Obscure Film Favorites

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  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Drowning Mona
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    Horror:
    The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Hammer Films, 1960)
    Scream of Fear (1961)
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976)
    Anatomie (2000 horror film starring Franke Potente of Run Lola Run and the Bourne films)

    Drama:
    Grown Up Movie Star (2009, stars Shawn Doyle and Tatiana Maslany)
    Swing Kids (1993, stars Robert Sean Leonard , Christian Bale and Frank Whaley)

    Western:
    The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
  • SunnysideHMC
    SunnysideHMC Posts: 6 Member
    Swing Kids was great.
  • wolfsbayne
    wolfsbayne Posts: 3,116 Member
    Be Kind, Rewind with Jack Black, Mos Def, and Danny Glover.
  • ohpiper
    ohpiper Posts: 697 Member
    Cat People with Nastassia Kinski. Altered States is also both interesting and bizarre.
  • Phoenix__Rising
    Phoenix__Rising Posts: 9,981 Member
    Have to admit I've seen tons of them but
    my memory fails every time I see this
    thread ..

    Donnie Dario
    Anything Teri Gilliam .. Brazil, 12Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
    I may need to revisit this thread soon with more that come to me!!
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Harold & Maude
    The Fisher King
    The Snowtown Murders
    Lars & the Real Girl
    Blue Valentine
    Prisoners
    Belle de Jour

    LOVE your taste in films! I just watched Harold & Maude a few days ago! Belle de Jour is on TCM on the 23rd and I can't wait. I LOVE Catherine Deneuve
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Confessions

    Tyrranosaur

    Bad Education and/or the skin I live in

    (Almodovar is excellent!)

    I couldn't find Confessions, but I added Tyrranosaur

    I LOVED Bad Education! I have The Skin I Live In just haven't gotten to watch it yet. I wanna get the Almodovar Box Set!
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Drop dead gorgeous

    Which one are you talking about?
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    What I like about you OP is that it seems you're open to seeing just about anything, no matter the subject. That's a real film lover!

    Absolutely! I used to be very strict on what I'd watch, then I started working on watching the 1,001 films and it opened the door to so many other choices. I used to hate subtitles films and now I prefer theme(well compared to being dubbed over in English)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Haven't read every post so I'm not sure if these have been mentioned already. My cult favorites would definitely have to be Clue, Empire Records, The Craft, anything Mel Brooks. I could probably keep going if I really thought it about :smile:

    All Greats! I own them all including Mel Brooks Blu-Ray box set! :)
  • 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

    Even if you don't like 2046 you can sit with your jaw in your lap because every scene is so beautiful. I hope you do see Uncle Boonmee, love that film so much.

    I thought of a couple more:

    Holy Motors

    Ip Man

    Curse of the Golden Flower

    Soooo many great sounding choices to add to my queue!
  • Phoenix__Rising
    Phoenix__Rising Posts: 9,981 Member
    Harold & Maude
    The Fisher King
    The Snowtown Murders
    Lars & the Real Girl
    Blue Valentine
    Prisoners
    Belle de Jour

    LOVE your taste in films! I just watched Harold & Maude a few days ago! Belle de Jour is on TCM on the 23rd and I can't wait. I LOVE Catherine Deneuve


    I have always loved Harold and Maude!!
    Bell De Jour is such a sexy film .. filmed well and the style amazing!



    Also: Run Lola Run, Requiem to a Dream, 9½ Weeks, Summer Lovers ('82)
    ..
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    I've got May on my queue already :) LOVED City of God! Can't find "La Vie est Belle" anywhere :/ Amelie is in my top five easily!



    ^^^^

    The reason you can't find it is because it is called La Vita E Bella. It is an Italian movie set in WWII. It is a beautiful story; you have to watch in the original format because the language dubbing ruins the movie.

    I would NEVER watch a foreign film that has been dubbed over by choice(other than some animations) I actually own Life is Beautiful(hopefully it has subs)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    interstate 60

    very cool

    not a horror film

    Added to the list!
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    i remember enjoying these two films when i was younger, not seen them since.
    jean de florette and the sequel manon des sources.

    Just added the double disc from Netflix. It's always worth a shot!
  • Supahvixen
    Supahvixen Posts: 50 Member
    Harold & Maude
    The Fisher King
    The Snowtown Murders
    Lars & the Real Girl
    Blue Valentine
    Prisoners
    Belle de Jour

    LOVE your taste in films! I just watched Harold & Maude a few days ago! Belle de Jour is on TCM on the 23rd and I can't wait. I LOVE Catherine Deneuve


    I love her too. She's so flawless in Belle. Did you see Repulsion?
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Westworld, Futureworld, Andromeda strain, by dawn's early light, the day after, defcon 4

    Added them all, except Defcon 4, I've gotta do some looking for that one lol.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    The Fly is a wonderful, dark, love story that turns tragic with a fascinating sci-fi premise.

    Choose Me is an LA love rondelay of weirdness set in the 1980s I think.

    Dean Spanley, which I saw recently on Netflix, made me cry. It's set in London around 1910, I think.

    My Life as a Dog, released in 1986, is a wonderful story about a young Swedish boy in the 1960s coping with being sent away to a village because his mother is dying. If you want a tender but unsentimental view of childhood, it's great.

    Antoine et Colette is in a French anthology film called Love at 20. It's about a boy who pursues a girl in Paris. Heartbreaking.

