tell us an obscure movie you absolutely love...

[Dominic]

...and share it with the rest of us.

Mine is " LOCAL HERO "
1983, Scotland, Bill Fosythe, Director

Starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert (Boone in "Animal House"), Dennis Laswon ("Star Wars"), Jenny Seagrove and Peter Capaldi

Perhaps my favorite film of all time and the movie I love more than any other. It's perfectly indescribable yet utterly magical. Funny, moving, and one of a kind. Check it out.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/#comment

What's yours?

[trying2learn]

il postino

an italian film that was actually critically acclaimed (maybe that disqualifies it), but didn't do well at all box office wise. i've rarely found others who have seen it, but it's amazing.

[Yeti]

Dire Straits rock.

[BreakfastBurrito]

Hope and Glory, story of a boy growing up during WWII in England. I enjoyed it.

[Dominic]

[ QUOTE ]
Dire Straits rock.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, the music in Local Hero is by Mark Knopfler...it was his first movie score. And it's also one of the reasons why the movie works so well.

[shant]

I don't know if this is obscure, but it's called La Haine (Hate). French movie, black and white, with subtitles, but great acting and a killer soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

[Alobar]

"Glory Daze" starring Ben Affleck

[gorie]

not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[Clarkmeister]

Let it Ride. Lock.

[trying2learn]

[ QUOTE ]
Let it Ride. Lock.

[/ QUOTE ]

AMAZING movie - not at all obscure - especially in this demographic.

[goofball]

i'm not sure if either of these count as obscure but:

any movie Abbott and Costello made
and
The Odd Couple starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

[Clarkmeister]

I use quotes from that movie in my life on a daily basis.

"who cares?? whoooooooooo caaaaaaares?"

[trying2learn]

oh believe me - i'm not discounting the movie in ANY way.

you knew! YOU KNEW YOU KNEW YOU KNEW YOU KNEW!! and you didn't bet it?!

[WillMagic]

Lone Star

Will

[emil3000]

Is Last Life in the Universe (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345549/) obscure? It is way the bomb. Only movie poster I have on my wall.

The philosophical types here, like inchoatehand should appreciate it.

[Tyler Durden]

Return to Paradise starring Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. Didn't do well at all at the box office but it was an excellent movie.

[nothumb]

"Six String Samurai"

In 1957, the Russians dropped the bomb. America was reduced to a post-nucular wasteland where the last bastion of freedom in the West was Lost Vegas, where Elvis reigned as King.

40 years later, Elvis is dead, and every two-bit, sword-swinging, guitar-pickin' wannabe is trying to get to Vegas to become the next King of Rock'n'Roll. Including Death himself, who bears an eerie resemblance to Slash and demands you bow down to the ways of Heavy Metal.

Fun movie. Very campy, but fun movie.

NT

[trying2learn]

there was a cheesy video game movie called, "the last starfighter" that i thought was on par with gone with the wind when i was 6 or 7 years old.

[daveymck]

Betty Blue.

[Yeti]

Am I allowed to have Top Secret! ?

Hardly anyone here in the UK has seen it.

[-Skeme-]

[ QUOTE ]
il postino

[/ QUOTE ]

The mailman who has the writer help him write poems for his girl? If so, good flick.

I liked I Stand Alone and Irreversible.

[Gamblor]

my all time favourite movie

Sneakers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/)

[The Yugoslavian]

[ QUOTE ]
"Glory Daze" starring Ben Affleck

[/ QUOTE ]

'Going All the Way' was good too but I'm not sure anyone saw it....I wouldn't say I 'loved' it though....

I swear at one point in time Ben Affleck was a good actor who picked interesting movies to act in.

Oh well....

Yugoslav

[brassnuts]

[ QUOTE ]
there was a cheesy video game movie called, "the last starfighter" that i thought was on par with gone with the wind when i was 6 or 7 years old.

[/ QUOTE ]

this movie was also a favorite of mine while growing up. it was on HBO or Cimemax just a few days ago, so i wouldn't say its very obscure either.

[bort411]

This may not qualify, but I'll go with it since I still have never seen it in a US video store: The Commitments. It's about the formation of a Dublin soul band. It may be more popular in the UK and it is certainly known in music circles, but 9 out of 10 people I know have never seen it.

[daveymck]

[ QUOTE ]
This may not qualify, but I'll go with it since I still have never seen it in a US video store: The Commitments. It's about the formation of a Dublin soul band. It may be more popular in the UK and it is certainly known in music circles, but 9 out of 10 people I know have never seen it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes very well known here, there is a commitments 2 as well I think, the people in the movie also did tours and brought out a couple of albums.

Top Secret havent heard of another good british movie that might not be know in the US is Trainspotting was the film that started to break Ewan Mccregor before george lucas untrained him how to act.

[LAGmaniac]

SLC Punk!
Night on Earth
Waking Life
Slacker
Eraserhead

Not sure if these are really considered obscure but they're not big hollywood movies.

[ScottyP431]

Is sneakers really obscure? It cant be can it? But your right, totally awesome

"give him head whenever he wants?"
" be a beacon?"

[shant]

[ QUOTE ]
my all time favourite movie

Sneakers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/)

[/ QUOTE ]
So damn good.

[tbach24]

[ QUOTE ]
il postino

an italian film that was actually critically acclaimed (maybe that disqualifies it), but didn't do well at all box office wise. i've rarely found others who have seen it, but it's amazing.

[/ QUOTE ]

This movie is good. I second the recommendation.

[tbach24]

[ QUOTE ]
Let it Ride. Lock.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is this the one with the horse racing guy who gets lucky and then finds the chick in the hot red dress? If so, she was fine.

[Gamblor]

"Fellas, Janek's little black box is on his desk between the pencil jar and the lamp."

"Uh, Whistler, I hate to tell you this, but you're blind."

[Soul Daddy]

Cannibal: The Musical

It's an early Trey Parker/Matt Stone flick, based on the true story of Alfred Packer. The songs and dialogue are hilarious, and the story is surreal, even if most of it is true.

[Rob Blackburn]

[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but it's called La Haine (Hate). French movie, black and white, with subtitles, but great acting and a killer soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

[/ QUOTE ]

This is a awesome movie. Good call.

[Rob Blackburn]

I am sure alot of people here know it, but when I mention it in it always seems to get strange looks from my non-nerd friends.

Real Genius

[trying2learn]

lazlo holyfeld is uncle rico

what a great couple of roles.

[Wes ManTooth]

City of God
Equilibruim

Made
<-----

[Blarg]

Padre, Padrone
Boudu Saved from Drowning
The Silent Partner
Diary of a Madman
Tampopo

[Skipbidder]

I wouldn't have thought any of these to be particularly obscure, but I've found tons of people who haven't heard of them.

Peter's Friends
Penn and Teller Get Killed
Two Girls and a Guy

[Slow Play Ray]

[ QUOTE ]
Made

[/ QUOTE ]

Ugh. I wanted to like this movie, I really did. But Vince Vaughan just overacts SO bad in this movie, his character is completely unbelievable, and I can't take it (for the record, I am usually a big fan of Vince Vaughan's work).

