The 25 Greatest Surrealist Films of All Time


The following is an aggregate list based off of 22 different "Greatest Surrealist Movies of All Time" lists (updated as of 2/8/25)

  1. Eraserhead - David Lynch (1977)
  2. Mulholland Drive - David Lynch (2001)
  3. The Holy Mountain - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1973)
  4. Un Chien Andalou - Luis Buñuel (1929)
  5. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel (1972)
  6. Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985)
  7. El Topo - Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)
  8. Daisies / Sedmikrásky - Věra Chytilová (1966)
  9. The Exterminating Angel - Luis Buñuel (1962)
  10. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
  11. Alice - Jan Švankmajer (1988)
  12. Videodrome - David Cronenberg (1983)
  13. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry (2004)
  14. Lost Highway - David Lynch (1997)
  15. The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
  16. Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
  17. - Federico Fellini (1963)
  18. House - Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
  19. Inland Empire - David Lynch (2006)
  20. L'Age d'Or - Luis Buñuel (1930)
  21. Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961)
  22. Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze (1999)
  23. Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017)
  24. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014)
  25. Fantastic Planet - René Laloux (1973)

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