A Dozen Odd, Quirky, or Just Plain Weird Movies

*Captain Fantastic - 2016 1 hr 58 mins Rated R

Starring - Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Steve Zahn, George MacKay ...

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Ben Cash, his wife Leslie and their six children live deep in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. Detached from society, Ben and Leslie are devoted to raising their kids - educating them to think critically, training them to be physically fit, and guiding them in survival in the wilderness. When his wife suddenly dies, Ben must take his isolated family into the outside world. Leaving the children to learn about modern life, and for some of them, to meet extended family members for the first time.

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*Wiener Dog - 2016 1 hr 28 mins Rated R

Starring - Keaton Nigel Cooke, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito ...

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This movie consists of four short stories of the various owners of wiener-dog. They include a young boy, a sensitive and high-strung young woman, a screenwriting professor, and an elderly woman whose mind has turned toward death. Wiener-Dog is a benevolent spirit, spreading love and hope wherever she goes.

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*The Diary of a Teenage Girl - 2015 1 hr 42 mins Rated R

Starring - Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig ..

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Minnie is a precocious and overtly sexual teenager living in 1970's San Fransisco, with her mother and sister. Like most teenage girls, Minnie is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Soon, she begins a love affair with her mother's boyfriend, Monroe. Minnie emerges defiant, taking command of her sexuality and drawing on her newfound creative talents to reveal truths about herself.

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*Midnight Special - 2016 1 hr 52 mins Rated PG-13

Starring - Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst

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Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world, with powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father Roy, takes him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abilities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything.

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*It's Kind of a Funny Story - 2010 1 hr 41 mins Rated PG-13

Starring - Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Jim Gaffigan,

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Stressed out and depressed, 16-year-old Craig Gilner checks himself into a mental-health clinic. Unfortunately the youth wing of the facility is closed, so he must spend his mandated five-day stay with adults. One of them is Bobby, who quickly becomes Craig's mentor. Craig finds himself drawn to fellow patient Noelle, who just may be the cure he needs to forget an unrequited crush.

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*Delicatessen - 1991 1 hr 39 mins Rated R

Starring - Marie-Laure Dougnac, Dominique Pinon, Pascal Benezech ...

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In a post-apocalyptic society where meat is scarce, a young man takes a job in a dilapidated deli. He is completely unaware that the butcher plans to serve him to the building's tenants. But when the butcher's nearsighted daughter falls for the man, she'll go to absurd lengths to foil her father's plan.

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*Bubba Ho-Tep - 2002 1 hr 32 mins Rated R

Starring - Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce ...

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After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident, a now aged Elvis Presley wakes up in an East Texas nursing home. Where he befriends Jack, an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy. After residents of their quiet retirement community start dying of dubiously unnatural causes, Elvis and Jack discover that the perpetrator is Bubba Ho-Tep, an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

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*Synecdoche, New York -2008 2 hrs 4 mins Rated R

Starring - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Jason Leigh ...

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Life is looking pretty bleak for theater director Caden Cotard. His wife and daughter have left him, his therapist is more interested in plugging her new book than helping him, and a strange disease is causing his body to shut down. Caden leaves his home and heads to New York City, where he gathers a cast of actors and hires them to live their lives within the constructs of a mock-up of the city.

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*Tale of Tales - 2014 2 hrs 13 mins Rated R

Starring - Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones ...

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Once upon a time there were three neighboring kingdoms, each with a magnificent castle from which ruled kings and queens. One king was a fornicating libertine, another captivated by a strange animal, while one of the queens was obsessed by her wish for a child.

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*Grandma - 2015 1 hr 19 mins Rated R

Starring - Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Sam Elliott, Marcia Gay Harden ...

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Elle Reid has just finished breaking up with her lover, when her granddaughter unexpectedly shows up needing a large sum of money by the end of the afternoon. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

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*Eddie The Eagle - 2016 1 hr 46 mins Rated PG-13

Starring - Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello ...
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Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete "Eddie" Edwards travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping. Fate leads him to Bronson Peary, a former ski jumper who now works as a snowplow driver. Impressed by Edwards' spirit and determination, Peary agrees to train the young underdog. Despite an entire nation counting him out, Eddie's never-say-die attitude takes him all the way to a historic and improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

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*The Lobster - 2015 1 hr 59 mins Rated R

Starring - Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, John C. Reilly ...

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In a dystopian future, adults who are single must check into a hotel with other singles. There, they must find a compatible partner within 45 days. If they fail to find someone, they are transformed into the animal of their choice and released into the forest. But they can gain extra time for their search period, by hunting for rebellious “singles” who have escaped into the wild.

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