Surreal Movies

A man's life is upended by increasingly threatening phone calls demanding he leave a review for a paperweight purchased online.

An adaptation of the painting “Aparição” created in 1972 by Portuguese artist Júlio Reis Pereira.

A drifter's betrayal comes out on a motel phone call. Before it's over, a beautiful stranger is waiting outside his door. She has a place in the...

An anxiety-ridden man’s decision to take in an injured bird leads to a deep reflection of his traumatic past and an intense physical...

A tired and worn-out Nightwatch goes to check on the basement. He trips from a rope, only to find himself in a surreal alternate universe.

A young woman struggles with her aching wisdom tooth and the challenges of adulthood. Her inner struggles come to life in a surreal amusement park...

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.

Hamlet and Ophelia reckon with their doomed narratives. Adapted from the 1977 East German Heiner Müller play of the same name.

A girl in a void follows her whims in the construction of strange and useless objects.

Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back,...

To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

An audio-visual, experimental short film, which consists of nightmarish and occult imagery.

A spectral first-person journey through Los Angeles layers the city across itself as our guide disassociates, giving way to an abstracted daytime...

When Tom shows up late to an assessment, he’s thrown into an unexpected, surreal purgatory-like place called L.I.M.B.O. Trapped in this...

Set in the future, the story follows a nurse who tries to bring her own style of relief to people condemned to die. Her identity is a mystery and she...

Alexey spends his life in a single room building paper airplanes, eating only at the sound of a bell and never breaking the rules of his work. Deep...

Adolf Hitler faces himself and must come to terms with his infamous career in an imaginary post-war subterranean bunker where he reviews historical...

The protagonist is haunted by cruel forces. Or is it all just a bad dream?

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious...

An anonymous urban protagonist experiences a series of absurd situations--including a crazy cab ride, an encounter with a wacky criminal gang, and...