[The Yugoslavian]

My Dinner With Andre.

After hearing the premise of the movie I was almost sure I'd hate it....but it was enjoyable and very well done. It gets referenced a lot but I'm not sure too many people have actually seen it.

Yugoslav

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Lone Star

Will

[/ QUOTE ]

Will, you rule.

Nobody else was gonna say this. You said it. You rule.

Lone Star must be the one of the most overlooked, underrated and unappreciated movies ever made.

[trying2learn]

there was an old obscure movie called 'flashpoint' that was pretty cool...i think kris kristoffersen was in it.

[thatpfunk]

Man with a Camera

[Cheeseweasel]

n/m

[SmileyEH]

Gosford Park - haven't met anyone that has seen it, but it's a fantastic film.

-SmileyEH

[TripleH68]

A New Leaf.

-Walter Matthau

[Blarg]

[ QUOTE ]
My Dinner With Andre.

After hearing the premise of the movie I was almost sure I'd hate it....but it was enjoyable and very well done. It gets referenced a lot but I'm not sure too many people have actually seen it.

Yugoslav

[/ QUOTE ]

That was an excellent movie. It sounds impossible that it would be any good, but the actors are so mesmerizing that you get caught up in it really easily.

[offTopic]

The original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three".

[Blarg]

Also very good. Matthau was great in that one.

I have another one: Trouble in Mind.

[Malone Brown]

[ QUOTE ]
City of God
Equilibruim

[/ QUOTE ]

both great movies, don't know how obscure they are though. I never really understood why Equilibrium never made it big in theatres, I thought it was amazing. Everyone should see City of God.
Malone

Also, "Man with 2 Brains" is great, not really sure how obscure it is though, anyone see it?

[kerssens]

"The Garbage Pickin, Field Goal Kickin, Philadelphia Phenomenon" starring Tony Danza....never seen it but I absolutely love the title

[jogumon]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[Uston]

[ QUOTE ]
"Glory Daze" starring Ben Affleck

[/ QUOTE ]

My girlfriend owns two DVD's. This is one of them.

[KDawgCometh]

[ QUOTE ]
not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[/ QUOTE ]

agree, that's a great one. Not that many people know about it

[phage]

Withnail & I

[KDawgCometh]

[ QUOTE ]
Gosford Park - haven't met anyone that has seen it, but it's a fantastic film.

-SmileyEH

[/ QUOTE ]

I own it. I love it, live action clue with some nice twists and great dialouge

[KDawgCometh]

Basquiat
the Ice Storm
the Station Agent
Ulee's Gold

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[/ QUOTE ]

agree, that's a great one. Not that many people know about it

[/ QUOTE ]
yay ! /images/graemlins/smile.gif no one ever knows what the heck i'm talking about. i'm glad to know someone else appreciated it. that movie just has me, i can't even really explain why. you just feel it.

[CardSharpCook]

FailSafe - A B+W movie about an accidental triggering of a US nuclear bombing of Moscow. Very emotionally powerful movie. Ends with Slim Pickens riding a bomb as it plummets towards Moscow (he's got his cowboy hat on and gives a Yee-Haw!) Of course, out of context that ending sounds really cheesy, but a great flick.

CSC

[shant]

[ QUOTE ]
FailSafe - A B+W movie about an accidental triggering of a US nuclear bombing of Moscow. Very emotionally powerful movie. Ends with Slim Pickens riding a bomb as it plummets towards Moscow (he's got his cowboy hat on and gives a Yee-Haw!) Of course, out of context that ending sounds really cheesy, but a great flick.

CSC

[/ QUOTE ]
Why would you reccomend a movie and then tell us the ending?

[KDawgCometh]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[/ QUOTE ]

agree, that's a great one. Not that many people know about it

[/ QUOTE ]
yay ! /images/graemlins/smile.gif no one ever knows what the heck i'm talking about. i'm glad to know someone else appreciated it. that movie just has me, i can't even really explain why. you just feel it.

[/ QUOTE ]

and all of the acting jobs are just great in it. Every character has a real purpose in making all of those with them's lives etter and different in one way or another

[Skipbidder]

Nope, you've described Dr. Strangelove.
And this isn't in the slightest bit obscure.
Multiple awards/nominations.

[Dominic]

[ QUOTE ]
FailSafe - A B+W movie about an accidental triggering of a US nuclear bombing of Moscow. Very emotionally powerful movie. Ends with Slim Pickens riding a bomb as it plummets towards Moscow (he's got his cowboy hat on and gives a Yee-Haw!) Of course, out of context that ending sounds really cheesy, but a great flick.

CSC

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually, you're talking about "Dr. Stranglove," - a Kubrick film. It's a parody of "Fail Safe" - starring Henry Fonda.

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but... French movie, black and white, with subtitles,

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Dominic]

I'd like to give you two more:

MATEWAN - awesome John Sayles movie - I like it better than "Lone Star," and I love "Lone Star."

and

THE HAIRDRESSER'S HUSBAND - a fantastic little French flick that's funny and charming and ridiculous.

[CardSharpCook]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
FailSafe - A B+W movie about an accidental triggering of a US nuclear bombing of Moscow. Very emotionally powerful movie. Ends with Slim Pickens riding a bomb as it plummets towards Moscow (he's got his cowboy hat on and gives a Yee-Haw!) Of course, out of context that ending sounds really cheesy, but a great flick.

CSC

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually, you're talking about "Dr. Stranglove," - a Kubrick film. It's a parody of "Fail Safe" - starring Henry Fonda.

[/ QUOTE ]

I've seen both movies, and enjoyed them both. I think you're right, I mixed up the endings, but FailSafe is the movie to see for emotionally powerful performances. So, FailSafe is the movie, got the ending wrong.

CSC

[shant]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but... French movie, black and white, with subtitles,

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[/ QUOTE ]
Hahaha. OK, but it's a good movie.

[Blarg]

[ QUOTE ]
FailSafe - A B+W movie about an accidental triggering of a US nuclear bombing of Moscow. Very emotionally powerful movie. Ends with Slim Pickens riding a bomb as it plummets towards Moscow (he's got his cowboy hat on and gives a Yee-Haw!) Of course, out of context that ending sounds really cheesy, but a great flick.

CSC

[/ QUOTE ]

POTD

[Blarg]

Matewan is very good. Sayles is a hell of a guy -- an award winning writer, and a gutsy director who makes movies that actually matter.

[wacki]

Rad

[A_C_Slater]

Max


A movie about Adolf Hitler immediately after WWI. It is fictional, but a realistic view of what Hitler may have been like at that time.

[SippinSoma]

Run Lola Run.
City of the Lost Children.

[tbach24]

[ QUOTE ]
Run Lola Run.

[/ QUOTE ]

Good one

[Phoenix1010]

The Neverending Story
The Wizard

[ClassicBob]

[ QUOTE ]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[/ QUOTE ]

Cool movie thanks to the performances. Oldman, Roth and Dreyfuss are all great. However, the original play by Tom Stoppard is better.

