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 | 8 |
3 | Vertigo | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock | 13 |
4 | A Clockwork Orange | 1971 | Stanley Kubrick | 24 |
5 | The Matrix | 1999 | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 35 |
6 | The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | 41 |
7 | The Wild Bunch | 1969 | Sam Peckinpah | 63 |
8 | Fight Club | 1999 | David Fincher | 71 |
9 | 8 1/2 | 1963 | Federico Fellini | 74 |
10 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 2004 | Michel Gondry | 76 |
11 | Nosferatu | 1922 | F.W. Murnau | 84 |
12 | La Dolce Vita | 1960 | Federico Fellini | 86 |
13 | The Exorcist | 1973 | William Friedkin | 88 |
14 | The Seventh Seal | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 93 |
15 | Groundhog Day | 1993 | Harold Ramis | 98 |
16 | Blue Velvet | 1986 | David Lynch | 103 |
17 | Persona | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman | 105 |
18 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | 108 |
19 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 111 |
20 | Brazil | 1985 | Terry Gilliam | 115 |
21 | Amélie | 2001 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 119 |
22 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | David Lynch | 124 |
23 | Gladiator | 2000 | Ridley Scott | 137 |
24 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | 1920 | Robert Wiene | 141 |
25 | Pan's Labyrinth | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | 146 |
26 | Aguirre: The Wrath of God | 1972 | Werner Herzog | 151 |
27 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | 154 |
28 | Life of Brian | 1979 | Terry Jones | 156 |
29 | Inception | 2010 | Christopher Nolan | 158 |
30 | Airplane! | 1980 | Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker | 164 |
31 | Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg | 165 |
32 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle | 167 |
33 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | Ivan Reitman | 169 |
34 | Wild Strawberries | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman | 170 |
35 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | Richard Kelly | 176 |
36 | The Man with the Movie Camera | 1929 | Dziga Vertov | 180 |
37 | Easy Rider | 1969 | Dennis Hopper | 181 |
38 | Sherlock, Jr. | 1924 | Buster Keaton | 198 |
39 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 | Tim Burton | 203 |
40 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 204 |
41 | Wings of Desire | 1987 | Wim Wenders | 211 |
42 | Fanny and Alexander | 1982 | Ingmar Bergman | 215 |
43 | L'Atalante | 1934 | Jean Vigo | 219 |
44 | Eraserhead | 1977 | David Lynch | 220 |
45 | Stalker | 1979 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 222 |
46 | Solaris | 1972 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 227 |
47 | The Conformist | 1970 | Bernardo Bertolucci | 229 |
48 | Freaks | 1932 | Tod Browning | 235 |
49 | Beauty and the Beast | 1946 | Jean Cocteau | 237 |
50 | Blow-Up | 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 246 |
51 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | 1988 | Robert Zemeckis | 264 |
52 | Fantasia | 1940 | James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, and Paul Satterfield | 266 |
53 | Come and See | 1985 | Elem Klimov | 277 |
54 | Three Colors: Red | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 282 |
55 | Playtime | 1967 | Jacques Tati | 300 |
56 | Suspiria | 1977 | Dario Argento | 302 |
57 | Un chien andalou | 1929 | Luis Buñuel | 304 |
58 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | 1972 | Luis Buñuel | 316 |
59 | Belle de Jour | 1967 | Luis Buñuel | 317 |
60 | Three Colors: Blue | 1993 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 324 |
61 | Hiroshima mon amour | 1959 | Alain Resnais | 326 |
62 | Grave of the Fireflies | 1988 | Isao Takahata | 329 |
63 | Viridiana | 1961 | Luis Buñuel | 332 |
64 | Paris, Texas | 1984 | Wim Wenders | 339 |
65 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | Wes Craven | 342 |
66 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 | Spike Jonze | 346 |
67 | La Jetée | 1962 | Chris Marker | 350 |
68 | Twelve Monkeys | 1995 | Terry Gilliam | 354 |
69 | Moulin Rouge! | 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | 357 |
70 | Repulsion | 1965 | Roman Polanski | 358 |
71 | Amarcord | 1973 | Federico Fellini | 367 |
72 | The Elephant Man | 1980 | David Lynch | 368 |
73 | Evil Dead II | 1987 | Sam Raimi | 369 |
74 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 374 |
75 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | 1975 | Jim Sharman | 386 |
76 | Last Year at Marienbad | 1961 | Alain Resnais | 392 |
77 | Waltz with Bashir | 2008 | Ari Folman | 400 |
78 | Chungking Express | 1994 | Kar-Wai Wong | 403 |
79 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | Mel Stuart | 416 |
80 | The Green Mile | 1999 | Frank Darabont | 421 |
81 | Pierrot le Fou | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 422 |
82 | An American Werewolf in London | 1981 | John Landis | 436 |
83 | Persepolis | 2007 | Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi | 472 |
84 | Raising Arizona | 1987 | Joel Coen | 476 |
85 | Total Recall | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 487 |
86 | The Mirror | 1975 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 498 |
87 | Sleeper | 1973 | Woody Allen | 499 |
88 | Throne of Blood | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | 507 |
89 | Audition | 1999 | Takashi Miike | 511 |
90 | Alphaville | 1965 | Jean-Luc Godard | 517 |
91 | Pink Flamingos | 1972 | John Waters | 520 |
92 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 | Lars von Trier | 532 |
93 | Koyaanisqatsi | 1982 | Godfrey Reggio | 538 |
94 | Cries and Whispers | 1972 | Ingmar Bergman | 550 |
95 | If.... | 1968 | Lindsay Anderson | 559 |
96 | Sans soleil | 1983 | Chris Marker | 561 |
97 | Howl's Moving Castle | 2004 | Hayao Miyazaki | 573 |
98 | Performance | 1970 | Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg | 576 |
99 | The Triplets of Belleville | 2003 | Sylvain Chomet | 601 |
100 | Vampyr | 1932 | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 611 |
101 | The Exterminating Angel | 1962 | Luis Buñuel | 613 |
102 | Dumbo | 1941 | Ben Sharpsteen | 616 |
103 | Celine & Julie Go Boating | 1974 | Jacques Rivette | 631 |
104 | Three Colors: White | 1994 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | 635 |
105 | Interstellar | 2014 | Christopher Nolan | 638 |
106 | Beau travail | 1999 | Claire Denis | 646 |
107 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | James Gunn | 648 |
108 | The Little Mermaid | 1989 | Ron Clements and John Musker | 653 |
109 | Delicatessen | 1991 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 654 |
110 | Repo Man | 1984 | Alex Cox | 657 |
111 | Heathers | 1989 | Michael Lehmann | 663 |
112 | L'Âge d'or | 1930 | Luis Buñuel | 665 |
113 | Woman in the Dunes | 1964 | Hiroshi Teshigahara | 667 |
114 | Dead Ringers | 1988 | David Cronenberg | 674 |
115 | Black Swan | 2010 | Darren Aronofsky | 676 |
116 | Mon Oncle | 1958 | Jacques Tati | 682 |
117 | Big Fish | 2003 | Tim Burton | 711 |
118 | Meshes of the Afternoon | 1943 | Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid | 713 |
119 | Coraline | 2009 | Henry Selick | 717 |
120 | Yellow Submarine | 1968 | George Dunning | 731 |
121 | Barton Fink | 1991 | Joel Coen | 733 |
122 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | 1997 | Jay Roach | 735 |
123 | X2 | 2003 | Bryan Singer | 736 |
124 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reitherman | 755 |
125 | Crash | 1996 | David Cronenberg | 756 |
126 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 | Nicolas Roeg | 765 |
127 | My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 769 |
128 | El Topo | 1970 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 780 |
129 | Orpheus | 1950 | Jean Cocteau | 785 |
130 | Lost Highway | 1997 | David Lynch | 793 |
131 | Ghost World | 2001 | Terry Zwigoff | 797 |
132 | Pi | 1998 | Darren Aronofsky | 800 |
133 | Lady and the Tramp | 1955 | Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske | 811 |
