NationStates Jolt Archive

My suggestion is "The Big Kahuna". It stars Kevin Spacey and Danny Devito as a couple of industrial lubricant salesmen sent to a convention in Witchita Kansas along with a new employee to win a major client, the big kahuna, for their company. The film deals with issues of friendship, religion, honesty and character. It's a fine movie if you want a serious moral drama with some witty, funny dialog.

Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Gay Niggers From Outer Space

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/

tie me up, tie me down starring antonio banderas

"Corrupt", "Copkiller", "Corrupt Lieutenant". It's a very disturbing film, especially the bathroom scenes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085366/

Delicatessen

Time and Tide

Waking Life

City of Lost Children

Deep Cover

Ran

Rashoman

The Seven Samurai

all good. you'd have to watch time and tide more than once to understand it htough, since the translation isn't great. iguess it would be fine if you know contonese, but if not, watchi it twice. personally i prefer the dubbing to the subtitles, since the translations are different, and the dubbed voice is good.

Twin Warriors starring Jet Li.

Shaolin Soccer was hilarious but I don't think that was an obscure one.

Harold & Maude.

WE LOVE YOU, JAMIL!!!

President, Jamil Fan Club

The Return of the Killer Tomatoes. It's the sequel to The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (which is the one everyone knows).

Harold & Maude.

WE LOVE YOU, JAMIL!!!

President, Jamil Fan Club
Stop following me... you're starting to scare me.

Weekend At Bernie's
I figure everyone's forgotten about this cinematic masterpiece.


The Neverending Story
Ditto (for kids).

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Gotta love Mr. Creosote (sp?)!

debbie does debbie

I haven't forgotten about Weekend at Bernie's! I watched the two of them countless times in the early 90's.

"Mars Needs Women" (campy B movie from the 1960s)

"The Hunger" (Susan Sarendon and David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve as vampires)

"Boys of Company C" (really good Vietnam war movie, with some humor)

"Double Indemnity" (classic Film Noir, with Fred McMurray as the bad guy)

"Get Crazy" (oh the early 1980s were fun)(with Lou Reed, Malcom Mcdowell, some good music, lots of sex, drugs and rock and roll)(really funny too)

"Killer Klowns from Outer Space" (with John Vernon of Animal House fame)(too silly to describe, but its pretty amusing though)

mars needs women rocks

I think we need to work on our collective definition of obscure.

Here are some movies you've never heard of:

http://www.everyonesacritic.net/topmoviesb.asp

Do The Right Thing

I think it's awsome!

Velvet Goldmine and Troop Beverly Hills(It has Jenny Lewis in it so I am partial. Also it's aa sweet Disney movie.)

See, now we're just naming movies.

Not so obscure on the international movie chart but 'Main Hoon Na' was entertaining.

The Chef, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is probably the most bizzare movie i've seen.

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

It's the best worst movie ever, in my opinion. There are musical numbers.

To Die (Not to Die) Don't remember the country (Spain?), but an interesting exploration of cause/effect. Sans the technomusic of Run Lola, Run.

Nobody-Personal documentary that you have to watch all the way through. Sherman's March same deal.

Salesman-Isn't really 'obscure' as it is a landmark verte documentary, but if some of the others qualify, then this does. And its a must see (follows door to door bible salesmen in the sixties.)

Begotten.....hehe...okay, so I had a friend who would try and get people who came over to put Icy/Hot on thier arms to see how they would react. Thats about how I view that movie. I just want to see how people react.

Pumpkin-It'll seem stupider and stupider as you go until you realise thats the joke. I now love this movie. Christina Ricci.

Smoke-Again, not totally obscure, but a favorite. Five lives with a tobacco shop at the hub. Written by Paul Auster and directed by Wayne Wang.

