Obscure Film Favorites

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  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    The Dark Backward

    It's officially added!
  • Oklahoma_qt
    Oklahoma_qt Posts: 145 Member
    Umm the Yellow wallpaper

    Labyrinth

    Dark crystal
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    tl;dr

    Eat Drink Man Woman ( a 1994 foodie film set in Taiwan)
    Monsoon Wedding
    Big Night
    Chocolate
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Student Bodies. It's an Allan Smithee film, that should be all I need to say...

    It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's AMAZING! Totally self-referential parody movie that is damn near impossible to find.. so quotable, but no one but me and my little brother has ever seen it!

    I've seen it! Can't quote it though. My husband and his friend love movies like this, and whenever his friend is visiting, they always watch movies. So, they made me watch this one. I actually did like it. Now, Troll 2 (which they also made me watch) is a movie that, to me, is so bad it is still just bad (although they think it is so bad it is good.)

    My list would be:

    A Mighty Wind
    Let's go to Prison
    In Bruges (I don't know if this is that obscure, but I know very few people who have heard of it)

    I hesitate to add my very favorite cult classic because it isn't really obscure anymore, even though it is a cult classic, but that would be The Princess Bride.

    Edited to add my favorite guilty pleasure movie- ****, with Michelle Williams and Kirsten Dunst.

    Edit again, because MFP starred out the name of the movie! D!ck. Come on MFP, it's Richard Nixon!

    LOVE your responses! Especially how much MFP is being a pain lol
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    killer klowns from outerspace
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    My 2 favourite films at the 39 steps and the lady vanishes. Love them both

    What a small world! I literally just watched The Lady Vanishes last night! :)

    39 Steps is on my list, hopefully I'll get to it soon!
  • roanokejoe49
    roanokejoe49 Posts: 820 Member
    killer klowns from outerspace

    Dudette, that's just freaky. And stick your tongue back in your head.
  • Oklahoma_qt
    Oklahoma_qt Posts: 145 Member
    Soul of the game, 1996, director Kevin Sullivan (I think)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Saving Grace
    The Van (1996)
    The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
    Calendar Girls

    Nice selections, I've added them all! :)
  • mojohowitz
    mojohowitz Posts: 900 Member
    Around the Bend
    Rabbit Fence
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    (Edited to add the "Before" trilogy... how could I forget those???)

    I didn't add the Before trilogy, because I don't consider them obscure, but they detail perhaps the most extraordinary film romance ever crafted. Well the first two I can say for certain as I've not seen Midnight yet.

    You need to see it! It was great! I only watched them this year(before the Oscars) because of Midnight's nomination but they were all great!
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Kikujiro
    Bombon El Perro
    Chopper
    36 Quai des Orfèvres

    Added them all but couldn't find Bombon El Perro looks interesting though.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Here are three movies I liked that none of my friends have ever heard of.

    Better Off Dead - 1985 - John Cusak - Very light hearted silly movie
    Antwone Fisher - 2002 - Denzil Washington - Heart warming story of overcoming the odds
    One From the heart - 1982 - Terri Garr, Raul Julia - Directed by Francis Ford Coppola - Great Soundtrack

    Thanks for the suggestions, they have been added :)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Gonna add ELECTION - so realistic! (Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon)

    Also on that note, I agree with the suggestions of Welcome to the Dollhouse and KIDS.

    Loved Election, added dollhouse and just saw Kids last week :)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Uncle Boonmee who can recall his previous lives

    Dogtooth

    2046

    Triangle

    De rouille et d'os

    Last life in the universe

    Carry on camping

    Interesting mix! I've added them all, I just hope 2046 is better than In The Mood For Love! lol
  • Supahvixen
    Supahvixen Posts: 50 Member
    Harold & Maude
    The Fisher King
    The Snowtown Murders
    Lars & the Real Girl
    Blue Valentine
    Prisoners
    Belle de Jour
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    killer klowns from outerspace

    Dudette, that's just freaky. And stick your tongue back in your head.

    no
  • lucyloutoo
    lucyloutoo Posts: 522 Member
    Confessions

    Tyrranosaur

    Bad Education and/or the skin I live in

    (Almodovar is excellent!)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Immortal - AMAZING CGI
    Renaissance - black & white cell shading with voices by Daniel Craig
    SLC Punk

    And I'll toss another vote out there for The Fall & Grave of the Fireflies.


    Added the first two, I've seen SLC and Grave, The Fall was added too :)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    The Station Agent

    The Way

    Faith, Fraud, and Minimum Wage

    Tyrannosaur

    Hooray for The Station Agent! Love that film.

    Also, for German films Lives of Others is wonderful. Though it should already be on your list.

    I didn't know we were doing foreign language or it would have been on there!. Right along with all three of the Trois Couleurs films. And many others.

    Can I add another one that probably no one has even heard of? Donny Deckchair. I loved that film.

    Of course! Feel free to add more! I've actually got the Three Colors trilogy DVRed now. The 1,001 list only has two of them but I figured I would be best watching all three. I can't find Donny Deckchair though :-/

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