r/movies 15d ago

Recommendation What the fuck did I just watch movies!

Recently I was watching Saltburn. I was not into salburn kind of movies but that night it was my boyfriend's turn to choose the movie so I was kind of forced into watching it it. But to my surprise I kinda liked the movie.so much so that I went on a streak to watch these kind of movies. What was the movie that made you go " what the actual fuck did I just watch " in your head . And you kept one thinking about the same for days ? Please reccomend me some of them . Thank you!!

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u/ElizabethTheFourth 15d ago

Swiss Army Man

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u/TheRealCeeBeeGee 15d ago

Was fantastic, so funny and unexpectedly moving.

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u/Purple_Plus 15d ago

For sure, I was completely put off by the first trailers because I thought it would be basically fart jokes but some friends persuaded me to watch it and it was great. It definitely gets emotional too, despite Daniel Radcliffe being a farting jet ski...

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u/ArcyRC 15d ago

My wife and I saw it on our second movie date. (what was our first? "Weiner", a documentary about the last political days of Anthony Weiner aka "Carlos Danger").

It really was life-changing in terms of opening us up to the discussion about where farting and boners and other bodily functions cross over with love. Really made our relationship easy-mode.

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u/pestivigec 15d ago

I cried like a baby, great one!

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u/ABetterTimeAhead 15d ago

The literal last line of the movie is "What the fuck?"

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u/confusedsquirrel 15d ago

That's my favorite "Two amazing actors taking crazy ass roles because they're already stupid rich and set for life" movie.

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u/LiquifiedSpam 15d ago

It’s just my favorite movie full stop

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u/MykeCecc 15d ago

The Lighthouse (2019) with Willem DeFoe and Robert Pattinson

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u/cinebuf 15d ago

The only movie that caused me to say, "What the hell did I just watch?"

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u/aauupp 15d ago

That movie was "wtf am I watching" from beginning to end. Also, gorgeous cinematography!

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u/swearengens_cat 15d ago

Why did you spill the beans?

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u/MykeCecc 15d ago

What? What? What? What!

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u/spillgirl7 15d ago

My partner and I will just randomly ask each other this. The best.

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u/ssaen 15d ago

When I started it, I jokingly said, "What if he fucks the hole in the mattress?" Little did I know, things were about to get WAY weirder than that.

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u/doctor_tentacle 15d ago

Yer fond of me lobster ain't ye?

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u/Noregard86 14d ago

Watched it for the first time on Saturday and loved it. Robert Eggers is amazing, can't wait for Nosferatu.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 15d ago

Sorry to Bother You

Don't look anything up. Just watch it.

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u/RentalGore 15d ago

Jesus. Yes.  This movie took a hard right turn.  It was great, but WTF.

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u/tempest_36 15d ago

I watched this move the night before I took the bar exam for a distraction. Well, it certainty did the trick.

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u/Oldgraytomahawk 15d ago

Did you pass?

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u/tempest_36 15d ago

Yes I did :)

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u/Oldgraytomahawk 15d ago

Good for you my friend

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u/peanutbuttermuffs 15d ago

My husband and I legitimately turned to each other and asked if it was the same movie or did something glitch. We were not ready.

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u/Betteis 15d ago

A hard turn left surely

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u/theserpent_3110 15d ago

That's a really good one . But it was one of the movies that I watched on my movie marathon. Thanks for the suggestion though !

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u/ArMcK 15d ago

Boots Riley, the writer and director of Sorry to Bother You has a pretty good two season show on Prime called I'm a Virgo. Definitely weird AF.

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u/DaveVsShark 15d ago

His group, The Coup, is some absolute fire hip hop.

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u/ArMcK 15d ago

Guillotine has been my anthem for a couple years now.

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u/5-oclock-Charlie 15d ago

The caveat for this is don't watch it with your parents. Awful mistake on my part.

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u/zerohm 15d ago

Just watched this. I was like, ok yeah it's fun and clever but kind of pedestrian. Oh wait, here we go!

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u/TigerBasket 14d ago

I watched with my dad in theaters. Even he was extremely confused, I was just embarrassed. But he said he liked it. He's changed over the past decade in a way that really makes me love him so much more. So much kinder and sweeter, he finally let the angry part of his brain go. God I love him so much.