[captZEEbo1]

Breaking the Waves directed by Lars von Trier

not THAT obscure to film buffs. Ebert put it in his top 10 of the 1990s. This movie is so powerful, you'll be completely floored!!!!11!

http://www.nostalgia.com/large/60315.JPG

[KDawgCometh]

I don't think that Run Lola Run is that obscure. It is very much in the cult status, so its a little too known to be all that obscure

[WillMagic]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Lone Star

Will

[/ QUOTE ]

Will, you rule.

Nobody else was gonna say this. You said it. You rule.

Lone Star must be the one of the most overlooked, underrated and unappreciated movies ever made.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks...it's true, I do rule,at least when it comes to cinematic taste.

Another one that comes to find is Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai. It's hard to find, and I don't even think it's on DVD...but if you can find it, it's one of the best crime films ever made.

Will

[Blarg]

Many of these are not obscure at all. But this thread hasn't yet totally degenerated into idiocy the way these threads usually do, when people with the movie experience of 12-year-olds come on suggesting the big box office crap of the last three or five years as if they were underappreciated classics nobody ever heard of.

[KDawgCometh]

yeah. I love Run Lola Run, my thing with pointing out its cult staus is that this thread has, so far, had many knowledgeable film fans, so I was just pointing out that Lola isn't that unkown. Then again, the ones that I picked aren't exactly obscure either /images/graemlins/grin.gif, you just have to know film to know them

[34TheTruth34]

Teen Anal Sluts 4

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Teen Anal Sluts 4

[/ QUOTE ]

Not really that obscure. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[morgant]

not obscure, but i catch a lot of heat for: The Sound of Music

[Uglyowl]

Strange Brew

[Dominic]

another one:

The Double Life of Veronique

Kieslowski at his most brilliant. While the "Three Colors" trilogy is probably his masterpiece, it's also not that obscure.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Strange Brew

[/ QUOTE ]

One of the all timje great movies.

[Blarg]

Yeah, Run Lola Run isn't very obscure.

At least we haven't seen a lot of idiot entries yet. I'm still waiting for someone to say, "Van Helsing" or something like that. We've had our obligatory sex dork already.

[this guy]

Amores perros

[tinga81]

From Justin To Kelly
Crossroads
Bring It On 1 *AND* 2

...

Seriously though,

Forbidden Planet is pretty damn awesome, considering the era it was made in.

[somethingstupid]

Whiteboyz

[TStoneMBD]

even though it just came out, most of you probably havent seen it. i really like "after the sunset".

[MicroBob]

Bob reviews some of the movies he's seen mentioned in this thread


il postino - overrated in my opinion (and I'm a fan of Pablo Neruda). I thought it was okay but not spectacular.

Top Secret - That movie ROCKS!!

Last Starfighter - Saw this in the theater with my best friend when we were 12. We were the only ones in the theater. We thought it was terrible and decided instead to stand at the screen and make hand-shadows puppets. I have seen it since and still think it's terrible.

Trainspotting - Easily in my top 10 favorite films. Doesn't qualify as obscure imo.

Night on Earth - I like Jim Jarmusch. Enjoyable film. Mystery Train is good too although similar.

My Dinner with Andre - I liked it. It was referenced on the Daily Show the other day and I'm sure it was over the head of 90%+ of the viewing audience.


FailSafe - was done twice. It is not the same as Dr. Strangelove though.
The re-make with George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Richard Dreyfus, Harvey Keitel and Noah Wylie (among others) was done live on CBS a few years ago.
It occasionally re-runs on A&E and is absolutely CHILLING. It is nothing short of terrifc and I highly recommend it.
I've only seen parts of the original FailSafe though.


Run Lola run - I liked it. Not horribly obscure.

Strange Brew - This was one of my favorite movies when I was like 13. The storm-trooper hockey scene is kind of weird.


After the Sunset - One of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. Even the sexy Salma Hayek couldn't save this one.

[MicroBob]

Some obscure films I dig:


The aforementioned CBS re-make of FailSafe is a good one I think.

Clockwatchers - If this counts as obscure

My Life to Live (Vivre se Vie) - 1962 French Film by Jean-Luc goddard (who also did Breathless which does NOT count as obscure)

Blow-Up - 1968 Michelangelo Antonioni film. British. Not sure if this qualifies as obscure or not but it is certainly more obscure than some of the movies mentioned here.


Fandango - 1984 film starring a young Kevin Costner (who I otherwise dislike) and Judd Nelson that I am partial to.

[WillMagic]

I know it's your birthday and all...but really, After the Sunset?

That's like naming Tecate as your favorite obscure beer. Not only has everyone heard of it, but it sucks too.

Will

[MicroBob]

[ QUOTE ]
Top Secret

[/ QUOTE ]


Nick: I'm sorry. I don't understand.

Hilary: That's okay....I know a little German.
(pause) He's right over there!!

cut to midget across the room waving back at Hilary.

[Eclypse]

Joe Gould's Secret

"There are flies on me...
There are flies on you...
But there ain't no flies on Jesus,
Ain't no flies on Jesus,
Ain't not flies on Jesus,
No there ain't no flies."

[Sooga]

Kentucky Fried Movie

[Blarg]

I loved Trainspotting -- bought it, even. Not even close to obscure, though.

[Blarg]

Blow-up wouldn't be obscure to anyone who knows who Godard is.

[Blarg]

Not obscure.

[Ogre]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005PJ8R.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[MicroBob]

i had a minor in film-studies. what can i say?

it really doesn't mean much as most of my papers were total garbage.
It basically just means that I watched a lot of foreign films and then argued about the supposed quality or meaning of those films with various profs.

They were actually some of the very best instructors I had at Miami (Ohio) University.



Blow Up is really a terrific movie.
Any movie that ends with mimes playing tennis is a winner in my book.


Anyone who has seen Austin Powers saw a couple of Blow Up references/parodies without even realizing it probably.
In the closing-credits when Austin is doing a photo-shoot with Liz Hurley....that is a direct parody of the opening scene of Blow Up.

[Sooga]

Hmmm, I know of very few people who have heard of or watched Kentucky Fried Movie.

