List of Best Cross-genre Movies. Many movies go for the surprise shift, but a few make a u-turn so profound that it is what we remember them for. It is what sets them apart. I submit the following candidates. And I try to do it spoiler free, although just by being mentioned on a list like this is being spoiled
Genre-Hybrid
Movies successfully balancing three or more genres, or whose genre is unlike any other film's.
Example: Comedy-Drama, Drama-Horror, Comedy-Horror Sci-fi-Western
The Babysitter (2017)
The Forgotten (2004)
mother! (2017)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Psycho (1960)
The World’s End
Windstruck
American Beauty (1999)
The Island (2005)
Sex is Zero 2 (2007)
1. Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9
Rate
Blue
2. Blue (1993) 7.3
Rate
La jetée
3. La jetée (1962) 8.3
Rate
Decasia
4. Decasia (2002) 7.2
Rate
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
5. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) 7.6
8
Eraserhead
6. Eraserhead (1977) 7.4
Rate
Ôdishon
7. Ôdishon (1999) 7.2
Rate
Possession
8. Possession (1981) 7.4
Rate
My Dinner with Andre
9. My Dinner with Andre (1981) 7.8
Rate
Jigureul jikyeora!
10. Jigureul jikyeora! (2003) 7.3
Rate
Enter the Void
11. Enter the Void (2009) 7.3
Rate
The Congress
12. The Congress (2013) 6.5
Rate
Santa Sangre
13. Santa Sangre (1989) 7.6
Rate
Brazil
14. Brazil (1985) 7.9
Rate
Dark City
15. Dark City (1998) 7.6
7
Okja
16. Okja (2017) 7.3
Rate
Do lok tin si
17. Do lok tin si (1995) 7.7
Rate
Vals Im Bashir
18. Vals Im Bashir (2008) 8
Rate
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
19. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) 7
Rate
Pierrot le Fou
20. Pierrot le Fou (1965) 7.6
Rate
After Hours
21. After Hours (I) (1985) 7.7
Rate
Kaidan
22. Kaidan (1964) 8
Rate
Horace and Pete
23. Horace and Pete (2016) 8.5
Rate
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
24. Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965)
Drive (2011)
The Handmaiden (2016)
Holy Motors (2012)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Lure (2015)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Baby Driver (2017)
Personal Shopper (2016)
A Touch of Sin (2013)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Raw (2017)
Logan (2017)
Elle (2016)
Colossal (2017)
Hail, Caesar (2016)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Dheepan (2015)
The Neon Demon (2016)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Shaun of the Dead : comedy, horror movie (zombie sub-genre), action movie
Starship Troopers : army/militar movie, science-fiction dystopian movie, comedy/ironic scenes, deep criticism of war and especially World War II and fascism
Deliverance : Buddy movie, Rape & revenge, drama, thriller
Cabin in the woods : teenage movie, fantastic horror movie, science-fiction movie
Nymphomaniac (part I and II) : drama, erotic/bdsm/porn, love story, metaphysical, mathematical and religious themes
Cloud Atlas’ covers several different themes and genres: sci-fi, political, historical, fantasy, love/romance/bromance , crime/espionage , dystopian fiction.