Most Bizarre Movies On Netflix Right Now

Based on the novel by Charlotte Roche, this movie features large amounts of bodily fluids you didn't know the human body could produce so much of—including menstrual blood and sperm—to tell the stark, true, and riveting story of an 18-year-old woman coming of age. While exploring the human body in act of rebellion against her mother, she finds herself trying to rekindle a love between her divorced parents while falling for her male nurse—a man she met after a shaving accident gone terribly wrong.

A movie called Zombeavers—with singer John Mayer and comedian Bill Burr in the cast—will get your attention, especially when the plot follows the fallout from a toxic waste spill that sends a swamp full of zombie beavers swarming a bunch of kids who expected to have a sex-filled weekend of debauchery, only to spend it fighting for their lives. "Zombeavers is exactly what it sounds like," Simon Abrams wrote on RogerEbert.com. "A stoner-friendly horror-comedy about undead beavers."

Unless it's coming from Guillermo del Toro, a little bit of Spanish fantasy horror goes a long way. Where del Toro enthralled us with Pan's Labyrinth, Argentinian director Pablo Pares' Daemonium opts to go full-out weird at the expense of plot, pacing, character development ... you know, all the biggest circles on a Venn diagram of important movie things.

What Daemonium does deliver is a bizarre mix of demons, wizards, and martial arts action that flirts with your eyes like a splash of drain cleaner. Just about every ten minutes, Daemonium goes from bad to badass to bad acid and back again, an endless carousel completely unfettered by logic. Some people are robots, some people aren't. Some people ... are robots now? But they weren't like ... like 15 minutes ago! And where's that guy's head? These are just a few of the fun questions Daemonium allows you to ask.

Before he made his English-language debut with 2008's Wanted, Timur Bekmambetov wrote and directed the double feature of Night Watch and Day Watch, two sci-fi films with a visual style that clearly influenced Wanted, yet which don't follow any of the norms of Hollywood blockbusters. The dreamlike dissonance of these movies is enough to make you question your own sanity, since the only constant rule in the Day/Night Watch universe is "make it shiny." All the plot threads about alternate dimensions and vampires and ancient forces do come together into a coherent story, but it's a hard weave to figure out. Between the two, Day Watch is certainly more interesting, but it'll make precious little sense if you haven't seen the backstory-heavy Night Watch first.

You know those gritty gangland musicals? The kind that rap their way through the streets of Tokyo with the ol' one-two punch of kung fu and hip hop? No? Well, the good news is there's a movie that does just that. The bad news is, it's Tokyo Tribe. Look, this should have been such an awesome movie. It should have defined the modern gangster sing-along. But it's just too disturbing for pleasant viewing. 

The first couple minutes make you feel like you're in for a treat. There's a sweet cinematic long take. There's a funky fresh grandma with a turntable. There's a kid rapping the entire dynamic of Tokyo's underground gangs, for goodness sake. Now that's exposition.

But it's all a trap. A horrible, ugly trap. From that moment on, the movie descends into a whirlwind of nonsense and graphic brutality where literally every single line of dialogue is rapped, a gimmick with less staying power than your racist uncle's Facebook updates. Give Tokyo Tribe a watch for the sheer uniqueness of a rap musical gang war, but don't expect much more.

A lot of the movies on this list are just plain bad, but The Similars is a surprising gem that's not only utterly bizarre, it's actually incredibly entertaining. Released in 2015, this Spanish sci-fi horror film was made in black and white to emulate the feel of '60s cult horror flicks, but the post color grading intentionally leaves splashes of color to draw your attention to (or away from) key items in the film. 

The steady drone of rain, the stark monochromatic palette, and the ever-growing sense of dread all contribute to an amazingly unique viewing experience. The story is simple enough: a freak storm leaves eight strangers stranded in a bus stop in the middle of the night. But the path The Similars takes from there is so unexpected that you won't be able to look away.

This sci-fi drama is basically a gritty reboot of the Schrodinger's cat paradox: if you don't make any decision, then every possibility exists. Told as a series of flashbacks by a 118-year-old man (Jared Leto) on the brink of death, Mr. Nobody dives into a surreal past where one man, Nemo, has potentially lived multiple lives, each of which he remembers clearly. In each one, a pivotal decision has split his reality into several outcomes. It's a confusing, mind-bending tale that ultimately rests on a strong script and surprisingly powerful performances by Leto and the supporting cast. Mr. Nobody is definitely a bizarre movie that'll leave you thinking long after the credits roll.

