Movies with unusual criteria
Some movies stand out for their unusualness/uniqueness.
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What other movies do you think qualify?
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- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsKristýna KohoutováCamilla PowerA surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.A young girl is the only human in the movie.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsRay MillandMartin GabelHarry BronsonA chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.Sound, but no dialogue in the whole movie.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsCasey AffleckMatt DamonA friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.Only two characters listed, both male.
- DirectorBob McNaughtStarsJoan CollinsRichard BurtonBasil SydneyIn 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of survival. Told in flashback while, in the present, the officer (Biscuit) searches for the nun (Sea Wife).None of the characters have a proper name
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.The events in the movie are shown in reverse
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.The whole movie is black and white except for a little girl in a red coat.
- DirectorMike FiggisStarsJeanne TripplehornStellan SkarsgårdSalma HayekFour frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company.The movie was shown with a 4-way split screen, each section a continuous uninterrupted take.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan HawkeThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.The movie was filmed over 12 years; which means we get to see the children grow up for real.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.The movie is narrated by the dead protagonist. Don't worry it's not a spoiler he's shown dead in one of the first scenes. Usually when a story is told in flashback the story teller is at least still alive.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsLaurence OlivierMichael CaineAlec CawthorneA man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.One of three movies where the whole cast gained an individual Oscar Nomination. See below for the other two.
There is another reason for an entry in to my list but that would contain a huge spoiler so it remains untold. - DirectorMike NicholsStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonGeorge SegalA bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.The first movie to have the whole credited cast gain an individual Oscar nomination.
- DirectorSteve BinderPeter H. HuntStarsJames WhitmoreOne-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.The movie contains just one actor who managed also to become the only actor ever nominated for an Oscar for a one-man movie.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.There is no musical score for the film, with the exception of the opening and end titles.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.At 9½ hours the longest movie ever. Listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, the book series edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind RussellA study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.There are 153 women in the cast and no men.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsWinona RyderGena RowlandsLisanne FalkAn anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.A collection of five vignettes each taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride, each occurring simultaneously in five different cities and five different time zones.
- DirectorMukunda Michael DewilStarsPaul WalkerNaima McLeanGys de VilliersIn Johannesburg, an American parole breaker unknowingly picks up a rental car that will tie him to a web of corrupt local police.The entire movie is shot from the perspective of inside the vehicle. The camera never leaves the vehicle. Only the final scene when the camera zooms out to an overhead shot of the minivan parked in the car lot does the camera move outside.
- DirectorGabe TorresStarsStephen DorffChyler LeighJR BourneA Secret Service agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information for their plot against the President of the United States.The whole movie was shot in the trunk of the car except the finale.
- DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsRyan ReynoldsJosé Luis García-PérezRobert PatersonPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.The whole movie was shot inside a coffin. The only human seen in the movie was Ryan Reynolds.
- DirectorOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.The end credits are spoken by Orson Welles instead of displayed on screen.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMatt DillonMickey RourkeDiane LaneAbsent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.The movie is made in black and white except for the fish - rumble fish, which were coloured red and blue.
- DirectorMel BrooksStarsMel BrooksMarty FeldmanDom DeLuiseA film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.The movie is silent as per the title, apart from the film score, but the word 'No' is spoken by the 'Master of Silence ' Marcel Marceau' .
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRyan O'NealBruce DernIsabelle AdjaniA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.None of the 26 cast have a proper character name.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsVanessa RedgraveSarah MilesDiana DorsThree female frequenters of a steam room decide to fight its closure.The whole cast are female (most of them naked)
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJames McAvoyAnya Taylor-JoyHaley Lu RichardsonThree girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.Ray McAvoy plays 9 characters, one more than Alec Guinness in 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'(1949) and Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor II (2000) .
The only difference being McAvoy's 9 characters were in one body, whereas Alec Guinness & Eddie Murphy played different people.