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Taegan MacLean's avatar

Wow, I haven’t seen any of these. Excited to give a few of them a try. I had been excited about Bones and All because I’m a fan of Timothy. Nice to know it’s worth the time. Excellent list!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Aaaah, that is thrilling for me to hear. I was hoping to hear that. I didn't want to list films that everyone knows about! You absolutely will love it. And yes, Timothy is amazing. Thanks so much, Taegan!

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Same! And big big Timothy fan (he's such a dreamboat 😅 but seriously, the best way to get my wife to also watch this list is to simply mention Mr Chalamet is in one. Maybe I should lie and say he's in all of them, hehe).

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Hahahah. You absolutely should. Tell him he wore prosthetics and disguise, that's why he's so unrecognizable LOL.

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Priya's avatar

I haven’t seen any of these movies. Now they are on my summer watch list. Thank you, Nadia!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Woo hoo! I hope you'll like, Priya!

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Wendy Parciak's avatar

Wow, some fabulous films I have yet to see!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

I hope you'll 'enjoy', or whatever is a more fitting word lol.

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Felix Purat's avatar

I saw Otesanek at too young an age, that was freaky. XD You're right about how powerful the story is, and what it says about human urges and longing is as powerful as the art of the motion picture can get. Erben's folk tale is suitable for kids though, be they kids of flesh or kids made of wood. :D Kytice (the Czech title was kept in English translation) is a must for fans of Slavic literature and fairy tales.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Oh my gosh, that may have been traumatizing, I imagine! I watched it maybe a decade ago. Rewatching some of the raw scenes gave me goose bumps. The mother's grief and longing are just so powerfully portrayed. Hahaha, nice, I'll keep Erben in mind for friends' kids, keep their roots growing lol.

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Lara Chapman's avatar

Okay I’m scared now 😱

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Hahaha. It's not all thaaaaaaaaat scary. Well depends on your immunity to horror films lol.

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Lara Chapman's avatar

It depends, I guess it depends all on the storyline in the amount of gore. If it’s heavy Gore, I have no interest. But horror, movies, like Alien, was dynamite and I love sci-fi stuff like that.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Oh I love Alien too! Well the same director who made Men also made Annihilation and Ex Machina. Men has some gore which can be unpleasant, but it's mostly towards the end.

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jennifer woodworth's avatar

Love your intro and the beautiful writing in descriptions too :)

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

I appreciate you!!!

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jennifer woodworth's avatar

You too! I am never disappointed here! Thanks for reminding Me to post! Computer problems…

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Aww, hope it resolves. I look forward to your writing!

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Chloe Hope's avatar

I went into Bones and All with zero clue what it was about and wow did that first scene surprise me!! Love feeling strange, can’t wait to sink my teeth into all these others 🙏

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Roflmao, Chloe, it was the same experience for me too. I really didn't know what I was getting myself into!

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Chloe Hope's avatar

Too funny. We were like, "Oh, sweet, a nice come-of-age stor...OH! OH MY GOD!" 😆

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Roflmao...But hey, at least our reactions were extra genuine. Oof, that first moment still haunts me.

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Chloe Hope's avatar

100%. I love going into the weird stuff blind, it's the best. Haunting, but the best, ha!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

lololol

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Jim Melvin's avatar

This is the first I've heard of any of these movies! I think I'll try #6 first.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

That is a fine choice, Jim!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

i love this list. Are you a yorgos lanthimos fan? All his stuff is great (The Lobster is the most well known I think?) but his first movie Dogtooth is so fucking wild I feel like you'd dig it based on this list. Also The Killing of a Sacred Deer

And then in a similar vein but less...dark, all of Ruben Ostlund's stuff -- The Square is my favorite , Force Majeure is a classic, and then his newest one Triangle ofSadness is fantastic lol

OH! A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence! Start with this one if you haven't seen it its so fucking gooooood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGwGyo5Ywpo

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

I heard of all these films, but have yet to watch them. Thanks for reminding me, Alex! The pigeon trailer is already giving me the absurd laughs XD.

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Charlene Storey's avatar

What an excellent selection! Thanks for sharing, Nadia. Adding all of them to my watchlist. Always good to get a little weird, right?! 😆

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Heck yeah! The weirder, the weirder! ;D

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Same! Onto the to-watch list they go.

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Otik is on the top of my list ever since you mentioned it on Notes a while back. So weird!

I have not seen any of them so that's a great addition to my ever-growing imdb watchlist.

As to weird movies, I'd have to think, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) springs to mind, maybe more eccentric than weird, though.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Enjoy that one, or whatever is a more appropriate word ;p. Wow that film looks fun and awkward. Also adding that one to my list, thankies!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

MAYAEWK is quirky. I liked it. Has its moments. The IMDB quotes section has one of those moments up top, don't check, watch ;)

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Hmmm...what is this MAYAEWK I cannot find???

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Me and You and...EWK :)

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Oh hahaha. *Facepalm* Well when you tell me not to check, my hands are itching to check.

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Don't.... do it.... 😈

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

I would not have found these movies without you. Looking forward to more exchanges with you. xx ~ Mary

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Oh thank you so much, Mary! :-* <3

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The Growth Spurt's avatar

I have never seen any of these films and this is a very interesting curation! I will check out the Timothy Chalamet one! Thank you for this

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

It's a gorgeous film. Thank you for stopping by :).

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edward's avatar

Men was great. Will look for the others.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

It is, right! Thank you for reading.

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Robert Walrod's avatar

Big fan of Hausu as well.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

It is so awesome!

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radicaledward's avatar

I had to stop watching Men halfway through.

Too scared!

Admittedly, I am a huge baby.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Hahaha. You missed out on a crazy ending ;p.

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radicaledward's avatar

I was watching it at night in a room with big bay windows and I kept thinking I would die if someone showed up at one of them

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

You would be fine! But maybe you can watch it with someone else. I understand though. After watching The Ring decades ago, I couldn't sleep for a whole week, I really thought it would be the end for me lol.

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radicaledward's avatar

Ha, it's funny how certain things get us differently. For me, I guess home invasion is a bridge too far! I remember watching The Strangers in theatres and nearly dying from terror!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

Wow! Wild! I think the more close to life films are, the more terrifying they are. Something like that could potentially happen.

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radicaledward's avatar

Definitely!

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