Un Chien Andalou (France, 1929)

This is the cornerstone of surrealist cinema. This is where it all began. This movie paved the way for other directors to experiment and create interesting movies under the banner of surrealism. Spanish Director Luis Buñuel created this 17 minute movie with the help of Salvador Dali. Paris was the preferred city for surrealist creations. They came up with strange ideas and just put them together. There was no specific meaning in any of the scenes. Critics have added and suggested different interpretations, but there were none originally. What happens in the film? Many strange things: a guy uses a blade to cut the eye of a girl; a guy pulls two pianos with dead dunkeys over them; a guy is pulling two priests, who are tied up with a rope, up the stairs; ants come out of the hand of a person. Later on the film we see the same hand, lying on the street, and being pushed around with a cane by a man. Makes no sense, right? That was the original intention of its creator. Needless to say, it was a very controversial film when it came out.