What film should you watch tonight?
Now, instead of asking me for a recommendation, you can take this quiz to find something new to watch. I have no idea where these films are streaming, but I'm sure you'll find them somewhere!
What kind of film are you in the mood for?
Something shocking
Something a bit goofy
Something philosophical
Anything!
What time period are you feelin?
Something from before I was born
Something that came out when I was younger
Something on the newer side
How long do you want to sit and watch the movie for?
I'd like it to be on the shorter side
I've got a lot of time
I don't mind!
What style?
Film
Digital
Anime, maybe?
What are you going to consume over the course of this film? (Sorry, you can only pick one)
Alcohol
Snacks
Something a lil more groovy
What is your go-to streaming site?
Netflix or Hulu
Criterion Channel
Anywhere I can watch it for free
Perfect Blue (1997) dir. by Satoshi Kon
A singer quits her band to become an actress and sheds her "good girl" image to further her career.
I love this one because it's very effective at disorienting the viewer, and will definitely build your anxiety up until the very end. Hopefully that's what you're looking for!
I love this one because it's very effective at disorienting the viewer, and will definitely build your anxiety up until the very end. Hopefully that's what you're looking for!
Antichrist (2009) dir. by Lars Von Trier
While a married couple (Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg) is having sex, their infant son in a nearby room falls out a window to his death. She becomes distraught and is hospitalized, but her husband, who is a psychiatrist, attempts to treat her. Deciding that she needs to face her fears, he takes her to a cabin in the woods where she spent a previous summer with the boy. Once they are there, she becomes more unhinged and starts perpetrating sexual violence on her husband and herself.
I mean... this film is worth it just for the amazing and gritty performances by Gainsbourg and Dafoe, but one should go in expecting to see some gruesome shit. And also some really beautiful shit! These images will be stuck in your head for days after, for better or worse.
I mean... this film is worth it just for the amazing and gritty performances by Gainsbourg and Dafoe, but one should go in expecting to see some gruesome shit. And also some really beautiful shit! These images will be stuck in your head for days after, for better or worse.
Mulholland Drive (2001) dir. by David Lynch
A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of Rita's true identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog.
Don't trust this synopsis, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. I revisit this film often and each time I see something new. It's like Pulp Fiction, but infinitely more absurd.
Don't trust this synopsis, you'll have to figure it out for yourself. I revisit this film often and each time I see something new. It's like Pulp Fiction, but infinitely more absurd.
Dr. Strangelove (1964) dir. by Stanley Kubrick
A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people.
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) dir. by Miranda July
Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.
A Serious Man (2009) dir. by the Coen Brothers
Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a physics professor at a 1960s university, but his life is coming apart at the seams. His wife (Sari Lennick) is leaving him, his jobless brother (Richard Kind) has moved in, and someone is trying to sabotage his chances for tenure. Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis, but whether anyone can help him overcome his many afflictions remains to be seen.
El Topo (1970) dir. by Alejandro Jodorowsky
A black-clad gunfighter (Alejandro Jodorowsky) embarks on a symbolic quest in an Old West version of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Probably the most philosophical western you've ever seen.
Probably the most philosophical western you've ever seen.
Caché (2005) dir. by Michael Haneke
A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.
Gummo (1997) dir. by Harmony Korine
Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.