[A_C_Slater]

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Munich,1918: In a world reeling from World War One and the shock of the new, everyone's mind is on the future. It is a time of high-octane debate and dreams of drastic change, a time when the lines between art, politics and personal beliefs have been blurred beyond reckoning. The only question that remains is this: now what? In what direction will things turn next? For Max Rothman (JOHN CUSACK), a soldier just returned from the Great War, the present has certainly turned out radically different from what he imagined. He returned from the war, one of the walking wounded, a damaged man trying to sort out his life. Once a promising artist, he lost his right arm and with it, his ability to paint. Yet the future still draws Max like a magnet, fueled by the restlessness, typified by the birth of modernism. Now, he opens up what quickly becomes an acclaimed art gallery. Also caught in the Post-War struggle are his beautiful wife (MOLLY PARKER) and children, a once picturesque family, now torn by uncertainty and Max's infatuation with his alluring artistic mistress (LEELEE SOBIESKI). But then, at a celebratory party for the opening of his new show, Max meets another man interested in the future: a fellow war veteran and aspiring painter, a man with no family, no home and no friends. His name: Adolf Hitler (NOAH TAYLOR), and his decision to transfer his creative talents to politics, where at last he finds an outlet for his raw beliefs, sets into motion the most catastrophic period of the 20th century. MAX is more historical fable than straight-ahead historical drama -- a tale that careens through art, politics, love, hope, intolerance, obsession and destructive malevolence to provide an original and intimate portrait of a major turning point in modern history.
Genres: Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.
Release Date: December 27, 2002 NY/LA.
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributor: Lions Gate Films

[Blarg]

Just put it in my Netflix queue.

[Blarg]

And here's a film about the writer and how he completely bolloxed his life, supposedly.

http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=70012780&trkid=148344

Here's one of the customer reviews.

[ QUOTE ]
In Overnight, Troy Duffy shows how not to make a movie. A bartender from Boston, Troy writes a movie script (Boondock Saints) and somehow lands a deal with Miramax to make the film, then he loses the deal, gets a record deal with Atlantic, loses it, then gets a deal to make Boondock Saints with another company and signs his band with another record company. In the middle of this rollercoaster ride of a movie/life/documentary, we find no shortage of drinking and smoking. And then there's Troy's way of dealing with people. Troy curses at people in the film industry on the phone. Troy badmouths his brother while driving in a car with his mother. He swears at bandmembers, telling them to shut the F up and just do their job. Is there anyone Troy doesn't hate? See Overnight to get an insight into the mind of a non-genius; a big fish in a small pond who is sure that the world owes him something, and that everyone who has ever wronged him in the past will live to regret it. And see it for the numerous A-list celebrities who show up to meet Troy early in the documentary, during the brief period when everyone thought he would be Hollywood's next great director.


[/ QUOTE ]

[plaster8]

Depends on what you mean by obscure, but none of my friends had heard of these until I recommended them:

1. Citizen Ruth -- An abortion comedy (yes, a comedy) starring Laura Dern. With Burt Reynolds in a great supporting role.

2. Defending Your Life -- After you die, you go to a weird Pleasantville-type purgatory where you go on "trial" to see if you have learned enough in your Earth life to move on in the universe. A comedy with Albert Brooks. Tough to explain, but I loved it.

3. Barcelona -- Probably not obscure enough, but I really enjoyed this story about an American salesman in Spain.

4. Kicking and Screaming -- Not the new Will Ferrell movie, but one that came out in the mid-90s about a group of guys who graduate from college, but don't want to leave. I probably wouldn't like this as much now, but when I saw it, I was in college, and didn't want to leave.

[hicherbie]

mating habits of earthbound humans.

funny and carmen electra is hot.

[ZeeJustin]

Spring Summer Fall Winter... and Spring

This is a film about a budhist lifestyle. The film has very little dialogue or action, but is a beautiful heartwarming story nonetheless. I highly recommend it.

[2005]

I don't know how obscure these are or if anyone posted them, but PI and Requiem for A Dream

[SuitedSixes]

[ QUOTE ]
Let it Ride. Lock.

[/ QUOTE ]

[stripsqueez]

[ QUOTE ]
Night on Earth

[/ QUOTE ]

this would be my pick

gettin square
bliss
two hands
the castle

only obscure because they are australian

stripsqueez - chickenhawk

[The Yugoslavian]

[ QUOTE ]
Spring Summer Fall Winter... and Spring

This is a film about a budhist lifestyle. The film has very little dialogue or action, but is a beautiful heartwarming story nonetheless. I highly recommend it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah...this movie was like the anti Dinner With Andre...on paper it seemed like one of those slightly different movies I'd very much like....except, well, it sucked, /images/graemlins/frown.gif.

Beautiful and the cinematography was good I guess so visually I was impressed (but it wasn't really better visually than many other movies I've seen employing a large dose of natural surroundings)....but the depth and/or insight and/or thought provocation wasn't there...

Of course, going into a movie attempting to embody budhism and demanding insight and/or depth is sort of well....not necessarily in the spirit of the work.

Meh.....it wasn't even close to 'contemplative'....and since I contemplate just about everything....that was pretty weak to me.

Maybe it caught me on a bad day though....meh.

Yugoslav

[Myrtle]

Some great flicks listed in this thread, especially 'Let it Ride'.

If you like Westerns, however, try........

...."Valdez is Coming"....

Classic lone good-guy vs. the 'bad guys' with Burt Lancaster in his prime as Bob Valdez, a half-breed Mexican sheriff. An ex-Apache-hunting army scout/sharpshooter who uses all his skills in a one-man vendetta against a wealthy cattle-baron/landowner.

Great job by Lancaster of underplaying the role, with a very realistic story line.

[hoopsie44]

I have 3 :

The Croupier

Gloomy Sunday

10 Rillington Place

[BWebb]

A movie I haven't seen in a long time but thought it was excellent when I did was "Zebrahead" with Michael Rappaport. I was younger when I watched it, so it might not be as good as I remember.

[Bob L]

Love story: Cousins
Fantasy: Hawk the slayer
Action:/Fantasy: Big trouble in little china
Comedy:Mystery date
Goofy ones which we watched over and over: My tutor,roller boogie,private lessons,youngblood

[Eihli]

I have to mention this movie in every "name good movie" post. This is the 2nd best movie ever made. It's from Palm Pictures, same guys that did City of God and Gunner Palace. If you only take one piece of movie advice in your entire life from a thread like this, let it be this: watch Fulltime Killer.

[Somekid]

Salo or Cannibal Holocaust.

[ArchAngel71857]

Hackers.

Summer School.

Does Network Count?

I love the Kentucky Fried Movie.

"Kill Him! Now, take him to Detroit!"

-AA

[sfer]

[ QUOTE ]
Gosford Park - haven't met anyone that has seen it, but it's a fantastic film.

-SmileyEH

[/ QUOTE ]

I've seen it. I like it.

[sfer]

[ QUOTE ]
Clockwatchers - If this counts as obscure

[/ QUOTE ]

I love Clockwatchers. And I love their other movie, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing.

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Gosford Park - haven't met anyone that has seen it, but it's a fantastic film. -SmileyEH

[/ QUOTE ]

This is weird. I rented it due to the huge amount of press it was getting and the number of people talking about it. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

I didn't like it, but mostly because I had trouble understand the Brits and was missing too much. I thought the camera work was odd too, but not necessarily in a bad way.

[sfer]

[ QUOTE ]
4. Kicking and Screaming -- Not the new Will Ferrell movie, but one that came out in the mid-90s about a group of guys who graduate from college, but don't want to leave. I probably wouldn't like this as much now, but when I saw it, I was in college, and didn't want to leave.

[/ QUOTE ]

I watched it again recently and I liked it more than I should have.

[sfer]

Spellbound

[xadrez]

[ QUOTE ]
Kentucky Fried Movie

[/ QUOTE ]

<-- See my avatar

[xadrez]

[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but it's called La Haine (Hate). French movie, black and white, with subtitles, but great acting and a killer soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

[/ QUOTE ]

GREAT movie! I saw this in the theatre, and the moment the credits rolled the entire theatre didnt even begin exiting their seats to leave for about 30 seconds...

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but it's called La Haine (Hate). French movie, black and white, with subtitles, but great acting and a killer soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

[/ QUOTE ]

GREAT movie! I saw this in the theatre, and the moment the credits rolled the entire theatre didnt even begin exiting their seats to leave for about 30 seconds...

[/ QUOTE ]

Waiting for an encore? /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[groo]

Great flick.

Mine would be "The Razors Edge"

[thatpfunk]

http://www.hkfilm.net/shwdwn.gif


Easily one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
Great flick.

Mine would be "The Razors Edge"

[/ QUOTE ]

What about "Over the Edge" that was mentioned in a thread recently. I loved that flick.

edit: although I haven't seen it since i was like 13.

[JimGil]

River's Edge

[knifeandfork]

ive been in a an altered state most / every time ive seen it and for all i know it could have been a major box officey movie but
Gummo
maka me laugh every time

[GtrHtr]

Hands down:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

[trotski]

Pi
Suicide Kings
SLC Punk

Not sure how "obscure" these films are.

[DeadMoneyOC]

Nueve Reinas(Nine Queens) Awesome movie from Argentina. Its about these theives who steal stamps and there is an awesome twist at the end.

Amores Perros - Movie from Mexico about love and life.

You have to see both movies.

[AsiaKurosawa]

Dreams (Yume)

aK

[jakethebake]

I'm surprised "El Mariachi" hasn't been mentioned yet.

[casinogosain]

Dead Man @ IMDB (http://imdb.com/title/tt0112817/)

-Ash

[TRBNGR]

The Knack ... and another one, Belle Du Jour

[Sifmole]

Sci-fi Parody, "Dark Star" -- hilarious, not great filmmaking but very very funny

[Amid Cent]

Neither movie is that obscure, but don't get talked about much.

Heathers
Time Bandits

[Oski]

Drugstore Cowboy.

[Richie Rich]

"They Live". Almost a cult classic.

[GuyOnTilt]

[ QUOTE ]
not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[/ QUOTE ]

I haven't seen anything better since I saw this a few months ago. Great film.

GoT

[shant]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I don't know if this is obscure, but it's called La Haine (Hate). French movie, black and white, with subtitles, but great acting and a killer soundtrack.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

[/ QUOTE ]

GREAT movie! I saw this in the theatre, and the moment the credits rolled the entire theatre didnt even begin exiting their seats to leave for about 30 seconds...

[/ QUOTE ]
Wow that's cool. Where do you live that this played in a theater?

[GuyOnTilt]

[ QUOTE ]
Lone Star

Will

[/ QUOTE ]

Damn you. I remember your taste in films were very similar to mine, so now I'm going to have to go find this. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif Thanks for the tip!

GoT

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
not really obscure, but i absolutely love: All the Real Girls (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458/)

[/ QUOTE ]

I haven't seen anything better since I saw this a few months ago. Great film.

GoT

[/ QUOTE ]
/images/graemlins/smile.gif!

[Myrtle]

Add this one.........

'The Hill'.......with a young Sean Connery.

Brutality in a British military prison in the middle of the desert.....incredibly well directed. Relentlessly increasing tension leading to a great ending.

[3rdEye]

The Corndog Man. IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193837/)

[itsmesteve]

Hard Core Logo . . . Fictitious Canadian punk band mock-u-mentary complete with Joey Ramone Cameo. . .
I believe Tarrantino owns the rights these days. IMDB - Hard Core Logo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116488/)

[gusser]

here's a couple

Fear of a black hat, i don't know how obscure this is but i think i've met 2 people besides me who have seen it. It's a mocumentary about rap groups.

Puddle Cruiser - it was done by broken lizard the guys who did super troopers, i have only seen it once or twice but it was good

kentucky fried movie - someone already mentioned this but it deserves repeating

[Blarg]

Now 10 Rillington Place is extremely obscure, for sure.

And very creepy. Not all in a good way either, heh. Definitely not a date movie.

[Blarg]

[ QUOTE ]
Hands down:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

[/ QUOTE ]

The opposite of obscure. Puh-lease, people!

[lorinda]

Sci-fi Parody, "Dark Star" -- hilarious, not great filmmaking but very very funny

I came here to post this.

It was actually on a tiny budget, so the filmmaking is pretty good too given what he had to work with.

Lori

[-Skeme-]

Lonestar State Of Mind

[MicroBob]

I think Pi definitely qualifies.
It's a top 10 favorite film for me and I really should have included it in my first post in this thread.


Requiem for a Dream (2005 mentioned) probably does not qualify though imo.


Suicide Kings shouldn't qualify. I saw parts of this YET AGAIN on basic-cable (I think FX) just a couple weeks ago.
I also don't think it's THAT good but nothing else was on.


sfer - I remember you mentioned the 13 convo's movie to me before and I have been meaning to track this down but haven't gotten around to it.


If you like slightly darker humor and also are looking for an Office Space type film then see Clockwatchers.

The idea of working in a hideous, life-less job is similar to office-space...except it's chicks instead of guys.

[Blarg]

Pi isn't quite obscure. It only came out a few years back and got loads of publicity.

We're starting to get people doing the usual for these threads -- just throwing in what they liked from the last few years.

[pootle]

Another vote from me for La Haine, an incredible piece of filmaking. In fact, I'm gonna stick it on right now /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Also:-

Threads
Man Bites Dog

[MicroBob]

I only know a couple people who are familiar with it.

It's more obscure than Trainspotting for example (which i agree doesn't qualify as obscure).

I'll take your word for it that it got so much pub.



What about the documentary The Big Bang?
Basically just a bunch of interviews with various people on their thoughts about life.

I had wanted to see it for awhile and finally ran across it one night back when I had 8-zillion HBO's and cinemax's.

I thought Big Bang was really terrific.

[Vavavoom]

Not sure if anyone poasted this but :

Space Raiders....Was 6 when I first watched this and I cried....Bit of a rip-off of the Original Star Wars and didn't even use original actions scenes....Still a classic IMO...

[Blarg]

Haven't seen The Big Bang. I've been putting the occasional documentary in my Netflix queue these days, too. I put one on Bob Dylan, one on The Clash, and one on Akira Kurosawa.

I was saying that about Pi because it was kind of a phenomenon of sorts when it came out. It got some big coverage, and still is a cult favorite, and isn't too old. It's in my queue; haven't seen it yet.

I'm a big fan of Trainspotting I love, but again, not obscure at all. Which is a cool thing. Some very funny reviews on the net about that film, from the bible-thumpers.

[Wozza]

The Right Stuff - about the Apollo missions. Brilliant book, too...Tom Wolfe

[Blarg]

That's about as obscure as Batman.

[Oski]

Batman

[bosoxfan]

[ QUOTE ]
Fandango - 1984 film starring a young Kevin Costner (who I otherwise dislike) and Judd Nelson that I am partial to.

[/ QUOTE ]

Great choice.

[thatpfunk]

Titanic...

[etgryphon]

On the Italian Kick...

There is a movie called Cinema Paradiso (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/). It was pretty good.

-Gryph

[jojobinks]

[ QUOTE ]
Dead Man @ IMDB (http://imdb.com/title/tt0112817/)

-Ash

[/ QUOTE ]

i love you ash (but i'm not gay)

also:
human nature
ruby in paradise
magnolia (obscure?)

[etgryphon]

Yeah I love that movie.



Chris Knight: Have you ever seen a body like this before in your life?
David Decker: She happens to be my daughter.
Chris Knight: Oh. Then I guess you have.

Funny.

-Gryph

[stankybank]

Best of the Best (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096913/)

[stankybank]

[ QUOTE ]
Best of the Best (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096913/)

[/ QUOTE ]

BTW, part II and III sucked big time. Haven't seen IV, but I'm sure it sucks as well.

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Best of the Best (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096913/)

[/ QUOTE ]

BTW, part II and III sucked big time. Haven't seen IV, but I'm sure it sucks as well.

[/ QUOTE ]

C'mon even part one was pretty bad, but great for some mindless chop-sockey fun. The sequels were not even good for that. I don't know if i'd call it obsure either since it's on every Saturday on some channel or other.

[jhall23]

Photographing Fairies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119893/) I picked this up because of a staff review at a nice local video store. Was pleasently surprised.

I don't think "Donnie Darko" would necessarily be called obscure anymore but that was a rollickin good time.

[johnnycakes]

[ QUOTE ]

MATEWAN - awesome John Sayles movie - I like it better than "Lone Star," and I love "Lone Star."


[/ QUOTE ]

Matewan stars Will Oldham (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646165/).
Will Oldham is a phenomenal songwriter and sings the opening song in All The Real Girls.

Where's Kevin Bacon?

[gvibes]

[ QUOTE ]

sfer - I remember you mentioned the 13 convo's movie to me before and I have been meaning to track this down but haven't gotten around to it.

[/ QUOTE ]

I thought it (13 conversations about one thing, right?) was pretty bad.

Posted by pootle:
[ QUOTE ]
Man Bites Dog

[/ QUOTE ]
That was going to be mine. Chilling and weird.

[johnnycakes]

My vote goes to Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood For Love (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/)

Absolutely amazing in pace, cinematography and emotion.
I think those who love All The Real Girls (as I do) would love this movie too.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Home for the holidays

[MicroBob]

magnolia??

sorry. try again.

not even close to obscure.


I think it garnered some talk for best-pic nomination (don't believe it was nominated).
Tom Cruise might have been getting talk for best supporting actor nomination too.

It was pretty widely distributed and very well known.


Also - Friend of mine thought it was terrific.
I thought it was pretty mediorce (bordering on crappy).

[Dominic]

i'd like to add one more:

Queen Margot. Fantastic French flick.

[stankybank]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Best of the Best (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096913/)

[/ QUOTE ]

BTW, part II and III sucked big time. Haven't seen IV, but I'm sure it sucks as well.

[/ QUOTE ]

C'mon even part one was pretty bad, but great for some mindless chop-sockey fun. The sequels were not even good for that. I don't know if i'd call it obsure either since it's on every Saturday on some channel or other.

[/ QUOTE ]

Really? I've seen Best of the Best I once on TV and that was a long time ago. I noticed that they were playing Best of the Best 2 a couple times on cable a while back and I thought Wayne Newton had a comical enough role for me to sit down and watch the piece of trash for about 45 min before I started to get sick of it.

If Best of the Best I is ever on TV again, please PM me w/ the ch/date/time. Thanks.

[jojobinks]

[ QUOTE ]
magnolia??

sorry. try again.

not even close to obscure.


I think it garnered some talk for best-pic nomination (don't believe it was nominated).
Tom Cruise might have been getting talk for best supporting actor nomination too.

It was pretty widely distributed and very well known.


Also - Friend of mine thought it was terrific.
I thought it was pretty mediorce (bordering on crappy).

[/ QUOTE ]

hmmm...i guess i could argue the same about just about every post on this thread. instead, i offered something meaningful.

and i did try again. twice, actually, with ruby in paradise and human nature.

[mostsmooth]

[ QUOTE ]
Let it Ride. Lock.

[/ QUOTE ]
WHERE DID MY GOD COME FROM?!?!?!?

[JackWilson]

A few things:

Equilibrium - Not only is it not obscure, it's horrible.
Gosford Park - Not obscure. Critically acclaimed and overrated.
City of God - Not obscure.
The Commitments - Not very obscure, quite good.
The Neverending Story - Not obscure, not very good.
The Croupier - Not very obscure, horrible.

With that out of the way, I offer you:

Le Fate Ignoranti (not sure how obscure this is, I doubt many of you have seen this)

[John Cole]

Dominic,

Local Hero is one of my favorites, and I love the Russian singing "Even the Lone Star State Gets Lonesome." But for real obscure, I'd go with Raul Ruiz's On the Top of the Whale.

[Blarg]

Here's one that I guess would be considered obscure now, but was extremely popular when it came out, and its director became really loved for this one especially, and a few more. For a true film buff, it's not terribly obscure, but for your average guy, much less your average young 2+2 poster, it's probably unknown.

Trouble In Mind, starring Kris Kristofferson.

[TimTimSalabim]

Wages of Fear

[Dominic]

[ QUOTE ]
Wages of Fear

[/ QUOTE ]

this is a classic and not at all obscure.

Great movie, though.

[TimTimSalabim]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wages of Fear

[/ QUOTE ]

this is a classic and not at all obscure.

Great movie, though.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'll bet that 99% of OOTers have not seen it.

[MicroBob]

[ QUOTE ]
Fandango - 1984 film starring a young Kevin Costner (who I otherwise dislike) and Judd Nelson that I am partial to.



Great choice.

[/ QUOTE ]


i knew there must be another Fandango fan out there somewhere.

The last 10 minutes just get me every single time.

Haven't watched it in awhile....might pop it in the VCR tonight (you guys remember VCR's, right??)

[TimTimSalabim]

Speaking of Forsythe, Gregory's Girl is another good one.

[Blarg]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wages of Fear

[/ QUOTE ]

this is a classic and not at all obscure.

Great movie, though.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'll bet that 99% of OOTers have not seen it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, but that's not saying much.

[rmarotti]

If "The Seventh Seal" is obscure, then I recommend it.

[SinCityGuy]

"Seven Days in May"

Fredric March plays the role of the U.S. president, who has reached a low in his popularity, but manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate. Burt Lancaster stars as a popular member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his mad obsession with, and fear of a Soviet nuclear attack finally turns him against the president and leads him to a plot to overthrow the government. Kirk Douglas also stars as a lower ranking officer who learns of the plot and must find a way to try and dismantle the scheme.

