Obscure Film Favorites

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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 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.
  • nickowastaken
    nickowastaken Posts: 751 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
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    A lot of you may think this is a strange one to list but "The Searchers" with John Wayne is a great and highly under rated movie. It's his best serious performance ever and the supporting actors are great. The unspoken backstory that's throughout the movie really makes it. YMMV

    I couldn't agree with you more! I hated Westerns until I watched The Searchers!
  • wolfsbayne
    wolfsbayne Posts: 3,116 Member
    Both Boondock Saints....love love love and exited their might be a 3rd!!

    Agree! Willem Dafoe is my absolute favorite in the first one.
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    The God Of Cookery (1996, Hong Kong) -- Good luck trying to find it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvTkp92Zt9I
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    encino man
    airheads
    george of the jungle
    inkheart
    wait im not done naming brendan fraser movies
    the mummy 3 obv
    loony tunes back in action

    paprika
    the girl who leapt through time
    kimera
    galaxy express 999
    avalanche shark
    lola
    ginger snaps
    ogre
    eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
    the wackness
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Dead Man, actually, really almost all Jim Jarmusch films.

    I mean, how do you not like this dude?

    Jim+Jarmusch+Only+Lovers+Left+Alive+Screening+QAtHT3Uqmpbl.jpg
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Saving Grace
    The Van (1996)
    The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
    Calendar Girls

    I LOVED "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill"!
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    The Court Jester with Danny Kaye... Angela Lansbury was the young beautiful princess... I still laugh histarically everytime I see it... Unfortunately, it's hard to find and I only have an old VHS copy that is almost beyond ability to watch.
    I concur. You should watch it like. . THAT *snaps fingers*

    Yea, verily, yea!
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    The God Of Cookery (1996, Hong Kong) -- Good luck trying to find it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvTkp92Zt9I
    What? When did this happen? Two years ago? Dah hell? Nevermind then. Enjoy!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    May, Ponette, Freeway
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    oh i thought of more

    shelter
    wristcutters a love story
    party monster
    reality bites
    just buried
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    THEM! is amazing - early scifi thriller that i still love to watch.

    Get Real - coming-of-age gay flick that has some really deep undertones

    Broken Hearts Club - gay romcom that was the first of its kind.

    Mars Attacks - spoof on all of the early scifi movies with pretty much every name in Hollywood showing up in it

    Oh sheesh, almost non of these are available ;( I loved Mars Attacks! Did manage to add Broken Hearts CLub though :)
  • ajfrench
    ajfrench Posts: 323 Member
    Lars and the Real Girl

    Boondock Saints

    Willow
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,961 Member
    Blade Runner (sci fi)
    Tampopo (foodie)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    "The Fall" (2006) is my favorite film of all time. It was produced by Spike Jones and David Fincher but was directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Immortals). This movie changed my life and I have yet to find any other film like it.

    Well with a review like that I had to add it! Lol
  • spiralated
    spiralated Posts: 150 Member
    The Cell with Jennifer Lopez was visually amazing.
  • Iwishyouwell
    Iwishyouwell Posts: 1,888 Member
    Lars and the Real Girl

    One of my favorite films of all time. Stunning work by everyone involved, including "Bianca".
  • Shell_7609
    Shell_7609 Posts: 786 Member
    Not obscure, but I can watch Shawshank Redemption any time it's on tv, I've been where they filmed several times for tours.

    Any Tim Burton movie, especially with Johnny Depp.

    Cosmopolis, although it confuses me.

    And since someone mentioned Jim Jarmusch, his latest movie Only Lovers Left Alive is my current favorite
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    The Cell with Jennifer Lopez was visually amazing.

    good movie indeed
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Dead Man, actually, really almost all Jim Jarmusch films.

    I mean, how do you not like this dude?

    Jim+Jarmusch+Only+Lovers+Left+Alive+Screening+QAtHT3Uqmpbl.jpg

    Never heard of him before but that photo is rather riveting. Love him on sight!

    He's a total weirdo and his films are bizarre, so I pretty much just love him!
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    The Dark Crystal

    Oh and The Fall was visually stunning... much of my honeymoon was to go visit places in India where that was filmed. It's beautiful.
  • EmilyJackCO
    EmilyJackCO Posts: 621 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.
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    Beautiful Girls
    To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
    What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    The Cell with Jennifer Lopez was visually amazing.

    good movie indeed

    Agreed! I'm not a huge fan of Jennifer Lopez, but I love this movie.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    I have also slowly been making my way through most of the big films lists over the years (1001, AFI, TIME, etc). I have really been into Asian cinema the past couple of years and watched 250+ movies (mostly Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai), here's a link to a list of my favorites: http://mydramalist.com/list/D45wqoLX

    That's awesome! I just added a bunch off that list! I had a few already that were on there. :)
  • JulieGirl58
    JulieGirl58 Posts: 158 Member
    Picture Bride (foreign film with English subtitles)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    btw, to anyone who is interested. Here is a link to my tiny little collection of films.

    http://connect.collectorz.com/users/StopherJJ/movies/view
  • jchurch9
    jchurch9 Posts: 20 Member
    Pan's Labyrinth is AMAZING
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 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.

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