Moonrunners--Haha! Good luck. It's the insperation for Dukes of Hazzard-it even has an Uncle Jesse and a hot cousin. Except in this they actually run 'shine. And the cars are for crap. Same guy made both, he himself was a moonrunner in a Chrysler 300E he called 'Trigger' after Lee's horse. I managed to see it on cable, haven't found it on video.

brain shut down...

I think we need to work on our collective definition of obscure.

Here are some movies you've never heard of:

http://www.everyonesacritic.net/topmoviesb.asp

I went with some choices that critics liked (or at least were amused by), and you might be able to find at the larger video stores to rent

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

It's the best worst movie ever, in my opinion. There are musical numbers.
I've heard about that one. It sounds magnificent. Jesus hunts down vampires who prey on lesbians or something.

I think we need to work on our collective definition of obscure.

Here are some movies you've never heard of:

http://www.everyonesacritic.net/topmoviesb.asp

"Battle of Algiers" is considered a classic, its even in my local video store

as are some of the others... and I live in a hick small city (its too big to be a hick small town)

Straight to Hell

Canabal Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death. Great flick with alot of One-Liners... men, Beware


Spit Second: Ruger Hauer chases a killer... or is the killer chasing him. A futuristic world where London is flooded..

Stay Tuned: John Ritter vs the Devil.

I said "some." "Roots" is on there too. Only like 100 million people saw that.

It just struck me as kind of a dis to label "Do the Right Thing"; "Double Indemnity"; and "Seven Samurai" as obscure. But I'm just being a dick.

Gay Niggers From Outer Space

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/

Dammit I was gonna suggest that one :p

"Going Overboard" - made me lose all respect for Adam Sandler

"All in Good Taste" - "starring" Jim Carrey (so said the DVD case...). He's in it for about 10secs and you can't even recognise him (I didnt anyway, I had to look on the credits)

I think we need to work on our collective definition of obscure.

Here are some movies you've never heard of:

http://www.everyonesacritic.net/topmoviesb.asp
I've seen a disturbing number of those, some I wouldn't consider obscure, though. Open City is practically film text standard, things like that.

I was going to mention Taste of Cherry, an Iranian film where a guy who wants to commit suicide has to find someone to bury him. Very dry, but also pretty good.

I've heard about that one. It sounds magnificent. Jesus hunts down vampires who prey on lesbians or something.

It's a great film, so cheap, cheesy & hilarious. Think of Jesus as a Bruce Lee type fighting machine.

My choices are:

Bad Taste, see what Peter Jackson did way before Lord of the Rings.

Le Circle Rouge: Great French noir gangster movie from the 60s.

Malcolm: A Melbourne film that's set around the city's trams.

I think we need to work on our collective definition of obscure.

Here are some movies you've never heard of:

http://www.everyonesacritic.net/topmoviesb.asp
'Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)' - a great favourite of mine, and Colonel Blimp is an English archetype.

'Bed Sitting Room, The (1969)' - another favourite (I've even acted in the stage version), and Spike Milligan is a British archetype.

I said "some." "Roots" is on there too. Only like 100 million people saw that.

It just struck me as kind of a dis to label "Do the Right Thing"; "Double Indemnity"; and "Seven Samurai" as obscure. But I'm just being a dick.

a lot of people under 30 haven't seen Double Indemnity... which seems tragic, and thats why it made my list

Last Life in the Universe (http://www.ocean-films.com/lastlifeintheuniverse/videos2.htm)

Lover Girl it's called. I've never seen it, but my cousin wrote the screenplay and directed it.

Its in Spanish, but I can't remember the name in it, so heres the English-
And Your Mother Too.
I also suggest Trainspotting, Bully, and Blacula.

Schizopolis.

No one famous, independent film. Really interesting (but best at about 3 in the morning.)

