The Name of the Rose (1986)

This must be Sean Connery's strangest role, even allowing for "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" early in his career.  Here he plays a 13th Century Franciscan monk with overtones of Sherlock Holmes who has been asked to investigate a series of gruesome deaths at a monastery.  His sidekick and acolyte is a very young Christian Slater whose older self is the off-screen narrator.  Based on the difficult book by Umberto Eco, this film could be heavy-going, but it holds one's attention through the strength of the acting and the odd visuals.  The company of monks look as if they were recruited from a gargoyles' convention and the ugliest of them all is Ron Perlman (no beauty at the best of times) who plays a snaggle-toothed hunchback. Hardly everyone's cup of tea, but well worth a look says Pretty Pink.