What are some of your favorite obscure movies?

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[sandensea]

1. Mitchellville (2003), by John Harkrider

Very atmospheric; very touching. Highly recommended.

[Purrfessor]

2. King of Hearts 1967 Alan Bates

[Canoe52]

16. +1000

[unblock]

3. obscurity (2016)

[Laf.La.Dem.]

4. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

talk about obscure

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. A very young Dean Stockwell in that one.

When I was a kid in the late 80s/early 90s, my grandparents had cable, and AMC was a new channel, and I got into the old movies they played. This is one that I remember watching.

[bif]

10. I saw that a bunch of years ago.

Wasn't it in B&W? Which I thought was kind of amusing.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

19. It was color

It was an anti war movie

[catchnrelease]

45. I remember that one!

I remember his grandfather being a big part of it, but had to look it up--Pat O'Brien. Definitely a flash back for me. (to the 50s)

[Moostache]

5. Watch It! (1993) (Tom Flynn)

Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's welcome to the house is crowned by his introduction to a game of perpetual pranks called "Watch it!" When not playing pranks on each other, the three men spend their time womanizing, avoiding commitment, treating women badly, and talking about women in the coarsest terms.

This film, like many from the 1990's, has not aged well in terms of being socially acceptable, but no better or worse than John Hughes films. It was pretty much a very niche film, but one that I personally enjoyed a great deal when it released...

[3catwoman3]

6. Starman, with Jeff Bridges.

Completely charming.

[sandensea]

20. +1

This scene alone is worth it.

[3catwoman3]

23. That scene, and the Dutch apple pie bit, and the

..."Red means stop, green means go, yellow means go faster," part are so perfectly done.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. most are foreign, not sure how obscure some are

bread and tulips
mostly martha
antonia's line
joe vs the volcano
babette's feast
big night
koyaanisqatsi
samsara
spring, summer, fall winter...and spring again
the Decalog
Red, White and Blue trilogy (by Kieslowski)
radio days
dreams
thin red line
babel a
singing detective (series)
pennies from heaven (series)

[paranoid floyd]

9. Th Favour, The Watch and The Very Big Fish

Summary from IMDB

A farce, Bob Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds himself doing a voice track for a porno movie with Natasha Richardson. Hoskins finds his model for Jesus in Jeff Goldblum and a romantic triangle begins in which Goldblum finds adoring crowds believing him to be Jesus and then begins to believe it himself.

[empedocles]

11. Grosse Point Blank

Great role for J. Cusack - and his quite competent relatives and friends.

Nice quotes:
- 'I guess you could say I went west. You know the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner Party'
- 'I know what I do isn't ...moral, per se'
-;I'm a paid assassin.' Debi, 'you get dental with that?'

[Bayard]

13. Love that movie!

Cusack is great, and Dan Aykroyd is a hoot.

[empedocles]

17. Martin's secretary was played by his sister

Martial arts movie killer was a good friend.

Cusack just fit that character role so well. Conair not so well.

Tried to pull movie up, 'on demand', about a year ago, but they didn't have it.

[bif]

18. I live in Grosse Pointe

And it's funny that none of the movie was filmed here--except the opening footage of the car driving by the lake. Apparently it was supposed to be filmed at Grosse Pointe South HS but the principal thought it would be undignified to shoot a movie about a criminal at the school. What an idiot.

[Cousin Dupree]

12. Take Shelter.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. That's the one I was going to say. Also "Bug"

for another great Michael Shannon performance.

[Bayard]

14. A couple of Johnny Depp's

Benny & Joon
Don Juan d'Marco

[MuseRider]

32. Those were good.

I was actually brought to Benny and Joon by Aiden Quinn but all were good in that little movie.

[Auggie]

21. The Silent Partner, 1978

Elliot Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer.

[PoiBoy]

22. Once Were Warriors (1994)

Once Were Warriors is a 1994 New Zealand drama film based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling 1990 first novel. The film tells the story of the Hekes, an urban Māori family, and their problems with poverty, alcoholism, and domestic violence, mostly brought on by the patriarch Jake. The film was directed by Lee Tamahori and stars Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors_(film)

An excellent, hard to watch and frankly disturbing film...

[getting old in mke]

24. The Red Violin

with Samuel L Jackson as a musicologist.

The history of an extraordinary violin: three stories from its history, framed from both ends--the making of it in the 17th century and an auction of it at the end of the 20th century.

