The Uncanny On Screen
Some of my favorites
A quick one today, a list of some of my favorite uncanny films and television shows. Let me know which ones you seen, and which ones I’ve missed.
Possession (1981)
Annihilation (2018)
Dont Look Now (1973)
Outer Range (2022-present)
Ex Machina (2014)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Dead Ringers (1998 and the TV series which I wrote about here)
Frantic (1988)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Black Mirror (from 2011)
The Truman Show (1998)
Bladerunner (both!)
Memento (2000)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Parasite (2019)
Total Recall (1990)
Wish these were numbered so I could just rattle off the numbers, but many I appreciate. Also, Adaptation.
Glad someone mentioned Adaptation. I'm Thinking of Ending Things is my favourite Kaufman film though, and deeply unsettling. Also, so happy to see Obsession on the list. If the Academy weren't so sniffy about 'horror' movies, they would have been falling over themselves to award Isabelle Adjani an Oscar. The poor woman looked as though she'd been put through a wringer! An incredible film. Great list!