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Top Surreal Films (#1-200)

The IMDb includes "surrealism" as one of the keywords for the following films.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 3
2 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 10
3 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
4 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 22
5 The Matrix 1999 Lana and Lilly Wachowski 26
6 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 32
7 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 36
8 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 43
9 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 47
10 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 56
11 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 62
12 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
13 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 74
14 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski 77
15 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 82
16 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 89
17 Groundhog Day 1993 Harold Ramis 93
18 8 1/2 1963 Federico Fellini 100
19 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 104
20 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 105
21 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 106
22 Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau 107
23 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 114
24 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 David Hand 115
25 The Seventh Seal 1957 Ingmar Bergman 118
26 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 122
27 La Dolce Vita 1960 Federico Fellini 124
28 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 129
29 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 133
30 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 136
31 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
32 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 144
33 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 149
34 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 151
35 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 159
36 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 160
37 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 170
38 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 174
39 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 175
40 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 178
41 Get Out 2017 Jordan Peele 187
42 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman 189
43 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 194
44 Stalker 1979 Andrei Tarkovsky 195
45 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 196
46 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 197
47 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 199
48 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Jean Cocteau 201
49 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 208
50 Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 210
51 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
52 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 228
53 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen 229
54 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 231
55 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 236
56 The Man with the Movie Camera 1929 Dziga Vertov 240
57 Wild Strawberries 1957 Ingmar Bergman 245
58 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 247
59 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 248
60 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch 249
61 Fanny and Alexander 1982 Ingmar Bergman 253
62 Come and See 1985 Elem Klimov 255
63 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 266
64 Inside Out 2015 Pete Docter 276
65 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 277
66 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 281
67 The Conformist 1970 Bernardo Bertolucci 287
68 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 288
69 Black Panther 2018 Ryan Coogler 289
70 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 293
71 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 296
72 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 297
73 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 312
74 A Matter of Life and Death 1946 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 316
75 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 322
76 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 323
77 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii 324
78 Playtime 1967 Jacques Tati 328
79 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 331
80 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 332
81 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 334
82 Blow-Up 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni 346
83 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 350
84 Paris, Texas 1984 Wim Wenders 353
85 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart 364
86 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 367
87 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 368
88 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
89 Avengers: Endgame 2019 Anthony and Joe Russo 373
90 Belle de Jour 1967 Luis Buñuel 378
91 Un chien andalou 1929 Luis Buñuel 382
92 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 392
93 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 396
94 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 398
95 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 421
96 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 427
97 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 431
98 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 432
99 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 433
100 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Anthony and Joe Russo 436
101 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky 440
102 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 451
103 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 458
104 Audition 1999 Takashi Miike 463
105 Arrival 2016 Denis Villeneuve 466
106 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 467
107 La Jetée 1962 Chris Marker 474
108 Dumbo 1941 Ben Sharpsteen 482
109 La La Land 2016 Damien Chazelle 484
110 Viridiana 1961 Luis Buñuel 485
111 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 488
112 Animal House 1978 John Landis 489
113 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 505
114 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 506
115 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven 511
116 Beau travail 1999 Claire Denis 512
117 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 532
118 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 552
119 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini 554
120 All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse 558
121 Batman Returns 1992 Tim Burton 560
122 The Jungle Book 1967 Wolfgang Reitherman 566
123 Los Olvidados 1950 Luis Buñuel 570
124 Edge of Tomorrow 2014 Doug Liman 582
125 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 591
126 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 592
127 Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Stanley Kubrick 595
128 The Mirror 1975 Andrei Tarkovsky 597
129 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 599
130 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 600
131 Under the Skin 2013 Jonathan Glazer 608
132 Blood Simple 1984 Joel Coen 609
133 Labyrinth 1986 Jim Henson 611
134 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 628
135 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 631
136 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 632
137 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 634
138 Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 636
139 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 638
140 Wonder Woman 2017 Patty Jenkins 643
141 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 645
142 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 646
143 Ring 1998 Hideo Nakata 647
144 Vampyr 1932 Carl Theodor Dreyer 652
145 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 658
146 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 671
147 X2 2003 Bryan Singer 675
148 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Nicolas Roeg 684
149 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 689
150 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 694
151 Cries and Whispers 1972 Ingmar Bergman 695
152 Fantastic Planet 1973 René Laloux 696
153 Sans soleil 1983 Chris Marker 700
154 Moana 2016 Ron Clements and John Musker 702
155 Koyaanisqatsi 1982 Godfrey Reggio 704
156 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog 712
157 Carnival of Souls 1962 Herk Harvey 716
158 Dead Ringers 1988 David Cronenberg 725
159 My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant 728
160 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 730
161 Kiki’s Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 740
162 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton 748
163 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 750
164 Thor: Ragnarok 2017 Taika Waititi 756
165 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson 757
166 Celine & Julie Go Boating 1974 Jacques Rivette 764
167 The Crow 1994 Alex Proyas 772
168 The Tree of Life 2011 Terrence Malick 773
169 Deep Red 1975 Dario Argento 784
170 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg 791
171 Orpheus 1950 Jean Cocteau 797
172 Ghost 1990 Jerry Zucker 798
173 Woman in the Dunes 1964 Hiroshi Teshigahara 805
174 Hero 2002 Yimou Zhang 808
175 They Live 1988 John Carpenter 815
176 Time Bandits 1981 Terry Gilliam 821
177 Mon Oncle 1958 Jacques Tati 822
178 Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid 823
179 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 824
180 Lady and the Tramp 1955 Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske 836
181 Dark City 1998 Alex Proyas 839
182 Sleeping Beauty 1959 Clyde Geronimi 847
183 Annihilation 2018 Alex Garland 849
184 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 850
185 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 Peter Weir 851
186 Kwaidan 1964 Masaki Kobayashi 852
187 THX-1138 1971 George Lucas 854
188 Daisies 1966 Vera Chytilová 859
189 Yellow Submarine 1968 George Dunning 870
190 The Devil's Backbone 2001 Guillermo del Toro 873
191 Werckmeister Harmonies 2000 Béla Tarr 874
192 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman 885
193 The Exterminating Angel 1962 Luis Buñuel 896
194 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Stephen Chow 897
195 Seconds 1966 John Frankenheimer 901
196 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 905
197 Hellraiser 1987 Clive Barker 906
198 Mulan 1998 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook 917
199 The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson 920
200 Orlando 1992 Sally Potter 926
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