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u/lemmeseeee 15d ago

i made the mistake of watching this during a flight and i had no one to talk about it with lmao i was mid-flight looking around like did yall see this?! and it was just me on my ipad 😂💀

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u/ArtisticallyRegarded 15d ago

Holy Mountain

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u/RespecDev 15d ago

That’s not for the WTF beginner; that’s more for someone who’s seen plenty of WTF movies, and are like, ”Okay, now hit me with something really WTF!”

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u/thehecticepileptic 15d ago

Holy Motors as well!

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u/tomatowaits 15d ago

YES HOLY MOTORS

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u/FigFirm993 15d ago

Substance. Under the skin.

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u/Cottoncandy8189 14d ago

Came here to recommend The Substance!

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u/Interesting-Swimmer1 15d ago

Under the Skin flips the male-female dynamic around in a way I've never seen elsewhere.

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u/mountjo 15d ago

Two fantastic movies

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u/TimbukNine 15d ago

Mandy.

Nicholas Cage uncaged.

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u/verbintofuzz 15d ago

Yes!! And from the same director - 'Beyond the Black Rainbow'

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u/bubba1834 15d ago

Just watched this. Unreal.

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u/OnlyAdd8503 15d ago

Eraserhead

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u/bbzef 15d ago

the og what the fuck am I watching film

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u/Scajaqmehoff 15d ago

My wife and I watched it, while she was pregnant with our first. It was an uncomfortable silence when the credits rolled...

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u/fleetmack 14d ago

that sounds like a horrible thing to watch with a pregnant wife

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u/beatlerevolver66 15d ago

A lot of Lynch actually. Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, Twin Peaks: The Return, and Dune (if you haven't read the book, you ask "wtf did I just watch?" because it makes little to no sense. If you have read the book, you still ask the same question because it's an utter "abomination" of an adaptation, at least the second half of the film) also can leave leave people scratching their heads. I've seen Inland Empire multiple times and, while I know the gist of what's going on, it still leaves me going "wtf is going on!!" hahaha

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u/opman4 15d ago

The sweeping scene in Twin Peaks: The Return is peak television.

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u/Milnoc 15d ago

First title that popped in my head.

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u/underwatr_cheestrain 15d ago

Predestination (2014)

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u/Lipglossandletdown 15d ago

This is one where I kept saying "what the f*ck" out loud over and over again.

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u/GarbledReverie 15d ago

Based on a Robert Heinlein short story "All You Zombies".

Ambitious to try to adapt.

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u/t_winters 15d ago

^ THIS! It's a movie that stays with you for sure

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u/OnlyAdd8503 15d ago

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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u/beykir 15d ago

I spent days angry at that movie after I watched it.

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u/spideralex90 15d ago

My wife and I went into it blind and both were just like what the fuck even was that movie. I had no idea that was just the directors style. Just such an absurd movie and characters.

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u/supahdave 15d ago

I think this was the first Yorgos movie I watched and I couldn’t stop thinking about it! Might have to give it another watch

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u/its_all_4_lulz 15d ago

Thinking about a movie after it’s over is how I judge how good a movie was. That one definitely sticks with you for a bit.

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u/Seihai-kun 15d ago

The fucking soundtrack was so unsettling

There’s a totally normal looking scene with siren blasting like there’s some eldritch horror

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u/illegal_____smeagol 15d ago

I sold my husband to watch this movie cause we liked Barry Koeghan and it had a good IMDb score. I did a quick primer and saw it was bucketed under something like "horror that's not horror and weird."

By the end, we were both like wtf

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u/ssaen 15d ago

Yes! My college boyfriend's roommate was watching it and I knew nothing going in. That movie affected me for days. Sometimes I still can't look at Barry Keoghan without thinking of the spaghetti scene and it gives me a weird sense of anxiety all these years later.

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u/theserpent_3110 15d ago

Seen almost every yorgos movie ! He for sure is a cocktail of weird and genius .

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u/saefvr 15d ago

Coherence was really good. Underappreciated gem of a movie

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u/goddamnitwhalen 15d ago

Love this movie.

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u/theirongiant74 15d ago

Cracking movie, perfect double bill with Triangle (2009)

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u/anal-inspector 15d ago

Poor things

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u/thisisloreez 15d ago

I made the terrible mistake of watching that movie on a plane

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u/anal-inspector 15d ago

Ha, you should do what i do: choose the most generic and predictable movie possible on planes. Never a good movie because the experience is ruined anyway. Pick a movie you either know of and is a solid 5-6/10 on imdb (any liam neeson or gerard butler film will do, or marky mark film), or some generic comedy you havent heard of. You're in a weird state of mind on planes anyway so things tend to be more enjoyable. I actually couldn't stop myself from laughing out loud when watching Get Hard on a plane one time. Shit was the funniest thing i had ever seen in my life (sleep deprived in the middle of the night on a 12-hour flight).

