfactory sense becomes so finely tuned that it eventually overpowers such human qualities as love and compassion. Though he has indeed discovered the unmistakable scent of a woman, Grenouille finds it impossible to connect with the fairer sex on any sort of meaningful level. Roaming the streets of Paris late one night, Grenouille catches the scent of a young girl selling plums and impulsively strangles her, later sniffing her nude corpse in a twisted attempt to preserve the distinctive scent in his memory. After persuading legendary perfumer Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman) to take him on as an apprentice, Grenouille travels to the town of Grasse in Southern France in order to learn the art of enfleurage at a firm run by the highly respected Mme. Arnulfi (Corinna Harfouch). It is there that Grenouille becomes dangerously drawn to the vestal aroma of the young and beautiful Laura (Rachel Hurd-Wood), the daughter of widower merchant Antione Richis (Alan Rickman). Soon driven to madness by such a pure scent, the spellbound Grenouille continues to claim the lives of the numerous young girls in a tragic attempt to bottle the impossibly elusive smell of virginal womanhood. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • evilbarbie1
      evilbarbie1: . odd but hypnotically watchable
      Reviewed 22 months days ago
    • fb722005192
      fb722005192: .

      The whole giant orgy at the execution was a bit odd, but still... GENIUS.

      A must see! Better still... a NEED see!
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • HorrorMovieCinema
      HorrorMovieCinema: .

      He is rescued by some passers by and is subsequently placed in an orphanage. He is an odd child and a social outcast. Possibly as a result of his traumatic birth, he is blessed with outs
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
  • Black Snake Moan

    Black Snake Moan (R, 2007)

    Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran Jr.
    When a weathered, God-fearing ex-blues musician finds the town nymphomaniac severely beaten and left... read more for dead on the side of the road, he vows to cure her of her wicked ways in Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer's raw and unflinching follow-up. Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) is a hard-living ex-blues guitarist for whom the troubled days are beginning to outnumber the good. Rae (Christina Ricci) is a 22-year-old sex addict whose wild ways are finally about to catch up with her. When Lazarus discovers Rae covered in dust and clinging to life on the side of the road, he takes her in and nurses her back to health; but Lazarus isn't your typical caregiver, he's more concerned for Rae's immortal soul than he is for her physical well-being. Now, after chaining Rae down and employing the power of the Good Book to curb the salacious seductress' hedonistic ways, Lazarus will be forced to confront his own darkest demons in order to save the soul of a woman whose one-way ticket to hell has already been paid in full. Now, as Lazarus wages a righteous struggle to redeem the soul of the fallen Rae while simultaneously ensuring that his own life hasn't been lived in vain, the situation threatens to explode as Rae's possessive boyfriend, Ronnie (Justin Timberlake) -- a roughneck Guardsman currently preparing for a tour of duty in Iraq -- comes searching for his missing lover. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • InfamousHugo
      InfamousHugo: . I really loved this film, more than I thought I would, its definately an odd piece of filmmaking but its also extremely effective.
      Reviewed 5 years days ago
    • thebeasttaz
      thebeasttaz: Odd different movie but odd and different in a good way. It is very music driven Samuel L. plays a lot of music in it which
      Reviewed 6 years days ago
    • kira1978
      kira1978: It was a bit odd but well acted. I think it is worth seeing. Why not?
      Reviewed 6 years days ago
  • Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich (R, 1999)

    John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Orson Bean
    Would you pay money to journey into the mind of the star of Con Air, The Killing Fields, and In The ... read moreLine of Fire? Puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is having money problems, so he takes a temporary job as a file clerk on the seventh-and-a-half floor of a large office building. One day, while rummaging behind a cabinet, he finds a small door that leads to the center of the mind of actor John Malkovich (played by, you guessed it, John Malkovich). Craig discovers that entering the portal allows him to become John Malkovich for a brief spell, and in time he and his beautiful but aloof co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener) get the bright idea to charge admission for the privilege of spending 15 minutes inside the head of a well-known actor. Malkovich realizes that something strange is happening to him, but can do little to stop it, as strangers take over his mind for a quarter-hour at a time. Craig's wife, Lotte (Cameron Diaz), eventually takes a trip into Malkovich's psyche, and she soon finds herself in love with Maxine, with whom Malkovich has an affair; meanwhile, Maxine in time becomes infatuated with both Craig and Lotte, but only when they're inside Malkovich. Being John Malkovich marked the feature-length debut of director Spike Jonze, who previously made acclaimed music videos for Weezer, the Beastie Boys, and the Breeders, among others. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • fb1238400257
      fb1238400257: This movie starts off a tad but slow, once the plot and story starts to pick up this odd and surprisingly engrossing movie had me glued to the screen for the entire movie. There will ne
      Reviewed 14 months days ago
    • fb1526363679
      fb1526363679: . The plot is so original and odd, and Charlie Kauffman has written some kind of masterpiece, I mean who on earth is weird enough
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
    • fb100000940405819
      fb100000940405819: ODD and experimental.. but.. It really wasn't my cup of tea.. the scene with Charlie Sheen and Malk
      Reviewed 13 months days ago
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (R, 2004)

    Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe
    The first effort from director Wes Anderson since his critically beloved The Royal Tenenbaums, The L... read moreife Aquatic With Steve Zissou finds the filmmaker re-teaming with a number of familiar faces, including Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, and Seymour Cassel. Murray plays Steve Zissou, an eccentric and renowned oceanographer who has decided to seek out and enact mortal revenge on a shark that ate one of the men on his team. Along for the ride is Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), a young man who has joined Zissou's crew after showing up claiming to be the seaman's long-lost son and Zissou's co-producer (and estranged wife), Eleanor Angelica Huston. As the expedition ensues, the two bond and Plimpton falls for a female journalist (Cate Blanchett) who is writing a piece on Zissou. The crew meets a host of obstacles on their journey, including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy. Adding a flair of whimsy to the film's aesthetic, the sea creatures and underwater scenes in the film have been created using stop-motion animation under the direction of Henry Selick, the man behind The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. The ensemble cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, and Bud Cort. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
    • fb620636802
      fb620636802: . This is an odd, odd film that is quite difficult to follow but damn is it stylish! Oh the colours! Oh Bill Murr
      Reviewed 8 months days ago
    • dlopez8a
      dlopez8a: Very odd Bill Murray movie that appears to be a spoof on the life and times of Jacques Eves Cousteau.
      Reviewed 16 months days ago
    • fb631836713
      fb631836713: The Life Aquatic comes across as an odd, quirky film, that I think will either be loved or hated. Wonderfully creative production design
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    The Royal Tenenbaums (R, 2002)

    Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson
    Director Wes Anderson and his longtime friend and writing partner Owen Wilson follow up Bottle Rocke... read moret (1996) and Rushmore (1998) with this similarly offbeat comedy about a dysfunctional family reunion. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful attorney who had three children with his wife Etheline (Anjelica Huston), an archaeologist. Each of the Tenenbaum kids was a precocious genius: Chas (Ben Stiller) made a killing as a child investor. Richie (Luke Wilson) was a junior tennis champ and three-time U.S. Nationals winner. The adopted Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) was a playwright who won a 50,000-dollar Braverman Grant in the ninth grade. When Royal abruptly left his family, however, it was the beginning of two decades of betrayal and failure that would scar the Tenenbaums for life. Their past resentments are bitterly held against Royal when he suddenly reappears, claiming to have six weeks to live and a desire to reconnect with his family. Typically, Royal's story is a sham, but his presence and sincere desire for absolution soon have a profound effect on the Tenenbaums, who are each dealing with thwarted desires and relationships. Among them are Richie's lifelong love for Margot, who's unhappily married to Raleigh St.Clair (Bill Murray) and Etheline's eccentric engagement to Henry Sherman (Danny Glover), who wishes to marry her. The Royal Tenenbaums also co-stars Owen Wilson and features narration provided by Alec Baldwin. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
    • DustinP83
      DustinP83: . Very odd film, but mostly in a good way.
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • Rikki89
      Rikki89: . Great film even if it is very odd
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • Jennaphoenix
      Jennaphoenix: After watching this film a second time round Ive changed my mind on it. Odd... I guess I've changed
      Reviewed 6 years days ago
  • Southland Tales

    Southland Tales (R, 2007)

    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana
    California is at the epicenter of a political and environmental disaster that threatens to destroy t... read morehe world in this ambitious fusion of comedy, drama, dystopian science fiction, and music from writer and director Richard Kelly, his first film after gaining a cult following with Donnie Darko. In the year 2005, a nuclear attack wipes out part of the state of Texas, and three years later America is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives, supposedly for their own good. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. A Marxist underground based on the West Coast is determined to bring down the federal government through violent revolution.In this midst of this chaos, we follow a number of stories that continually return to three principle characters. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock) is an actor famous for his role in action films; he's trying to secure financing for a new project, but reality keeps mirroring the events in his script and he struggles to hold on to his identity following a bout with amnesia. Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is a porn star who is reinventing herself as a television pundit offering her views on politics, contemporary culture, and teenage sex. And Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott) is an L.A. police officer whose identity has mysteriously split in two, and he struggles to track down his other half. Featuring a massive supporting cast which includes Mandy Moore, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Smith, Amy Poehler, and Justin Timberlake, Southland Tales received its world premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival; director Kelly also created an accompanying series of three graphic novels that chart these events and characters prior to this story. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • Deano78
      Deano78: . Overall just a bit odd.
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
    • MisterTuttle
      MisterTuttle: . I thought it was beautifully told with a few exceptions of course, like some of the odd dialogue, but if you look pass that you'll notice something deeper and very original. It's meani
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
    • whosinthenews
      whosinthenews: ...has a very odd cast...but in the end the humor and sheer grandiose pomposity of it almost (ALMOST) manages to p
      Reviewed 2 years days ago
  • The Science of Sleep

