absurdist
163 movies and shows
The Howl
Fri, 01 May 1970
A young bride escapes her wedding ceremony with a stranger and together they set off on an epic journey though increasingly bizarre lands. They encounter talking animals and mournful exhibitionists, converse with a discoursing rock, journey through a surrealist's psychedelic hotel, instigate a prison riot, escape from naked cannibals living in a tree and battle a wind-up midget dictator!
The Stalemate
Invalid Date
A robber and sheriff, out of bullets and far from town, must negotiate their way out of an absurd, unending chase in the Old West.
Together
Fri, 06 Sep 2019
A biohazard remediation cleaner finds the integrity of her business threatened after hiring a technician with an insatiable appetite for his work.
Vanity Project
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
The hero of a terrible action film realizes he's fictional and tries to escape with the help of a mysterious filmmaker.
Time Gentlemen, Please
Fri, 24 Sep 2010
A would-be publican decides to set up shop on a remote island with a flat-pack DIY pub, but encounters more competition than he bargained for.
Strangers with Candy
Wed, 28 Jun 2006
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
Dada
Wed, 20 Aug 2008
An absurdest short film set in the roaring twenties that chronicles two brothers who are obsessed with stealing Marcel Duchamp's shovel back from their arch nemesis, a greedy, drunk, fat, perverted aristocrat.
Tokyo Cabbageman K
Tue, 01 Jan 1980
A young man wakes up one morning to find that his head has transformed into a large cabbage. He quickly becomes a source of bemusement, desire and hostility to all those around him.
Pandemonium
Fri, 11 Sep 1987
Azaria Chamberlain was not killed by a dingo but saved and raised by said dingos. She is raised in an incestuous dingo environment and travels back to Sydney transformed as the second coming... a new messiah for a new age.
Dickshark
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
Rachel Crow stars as the woman whose lover has been secretly using penis-enlargement cream. It has an unusual side effect that ultimately leads to an abomination. Erin Brown (also known as Misty Mundae) supports her boyfriend, Dick (played by Bill Zebub) who is a modern day Victor Frankenstein. The search for the rampaging monster intensifies as more victims fall prey.
Punch-Drunk Love
Fri, 11 Oct 2002
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Soneriada
Sat, 18 Jan 2025
A mysterious call from his estranged father leads the prodigal son on a quest which is best described as absurd.
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Fri, 26 Aug 1966
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!
Incomplete Chairs
Wed, 24 Sep 2025
Shinsuke Kujo is a chair craftsman who lures people into his apartment and murders them to use the body parts for constructing a chair. Kato, a representative of a chair company, finds his website on social media and suggests a meeting. She's quickly enamored with him both professionally and personally, unaware of his true nature as a serial killer.
Beau Is Afraid
Fri, 14 Apr 2023
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
7 1/2 Women
Tue, 24 Jan 2006
A man is haunted successively by seven women who have lost their keys. He reacts to the request that he be allowed to use the toilet with increasing helplessness and despair, which is discharged in violence.
Interrogation
Sun, 01 Jan 1989
A man is horribly tortured by another who wants him to reveal where his girlfriend is hiding.
DHET!
Tue, 03 Jun 2025
The night takes a strange turn in Dhaka as a ride-sharing motorcyclist tries to reach his next passenger in time.
Round My Place
Wed, 07 Oct 2020
Round My Place follows a gentle yet slightly twisted northern bloke, called Richard Crimble, as he gives us a guided tour of his old run down apartment. To Richard it is more than just an old apartment though. It sparks his strange imagination, making him consider the place's past and how each little detail came to be.