The moment his Twilight years ended, Robert Pattinson decided to get weird. Once he hung up the Edward fangs, the actor teamed up with auteur directors, plunged himself into arthouse fare, and put his A-list profile aside to make all kinds of weird and wonderful movies. It\u2019s already been a banner Pattinson year with The Drama and The Odyssey \u2013 and as he returns to cinemas with Primetime, there\u2019s a treasure trove of great, unexpected, oddball Robert Pattinson performances you can watch on streaming too.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n From interstellar existential odysseys, to car-set Cronenberg collaborations, to talking birds, here are three excellent, weird Robert Pattinson movies to watch at home, picked by Empire<\/em>\u2019s movie experts.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Cosmopolis \u00a9 TMDB films 49014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> David Cronenberg | Runtime:<\/strong> 1hr 49m | Streaming on:<\/strong> BFI Player<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In 2026, Cronenberg and a going-viral-for-all-his-wacky-interviews Pattinson seem like a match made in heaven. But back in 2012, this was a big move for an actor fresh from the Twilight saga. Set over a single day in NYC, much of Cosmopolis<\/em> is spent with Pattinson\u2019s cold and calculating billionaire, who gives us one of his first truly great performances, fully committing to every bizarre line delivery and ambiguous monologue that Cronenberg throws his way. Mostly set inside the claustrophobic and sterile walls of a limo, Cronenberg\u2019s late-stage-capitalism tale only makes those walls feel like they\u2019re getting tighter and tighter as it ramps up towards its rather explosive conclusion. We\u2019ve seen R-Pattz shine in plenty more dramatic roles in recent years, but it\u2019s never a bad time to revisit one of his first \u2014 and best. HS<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Read Empire\u2019s review of Cosmopolis.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Claire Denis | Runtime:<\/strong> 1hr 53m | Streaming on:<\/strong> Tubi<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n If you ever watched Interstellar and thought, \u201cHmm, this is pretty<\/em> good, but it would be better with a few gallons more semen, a Juliette Binoche manned \u2018Fuck Box\u2019, and some lactation-based leakage sequences,\u201d then boy do we have the Robert Pattinson movie for you! Long before Mickey 17<\/em>, R-Pattz\u2019s first sci-fi suicide mission came in the form of High Life<\/em>, Claire Denis\u2019 fluid-filled first English-language film. But in a movie that\u2019s nutty in more ways than one, Pattinson is on mercurial form as the monk-like Monte, a Death Row prisoner and doting father stuck on a one-way trip to extract energy from a black hole. Like his abstinent character, Pattinson keeps his spunk to himself here, opting instead for a low-key but subtly strange turn that plays out often in silence, often in close-up, making a movie ostensibly centred on a sperm-obsessed mad scientist something far more profound and meaningful than that sounds.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Read Empire\u2019s review of High Life.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Hayao Miyazaki | Runtime:<\/strong> 2hrs 4m | Streaming on:<\/strong> Netflix<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The American dubs for Studio Ghibli films are always a real cut above \u2013 there\u2019s no shame in watching these not in the Japanese language. And Hayao Miyazaki\u2019s most recent masterpiece brought Pattinson on in a particularly surprising capacity. He voices the heron of The Boy And The Heron<\/em> \u2013 a talking supernatural bird-man with a squawky, gravelly voice that you would never in a million years guess was the man behind Edward Cullen. The character is so expressively animated, and Pattinson matches its unhinged tenor in a voice performance for the ages. BT<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Read Empire\u2019s review of The Boy And The Heron.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n All up to date on your Pattinson pictures now? Why not take a deep-dive into Jacob Elordi\u2019s best projects next? Or some underrated Tom Holland movies? If you\u2019re feeling even more adventurous, then our list of the 100 best movies ever made is always there for a mega movie marathon, and our rundown of the greatest TV shows of all time has those who prefer their storytelling serialised covered.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The moment his Twilight years ended, Robert Pattinson decided to get weird. Once he hung up the Edward fangs, the actor teamed up with auteur directors, plunged himself into arthouse fare, and put his A-list profile aside to make all kinds of weird and wonderful movies. 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<\/p>\nHigh Life (2018)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nThe Boy And The Heron (2023)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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