    The Science of Sleep (R, 2006)

    Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes
    Inventive Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry takes a surreal trip through ... read morethe mind of an introverted but wildly creative man whose attempts to balance his colorful dreams with his stark reality are complicated by the arrival of a beautiful woman into his life. Shy St (C)phane (Gael Garca Bernal) has returned to his childhood hometown to accept a new job. When the prospective employment offer fails to live up to expectations, however, St (C)phane is at least comforted by the close bond he has formed with his creative-thinking neighbor St (C)phanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg). Their blossoming romance finally awakens the sleeping confidence that the withdrawn St (C)phane was previously capable of displaying only in his dreams, but St (C)phane and St (C)phanie find their relationship challenged when lingering insecurities prompt the smitten visionary to confront an old dilemma that can't be solved by the Science of Sleep. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • alejandracano
      alejandracano: What separates dreams from reality? From weird to weirder, the abundance of odd dream sequences never ceases to confuse... and yet it is charming in an odd way. May be Gael Gar
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • PunkPrincess588
      PunkPrincess588: very artistic movie, odd story but overall a pretty good movie.
      Reviewed 5 years days ago
    • chanheiwan
      chanheiwan: I was odd which is what i expected of Michel Gondry. The movie was amazing as was the 'art'...great acting
      Reviewed 6 years days ago
  • The Spirit

    The Spirit (PG-13, 2008)

    Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria
    A resurrected cop does battle with a villain whose quest for immortality threatens an entire metropo... read morelis in Sin City creator Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's acclaimed graphic novel. When a rookie cop is brutally killed and mysteriously brought back to life, he assumes the guise of The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) -- a masked crime fighter who prowls the shadows of Central City on a supernatural mission to keep the urban landscape safe. Upon discovering that his arch nemesis, The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), is determined to live forever even if it means wiping out the entire population of Central City, The Spirit must race to stop the diabolical villain from achieving his cold-blooded plan. But even with his unique powers, the brave masked crusader will face a series of deadly challenges as a bevy of treacherous beauties including deceptively sweet girl next door Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), spitfire secretary Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), wraithlike siren Lorelei (Jaime King), seductive policewoman Morgenstern (Stana Katic), and French black widow Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega) set out to seduce or consume him at every turn; even The Spirit's one true love, a volatile jewel thief named Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), could ultimately destroy our hero before he accomplishes his mission of saving Central City. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
    • mjo4
      mjo4: I could see why people hate this movie it's very odd. The reasons people hate it are probably why I like it.
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • fb658627288
      fb658627288: It's a bit odd. It's no Sin City, I'll give it that.
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • fb1143678424
      fb1143678424: In this movie at one point the Octopus says about some odd looking foot creature thing bouncing on his desk "this thing is damn weird" the movie is just li
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
  • The Ninth Gate

    The Ninth Gate (R, 1999)

    Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford
    An authority on rare books is drawn into a confrontation with the forces of darkness in this thrille... read morer directed by Roman Polanski. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is a rare book broker who makes his living tracking down valuable items for rich bibliophiles. Corso is hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), a millionaire New Yorker with a vast collection of occult literature and a keen interest in "The Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows." Legend has it that the book was co-written by Satan in the 17th century, and only three copies are known to exist; the owner of one recently sold the book to Balkan a few days before killing himself. Balkan wants Corso to find the other two copies (one owned by a Mr. Fargas in Portugal and the other by a French collector named Kessler) and examine them to determine if they are forgeries. Corso is told to be thorough and spare no expense. He begins by visiting Liana Telfer (Lena Olin), the widow of the man who once owned Balkan's copy of the book, who has an unusually strong desire to get the book back, and confers with his friend Bernie (James Russo), who soon turns up dead, in a manner much like an illustration from the book. Corso learns that the book contains clues to a puzzle that will allow people to call up the devil, and certain people will stop at nothing to find the missing parts of the formula. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
    • tastybubbles02
      tastybubbles02: Johnny Depp has done many odd and creppy movies. This one was not bad pretty interesting.
      Reviewed 3 years days ago
    • michaelcorleone
      michaelcorleone: and structured well, as should be expected from Polanski, but the film is bogged down with too many odd ideas to be any good. Johnny Depp's performance is the only solid one in the entire film.
      Reviewed 4 years days ago
    • celtrino
      celtrino: An odd movie that is more unsettling than anything else.
      Reviewed 6 years days ago

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