It's lush and romantic and moving and filled with a lot of glorious violin music, provided by Joshua Bell.

Not my favorite obscure movie. My favorite movie.

[CincyDem]

30. Great flick - loving following the violin through history around the world. n/t

[sandensea]

25. Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) by Joan Micklin Silver

Great cast, ambience, and music; and speaking for myself anyway, very relatable.

[dameatball]

26. "They Live" with Rowdy Roddy Piper. I figured it would be horrible, but I actually enjoyed it.

Certainly not the greatest acting but the movie was a hoot.

[FM123]

27. Chinese Box

[CincyDem]

28. Brainstorm (1983). Natalie Wood's last film. Louise Fletcher & Christopher Walken.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Fun little diddy about being able to record an individual's brainwaves in a way to playback for others to have the full experience of another's world. Think what happens when you record someone during their natural death...makes for an interesting tape...and that's how the story starts.

[juxtaposed]

29. The trouble with Harry, My man Godfrey, Our Girl Friday

Just to name a few oldies.

[Luciferous]

40. My Man Godfrey is my mom's favorite movie :)

[SHRED]

31. Koyaanisqatsi

[dewsgirl]

33. Dan in Real Life, my absolute favorite Steve Carrel movie.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

34. Grabbers.

It's an Irish movie and totally hilarious. Turns out this small town has been invaded by some sort of aliens, and the only way to survive them is to get drunk. And stay drunk. Loved it.

[fierywoman]

35. Wim Wenders, Until the End of the World

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

36. Little Voices n/t

[sdfernando]

37. 1973 movie: Slither

While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife, and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats, and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.

[Cartoonist]

41. +

with James Caan and Sally Kellerman

[Hassler]

38. The Farmer, and Roman Polanski's The Tenant.

The Farmer for being Ed Wood bad, and The Tenant for being weirdly surreal, like David Lynch before David Lynch.

[MarvinGardens]

39. Primer (2004)

A couple of engineers accidentally invent a time machine allowing local time travel. I.e. they can travel back to the time that the machine was turned on. They initially use it to make money, then things get weird.

I enjoyed it because the dialogue seemed so real, like I was a fly on the wall watching ordinary scientists or engineers, not actors, invent something in their garage.

The later half of the movie is also a brain teaser. Things get confusing with repeated time travel events, and the ending is open to interpretation. I think this is my favorite movie of all time.

[bif]

44. There are a bunch of websites devoted to this movie

Complete with explanations, diagrams, and charts. Great movie!

[hibbing]

48. Came to my mind first

Got that back in the day when Netflix send DVDs.

Peace

[Cartoonist]

42. The Loved One

Comedy about Forest Lawn with Jonathan Winters and Rod Steiger

[sandensea]

43. Hamoun (1990), by Dariush Mehrjui

Existential and sentimental; but without losing its sense of humor. Nice little glimpse into Iranian culture as well.

[catchnrelease]

46. Dean Spanley

I love this film. Just a sweet odd movie but it always gets me verklempt, lol. Stars Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown and Sam Neill. After watching the first time I had to go back and watch again to put some pieces together.

[bif]

47. Here's my list of gems

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Surrogate Valentine
Ben X
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Way Back
Off the Map
Mr. Nobody
Here
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Our Own Lovesong
Wildlife
Spring Forward
The White Countess
The Music Never Stopped
Margherita with a Straw

[Mick Travis]

49. "O Lucky Man!"

It's been my favorite since it came out in 1973.

When I met Malcolm McDowell, he said it was his favorite also. I gave Malcolm his copy of the soundtrack (longer story) Young unknown Helen Mirren in it as well. The great music of Alan Price of the Animals.

[Demsrule86]

50. Stir of Echos with Keven Bacon and Second Hand Lions with with Robert Duval and

Michael Caine.

[bif]

52. Just watched "Stir of Echoes".

What a wild movie! Thanks for the rec.

[Luciferous]

53. Stir of Echoes is also a book 🙂

The movie sticks pretty close to it.

[yankee87]

51. The Warriors

Grew up in the Bronx, and what I believe to be the best cult movie ever. About a gang trying to get back to Coney Island from the Bronx. And yes, violence and cursing. The get up of the gangs are half the fun

[EX500rider]

54. Scorsese's 1985 "After Hours" and 1994's "Love and a .45" w/Gil Bellows/Rene Zellweger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_(film)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_a_.45

[bif]

55. Love "After Hours"

Liked it enough to buy it on DVD.