What are some good "quirky" movies?

amnesiac

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By "quirky" I mean offbeat -- possibly comedic but with emphasis on eccentric characters and twisted plot...well, here's some examples of movies I'm referring to:

- Hudsucker Proxy
- Zero Effect
- Snatch / Lock,Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
- Big Lebowski
- Fargo
(note the recurring Coen Bros. theme)
- Amelie
- City of Lost Children

Some action movies fall into this category too:

- Pulp Fiction
- Boondock Saints
- True Romance


I especially like movies with good camera/film technique manipulation, good use of music/sound, etc.
Suggestions?
 

amnesiac

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Kung Pow.

:beer::D

I saw the scene with the cow from that movie and I spend a week riding the short bus before I recovered the gigantic amount of brain cells that it made me lose. I'll watch it if someone paid me a thousand dollars, but only if I could also kick them in the crotch afterwards.
 

tweakmm

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Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Super Troopers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Apocalypse Now
Virgin Suicides
Jacky Brown
2001: A Space Oddssey
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Memento
Donnie Darko
Resovoir Dogs
The Shinning
A Clockwork Orange
Kids
Death To Smoochie
Hard Eight
Welcome to the Dollhouse
 

Kadarin

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Cube
Buckaroo Banzai
Kentucky Fried Movie
Pleasantville
Videodrome
Crossworlds
 

Woodchuck2000

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Eccentric characters and twisted plot, I'd recommend American Beauty... It probably still holds the position of 'Favourite Film' for me...
 

pulse8

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Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Super Troopers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Apocalypse Now
Virgin Suicides
Jacky Brown
2001: A Space Oddssey
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Memento
Donnie Darko
Resovoir Dogs
The Shinning
A Clockwork Orange
Kids
Death To Smoochie
Hard Eight
Welcome to the Dollhouse

How the hell are those movies quirky?

Anyway, if you're into the Coen Brothers, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink are REQUIRED viewing. :)
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Super Troopers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Apocalypse Now
Virgin Suicides
Jacky Brown
2001: A Space Oddssey
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Memento
Donnie Darko
Resovoir Dogs
The Shinning
A Clockwork Orange
Kids
Death To Smoochie
Hard Eight
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Your sense of quirky is... quirky.

Anyways, have you seen Dogma yet?
 

Taggart

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Better Off Dead with Jon Cusack is a riot. Great 80's movie, and definetely quirky.

Best line:
"It's a real shame someone be throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that." :):D
 

Fausto

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Originally posted by: Taggart
Better Off Dead with Jon Cusack is a riot. Great 80's movie, and definetely quirky.

Best line:
"It's a real shame someone be throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that." :):D
"Gee Ricky...I'm sorry your mom blew up...."

:D

 

tweakmm

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Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: tweakmm
Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Super Troopers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Apocalypse Now
Virgin Suicides
Jacky Brown
2001: A Space Oddssey
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Memento
Donnie Darko
Resovoir Dogs
The Shinning
A Clockwork Orange
Kids
Death To Smoochie
Hard Eight
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Anyways, have you seen Dogma yet?
I forgot Kevin Smith movies
Dogma
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Mall Rats
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
all very good
 

tweakmm

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Originally posted by: pulse8
Royal Tennenbaums
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Super Troopers
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Apocalypse Now
Virgin Suicides
Jacky Brown
2001: A Space Oddssey
Vanilla Sky
American Beauty
Eyes Wide Shut
Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Memento
Donnie Darko
Resovoir Dogs
The Shinning
A Clockwork Orange
Kids
Death To Smoochie
Hard Eight
Welcome to the Dollhouse

How the hell are those movies quirky?
Look at the 2nd to last line of his request
maybe a couple of those arn't quiry enough, but If you don't see anything else on that list see Royal Tennenbaums, that is definetly a quirky movie.