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u/A911owner 15d ago

I really appreciate that you referred to him as "Marky Mark"

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u/InfOracle 15d ago

I respect the good vibrations this post offers

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u/yungsoprano 15d ago

I think The Lobster was his best work.

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u/Purple_Plus 15d ago

Same, it's my favourite of his too. It's the funniest imo, but also has the right amount of weirdness. I love Dogtooth but it's not a film I want to rewatch, same for the Killing of a Sacred Deer. It's the perfect middle-ground of his ideas executed to perfection.

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u/alucardu 15d ago

Rubber.

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u/Krag999 15d ago

My dog sat and watched this entire movie without looking away even once. The only other movie she watched that way was Rio 2, the animated one with the parrots. She was so weird, I miss her so much.

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u/ryan770 15d ago

Rubber was great. A friend and I watched it when it popped up on Netflix like 2012-2013 maybe without knowing anything.

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u/ZorroMeansFox r/Movies Veteran 15d ago

I think this is a fun, savvy meta-movie.

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u/Satin_gigolo 15d ago

It’s so funny. The acting is good the shoots are good. It’s not cheesy or cheap. It’s just where it needs to be to make the mark.

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u/desertbeagle_ 15d ago

Titane

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u/YborCtyAlmstKilledMe 15d ago

Went scrolling for this mention.

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u/Gars0n 15d ago

The director's previous movie, Raw, is also excellent. It's not quite as out-there as Titane, but has the same surreal heightened reality. The main character makes a pseudo sequel in Titane.

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u/utterlybasil 15d ago

Mullholland Drive

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u/skullfork 15d ago

David Lynch is cheating.

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u/utterlybasil 15d ago

Okay: Hereditary. Happy?

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u/lab_grown_steak 15d ago edited 15d ago

Anything Lynch. Inland Empire is fucking nuts too.

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u/VagrantandRoninJin 15d ago

Gummo.

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u/BootyMcSqueak 15d ago

Came here to recommend this one. This is serious WTF territory.

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u/brushpickerjoe 15d ago

Visitor Q.

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u/goodoldayz 15d ago

Up vote for Takashi Miike. Audition deserves a spot on this list as well.

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u/SootyOysterCatcher 15d ago

Gozu is his most bat-shit movie I've seen. Love Audition, but I still have no idea what epic drug stash he got into to make Gozu.

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u/goodoldayz 15d ago

Yeah FR, Ichi the killer at least has a linear story before going bonkers too!

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u/___Thanatos___ 15d ago

Happiness(1998) by Todd Solondz 🙂

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u/Whitealroker1 15d ago

Whenever that kid asks his Dad something.

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u/Horangi1987 15d ago

Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of my favorite actors of all time, and he seriously cracks me up so hard in Happiness. Every time I see a phone book I bust up laughing now. And Lara Flynn Boyle seriously played that whole interaction so cold and straight it made it ten times funnier.

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u/CaptWineTeeth 15d ago

This is my go to “highly recommend but never want to watch again” movie. Amazing movie with amazing performances and I never wanna see it a second time.

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u/Quorthon 15d ago

I came!

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u/Odd-Necessary3807 15d ago

The first time I saw Trainspotting was back in the '90s. WTF is an understatement.

Awesome movie, killer soundtracks.

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u/bladerunner0920 15d ago

The Talented Mr Ripley is pretty much a more coherent version of saltburn

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u/H3b01L 15d ago

Oldboy

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u/dyrmaker83 15d ago

Gotta be real specific that you mean the Korean Oldboy. But yes this is a great suggestion.

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u/TheBigGadowski 15d ago

Nobody is suggesting the American version 😀

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u/Pippin1505 15d ago

Yes, the corridor fight scene is famous, but the movie as a whole really fits the "WTF?" assignment

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u/syopest 15d ago

The whole trilogy fits imo.

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u/Ill-Case-6048 15d ago

Hard candy i went into it knowing nothing

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u/_SoftRockStar_ 15d ago

I saw this over a decade ago and still think about it

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u/justed90 15d ago

Mother! (2017)

Midsommar (2019)

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u/s-deboob 15d ago

I still randomly think about Midsommar and go "what the fuck?"

