The 10 Weirdest Movies of the 21st Century Available on Amazon Prime

You don't have to understand stories to enjoy them. That's a strange statement, but that's how the whole genre of surrealism works. And in that sense, the twenty-first century has been a gold mine, as there have been plenty of weird movies since the turn of the millennium.

Here are the ten strangest examples you can stream on Amazon Prime.

Under the Silver Lake (2018, 6.5 on IMDb)

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside the head of a conspiracy theorist? D.R. Mitchell's neo-noir black comedy is a perfect demonstration as it follows Andrew Garfield's Sam, who is obsessed with conspiracy theories. But when his neighbor disappears, Sam goes into overdrive, investigating the conspiracy signs he sees around him and coming to some very strange conclusions.

Titane (2021, 6.5 on IMDb)

Julia Ducournau's French-language psychological horror drama is one of the strangest films of recent years. Following Alexia, a woman who survived a childhood car accident and was fitted with a titanium plate in her head, the film explores her many post-accident misadventures, culminating in having sex with a car and giving birth to a metal baby vehicle.

Sorry to Bother You (2018, 6.9 on IMDb)

This sci-fi dark comedy from Boots Riley begins as a seemingly normal movie, telling the story of Cash Green, a struggling young black man who lands a job on television but is told to adopt a white accent in order to succeed. After enjoying his success, Cash learns that his employer is planning to turn some of the employees into Equisapiens – half-human, half-horse creatures – and must make the difficult decision of whether or not to be a part of it.

Enter the Void (2009, 7.2 on IMDb)

Set in a neon-lit nightclub district of Tokyo, Gaspar Noé's psychological fantasy centers on Oscar, an American drug dealer who is killed in a crossfire with the police at the beginning of the film. While the story seems to be over, we are shown Oscar's post-mortem experiences as he travels around the city recalling his own past and the events that led to his death.

Synecdoche, New York (2008, 7.5 on IMDb)

While Charlie Kaufman's psychological drama may not seem strange at first, it quickly draws you into an inexplicable series of events as it tells the story of Caden Cotard, a New York theater director who is working on a play with the commitment to tell the story as realistically as possible. However, Cotard's devotion to realism soon proves to blur the boundaries of reality and results in the rapid deterioration of his health.

Mr. Nobody (2009, 7.7 on IMDb)

Aside from being set in a world where all but one human has achieved some kind of immortality, the movie starring Jared Leto and Juno Temple explores the concept of alternate realities by showing several events, each of which changes the direction of the plot. When some things start to contradict each other, you wonder if you're still watching the same movie.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022, 7.7 on IMDb)

Martin McDonagh's tragicomedy may be a very heartwarming and wholesome picture following two lifelong friends from a fictional Irish island, but it's an extremely strange story. One day, Colm starts ignoring his best friend Pádraic, saying that the man is too boring to be around. Unwilling to accept the situation, Pádraic tries to prove his friend wrong, and a lot of ridiculous things happen.

Poor Things (2023, 7.9 on IMDb)

Set in somewhat Gothic Victorian London, Yorgos Lanthimos' adaptation of Alasdair Gray's novel of the same name is the epitome of surrealism as it follows Bella Baxter, a grown woman whose brain was replaced with that of her unborn child after she committed suicide. As her brain begins to develop, Bella rediscovers the joys of life and embarks on a journey of recklessness and pleasure.

Donnie Darko (2001, 8.0 on IMDb)

Richard Kelly's sci-fi psychological thriller stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the title character, an emotionally unstable teenager who hallucinates all sorts of things, the strangest of which is a man in a head-to-toe rabbit suit counting down the days to the end of the world. As Donnie tries to cope with his problems, his hallucinations begin to alter the reality around him, affecting more and more people.

Requiem for a Dream (2000, 8.3 on IMDb)

The goal of consuming any story is to try to understand its characters. In the case of Darren Aronofsky's film, however, that's a tall order because the movie revolves around two mentally unstable people. Sara's brain is ravaged by the amphetamines she's been taking for a long time, causing her to have psychotic episodes from time to time. Her son Harry is a heroin addict who can't tell the difference between reality and drug-induced hallucinations. As a result, the whole story seems harrowingly strange.