It's an old black and white movie (1964), but it's a very well made drama.

[NorCalJosh]

i was always of the opinion that threads such as these normally became meaningless crap when elitist film snobs came in and declared everyone else a moron for having better things to do than sit around and watch black and white subtitled slovakian movies.

[rmarotti]

There is a life changing experience you should seriously consider.

[zephed56]

Psycho Beach Party-Spoof of 1960's Beach Party/Gidget surfing movies mixed with slasher horror films.

It's amusing.

[twang]

The Royal Tenenbaums. Amazing movie. Don't know if it is obscure though.

/twang

[Blarg]

Neither an even halfway bright or on point thing to say -- not even clever -- but damn, it must have felt good saying it!

I hope you've released the terrible pressure! And welcome to OOT. You'll fit right in.

[MicroBob]

Royal Tennenbaums is not even close to obscure. Sorry.

Anything with Gene Hackman and Gwyneth Paltrow can't qualify.

I thought this movie was okay....but not blown-away by it.
My ex freaking loved it though.


Watched Fandango again tonight.
The last 10-15 minutes or so got me yet again. I'm such a sap.


Has anyone rented the new version of Fail Safe based on my recommendation? Man that movie creeps me out.

[Blarg]

Not yet. I saw the old one, though. I'll go see what the new one looks like.

The Royal Tennenbaums seems to be much loved around here. It's on my Netflix queue. I just increased my membership so I can have 8 out at a time.

[MicroBob]

I only saw bits and pieces of the old one so I should check that one out.


I freaking hate Richard Dreyfus in EVERYTHING he does but he is really terrific as the President in Fail safe.
George Clooney is good too.

And I thought Noah Wylie really nailed the "oh my god" factor as the translator when Dreyfus presents his chilling plan. His reaction is the part that really got me.


Blarg - I suspect you would probably enjoy the Big Bang

[Blarg]

I'm definitely not a Dreyfuss fan, although I thought he was good enough way back when, in American Graffiti, and I was surprised I was even able to stand him in The Goodbye Girl. Now he kind of gives me the creeps, though.

I searched for the Fail Safe you're talking about on Netflix, and only turned up the old one.

I'll see what that Big Bang thing is about. I've seriously got over 400 in my queue, though, so it's going to be ages till I can see most things.

I did remember to put in my queue a fun horror film that's not super obscure to film nuts, but is probably not known to all that many OOT'ers -- Warlock. It had some pretty crappy sequels, but I remember being very pleasantly surprised by the first one when I first saw it. The main actor is quite good, and there's a genuine vicious creepiness about him even though he has a certain jolliness about his evil that makes you actually kind of like the guy. There's at least one scene there that I've always remembered, when the warlock seeks out the fat of an unbaptised child to make his flying potion, that's really creepy and funny at the same time.

[lacky]

why doesn't blarg get in enough hours at the poker tables?

DING DING DING we have our answer folks /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Steve

(just kidding)

[Blarg]

Heheh, it was easy to hit that one out of the park!

[HesseJam]

I like all the Jim Jarmusch stuff but I like "Stranger than Paradise" best. There is one scene where they stay at the Hungarian aunt's house and she plays cards with them. Auntie is winning every hand and you always hear "I am ze winnar!" from her. Cracks me up everytime.

Blow Up is a great film which I saw the first time when I was 12 or so. I had trouble following the plot but there were many nekkid scenes so I liked it. Saw that one 20 years later and yeah, it's great!

Kentucky Fried Movie is the film I laughed most about in my life. It is quite known over here and they are still showing it in program cinemas. Unfortunatly, there seems to be only one copy for all those cinemas and the film is getting shorter every year.

[jakethebake]

Falling Down

[brokedickrooster]

Eric Stoltz as bank robber in France

[Dominic]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Fandango - 1984 film starring a young Kevin Costner (who I otherwise dislike) and Judd Nelson that I am partial to.

Great choice.

[/ QUOTE ]


i knew there must be another Fandango fan out there somewhere.

The last 10 minutes just get me every single time.

Haven't watched it in awhile....might pop it in the VCR tonight (you guys remember VCR's, right??)

[/ QUOTE ]

I like Fandango, too...great movie....I love the whole tying the car to the train bit - very funny.

[jakethebake]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Fandango - 1984 film starring a young Kevin Costner (who I otherwise dislike) and Judd Nelson that I am partial to.

Great choice.

[/ QUOTE ]


i knew there must be another Fandango fan out there somewhere.

The last 10 minutes just get me every single time.

Haven't watched it in awhile....might pop it in the VCR tonight (you guys remember VCR's, right??)

[/ QUOTE ]

I like Fandango, too...great movie....I love the whole tying the car to the train bit - very funny.

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree. Great flick and I'm not even a Costner fan.

[Dominic]

[ QUOTE ]
Royal Tennenbaums is not even close to obscure. Sorry.

Anything with Gene Hackman and Gwyneth Paltrow can't qualify.

I thought this movie was okay....but not blown-away by it.
My ex freaking loved it though.


Watched Fandango again tonight.
The last 10-15 minutes or so got me yet again. I'm such a sap.


Has anyone rented the new version of Fail Safe based on my recommendation? Man that movie creeps me out.

[/ QUOTE ]

Fail Safe is a great movie...but I prefer the old version...

[JackWilson]

Just thought of another one. Dunno how obscure it is in the US, my guess being not very, but it is still noteworthy.

The Princess Bride.

[KDawgCometh]

[ QUOTE ]
Just thought of another one. Dunno how obscure it is in the US, my guess being not very, but it is still noteworthy.

The Princess Bride.

[/ QUOTE ]

in the US its the exact opposite of obscure

[Dominic]

Here's another one:

Exotica 1994, Atom Egoyan
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109759/

An intelligent, beautiful and heartbreaking film from Canada.

Stars Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirschner and Sarah Polley

[LotsOfOuts69]

Run Lola Run is weird but good, I guess I don't "absolutely Love" it

[Blarg]

Stranger Than Paradise is great. It was absolutely huge in its time and for a very long time after. A very much loved film.

I loved many parts of Down by Law, too. It didn't work as well, but man, so many parts of it worked soooo well. It even enabled me to stand that Italian comedian, whose name I forget now, who did that "Life is Beautiful" film.

I've really gotta rent those two and see them again.

Kentucky Fried Movie was a gut buster. Not all of it was good, but that was another one where it's hard to imagine now that some people don't know it. It was a monster hit when it first came out, and everyone I knew saw it about as many times as they could take without blowing their brains out. I laughed my ass off at that one, and so did everyone I knew. Great fun.

It's funny, by now, you go back to some of those comedies and they probably don't seem so outrageous or original, and it's almost like you have to train yourself to see them clearly. But it's cool to see the sources of the type of comedy everyone's been feeding off for decades.

[JoshuaD]

The Zero Effect. Great movie.