If you watch all the way to the end of The Avenging Fist, you'll spot a weird disclaimer in the credits: "Important notice: The movie is not based on or related to any of the 'Tekken' video games and is not licensed by Namco Limited."

See, back when The Avenging Fist was just a twinkle in some screenwriter's eye, it was envisioned as a film adaptation of the Tekken video game franchise. The producers whipped up a script, designed their characters, and got down to the nitty gritty of filmmaking...all before worrying about the teensy little detail of actually getting the rights to use the Tekken name. Not surprisingly, Tekken developer Namco shut the movie down with a few well-placed legal punches, leaving the producers two options: forget about the whole thing, or tweak a few script details and finish the movie anyway.

The latter idea won out, giving us The Avenging Fist, a definitely non-Tekken sci-fi martial arts movie where the characters just happen to look exactly like Tekken characters. That guy with the goggles? That's not Hworang. No, sir! His hair's purple. He has a different name.

If we had to guess the percentage of this movie that wasn't filmed in front of a green screen, we'd say...three. Maybe. And that includes the credits. That's not necessarily a bad thing—300 pulled it off pretty well—but The Monkey King takes its digital art to such extremes that you'd be forgiven for wondering if the liquor store spiked your half-gallon of rum. In any given frame, there could be cloud dragons, giant floating turtles, or slow-dancing crab people. None of these are the main characters. You know this because the main character is a monkey.

So let's back up. The Monkey King is based on a 16th-century Chinese novel called Journey to the West, which is widely regarded as one of the best pieces of Chinese literature in history. It's an epic fantasy interwoven with moral tales centered on a monkey whose pride causes him to fall from heaven. The movie, on the other hand, is just a bunch of hallucinogenic colors splashed behind some actors dressed like monkeys. Crazy? Yes. Good? Well, that's up to you to decide.

The good news is, that two-minute-long slow-motion montage of a guy running beside a horse that you've always wanted is finally here. The bad news? There is no bad news, This is Krrish, a Bollywood superhero movie, and we're okay with literally anything happening. Krrish, the titular superhero, has to stop a megalomaniac who's built a computer that can see into the future. Sometimes, though, he sings love songs in a creek, because one of Krrish's superpowers is soulful pipes.

Content aside, the Krrish franchise (a surprisingly big thing) just makes no sense. The first movie is called something completely different and is a comedy about aliens. That's followed by Krrish, which is a superhero movie, and right after Krrish comes Krrish 3. Fortunately, they're all on Netflix, so you can have a great time figuring out what it all means. Bottom line: If you thought Captain America: The Winter Soldier really suffered because Bucky never stopped a fight to croon pop songs to his girl, Krrish was made for you.

Art-house horror really comes down to personal opinion, and if you sit down to watch Darling, there's a 50/50 chance you'll love it or hate it. No matter how you feel about it, though, one thing's for sure: it's a strange, strange movie. Darling centers on a girl who takes a job as caretaker of an old house in New York City. Slowly, she begins to lose her grip on reality and spirals into insanity. You can expect a lot of bizarre imagery, so much so that the movie even opens with a disclaimer warning viewers who have epilepsy.

The decision to shoot the movie in black and white was probably made to hide the low budget, but the acting and cinematography are well done and the main character's descent into madness is believable and more than a little disturbing. Next time you're browsing Netflix for something to watch as you fall asleep, keep an eye out for Darling. 

If Black Mirror was reinvented as a weirder, less-subtle, horror-themed series, the end result would probably be something like Holidays. The film is segmented into eight short films, each highlighting a different holiday and helmed by a different director. The aforementioned Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer took the reigns of the "Valentine's Day" segment, while Kevin Smith wrote and directed the "Halloween" one (if you've seen Tusk, you know Smith has a weird take on horror. Not necessarily good, granted, but weird).

That kind of approach seems to be the foundation for all the sections of Holidays—insane, trippy horror. Like most anthology films, the final product is kind of a mixed bag, with some segments being entirely forgettable while others are bound to leave a lasting impression.