Quirky Movies

[annethcz]

I just saw the MyTouch commercial with the Cat Stevens song that was featured on the movie Harold and Maude. I LOVE that movie- sweet and quirky. Amazingly, I saw it for the first time a year ago after my BIL recommended it.

Does anyone have any recommendations for movies in a similar genre?

[vbactivist]

I've never seen harold and maude, but when I think of quirky movies, I think "Little Miss Sunshine"

[Bokonon]

I LOVE Harold & Maude! I can't think of any movies in a similar vein, but just wanted you to know that you are not alone (though DH hates it!).

[tinybutterfly]

Not exactly in the same vein, but Off the Map is a really good, quirky movie.

[Thalia the Muse]

I love the quirky ones too! Also, sometimes, downright weird ones.

You might like:

Amelie
Lars and the Real Girl
Bagdad Cafe (which is NOT about Iraq)
King of Hearts
A Wedding (by Robert Altman). Also, Nashville.
Slacker
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Raising Arizona
The Opposite of Sex
Benny and Joon
Being There
Don Juan Demarco
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Local Hero
The Full Monty

[terrordactyl]

you might like Mozart and the Whale

[elanorh]

It's not so much a romantic comedy, but definitely an off-beat and compelling movie: Everything is Illuminated (Elijah Woods)

Also --
Truly, Madly, Deeply (Alan Rickman in an 80's British movie, kind of a romantic comedy but it's also sad ....)

[zinemama]

Truly, Madly, Deeply
Cold Comfort Farm
Local Hero

[annethcz]

Thank you so much everyone! Thalia, I've seen about half of the movies on your list and I loved (or like) all of them. I'm adding the rest to my Netflix queue.

[Traci mom23boys]

I love a whole bunch that were mentioned especially Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine and Benny & Joon.

a few of my quirky faves are:

Green Fingers
Dear Frankie
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Waitress
Sunshine Cleaning
Return to Me
William & Mary (British TV show)
Once
Strictly Ballroom
Danny Deckchair

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Junebug
The Castle
Garden State


~traci

[vbactivist]

I thought of another. Household Saints. again, though, I am not sure if we have the same idea of quirky...

[raksmama]

very quirky in a different kind of way than Harold and Maude are Films from The Spanish director Pedro Almodovar: try
Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,
High Heels,
Volver,
Talk to Her,
All about my Mother..
I love almost all his films..some of racier than others don't watch them with your DC

[KatherineNaomi]

I just saw (500) Days of Summer and loved it.

[LankyLizards]

Anything directed by Wes Andersen! Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited. All have great soundtracks too.

[A&A]

Anything that was originally a Sundance Film Festival movie.

[JessicaS]

Raising Arizona
O' Brother Where Art Thou
Royal Tennenbaums

Truly, Madly, Deeply?? Huh?? That movie is ugly cry I don't remember it being funny.

[tinybutterfly]

Goodbye Shirley Valentine
Bread and Tulips
Hannah and Her Sisters

( not kids movies)

[Nazsmum]

I love quirky movies!!

What about Penelope? The Eye of God?

[Ambishop19]

I second Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning and Lars and the Real Girl. Alan Alda is in the first two, and I love the characters he plays.

[jess_paez]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-My favorite movie (along with elf)
It's got Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in it-I love it!