The Quirky & Kinky Collection (17 titles)
You don't have to be bizarre or deviant to love these films.........but it helps. You just need a little love of the unusual.
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The Night Porter
A brave film, more about the dark realms of the human psyche than about it's more obvious subject matter.
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The Night Porter
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Liliana Cavani
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The Night Porter is one of the most provocative and haunting films ever made. Dirk Bogarde gives a characteristically charismatic performance as a former Gestapo officer who has escaped his past by becoming the Night Porter of a hotel in Vienna. Guilt and remorse flood back when he meets Lucia (..read more »
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from 1,824 member
The Ordeal
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The Ordeal
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon
Director: Fabrice Du Welz
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Stranded somewhere in the Ardennes after his van breaks down, Marc Stevens, a travelling cabaret singer, is taken in by a kind inn-keepr who offers to fix his van and give him shelter for the night. But the motivation for inn-keeper's actions soon changes from altruism to a fervent desire to ..read more »
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from 3,190 members
Fight Club
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Fight Club
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meat Loaf
Director: David Fincher
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FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
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Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
An intriguing and kinky film that still leaves me with no idea of the work of Diane Arbus.
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Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell
Director: Steven Shainberg
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From the window of her New York apartment, lonely housewife Diane Arbus (Kidman) locks eyes with a masked figure on the street - a mysterious new neighbour (Downey, Jr.). Drawn to the man who intrigues her and determined to take his photograph, Diane ventures to his apartment and embarks on a ..read more »
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from 5,876 members
Delicatessen
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Delicatessen
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro
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After years of working successfully in commercials and music videos, French directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet make a splashing feature-film debut, DELICATESSEN, a hysterical exercise in style. Scripted by comic book writer and frequent Caro and Jeunet collaborator Gilles Adrien, the story ..read more »
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from 22,466 members
Amelie
No collection is complete without this one.
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Amelie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
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from 63,195 members
Law Of Desire
One of Almodovar's finest.
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Law Of Desire
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Law Of Desire (1987): At its core 'Law Of Desire' features a fabulous trio: the famous Madrid director Pablo (Poncela) for whom men are prepared to die, his new love-crazed boyfriend Antonio (Banderas) and Pablo's flamboyant and gorgeous transsexual sister Tina. Pablo is suffering because ..read more »
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from 2,672 members
Betty Blue
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Betty Blue
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, Gérard Darmon
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
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Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is a handyman working in France, maintaining and looking after a collection of beach bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. One day Betty (Béatrice Dalle) walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as ..read more »
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from 5,802 members
Belleville Rendez-vous
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Belleville Rendez-vous
on DVD
(2003)
Director: Sylvain Chomet
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In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some thugs who ..read more »
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from 14,821 members
Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
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Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with no odor, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
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