Yeah it is a strange film, but interesting. It tells the story from the child of the family's point of view. This includes using low shot and hand held camera views to simulate how the world is seen by the child.

If you have a chance to rent it again, give it a shot.

not surreal in any way shape or form.

You don't get much stranger than Repo Man or Brain Damage.

if you want really avant garde - try

anything by The Brothers Quay (Street of Crocodiles is probably their most well-known work)

and a great musical film by Bill Morrison called Decasia. . . a total trip

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Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey (1932). Anyone who is into odd horror, or strange movies in general, should check this classic out. It is oddly shot, the black and white footage suffered some damage that the director found most interesting, as a result the image is often too bright. The plot is almost forgotten halfways through and some shots are simply bizarre.

Yeh I like that one aswell. A bunch of the Expressionist stuff is really great if your into the surreal kinda deal. I was trying to remember the name of one I caught a couple of years back where a woman was getting chased by a killer with a mirror for a face.

Luna Papa
Tuvalu
Waking Life

here's some super surreal stuff. by a guy called David Firth. You're probably familiar with Salad fingers. watch "10 Different Types Of Soup" or S'poilsbury Toast Boy". Milkman is the best one. check them out.

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I'd recommend FLCL. Really bizarre, cool, transgressive anime. Cronenberg's Existenz has moments of intense surrealism. Vampyr is definitely on target on that list, and so is Videodrome. If you haven't seen Videodrome, by all means get ahold of it. For surreal atmosphere, I would say the Wicker Man is a triumph. Television wise, I'd say the biggest triumphs of surrealism are Twin Peaks and the Prisoner. See the Prisoner.