10 Movies That Are Equal Parts Beautiful and Grotesque, Ranked

When a movie's equally beautiful and disturbing, the end result can be absolutely engrossing, as shown by the likes of Poor Things and Midsommar.

August 1, 2024 · 1 min · 55 words · Amanda Levine

Also, the shocking moments never entirely take away from how amazing the entire thing looks.

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Poor Things - 2023 - poster

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Titus - 1999 (2)

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A masked figure standing in a dark room holding up a light in Mad God - 2021

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Dani smiling at the end of ‘Midsommar’ with her crown of flowers.

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Ministry clerk Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) sits strapped to a chair while a masked doctor reaches for a sharp tool.

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Evangelion Unit 1 smiling against a red background in End of Evangelion

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The pale man glares with its eyes in the palms of its hands in Pan’s Labyrinth.

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Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in front of a blue sky in Poor Things

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Helen Mirren as Georgina Spica sitting at a fancy dinner table in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

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Poor Things

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover