Other surreal films like this?

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The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Fukuro (Owl) (2003)

Watch Teshigahara's "The Face of Another" - that's another of his 'existential / surreal' films that are in this vein. Also try his "The Ruined Map" although not exactly like it, but it's got certain stylistic elements that are similar in terms of surrealism.

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Almost anything by Luis Buñuel, especially El ángel exterminador (1962).

"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

One movie this one reminded me of a lot is Wake In Fright. It has a similar plot in some ways -- a teacher on vacation ends up stuck in a little nowhere town (because he gambles away all his money and can't afford the fare to get out) and has to hang around with a bunch of degenerates, trying to get out. Really good.

'Eraserhead' - Maybe not quite like this film, but an incredibly existential and mysterious film without question. And a pretty disturbingly uneasy one to view as well.

"Life IS pain highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something".

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so many movies, so little time

films that are surreal and imaginative, yet still grounded in reality and with a cohesive plot.