"May" - a cute and awkward love story turns into the quest for perfect body parts... with a big knife... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303361/

"Dead Man" - a 'retired' accountant explores Jim Jarmusch's version of the Wild West... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/

"Gothic" - like 'Shakespeare in Love', or "Finding Neverland'... but directed by Ken Russel, and about the creation of the Frankenstein story... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091142/

"The Company of Wolves" - an interesting retelling of Red Riding Hood... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087075/

"Johnny Suede" - The story starts with a pair of suede shoes falling from the sky, and features Brad Pitt, looking remarkably like Johnny Bravo... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104567/

Ahem.

"Teenage Caveman"

Has anyone else seen this or am I the only one who has been subjected to this particularly cruel form of torture?

edit- Apparently I've only seen the remake. It can't be better than the original.

I don't know how obscure these would rank-

Project Grizzly-honestly, if it's been spoofed on the Simpsons it can't be that obscure, but...Self appointented bear expert makes a suit of armor so he can be attacked by a bear. Documentary. It's like American Movie meets Cane Toads.

Cane Toads can't be all that obscure either depending on where you are from, but that one is great, too. It's about Australia's struggle with hallucinigenic toads.

Wow. You people have great taste!

The Chef, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is probably the most bizzare movie i've seen.

Also one of the greatest IMAO. The part where they feed the lover his books is pretty distrubing, though. (Not that the whole movie isn't disturbing).


Delicatessen

Time and Tide

Waking Life

City of Lost Children

Deep Cover

Ran

Rashoman

The Seven Samurai

all good. you'd have to watch time and tide more than once to understand it htough, since the translation isn't great. iguess it would be fine if you know contonese, but if not, watchi it twice. personally i prefer the dubbing to the subtitles, since the translations are different, and the dubbed voice is good.

Some of my favorites! Especially Delicatessen and City of Lost Children.

tie me up, tie me down starring antonio banderas

Simply awesome. As is Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000059H9F/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance). Pedro Almodovar is a god, and the Academy should worship him.

Straight to Hell

Terrible movie, but hilarious. If for no other reason than it has Joe Strummer and The Pogues (among many others) in it.

I'm a movie fiend, so I can't name just one (plus I don't know what people may or may not consider obscure):
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000777I88/qid=1112235570/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl74/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) (Tim Roth and Gary Oldman with Richard Dreyfuss in this version of the Stoppard play!!)
Matewan (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y7R6/qid%3D1112235298/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0345811-1703011)
Barefoot in the Park (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305537356/qid=1112235335/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance&s=dvd)
Ralph Bakshi's Wizards (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001NBMIK/qid=1112235364/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance&s=dvd)
El Mariachi (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000A2ZTY/qid=1112235217/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance&s=dvd)
my first mister (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y7DD/qid%3D1112235258/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0345811-1703011)
The Man Who Faced Southeast
The Salton Sea (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JKM2/qid%3D1112235665/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0345811-1703011)
Smoke Signals (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305428417/qid%3D1112235698/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-0345811-1703011)
The Fisher King (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767811089/qid=1112235741/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-0345811-1703011?v=glance&s=dvd)

OK, that's too many already. I'll restrain myself.

Simon Magus For some reason this is impossible to get your hands on (as far as I know), it was on Channel 4 in the wee hours of the morning a few years ago. A British made film about a Jewish village on the point of implosion in 19th Century (could be 18th) Germany. The protagonist (the Simon of the title) is the community scape goat.

Nine Lives of Tomas Catz A German/Brit film, very surreal film about the end of the world. Very funny.

Old Boy Not really obscure, but a recently released Korean film about a man who is locked up for 15 years without being told why and his wife is brutally murdered. He is released on top of a building and given a mobile phone and a wallet of cash and told he has five days to find out why he was locked up.

The idea of this film interested me, though I have yet to see it:
Cleo from 5 to 7 or some variation thereof. It's the two hour wait to find out if she has cancer or not. I thought that was compelling.

Another that sounded compelling that I didn't get to see was My Life Without Me, remeniscent of My Life with Batman...forgot his name...Mr. Mom....that guy...anyway-woman makes a video of instructions for those she loves after she is gone, including setting her husband up with someone new.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

Truly excellent film. :) I LOVE this one.