[TwiceShotPhil]

Suture.

The movie Memento stole a lot from Suture.

[OrangeCat]

[ QUOTE ]
"Seven Days in May"

Fredric March plays the role of the U.S. president, who has reached a low in his popularity, but manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate. Burt Lancaster stars as a popular member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his mad obsession with, and fear of a Soviet nuclear attack finally turns him against the president and leads him to a plot to overthrow the government. Kirk Douglas also stars as a lower ranking officer who learns of the plot and must find a way to try and dismantle the scheme.It's an old black and white movie (1964), but it's a very well made drama.

[/ QUOTE ]

+1

Excellent movie on many levels.

[Popinjay]

My Life as a Dog (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089606/)

Foreign lang. film about the life of this young kid. It's by far the saddest movie I have ever seen (yes I cried profusely) and that is why I love it.

[Skip Brutale]

I love "Accattone", an Italian movie from I think the 50's by Pasolini.

[Felix_Nietsche]

I bought it at a garage sale for a $1.
It is good but I can see why it would not appeal to the action movie crowd.

[renodoc]

[ QUOTE ]
Betty Blue.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is that the one with the pan-up opening bed shot? nice hand.

[renodoc]

You're late for your appointment with The Wicker Man

[BWebb]

I actually need help remembering the title of this film, but the premise is this:

Young liberals (a couple, a black guy, so others) have someone over to dinner that they don't agree with and they end up killing them. They enjoyed it and decided to have others over they don't agree with (racist, homophobe, etc.) and kill them as well.

Does anyone know the name of this movie?

[nails]

Repo Man
Running on Empty

[pc in NM]

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[Superfluous Man]

El Ángel Exterminador directed by Luis Buñuel is pretty damn funny.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056732/

[Talk2BigSteve]

Meet The Feebles (1989)

Directed by Peter Jackson(The Lord of The Rings guy)

Plot
Heidi The Hippo, the star of the Meet The Feebles Variety Hour discovers her husband Bletch, The Walrus is cheating and with all the world waiting for the show the assorted co-stars must contend with their own problems. These include drug abuse, extortion, robbery, AIDS and even murder. While this is happening the love between two of the stars is threatened by the devious Trevor the Rat, who wishes to exploit the young starlet.
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Basically Peter Jackson made a parody of "The Muppets Show". It's about a bunch of animal puppets (or people in animal costumes) putting on a show where everything goes wrong. Half of the puppets are strung out on drugs; some are doing porno videos in the basement; the rabbit is basically getting it on with everybody (and gets a potentially fatal disease); a walrus is going at it with a cat (this is shown) and a psychotic hippo gets hold of a machine gun....

As you can see this is NOT for the kiddies. What it is is an all out, no holds barred assault on good taste. Jackson and his crew show puppets vomiting, having sex, being graphically killed or sexually assaulted. If you have a weak stomach this is NOT for you. However if you have a REAL sick sense of humor and can take VERY graphic material (like me) you'll have a ball! I was actually laughing myself silly during this. The movie keeps topping itself with the humor getting more sick and graphic until the final massacre sequence at the end. Hard to believe this guy went on to do "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

NOT FOR EVERYBODY but damn I had so much FUN watching it!!!!
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Very Funny Movie

Big Steve /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[BottlesOf]

70s thriller with Donald Sutherland. Takes place mostly in Venice, awesome ending.

[Blarg]

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I actually need help remembering the title of this film, but the premise is this:

Young liberals (a couple, a black guy, so others) have someone over to dinner that they don't agree with and they end up killing them. They enjoyed it and decided to have others over they don't agree with (racist, homophobe, etc.) and kill them as well.

Does anyone know the name of this movie?

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Eating Raoul, starring and directed by Paul Bartel, also starring Mary Woronov.

Very funny flick.

[Blarg]

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You're late for your appointment with The Wicker Man

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Fun film.

[Blarg]

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My Life as a Dog (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089606/)

Foreign lang. film about the life of this young kid. It's by far the saddest movie I have ever seen (yes I cried profusely) and that is why I love it.

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It is incredibly sad, but it's also gut-bustingly funny. I love movies that can combine the two; the ability to do that is very, very rare. This is one that won't age a day.

I cried too, btw. Every time I see it.

That film and Grave of the Fireflies are the films I guess I think are the saddest. Grave is probably a little harder to watch, but not in the same way, because there seems so little to redeem the sadness in it, unlike the humor and good people you see in My Life as a Dog. Both can mess me up for a while.

[Blarg]

Yeah, Bunuel can be hilarious.

[Clarkmeister]

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I only saw bits and pieces of the old one so I should check that one out.


I freaking hate Richard Dreyfus in EVERYTHING he does but he is really terrific as the President in Fail safe.


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You really should watch Let it Ride. He's perfect in it.

"Do you have a brother? I figure it's in the blood!"

[yoadrians]

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Gosford Park - haven't met anyone that has seen it, but it's a fantastic film.

-SmileyEH

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Saw it TWICE in the theater and bought the DVD. EXCELLENT CHOICE.

[anisotropy]

An early Bruce Beresford movie: Breaker Morant

[Golden_Rhino]

5 Deadly Venoms

[Golden_Rhino]

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Return to Paradise starring Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix. Didn't do well at all at the box office but it was an excellent movie.

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great movie.

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If...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/

Wish they'd rerelease the damn thing on DVD already.

[Cancuk]

heres a few.
smoke signals
saving grace
baba-ho tep (although not that obscure)
ammores perros
Fubar (all canadians will know that one...one of the funniest movies ever made)
Donnie Darko (not that obscure)
i´ll think of more later

[skoal2k4]

The Last Temptation of Christ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095497/)

[sam h]

N/T

[Rick Nebiolo]

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Let it Ride. Lock.

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The New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/7nl4d) loved it to. I'll check it out. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

~ Rick

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored.

Great exploration of race relations and life as a black person in the old south. No big bang lynchings or super-intense scenes, just quiet dignity in the face of racism. Well acted and well directed.

[Cyrus]

The Jerzy Skolimowsky one.

But you gotta be around the same age as the hero to be knocked out by it.

[Cyrus]

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FailSafe - The re-make with George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Richard Dreyfus, Harvey Keitel and Noah Wylie (among others) was done live on CBS a few years ago.

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You wanna see an actor's mettle, put him ina theatrical setting. Those boys show they can act.

But, really, where's the nuclear paranoia to give such stories perspective? When people watched "Dr Strangelove", the laughing at the end was real but the threat of global annihilation was real too.

[Cyrus]

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Sci-fi Parody, "Dark Star" -- hilarious, not great filmmaking but very very funny. It was actually on a tiny budget, so the filmmaking is pretty good too given what he had to work with.

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Good call.

After that film, no one can complain that they cannot shoot their movie properly because they are underfunded. The man shot a science fiction movie on a microbudget.

All you need is talent and inspiration, end of story.

[Cyrus]

This remark about the film has become a cliché in the movie industry, but, really, it contains one of the best erotic scenes ever.

Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.