The Best Weird Movies of the Decade
A decade is over! Basically everyone agrees on that much. And now everyone wants to know what the most memorably weird films of the decade were. Lucky for you, I figured that out. This list draws from every kind of cinematic weirdness. From hipster horror to gonzo camp to psychedelic freakouts to quirky black comedy—you name it, it's on the list. Not everything on the list is great, but everything on the list has reasons for being included, as you'll note with some of the higher numbered movies.
Here's the list, in reverse order for suspense reasons. Why 82 entries? I started with 77 (the year of my birth) and then remembered I'd left off 5 others. So it's only partially arbitrary.
82. John Dies At the End (2012)
Style: Too-cool-for-school, weird-to-be-cool
Tone: Sarcastic, irreverent
Weirdness Level: Weird but accessible
Score: 2.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
81. High-Rise (2015)
Genre: Ballard-inspired science-fictiony drama
Style: Arthouse nonsense, picturesque, retro
Tone: Self-important, darkly brooding
Weirdness Level: Weird and beautiful but boring
Score: 2.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
80. Bad Milo (2013)
Style: Goofy but dark, dark but goofy
Tone: Conflicted toilet humor
Weirdness Level: Quirky
Score: 2.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
79. Anomalisa (2015)
Genre: Psychodrama
Style: Highly pretentious stop-motion puppets
Tone: Menacing
Weirdness Level: Weird but accessible to the "intelligentsia"
Score: 2.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
78. The Neon Demon (2016)
Style: Visually lavish, sparse dialogue, lots of cute oufits
Tone: Pessimistic, paranoid, indulgent
Weirdness Level: Weird art film (not for the plebs)
Score: 2.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
77. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Style: Over-the-top, in-your-face, alt comedy
Tone: Idealistic, earnest, clunky
Weirdness Level: Weird but accessible
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
76. The Happytime Murders (2018)
Style: Screwball but twisted further than normal, puppets
Tone: Deadpan, sarcastic, gritty
Weirdness Level: Weirder than you'd expect
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
75. Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Style: Pee-wee style
Tone: Absurdly twee
Weirdness Level: Highly quirky
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
74. Yoga Hosers (2016)
Style: Kevin Smith
Tone: Sarcastic, ridiculous, sausagey
Weirdness Level: Weird but accessible
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
73. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
Style: Retro non-threatening punk dramedy
Tone: Sincere, cutely irreverent, fun
Weirdness Level: Highly quirky
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
72. Border (2018)
Style: Euro indie
Tone: Intense, ugly, unsettling
Weirdness Level: Weird but accessible
Score: 3 stars
Watch the trailer here.
71. The Square (2017)
Style: Tongue-in-cheek, vibrant
Tone: Uncomfortable, confrontational
Weirdness Level: Weird but arty
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
70. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
Genre: Bad movie/"horror"
Style: Shitty late night made-for-cable romantic thriller with animated gifs from 1999
Tone: Earnest but ludicrous, fun in spite of itself
Weirdness Level: Not for normal people
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
69. Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Style: Deadly puppets
Tone: Adventurous, wry, imaginative, fun
Weirdness Level: Solidly weird
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
68. Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Style: Lo-fi but over-the-top action effects
Tone: Action-packed, violent, absurd
Weirdness Level: You probably wouldn't watch this with your popular friends
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
67. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Style: Sloooooow-paced psychedelia
Tone: Dark, surreal, disturbing
Weirdness Level: Too weird for most people
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
66. Kuso (2017)
Style: Vignettes that mix grossness and absurdity, live action and animation
Tone: Disturbing, off-the-wall, trippy, grotesque
Weirdness Level: It's hard to imagine a weirder movie
Score: 3.5 stars
Watch the trailer here.
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