Its in Spanish, but I can't remember the name in it, so heres the English-
And Your Mother Too.
I also suggest Trainspotting, Bully, and Blacula.
that's Y Tu Mama Tambien. not exactly obscure. neither are the other three for that matter, mate.

ummm, here's one i forgot. invest a bit of time into Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
it's hands down the greatest bizarre japanese flick i've ever seen.

plan 9 from outer space.

I don't know how obscure these would rank-

Cane Toads can't be all that obscure either depending on where you are from, but that one is great, too. It's about Australia's struggle with hallucinigenic toads.

This movie made me laugh non-stop. The Cane Toad addict, is soooo funny.

Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires, just to laugh at it, and the fact that I know one of the actors in it (If you do watch it, he's the very first one to get bit, the one with the truck, I've ridden in that truck while were on the subject).

and based on a good job, The Way of the Gun

Buckaroo Banazi across the 8th dimension is a fairly badass movie.

I have to admit, I liked A Very Long Engagment - Especially the war scenes, which are excellently done. But it's French. Bleh?

Amiiele

Amiiele
Did you mean to say Amelie? I've been watching the local shops for that on DVD, but I haven't seen it yet sadly enough.

Did you mean to say Amelie? I've been watching the local shops for that on DVD, but I haven't seen it yet sadly enough.

It's very good (and quirky). I saw it on Encore last year.

If the AMC Channel hadn't resurrected it recently, I'd say "Castle Keep." Columbo as a baker, and Bruce Dern playing the classic nut, c'mon!

I also agree with "Split Second," w/ Rutger Hauer.. great mindless entertainment.

Also, "Quicksand," with Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre. Fans of either will love this one - a morality play with weird subplots. Mickey's the King.

Better Off Dead (early John Cusack)
Mystery Train http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/
Leningrad Cowboys Go America http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097728/

And though it may not be obscure, I would recommend Finding Neverland to anyone.

A zed & two noughts: It's shite like.

Belly of an Architect: I quite enjoyed.

Underground and Black Cat White Cat are two of my favorites. If you can get a hold of a Swedish movie called "Kopps" (it's in swedish, so dvd would probably be the best), I recommend it.

Others I recommend:
Nomans land
old men in new cars
Blinking Lights
Torrente 1 & 2

The Pawnbroker

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeois

Local Hero

The Closet

Underground and Black Cat White Cat are two of my favorites. If you can get a hold of a Swedish movie called "Kopps" (it's in swedish, so dvd would probably be the best), I recommend it.

Others I recommend:
Nomans land
old men in new cars
Blinking Lights

I was going to suggest No Mans Land... hell of a good movie, and it amazed me that it was actually filmed in Yugoslavia. Also good is Savior (with Dennis Quad)

I am a huge Wizards fan....."let me show you something Mom taught me when you weren't around you son of a bitch" ... best line in the movie (right behind "They shot Fritz, those dirty stinking yellow fairies!)

I was going to suggest No Mans Land... hell of a good movie, and it amazed me that it was actually filmed in Yugoslavia. Also good is Savior (with Dennis Quad)

I am a huge Wizards fan....."let me show you something Mom taught me when you weren't around you son of a bitch" ... best line in the movie (right behind "They shot Fritz, those dirty stinking yellow fairies!)

Wow, I didn't know it was filmed there. I really liked that movie.

Savior? Isn't that the one where some american guy goes crazy and joins the serbs because he hates muslims?

Glen vs. Glenda and Raising Arizona...Both classics.

somebody suggested The Seven Samurai, but that is the original, Samurai version of the Magnificent Seven, so everyone knows its name, at least. Has anybody suggested anything by Takashi Miike? Dead or Alive? Visitor Q? Ichi the Killer?

Or what about MannosL the hands of fate?

teen witch.

watch it and you will see why no one else did.

best movie ever? AT CLOSE RANGE. no arguments.

