Your favorite obscure or semi-obscure movies.
Hello everyone. I just joined this forum because I wanted to get some movie recommendations. You see the problem is that although I like movies, I kind of have high standards as to what movies I think are good. I didn't bother watching any of the new X-Men movies for instance, nor the Star Wars prequels. I did watch one of the newer Batman movies that came out with Heath Ledger as the Joker, and though it wasn't quite bad enough for me to walk out of the theater I didn't really care for it and rated it a four out of ten. I think I just don't like the Hollywood formula of taking an already existing franchise and continuing to churn out the same reliable product. Thus I'd thought I'd ask you all to recommend me your favorite obscure or semi-obscure movies, it doesn't have to be something that no one has ever heard of, but not like a Micheal Bay Transformers movie.or something that everyone knows about.
A few of my favorite semi-obscure movies organized by genre are Horror: Phantasm (1979) Directed and Written by Don Coscarelli. Drama: Storytelling (2001) Directed and Written by Todd Solondz Fantasy: Flesh and Blood (1985) Directed by Paul Verhoeven Written by Gerard Soeteman and Paul Verhoeven. Though I don't know if this is a "fantasy" movie really, there are swords and castles in it though. Science Fiction: Summer Time Machine Blues (2005) Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro Written by Makota Ueda. Action: Charlie Varrick (1973) Directed by Don Siegal Written by John Reese. |
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Spider Baby (1964) |
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What, don't tell me you don't like how every new Hollywood movie trailer has the Inception theme music playing with only a slight variation.
Here's my obscure jem for you though: Blue (2002) Directed by Hiroshi Ando. |
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The Stickup (2002) really impressed me. There is a twist in the plot that you don't see coming. The film fools the viewer right from the offset.
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Looks like three really good movies so far. Everyone please keep your recommendations coming.
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Love Exposure (2008) written and directed by Sion Sono, is one of the best films I've ever seen, yet it does seem to have slipped under the radar a little bit. :)
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I looked up that movie CiCi and it looks really good and funny. This thread has been a great success, I have four movies that actually seem good to watch now. Hopefully more people will share theirs as well.
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I do not know if this one counts. (It was an entry in the Sundance Film festival after all) I just have not seen i discussed or promoed anywhereand I really enjoyed it. |
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The General Again it depends on what you call obscure. This is another movie that I believe deserves more attention. It only grossed about $1,200,000. |
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Coherence sat on my favorites list for quite a while, and while it didn't stay on there for long I still think it's a fantastically executed mind bending thriller. |
Originally Posted by Diehl40 (Post 1449949)
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The General Again it depends on what you call obscure. This is another movie that I believe deserves more attention. It only grossed about $1,200,000. |
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I've never met anyone who's seen or even heard of my favorite movie.
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Originally Posted by Omnizoa (Post 1451878)
I've never met anyone who's seen or even heard of my favorite movie.
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I suppose Shadey's quite an obscure one. I haven't seen it in years.
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Originally Posted by DrSoup007 (Post 1449951)
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Coherence sat on my favorites list for quite a while, and while it didn't stay on there for long I still think it's a fantastically executed mind bending thriller. |
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Originally Posted by christine (Post 1451921)
even Mark f?
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I have a soft spot for Mark Romanek's debut film Static. Sorry Mark.
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Man Bites Dog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)
Rented it from the indie foreign section at my ol' local video store and even as a teen thought it was brilliant and hilarious. It's a B&W french film from the early 90s I think and is about a documentary crew who goes around recording a day in the life of a serial killer. It's quite absurd at times and eventually they find themselves wrapped up in his killings, all in the name of filming their movie. It's kinda ahead of it's time when you think about it as it's a found footage movie with ah heavy focus on celebrity and our " unhealthy reality" crave when it comes to entertainment. |
Originally Posted by Omnizoa (Post 1451935)
Never met him.
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Originally Posted by The Sci-Fi Slob (Post 1451983)
The human Mark f died 5 years ago. His body is mostly mechanical now, and his brain is posotronic - holding a massive archive of films old, new, and not yet made. He is also capable of interplanetary travel, can read whilst blindfolded, and can switch TV channels with his eyes.
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Go Tell the Spartans (1978), starring Burt Lancaster. Not as good as Charley Verrick, but still pretty good.
There are a couple of other 1970 movies that I would like to recommend, if they could only be seen as originally conceived and with all the footage that was once available. Valdez Is Coming (1971), also starring Lancaster, is unfortunately only available in the hacked-up version that was originally released in North America. Back in the 1970s, I saw a much longer version (in one fairly long scene, Lancaster carefully pours melted beef tallow into shotgun shells, so that the pellets won't disperse so much when he shoots his enemies at long range). They Might be Giants (1971), starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward, is now available in almost complete version. My favourite part of the film, where Jack Gilford tells Scott about his college days, is still missing, however. |
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I've never met anyone who's seen or even heard of my favorite movie.
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Originally Posted by Nausicaä (Post 1452935)
Ink, I remember that nose... was not too keen on that but did enjoy their next film The Frame.
I wrote a big review criticizing it and sent it to the creators. :P |
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Dead of Winter (1987)
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Originally Posted by Camx (Post 1451940)
Man Bites Dog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)
Rented it from the indie foreign section at my ol' local video store and even as a teen thought it was brilliant and hilarious. It's a B&W french film from the early 90s I think and is about a documentary crew who goes around recording a day in the life of a serial killer. It's quite absurd at times and eventually they find themselves wrapped up in his killings, all in the name of filming their movie. It's kinda ahead of it's time when you think about it as it's a found footage movie with ah heavy focus on celebrity and our " unhealthy reality" crave when it comes to entertainment. |
Vanishing Act (1986). *only on vhs*
After Hours (1985) Death Trap (1982) Ghost World (2001) Panic (2000) Great thread! I'm always looking for obscure gems |
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Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
All the Way to Paris (1966) Days of Gray (2013) Détruisez-vous (1969) The Faith Club (2017) I am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person (2011) Leap 4 Your Life (2013) Murder Made Easy (2017) Nose to Tail (2018) Wexford Plaza (2016) Sophie's Place (1986) Todo un caballero (1947) |
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