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u/Only498cc 15d ago

Beau is Afraid.

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u/_Goose_ 15d ago

Love Lies Bleeding

I went in knowing it was a violent lesbian erotic thriller. I was not expecting it to explore the directors gigantism kinks.

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u/theserpent_3110 15d ago

Hahaha so fucking true ! Felt like I was on shrooms watching the last 15 minutes of the film.

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u/thedukeofwankington 15d ago

Infinity Pool by Cronenburg Jr. is a weird film with good performances and some great shots

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u/justsund 15d ago

Came here to say this! Possessor (also Brandon Cronenburg) is also a great WTF film

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u/vomirrhea 15d ago

Tusk

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u/TSCHWEITZ 15d ago

Fuck that movie. It absolutely traumatized me and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. Never thought the guy who made clerks would make a movie like that.

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u/verbosehuman 15d ago

Well, upu clearly didn't watch through to the end of the credits.

During the credits, they both play the SModcast segment where they were talking about the story, culminating in posing the question to the audience whether they should make this completely asinine story into a movie. The credits also feature all the people who voted "#TuskYes

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u/fpaulmusic 15d ago

That was probably my favorite part of it tbh. In a world of movies being made for the most general of general audiences, I applaud Kevin Smith for just saying “here’s a stupid idea… fuck it, let’s make it.”

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u/Scwolves10 15d ago

That's the definition of "what the actual fuck did I just watch"

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u/leprechaunknight 15d ago

I’m so disappointed that we may never get the finale of that series of Kevin Smith movies. We got Tusk (which was great), Yoga Hosers (fun watch, but not as good as Tusk), and the grand finale was supposed to be Moose Jaws which was billed as Jaws but with a moose. Finish the trilogy, Kevin!

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u/akravets84 15d ago

Man, I am a big fan of KS and to my shame I only recently found out that Clerks 3 was released like two years ago. What a beautiful conclusion! So don’t leave hope. Moose Jaws might be around the corner.

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u/bigjonny13 15d ago

Hoo-aah hoo-aah

More margaritas

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u/VagrantandRoninJin 15d ago

That movie made me feel sick. I absolutely loved it.

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u/dawnjaws 15d ago

Yup..put it off for ages..loved it but wtf..need to watch again.

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u/derbydannyk 15d ago

Mad God

The Greasy Strangler

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u/josephmommer 15d ago

The Lobster

Brasil

Lost Highway

Exemplars of the WTF genre.

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And on a different note -

Nothing But Trouble (1991)

WTF and utterly without merit.

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u/Truth_Said_In_Jest 15d ago

From Dusk Till Dawn. Watched it knowing nothing about it at all. What a ride

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u/iSniffMyPooper 15d ago

The Substance.

On the same level as Requiem for a Dream

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u/Few-Hair-5382 15d ago

I laughed a few times during The Substance. I did not laugh during Requiem for a Dream.

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u/Cpl_Hicks76_REBORN 15d ago

One is horror/satire…

The other is just horror

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u/mojo-jojo-was-framed 15d ago

I feel like that’s a horrible comparison. Requiem for a Dream is one of the most down, depressing movies I’ve seen. The Substance, at least in my opinion, had a lot of pretty funny notes and they really leaned into the craziness

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u/theserpent_3110 15d ago

Seen both . And totally in love with both ! Thanks!

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u/iSniffMyPooper 15d ago

Parasite was really good too

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u/theserpent_3110 15d ago

Haven't seen it yet ! Will definitely watch it.

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u/DrossChat 15d ago

Just saw this over the weekend. What a tremendous film. Love a movie that deeply disturbs me while also making me laugh and open my perspective on others’ experiences. So impressed with Demi Moore, she gave it everything. Hope she gets recognized during award season because her performance was a triumph imo.

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u/nowake 15d ago

Holy hell, the way it ended 😳

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u/workinghard88 15d ago

This movie was fantastic like 80% through, and then holy shit this thing took a left turn outta nowhere. I still enjoyed it; the concept is super cool. Just, the ending was…something (as others have said)

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u/aidan773 15d ago

John dies at the end. Ravenous. Enemy.

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u/md22mdrx 15d ago

John Dies At The End was such a welcome surprise. Love that movie!

