Buñuel was a Spanish film director who made a slew of (mainly surrealist) influential movies in the 30s/40s/50s/60s/70s. A number of them are grotesque in very different ways (links go to youtube):
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, along the lines of Brittany's book, deals with the grotesqueness of the middle class lifestyle.
Un Chien Andalou, made in collaboration with Salvador Dali, is probably his most-referenced film. It has consistent characters, but otherwise seems composed of nightmarish non-sequiturs.
The Land Without Bread is grotesque in a completely non-surreal way -- it's a documentary about extreme poverty in an isolated region of France (Las Hurdes). The narrator's apparent disinterestedness (in the face of oh-the-humanity kind of images) adds another layer.
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