Good obscure movies

[Kolo]

I just spent 20 minutes on Netflix trying to find something I've never seen before that looks good, and couldn't find much. I thought I'd ask the board--any suggestions? Movies that are outside the mainstream--so you probably wouldn't find them in the rather mainstream "cult favorites" section at Blockbuster--but good movies nonetheless.

My list would include Sweet and Low Down and In the Company of Men, and The Coca-Cola Kid is a pretty good movie, too.

 

[Mulli]

I just spent 20 minutes on Netflix trying to find something I've never seen before that looks good, and couldn't find much. I thought I'd ask the board--any suggestions? Movies that are outside the mainstream--so you probably wouldn't find them in the rather mainstream "cult favorites" section at Blockbuster--but good movies nonetheless.

My list would include Sweet and Low Down and In the Company of Men, and The Coca-Cola Kid is very obscure but a pretty good movie.

You watch foreign movies?

 

[Kolo]

You watch foreign movies?

I try really hard to like them, but it usually doesn't work.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Are you looking for newer movies, or are you willing to watch some oldies?

 

[abomb]

Do you like documentaries?

 

[D-Dogg]

State & Main

Has one of the best lines ever... "So that happened."

 

[Shane]

11:14

Best obscure move ever!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331811/

 

[Beaver]

Some of these may not fall into the category you are looking for. I just looked up my IMDB history and I have all ranked 8 and above.


The City of Lost Children
U-Turn
Pieces of April
Session 9
Zero Effect
Barton Fink
Battle Royale
The Beast of War
The Blood of Heroes
A Boy and His Dog
Man Bites Dog
A Cool, Dry Place
Dear Wendy
Drugstore Cowboy
Hooligans
Human Nature
King of the Ants
The Machinist
Owning Mahowny
The Salton Sea
Secretary
Sometimes a Great Notion
The Straight Story
This Boys Life
Toolbox Murders
The United States of Leland

 

[D-Dogg]

Zero Effect

Loved that movie...saw it in the theatre back in college.

 

[abomb]

Grandma's Boy
Idiocracy

 

[Shane]

Idiocracy

 

[Shane]

Another really good obscure movie:

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/f12/king-of-california-97114.html?highlight=michael+douglas

 

[Bada0Bing]

Some of these may not fall into the category you are looking for. I just looked up my IMDB history and I have all ranked 8 and above.


The City of Lost Children
U-Turn
Pieces of April
Session 9
Zero Effect
Barton Fink
Battle Royale
The Beast of War
The Blood of Heroes
A Boy and His Dog
Man Bites Dog
A Cool, Dry Place
Dear Wendy
Drugstore Cowboy
Hooligans
Human Nature
King of the Ants
The Machinist
Owning Mahowny
The Salton Sea
Secretary
Sometimes a Great Notion
The Straight Story
This Boys Life
Toolbox Murders
The United States of Leland

I'll 2nd the bolded ones.

 

[abomb]

Spun

 

[azsouthendzone]

Suburbia

 

[Kolo]

Are you looking for newer movies, or are you willing to watch some oldies?

Any and all, but I usually like older movies better. My favorite are of the Serpico/Mean Streets/Bullitt variety.

 

[Kolo]

Some of these may not fall into the category you are looking for. I just looked up my IMDB history and I have all ranked 8 and above.


The City of Lost Children
U-Turn
Pieces of April
Session 9
Zero Effect
Barton Fink
Battle Royale
The Beast of War
The Blood of Heroes
A Boy and His Dog
Man Bites Dog
A Cool, Dry Place
Dear Wendy
Drugstore Cowboy
Hooligans
Human Nature
King of the Ants
The Machinist
Owning Mahowny
The Salton Sea
Secretary
Sometimes a Great Notion
The Straight Story
This Boys Life
Toolbox Murders
The United States of Leland

The Straight Story is a great movie, but I haven't seen many of the others. I'll add a few to the queue--thanks for the tips . . .

 

[Bada0Bing]

Any and all, but I usually like older movies better. My favorite are of the Serpico/Mean Streets/Bullitt variety.

Here's a couple that come to mind based on the ones you mentioned. They're not too obscure though, so you might have already see them.

The Day of the Jackal (1973 version)
High Plains Drifter

 

[Joe L]

Thursday
Thank you for smoking
Buffalo 66
200 cigarettes
Run Lola Run
Memento
Ghost world
Exotica
MY own private Idaho
Revolver

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Salton Sea

 

[Bada0Bing]

Thursday
Thank you for smoking
Buffalo 66
200 cigarettes
Run Lola Run
Memento
Ghost world
Exotica
MY own private Idaho
Revolver

I loved that one. I've got a ton of suggestions if you want some foreign movies.

 

[Mulli]

Gattica!

 

[AZZenny]

Lantana

 

[azsouthendzone]

E.T.
Spiderman 1, 2, and 3
Star Wars 1-6
Titanic
Indiana Jones 1-4

 

[joeshmo]

I have been really digging the asian film market that last 10 years or so. Not just China or Japan either, Korea and Thialand have been making some pretty good flicks as well. Not everyones cup of tea but their Horror, Action, and Drama movies have been really good IMO. Especially the Horrors are way, way better then the current state of affairs of the horrid Horror movie genre in America.