Wow, I didn't know it was filmed there. I really liked that movie.

Savior? Isn't that the one where some american guy goes crazy and joins the serbs because he hates muslims?

yep, thats the one.... the ethnic cleansing scenes are pretty damned haunting... the movie is better than it sounds actually, I was pleasantly surprised.

Glen vs. Glenda and Raising Arizona...Both classics.

I haven't seen Glen Vs Glenda yet, but I'd like to. Ed Wood film, how can you go wrong?

La Haide - Saw it late night on ABC. It was very good. It's about three guys who absolutely hate the police and one of their friends was beaten into a coma at a riot. I recommend it thoroughly.

Again, if you're a certain kind of movie goer, this ain't obscure, but since for some sick reason I keep running into people who've never heard of Bullitt...the world we live in today, I'm tellin' ya...anyway...

Vanishing Point--a surrealist car chase movie. No, really. A guy makes a off the cuff bet to go from Chicago to LA in a short period of time and becomes a folk hero as a radio DJ who mysteriously can be heard the whole way talks up his exploits. It really is a seminal car chase flick. That and The Driver with Ryan O'Neal who I consider a total bastard for a real stupid reason.

This isn't actually obscure I bet a lot of people have seen it but.......

The documentary The Corporation

Again, if you're a certain kind of movie goer, this ain't obscure, but since for some sick reason I keep running into people who've never heard of Bullitt...the world we live in today, I'm tellin' ya...anyway...

Vanishing Point--a surrealist car chase movie. No, really. A guy makes a off the cuff bet to go from Chicago to LA in a short period of time and becomes a folk hero as a radio DJ who mysteriously can be heard the whole way talks up his exploits. It really is a seminal car chase flick. That and The Driver with Ryan O'Neal who I consider a total bastard for a real stupid reason.
Neither of these are obscure, as you mention - they're just old. Fantastic movies both of them though. Bullit (prior to Ronin) was the only movie to ever have car chases that were 'true' by actually having both cars driving at speed while filming every scene.

If we can mention documentary films, I'd like to include 'One Mans Wilderness - Dick Proneke'(sp?). An amazing documentary filmed by a man who moves into the Alaskan wildreness at the age of fifty with little more than some hand powered tools and a bit of know how, then eeks out an existience on the barest of self provided sustinence and essentials. He lived there for around forty years documenting everything he could - truly an amazing story. If you get the chance - do watch it!

I'm not sure whether the reference to obscure is really refering to content, public/local awareness or production - but I'll list a couple independant or not well known films that really get me.

As far as feature independant films, I know that last years film of unrequited substance for me was 'I heart huckabees'. I'm an existentiallist, so this one really grabbed me. I can't say enough about the sheer brilliance of this film. Its not really that obscure, as it did recive widespread accolade for its talent and its offerings, but it's one of those movies that was never at the front and center of attention - so it deserves a mention if any do.

If its awareness, Ill have to say Jules and Jim. Though the awarness of this film may only be slighted at this time by the fact that it is a rather old movie. Im not sure how well known it was at the time of its release due to the fact that it was made many years prior to me being alive to have known!

Another recent film that rocked me, was 'Cidade de Deus' or 'City of God'. A feature length film based on a true story about the roots of gangs in Brazil. I won't say anything about it, since its really the type of movie you just have to watch to appreciate - but I say without hesitation that anyone with even the slightest inkling of interest in gang movies should be looking for this one right now.

I do really want to see Amelie though, and hope I get the chance soon. If everything I've read and been told is true it ought to be an amazing adventure in storytelling.

teen witch.

watch it and you will see why no one else did.

Same goes for Teenage Caveman... However, that movie has some weird scenes.

