Favorite "Obscure" Movie.

[DuplicateValue]

The Devil's Backbone

A great movie, I loved it - way more than Pan's Labyrinth. The setting is what made it for me I think, it really added to the eeriness.

Brick it is streaming on netflix an it is like a noire movie with teens in highschool.

Now that's one I didn't like. I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but his character annoyed me so much. The whole movie was just painfully indie, and not effortlessly either.

On the topic of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I really liked Mysterious Skin.
It has a great cast, a powerful story, and is beautifully shot.

It's probably not for the faint of heart though - it's quite disturbing at times, and touches on some heavy subject material.

 

[Vault Girl]

Either Eraserhead

or the Norwegian film The Bothersome man.

I love surrealist films

 

[Steppin Razor]

I thought Lord of the Rings was a pretty good obscure movie.
[sub]amidoinitrite?[/sub]

I suppose Old Boy is my favourite, although Election is pretty good as well.

 

[Custard_Angel]

in bruges

Fuck yeah. Top notch movie.

 

[dontlooknow]

Jesus, none of these suggestions are even remotely obscure.

Try "Dark Star" on for size. http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2879389977/

John Carpenter made this little Low Budget Sci Fi Gem with the help of some of the Special effects people from Star Wars.

"IDIOT!!"

Lol

Not sure if it's technically 'obscure', but if you've seen Dark Star, you've got to watch Silent Running - without either of these films we wouldn't have had the immeasurably superb Moon.

Also, since we've had Pi, what about The Fountain - another early Aronofsky that's often forgotten - not as good as Requiem for a Dream or Pi, but it's still a pretty unique take on the 'alternative realities' shtick.

 

[Dr.Susse]

Has anyone said six string samurai yet?

It's about a post apocalyptic Buddy Holly trying to get to Las Vegas to become the new king of rock and roll.

He plays guitar and has a Katana.

 

[zepher171]

I'd say Oldboy is one of my favorites.
Patrol Men was pretty interesting too.

 

[Drakos.Amatras]

Fluke [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluke_%28film%29] and Gandhi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_%28film%29], though I imagine the latter being a pretty big film back in its days.

 

[Woodsey]

Moon, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (if those count).

 

[RayneyNight]

I would have to say "Satan's Cheerleaders" for one. It is a b-rated early 80's (or late 70's) horror movie that was just awesomely horrid.
Another I adore is "Shock Treatment" which is kinda a continuation of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." It is basically a story of what become of Brad and Janet years later. According to a tag line. it's not a sequel, it's an equal. Well, not quite, nothing can equal RHPS, but it is close.

 

[Alade]

The man from earth, my favorite movie, it's legal to torrent it so I encourage any fan of good movies to take a look.

 

[pyxelfish]

Come and See is one of the most brutal, traumatising films you will ever see, a masterpiece of war cinema. It was a Soviet war film made in 1987 to dissuade a nascent neo-Nazi youth movement in Berlin from growing. It's based on real events from the Nazi invasion of Byelorussia in the Second World War. They used live munitions donated by the Soviet army, the young lead was so traumatised they had to bring first his mother and then a hypnotherapist to set in order to induce him to act, and once it was over the director never made another film again.

http://www.zimbio.com/watch/24Di5TiszoV/Come+And+See/Come+And+See

Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Aventurra changed the way I see and make films.
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Encounters at the End of the World is Werner Herzog's fantastically moving and satisfying documentary about Antarctica and the people who live and work there.
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[Quiet Stranger]

I don't rightly remember the name but it's about this giant monk (really tall) who has to go somewhere for some reason. Anyone know the one? I also think the first scene, the monk is sitting in one of those outdoor barrel bathtubs.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Has anyone said six string samurai yet?

It's about a post apocalyptic Buddy Holly trying to get to Las Vegas to become the new king of rock and roll.

He plays guitar and has a Katana.

Yes and it is awesome.

Not sure if many people outside of Ireland have seen The wind that shakes the barley which is a shame it is a great film set in the most interesting time in Irish history.

Also watch The giant claw it is very very funny.

 

[ironduke88]

I am pretty sure noone has mentioned it thus fr. Throw down, directed by Hong Kong director Johnnie To. Awesome awesome fight scenes considering its about judo...

 

[tzimize]

Last year I discovered a movie called Franklyn that I'd never really heard much of, I don't know if it was big or well received, but I really loved it. It was a bit slow at times, but it built up to a fantastic ending.

Honorable mentions go to the films Defendor and How to Be a Serial Killer for being awesome.

Oh shit Defendor was awesome. Other good movies that have been mentioned is Let the right one in (original version) and Ravenous. Oh man the ravenous theme. Epic.

 

[Nudu]

Pulse (Kario). For some reason, japanese horror doesn't have a wide mainstream appeal in Norway.