10 What The Offbeat and Weird Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day

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Not in the mood for candlelit dinners, tearjerking rom-coms, or Hallmark-card kisses? Good. Because this Valentine’s Day, we’re diving headfirst into the bizarre, the grotesque, the existential, and the WTF was that?! side of love. These are movies that ask the hard questions:

What if your soulmate is half goat?
What if love involves... surgical body modification?
What if you're just really into fishmen?

Whether you’re heartbroken, single, in a situationship, or just sick of cliché love stories, this list is your antidote. Get ready for 10 twisted, strange, or straight-up deranged films that explore love, obsession, and companionship in ways that will make you deeply uncomfortable—and maybe a little moved?

10. Under the Skin (2013)

Scarlett Johansson as an alien seductress roaming the streets of Scotland, luring lonely men to a void of doom. Is it about empathy? Gender roles? Existential loneliness? Yes, and also... no idea. Under the Skin is hypnotic and unnerving—a cold alien gaze cast on human intimacy. It’s the quietest entry here, but the vibes? Immaculately weird.

9. Sanctuary (2022)

What starts as a dominatrix and her submissive negotiating a breakup quickly spirals into a psychosexual power play that’ll make your head spin. Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott give electric performances in a single hotel room, proving Valentine's Day doesn't need roses, just a safe word. Lower on the list only because it’s oddly romantic… in a chaotic, manipulative way.

8. The Shape of Water (2017)

Yes, this is the Oscar-winning “woman falls in love with a fish-man” movie—and yes, it’s kind of beautiful. But take a step back and remember: this is still a deeply bizarre romantic fantasy involving interspecies intimacy, government conspiracies, and magical eggs. A classic Guillermo del Toro love letter to monsters and misfits. It earns its place for being tender and totally weird.

7. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

Oh yes, we went there. While it’s not romantic in any conventional sense (or any sense), this film earns its WTF Valentine’s Day status for being the ultimate date-night dealbreaker. If your partner makes it through this with you, that’s your soulmate. Just don’t expect to kiss afterward.

6. Titane (2021)

If your ideal V-Day includes murder, chrome fetishism, gender-bending identities, and car sex, then Titane has you covered. Julia Ducournau’s body-horror fever dream is twisted, strangely touching, and refuses to be categorized. It's a movie about love, found family, and transformation—just filtered through gasoline fumes and broken bones.

5. Lamb (2021)

Icelandic bleakness meets maternal longing in this bizarre tale of a grieving couple who raise a half-lamb, half-human child. Equal parts haunting, absurd, and weirdly tender, Lamb is the kind of movie that dares you to feel genuine affection for something you’re not even sure should exist. It’s unsettling, and yet… strangely emotional.

4. Mother! (2017)

Darren Aronofsky’s metaphor-laden nightmare about creation, destruction, and the ultimate toxic relationship. Watching Mother! is like being trapped in someone else’s emotional breakdown—with Jennifer Lawrence at the center of it all. It’s not a love story, but it is about devotion, sacrifice, and the psychological violence of being “the muse.” Happy Valentine’s!

3. The Lobster (2015)

Yorgos Lanthimos’ bleakly hilarious dystopia where singles are turned into animals if they can’t find a partner within 45 days. Love is a survival mechanism, and relationships are reduced to shared traits and cold logic. It’s horrifying, deadpan, and depressingly accurate—especially if you've ever tried dating apps.

2. Infinity Pool (2023)

Brandon Cronenberg’s luxe nightmare of hedonism, clones, moral collapse, and sexual depravity is a literal vacation from sanity. What begins as a couple’s retreat devolves into orgiastic horror, ego death, and total identity disintegration. It’s disturbing, erotic, and dripping with dread—perfect for an anti-love holiday binge.

1. Swiss Army Man (2016)

Yes, the #1 WTF Valentine’s Day pick is the movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a flatulent corpse. But Swiss Army Man is so much more than its wild premise. It’s about loneliness, connection, and the strange ways we learn to love ourselves and others. It’s absurd and heartfelt in equal measure—and if you’re not crying by the end, you might be emotionally dead, too.

Conclusion

So forget the champagne and rose petals. This Valentine's Day, embrace the weird, the grotesque, and the utterly unexplainable. Love doesn’t always make sense—sometimes it involves fish men, corpses, or sheep-children. These 10 films remind us that intimacy is messy, obsession is irrational, and connection can be found in the strangest places. Whether you're spending the night alone or with someone who shares your taste for cinematic chaos, these WTF movies might just be the perfect love stories for the beautifully unhinged.