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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 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
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