134 | Empire of the Sun | 1987 | Steven Spielberg | 812 |
135 | Dark City | 1998 | Alex Proyas | 814 |
136 | Seconds | 1966 | John Frankenheimer | 817 |
137 | The Marriage of Maria Braun | 1979 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 819 |
138 | The Servant | 1963 | Joseph Losey | 824 |
139 | Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 829 |
140 | Heavenly Creatures | 1994 | Peter Jackson | 831 |
141 | The Natural | 1984 | Barry Levinson | 832 |
142 | The Passenger | 1975 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 833 |
143 | Her | 2013 | Spike Jonze | 840 |
144 | In Bruges | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | 846 |
145 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | 1985 | Woody Allen | 848 |
146 | Time Bandits | 1981 | Terry Gilliam | 851 |
147 | Zoolander | 2001 | Ben Stiller | 866 |
148 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | 1985 | Tim Burton | 873 |
149 | Tron | 1982 | Steven Lisberger | 874 |
150 | Labyrinth | 1986 | Jim Henson | 876 |
151 | Carnival of Souls | 1962 | Herk Harvey | 887 |
152 | Adaptation. | 2002 | Spike Jonze | 888 |
153 | Ring | 1998 | Hideo Nakata | 889 |
154 | Werckmeister Harmonies | 2000 | Béla Tarr | 890 |
155 | Hero | 2002 | Yimou Zhang | 898 |
156 | Nostalgia | 1983 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 943 |
157 | THX-1138 | 1971 | George Lucas | 944 |
158 | The Devil's Backbone | 2001 | Guillermo del Toro | 945 |
159 | Orlando | 1992 | Sally Potter | 955 |
160 | Moonrise Kingdom | 2012 | Wes Anderson | 963 |
161 | I Am Cuba | 1964 | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | 965 |
162 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | 1979 | Werner Herzog | 966 |
163 | Waking Life | 2001 | Richard Linklater | 970 |
164 | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 | Clyde Geronimi | 974 |
165 | The City of Lost Children | 1995 | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 990 |
166 | After Hours | 1985 | Martin Scorsese | 992 |
167 | Underground | 1995 | Emir Kusturica | 1010 |
168 | Primer | 2004 | Shane Carruth | 1011 |
169 | Safe | 1995 | Todd Haynes | 1021 |
170 | Deep Red | 1975 | Dario Argento | 1049 |
171 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | 1986 | Hayao Miyazaki | 1058 |
172 | The Last Temptation of Christ | 1988 | Martin Scorsese | 1067 |
173 | Kung Fu Hustle | 2004 | Stephen Chow | 1070 |
174 | Zero for Conduct | 1933 | Jean Vigo | 1071 |
175 | Beetlejuice | 1988 | Tim Burton | 1072 |
176 | Barbarella | 1968 | Roger Vadim | 1078 |
177 | The Devils | 1971 | Ken Russell | 1082 |
178 | Shutter Island | 2010 | Martin Scorsese | 1083 |
179 | The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover | 1989 | Peter Greenaway | 1102 |
180 | The Draughtsman's Contract | 1982 | Peter Greenaway | 1116 |
181 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018 | Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman | 1118 |
182 | Scorpio Rising | 1963 | Kenneth Anger | 1122 |
183 | Synecdoche, New York | 2008 | Charlie Kaufman | 1123 |
184 | The Color of Pomegranates | 1969 | Sergei Parajanov | 1125 |
185 | The Brood | 1979 | David Cronenberg | 1132 |
186 | Daisies | 1966 | Vera Chytilová | 1138 |
187 | Wild at Heart | 1990 | David Lynch | 1157 |
188 | Kwaidan | 1964 | Masaki Kobayashi | 1161 |
189 | They Live | 1988 | John Carpenter | 1164 |
190 | X-Men | 2000 | Bryan Singer | 1167 |
191 | Paprika | 2006 | Satoshi Kon | 1168 |
192 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1980 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1174 |
193 | Fahrenheit 451 | 1966 | François Truffaut | 1178 |
194 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 1992 | David Lynch | 1189 |
195 | Black God and White Devil | 1964 | Glauber Rocha | 1197 |
196 | The Holy Mountain | 1973 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 1202 |
197 | The Secret of NIMH | 1982 | Don Bluth | 1203 |
198 | 25th Hour | 2002 | Spike Lee | 1219 |
199 | Arrival | 2016 | Denis Villeneuve | 1223 |
200 | Natural Born Killers | 1994 | Oliver Stone | 1226 |