The Caretaker (1964), Koyaanisqatsi (1982), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Pina (2011), Grass (1999), Blood Tea and Red String (2006), OXV: The Manual (2013), The Garden of Earthly Delights (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Abstract movies.
Storyline: Naive and lonely Aston (Robert Shaw) rescues the homeless and manipulative Davies (Donald Pleasence), inviting him to stay at his rundown family home. Aston's brother and guardian, Mick (Alan Bates), dislikes the shiftless Davies, but comes to see him as someone to unload the house onto when Aston proposes that Davies become its caretaker. Mick, fed up with his responsibilities, hopes Davies' duties as caretaker will extend to caring for his brother as well.
Plot Keywords: psychological horror, black and white, british, short film, experimental, surreal, minimalist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This experimental film looks at the world and more specifically the effect man has had on the landscape and the environment. Without narration, the film shows the world in a pristine condition and untouched: blue skies, beautiful landscapes and endless vistas. The man-made world is much less appealing. Essentially a montage using a variety of film techniques to provide a visually stunning montage of images.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: experimental, documentary, avant-garde, visual poetry, nature, modernity, technology ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.
Plot Keywords: science fiction, space, artificial intelligence, evolution, technology, philosophy, time ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In modern dance since the 1970s, few choreographers have had more influence in the medium than the late Pina Bausch. This film explores the life and work of this artist of movement while we see her company perform her most notable creations where basic things like water, dirt and even gravity take on otherworldly qualities in their dancing.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Plot Keywords: dance, documentary, modern dance, art, germany, performing arts, choreography ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Ron Mann looks at the history of marijuana, from early government propaganda newsreels to Ronald Reagan's war on drugs. Narrated by Woody Harrelson.
Plot Keywords: documentary, experimental, short film, avant-garde, surreal, minimalist, visual poetry ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Stop-motion fairy tale for adults. This dialogue free film tells the tale of the struggle between the aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak over the doll of their heart's desire. The Mice commission the Oak Dwellers to create a beautiful doll for them. When she is complete, the Creatures fall in love with her and refuse to give her up. Resorting to thievery the Mice abscond with her in the middle of the night. Meet fantastical creatures and view dazzling scenery as the Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak journey through this mystical land to reclaim their love. See the mice descend into debauchery as they become drunk on blood tea! See what happens when the Oak Dwellers eat the yellow fruit!—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: animation, stop motion, fantasy, dark fairy tale, surrealism, independent film, experimental film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In an alternate reality, children learn how lucky they will be (their "frequency"), knowledge which shapes their destiny. The unluckiest boy must parse the mysteries of free will in order to pursue his forbidden love of the luckiest girl.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, mystery, psychological, experimental film, low budget, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Claudia and Chris share a passion for interpreting the meaning of symbols. After she learns that she has cancer of the larynx, Claudia decides to spend her last days in Venice. Her obsession with Bosch leads the two to make a garden's visions real through sensual close-ups.
Plot Keywords: fantasy, surreal, experimental film, art film, symbolism, dreamlike, visual poetry ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: experimental film, documentary, globalization, technology, soundtrack, passage of time, social commentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Eric's seemingly happy world comes to an abrupt end when a weird stranger, Henry, forces his way into his life. His annoying, cynical way of doing things pushes Eric to the brink of madness. But when more shady characters surface threatening to do him serious harm if he doesn't join in their dirty business, his life is destined to go right off the rails. Backed into a corner and with no way out, Eric has no choice but to rely on Henry. But can he be trusted?—Rotten T.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, mystery, psychological, experimental film, independent film, futuristic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
Plot Keywords: experimental film, art film, japanese culture, ritual, symbolism, surrealism, ocean ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A solitary man who does not speak Spanish is an underground courier. Two men who are both thuggish and philosophical send him to Madrid with cryptic instructions. Over the course of a few days, he receives his instructions from a series of distinctive individuals who provide words of philosophy or of warning and also give him a matchbox with a tiny piece of paper, which he reads then eats, accompanied by espresso served in two cups. He is quiet, self-contained, focused on his work. He has rules. He encounters and at times transmits a violin, diamonds, a guitar, and a map. Is he a smuggler? Merely an independent conduit? Or, something else?
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, mystery, art film, independent film, espionage, slow paced ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tough Coach Duke Goulding leaves nothing untried to lead his almost exclusively white boarding school basketball team, the Hawks, to victory after victory, but his own son Hugo feels his polyvalent technical excellence and tireless efforts -which require using stimulants- are not getting anything like the recognition he deserves, especially when coach gives the best player award to Odin James, the only black teammate, even saying he loves Odin like his own son, who in turn only calls super-rich Michael Cassio to share in the honor. So Hugo, who is liked by everyone, decides to set up the boys who stole his glory, and he knows a cocky adolescent's weak points are his pride and his girl. This Dixie Jago schemes to bring down a black Othello and his Cassio, playing into the poisonous power of jealousy, however badly this also hurts their loved ones and the whole team...
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, mystery, psychological, space, artificial intelligence, philosophical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the near future, everything can be broadcast online. When you're vying for viewers and ratings how far will you go to beat the competition? Soldier Wyatt Maddox rushes home to his little brother's funeral, only to find his death was not as straight forward as the police would like. Taking it upon himself and with the help of Tara, his brother's online partner-in-crime, he slips in the eye-cam and sets out to solve the mystery. Little does he know how insidious the business really is.—Stephen Abell.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, supernatural, mystery, psychological, horror, superpower ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, mystery, alien, supernatural, enigmatic, psychological ...
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