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
http://www.aisb.org/~ddj/dreams/

Oh and Koyaanisqatsi
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
http://www.aisb.org/~ddj/dreams/

Oh and Koyaanisqatsi
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php

I loved Koyaanisqatsi... I bought it the first time I saw it on DVD... didn't much care for Powaqatsi as much though, and I haven't seen the 3rd movie of the trilogy

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
http://www.aisb.org/~ddj/dreams/

Oh and Koyaanisqatsi
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php

God, Koyaanisqasti is old. I saw it about twenty years ago. Dreams isn't really obscure, but I can probably count the number of people I know that saw Koyaanisqasti on one hand.

The cremaster series. Particularly "3".

God, Koyaanisqasti is old. I saw it about twenty years ago. Dreams isn't really obscure, but I can probably count the number of people I know that saw Koyaanisqasti on one hand.
Didnt phillip glass do the soundtrack?

Dreamscapes


it has Dennis Quaid in it... badly done monsters and odd premise... I liked it a lot

Dazed and Confused (possibly not THAT obscure)

God, Koyaanisqasti is old. I saw it about twenty years ago. Dreams isn't really obscure, but I can probably count the number of people I know that saw Koyaanisqasti on one hand.

several of my friends and myself went and saw it, and the sequel .... Philip Glass did the soundtrack for both Koyaanisqasti and Powaqatsi

My Man Godfrey

Bruno
(if you're in the mood for a cute, funny movie)

Heavently Creatures
(if you're in the mood for something disturbing)

But, I'm a Cheerleader
(if you're in the mood for a funny, gay-oriented movie)

Nine Queens <-- excellent Argentinian con movie.
Lost and Delirious <-- very well made gay take on a classic theme.
"Novia que te vea" <-- (May I see you a bride) very good Mexican-jewish take on a classic theme. But I think it never made it out of Mexico.

Dead Men's Shoes. I'd never heard of it until I watched it. I liked it though.

Jesus Christ: Vampire hunter

cant find a link at the moment but im looking

found it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311361/

That one's been suggested and discussed, but really,
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter should be mentionned as often as possible, and seen by everyone at least once.

Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure

"Like, be excellent to each other"

Earth Girls Are Easy
Tomie - Japanese horror movie
Legend
The Lost Boys

Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure

"Like, be excellent to each other"
That is NOT obscure, that's ace!

"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"

THAT'S not obscure! It's very well known!

"Trainspotting"

That's ALSO really well known!

The original Nutty Professor (with Jerry Lewis).

Groundhog day (Bill Murray)

My Favourite Brunette (black&white Bob Hope)

La Bella Mafia (If you like mob movies)

La Dîner des Cons (Hilarious french movie)

Robot vs. Aztec Mummy

Three Heads in a Duffel Bag (funny)

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (with Johnny Depp, heard it's a really good movie)

The Cocaine Fiends (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028074/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9Y29jYWluZXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=5;ft=21;fm=1 )

Reefer Madness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028346/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9cmVlZmVyIG1hZG5lc3N8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft =20;fm=1)

Roadkill

A rock n' roll road movie about a girl who learns how to drive.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00021R87K/103-0338148-5619030?v=glance

American Beer

Brainsmasher: A Love Story.
(best line: We are not... ninjas!")

I've always just loved that title. It doesn't sound like a love story kind of name.

Braindead - I'm not sure how many know it, but it is brilliant :p (the Peter Jackson, New Zealand one)

Last Night


Is that one obscure?

What a bunch of crap people have been recommending.

Here is one that isnt crap:
Happiness (by Todd Solondtz)

Its the most disturbingly funny movie Ive ever watched. It pushes you to the edge and just before you fall off, it makes you laugh and pulls you back again. Its basicaly a collage of stories about individual members of a family each searching for happiness in their own unique way.

Surf Nazis Must Die.

The Toxic Avenger.

In fact, the entire Troma catalogue.

The Gamers. Hilarious look at the D & D world

the Evil Dead Movie... love Bruce Campbell in that...

Jack Frost: Killer snowman terrorizes small town.

UHF "Weird" Al's first movie... and last...

The Cocaine Fiends (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028074/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9Y29jYWluZXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=5;ft=21;fm=1 )

Reefer Madness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028346/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9cmVlZmVyIG1hZG5lc3N8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft =20;fm=1)
I don't know that Reefer Madness (http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=reefer_madness1938) can qualify as obscure, but it's one of the few movies you can link to that people can watch legally. Just click on the name in my text.

Yay archive.org...

Additionally-the original The Fast and the Furious (http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=fast_and_the_furious). Has no resemblance to Point Break...

When they asked for a obscure movie they meant one that most people haven't seen or never heard of. It truely amazes me how most people fail to realize that most of the movies they've named have been heard of. Here are two truely obscure films. "Let's Kill Uncle" and "2000 Maniacs"

Heavenly Creatures
(if you're in the mood for something disturbing)


Great film... and from here, Peter Jackson went on to direct Lord of the Rings... go figure. :)

Shallow Grave, starring Ewan McGregor- a great black comedy

Lagaan- a Bollywood epic, about cricket and the Raj. With a love story and some dancing thrown in. ;)

Lagaan- a Bollywood epic, about cricket and the Raj. With a love story and some dancing thrown in. ;)

On the subject of Bollywood cinema - "Asoka" is a masterpiece, comparable to "Gladiator", but with some excellent musical numbers thrown in.

I don't know if anyone outside the UK knows this...but it's one of the most sublime pieces of cinema of all time. It's called Withnail and I .

On the subject of Bollywood cinema - "Asoka" is a masterpiece, comparable to "Gladiator", but with some excellent musical numbers thrown in.
I liked that one too. :D It helps that Shah Rukh Khan is pretty cute. :p

Run Lola Run was a good film too. And if you're after a kids film, The Labyrinth!

I liked that one too. :D It helps that Shah Rukh Khan is pretty cute. :p

Run Lola Run was a good film too. And if you're after a kids film, The Labyrinth!

Shah Rukh Khan is, indeed, godlike. (Also like "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", and "Dil To Pagal Hai").

Loved "Lola Rennt".

Also - love "Labyrinth" - and it's not just for the kids. :)

How about "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?" Totally wierd and totally funny! :D

Shah Rukh Khan is, indeed, godlike. (Also like "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", and "Dil To Pagal Hai").

Loved "Lola Rennt".

Also - love "Labyrinth" - and it's not just for the kids. :)
Did you like KKKG? (I don't know how to spell it!) It had a supercast. :p Although it was missing Ash...

I watched Labyrinth for the first time last year! :D

Crash

Y Tu Mama Tambien

Bi and Beyond - Chicks with Dicks

How about "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes?" Totally wierd and totally funny! :D
That was my first suggestion. The sequel, "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" is even more obscure, IMHO.

Did you like KKKG? (I don't know how to spell it!) It had a supercast. :p Although it was missing Ash...

I watched Labyrinth for the first time last year! :D

Unfortunately - since I started watching Bollywood cinema, I have relocated to the least Bollywood-friendly part of the universe... that being rural Georgia.

So, I haven't seen "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" yet. :(

Obviously, I will have to see it eventually, as I think Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee are amazing. :)

"Labyrinth" is a classic - It has to be one of the greatest movies ever made... kid film, or otherwise. :)

Black Rain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097694/

IQ

I think the most obscure plot in a movie prize goes to The Brave Staring and directed by J Depp who is I might add one of the finest American actors of all time. This movie however only lives up to it's title by virtue of the fact that brave is what you have to be to watch it. I saw it at a friends house on holiday in Stockholm (starved for English language TV) went to rental thought OOH! Mr Depp got to be good. It was so bad we could not watch it on fast forward. :gundge: :headbang:

Monty Walsh:
Lee Marvin, Jack Palance. It is a beautiful western about the ending of the cowboy heyday. It shows the effect this has on three different men and the women they love. Also has a great opening song by Mama Cass.