<p>I guess people’s definitions of “quirky” differ, but here are some I’d recommend:</p>
<p>The French comedy “The Visitors,” “Kinky Boots,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Withnail and I,” “Local Hero,” “In Bruges,” “Making Mister Right,” “Adaptation,” “The Science of Sleep,” “Mr North,” “Death to Smoochy,” “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”</p>
<p>I did a quick scan of a few pages of Netflix instant play movies for the category “quirky” and here’s some that I’ve seen and enjoyed:</p>
<p>My Cousin Vinny - one of my all time favorite comedies
Humbolt County
Rare Birds
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Stranger than Paradise</p>
<p>recently watched this one which is labeled goofy but I would think qualifies as quirky:
Seducing Dr. Lewis</p>
<p>In the documentary category:
The Natural History of the Chicken - about chickens and people
Word Play - about cross word puzzle competitors
Word Wars - about scrabble competitors</p>
<p>Another documentary available as dvd:
The Real Dirt on Farmer John - not what it seems by its Netflix description. More of a portrait of how someone who inherited his family’s farm was able to make a go of it as small farmers were being put out of business by banks and agribiz by becoming a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm.</p>
<p>I second the suggestion for Word Play. Who would ever think a movie about a cross word puzzle competition could be so much fun?</p>
<p>In somewhat the same vein,* Searching for Bobby Fischer* is the movie version of chess prodigy’s Joshua Waitzkin’s childhood. A great glimpse at the world of competitive chess and the problem of being the parent of a great talent.</p>
<p>In fictional movies I like those movies that play with the idea of multiple endings and what is real or not, the idea of memory and looking at time. So favorites are: Sliding Doors, Groundhog Day, The Truman Show, Being John Malkovich, The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Strangely, while I love this in movies - I often don’t like it in books.</p>