    Since we seem to have moved beyond "obscure" films, two of my all-time favorites are "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep." Both star Humphrey Bogart as a detective. "Smiles of a Summer Night" by Ingmar Bergman is another favorite.

    I've added all the ones I haven't seen except Antoine et Colette I can't seem to find it, I'll have to do some research. lol
  • Phoenix__Rising
    Phoenix__Rising Posts: 9,981 Member
    Additions: Box of Moonlight, Beautiful Girls,
    Two Moon Junction, Boxing Helena,
    Fried Green Tomatoes, The Warriors,
    Maxi Malone, Green Dolphin Street,
    Terminal Bliss,
    ..

    .. there are more
    because I really prefer non mainstream.
  • ladyofthelakeontario
    ladyofthelakeontario Posts: 36 Member
    When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with The Journey of August King and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I haven't seen them in a long time, so if I rewatched I might not love them as much.
  • ldonahue74
    ldonahue74 Posts: 53 Member
    high tension. i believe that was a french one, if i remember correctly.
    gummo. nothing to say other than very strange
    motel hell. low budget horror flick, but it used to crack me up when i was a teen
    dog soldiers. werewolf flick
    osa. another one i used to love when i was younger. mad max sort of film
    the stoned age.
  • sunburntgalaxy
    sunburntgalaxy Posts: 455 Member
    Oh this is a great thread - reminded me of some great movies I haven't watched in a while and some I had wanted to see when they were out but had forgotten about. And the Student Bodies pic - no idea why I remember that from my childhood but could picture it as soon as I saw the name (never saw the movie though).

    So my guilty pleasures

    Tank Girl
    Wet Hot American Summer
    Night of the Comet
    Psycho Beach Party

    2 horrible movies that I have to watch whenever they are on (not even sure why but I can't seem to stop myself)
    Event Horizon
    13 Ghosts (the remake with Tony Shaloub)

    And the movie that I remember loving as a kid but that I am kind of afraid to try and watch now for fear it is actually completely horrible - Ice Pirates - I have tried to find it but then always stop myself. Thought it was great as a kid but just am afraid it could really really just be terrible and I kind of want to have fond memories of it.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Can't find Cousins though :-/ and I'm glad someone mentioned the Before trilogy(loved them!)

    Ack! You're right! Looks like Netflix doesn't currently offer "Cousins". Well that's a bummer. One of the very few American remakes of a foreign film ("Cousin, Cousine") that, in my opinion anyway, turned out better.

    I was lucky enough to see each of the movies in the "Before" trilogy as they were theatrically released over 18 years. So imagine seeing "Before Sunrise" without the knowledge that there would ever be anything other than a standalone film! It makes the ending a much, much different experience.

    I'm VERY jealous now! That would've been a great experience!

    I'm going to have to look for Cousins elsewhere, hopefully I can find it. I had a hell of a time finding Cousin, Cousine when I watched it.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Eric Rohmer's The Bakery Girl of Monceau, Suzanne's Career, Claire's Knee, Chant D'Automne, Chloé in the Afternoon. The last three are well known.

    Ironically I can't find the last two on Netflix lol. I've added the rest though :)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    1.) Swing Kids
    2.) Pieces of April (AWESOME THanksgiving movie....literally)
    3.) Curse of the Golden Flower
    4.) Much Ado About Nothing

    Added them all, Swing Kids looks really interesting!
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    The Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster. It was originally going to be a standard pirate movie but the script was so bad that the actors started hamming it up and they turned it into a great satire of pirate movies.

    The Endless Summer (the 1966 version) where the filmmaker follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave. It is credited with starting the 60's world wide surf culture. Sounds boring but with great local characters and funny narration it is really good.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    The Red Shoes is amazing. My favorite scene is with the cobbler, played by Léonide Massine (I don't think that's giving too much away). If you like this film by "The Archers," Powell and Pressburger, you will probably like "Black Narcissus." Another lovely film by them is "I Know Where I'm Going."


    For a real cult film, try "Peeping Tom," which Michael Powell made by himself in the1960s. It's a very disturbing film.


    Very mainstream, but I assume you've seen "Notorious" and "North by Northwest" and "Vertigo" and "Strangers on a Train" by Hitchcock.

    The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus are both on my 1,001 list Peeping Tom looks very interesting, I got the Hitchcock Blu-Ray Boxset, it was my best purchase ever.
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Don't know if they're considered obscure, but I like:

    Framed (1990) Jeff Goldblum & Kristen Scott Thomas
    Cuttthroat Island (1995) Geena Davis & Matthew Modine
    Like Water for Chocolate (1992) Marco Leonardi

    Added them all, I've heard of them but haven't seen them :)
  • Stopher100481
    Stopher100481 Posts: 154 Member
    Not sure if you're a horror fan, but if Wes Craven's New Nightmare isn't one that you've seen before I'd definitely suggest watching the original Nightmare on Elm Street first before viewing.

    I love horror! I own the entire NOES franchise on Blu-Ray :)

    Awesome, so do I. I need to upgrade my Nightmare collection though because I only have the old DVD set. But I think NOES/NOES 3/WCNN makes a nice little make-shift horror franchise, especially if you're a fan of the Nancy character like I am.

    I agree, I loved the DVD set so much better than the Blu-Ray set but it's Blu-Ray, I had to have it lol!

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