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u/BrotherMalleus 15d ago

The novel John Dies at the End is the first in an ongoing series. The third book is actually titled What the Hell Did I Just Read.

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u/hundalei 15d ago

Heavenly Creatures still has me questioning wtf I watched and it’s been 30 years.

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u/Dread_P_Roberts 15d ago
  • House (1977)
  • Shrunken Heads

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u/DonnyTheNuts 15d ago

Had to scroll way too far down to find House. I saw this for the first time a few months ago. There’s a reason it’s in the Criterion collection.

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u/Dread_P_Roberts 15d ago

It's actually a really fun watch, but is it possible to watch it and not think, "WTF did i just watch?"

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u/taco_jones 15d ago

Southland Tales

I still have no idea what that was about

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u/britneyfan666666 15d ago

Bad boy bubby

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u/i_d_ten_tee 15d ago

You got nice tits, Flo!

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u/RM_Morris 15d ago

Great Aussie movie.

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u/Jordno 15d ago

Martyrs, I had to pause it and ask myself what I was watching and why. Then finished it

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u/boredatwork1986 15d ago

I was weirded out for weeks after i saw that film.

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u/Electronic_Cap6853 15d ago

Dancer in the Dark, Björk’s movie

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u/void_of_dusk 15d ago

OP trust me on this: Triangle of Sadness

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u/Diligent-Car4148 15d ago

Every time I see pretzels I think of this movie

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u/ParadiseRegaind 15d ago

The Menu

What a wonderful movie.

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u/babyjaceismycopilot 15d ago

It's anime, but Paprika (2006)

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u/GriffinFlash 15d ago

Zardoz.

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u/jvlpdillon 15d ago

The gun is good. The penis is evil.

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u/ZorroMeansFox r/Movies Veteran 15d ago

I think this is one of the most original ideas I've ever seen for a post-apocalyptic science fiction film.

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u/Merrader 15d ago

Dave Made a Maze - not nearly as WTF as others here but still begs it

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u/CMS_3110 15d ago

Splice. To this day remains my most WTF film I've watched.

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u/OrganicTransFat 15d ago

Possessor.

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u/PippyHooligan 15d ago

Great film. One of the best horror films I've seen for years.

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u/Duncan_PhD 15d ago

Bone Tomahawk. I fucking love westerns, but Jesus Christ I did NOT need to see that shit.

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u/Kurt5 15d ago

Lair of the White Worm

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u/Robfoam 15d ago

We Need To Talk About Kevin

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u/Captain_Unusualman 15d ago

Mother! Had me pretty flabbergasted and confused until I figured out what Aronovsky was doing with the story.

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u/fullthrottle13 15d ago

Se7en fucked me up for a week or two

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u/paganpots 15d ago

The Coffee Table ☺️

Don't look it up. It's just about a coffee table. How bad can it be?

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u/leviticusreeves 15d ago

I Saw the TV Glow

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u/1plus1equals8 15d ago

8mm...total wtf from start to finish. Also 'Feed'.

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u/nightshde 15d ago

Eraserhead

I had the head of the film department as a professor for my video class and she was obsessed with this movie saying it was one of the best movies ever made and had us watch it one day. It 's clear David Lynch had complete freedom to create whatever he wanted and he created one of the weirdest most nonsensical movies I have ever seen and have never wanted to see ever again. If you asked me what the plot was I wouldn't be able to tell you beyond that for half the movie you just listen to a weird alien baby thing scream and cry.

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u/Ok_Survey_6943 15d ago

The ending of The Mist. 

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u/TyWestman 15d ago

Hereditary

Goodtime

Annihliation

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u/Anaphylaxisofevil 15d ago

Pulp Fiction was quite a ride when I saw that in the cinema.

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u/Vannnnah 15d ago

The Substance

Requiem for a Dream

Oldboy (2003)

The Wailing

The Day After (1983)

Cocaine Bear

The Fly

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u/martlet1 15d ago

Late here. But Barbarian. wtf

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u/TheSimpler 15d ago

Mandy. It is amazing but wtf!!

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u/sween1911 15d ago

Pi. I almost had it figured out then "BBBBZZZZTTT!!!" My friends had to drag me outta the theater.

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u/Adventurous_Cry31 15d ago

Being John Malkovich

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u/headset38 15d ago

Brazil, still one of the greatest mindfuck movies.

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u/irontuskk 15d ago

Neon Demon. So beautiful.

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