Favorite "Obscure" Movie.

[Rose1034]

Below are my favorites. I believe they are all rather obscure.

Bloody Mallory a French movie from 2002. A sexy crime fighting woman tries to save the Pope who has been kidnapped by a fallen angel. Did I mention her demolitions expert is a transvestite in 4 inch heels and a blue wig? Over the top, but very fun to watch. I believe you can still find it on hulu.

Teen Witch Hilarious and over the top 80s-tastic awesomeness. Story about an awkward high school girl who finds out she is a witch. Awesome cameo by Zelda Rubinstein and it's a musical.

The Orphanage This one isn't that obscure, but I liked it so much I have to list it to get others to watch it. A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage. She thinks that the home may be haunted and her son is in danger, but what is paranormal and what is in her head?

"M" German movie from 1931 about a child murder and the lengths people go to stop him.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Documentary on flocks of wild parrots who live in San Francisco

Winged Migration Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents. Might sound dull to those who only like Michael Bay movies, but really very interesting.

Some other older movies that weren't obscure at the time but are now:
Auntie Mame
The Court Jester
The Children's Hour
The Apartment

Can you tell I like old movies? I could write a book, really. But I'll leave it at that.

 

[plugav]

I agree. Well, on Mullholland Dr. at least. I haven't seen Blue Velvet, I couldn't stomach Inland Empire and Eraserhead was just painful.
Would you call him obscure, anyway? I thought he was pretty famous after Dune and Twin Peaks.

Yeah, obscure's debatable. With that said, asking anyone about Dune or Twin Peaks these days and it almost guaruntees lots of "huh?"s. And as arguably popular as Twin Peaks was, or as high profile as Dune was, I don't think they drew TOO much light to his other movies.

You have a point there. While I'm sure most people have at least heard of David Lynch, I bet much fewer have actually seen his films. And definitely not Eraserhead (which, I would say, is not a good place to start watching his films).

 

[AgentNein]

I agree. Well, on Mullholland Dr. at least. I haven't seen Blue Velvet, I couldn't stomach Inland Empire and Eraserhead was just painful.
Would you call him obscure, anyway? I thought he was pretty famous after Dune and Twin Peaks.

Yeah, obscure's debatable. With that said, asking anyone about Dune or Twin Peaks these days and it almost guaruntees lots of "huh?"s. And as arguably popular as Twin Peaks was, or as high profile as Dune was, I don't think they drew TOO much light to his other movies.

You have a point there. While I'm sure most people have at least heard of David Lynch, I bet much fewer have actually seen his films. And definitely not Eraserhead (which, I would say, is not a good place to start watching his films).

It's funny cuz that's where I started with Lynch! Still my favorite Lynch movie.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

I choose you: "Der Eisbaer" the succesfull try of german studios to make a tarantinoesk movie.
Another all time Favourite: "Felidae" great book, great movie, do it like my grandparents, see a cartoon cat on the cover and traumatize the kids by showing it to them.

 

[nbamaniac]

Princess Mononoke by the Ghibliman Hayao Miyazaki..

The whole premise was just... weird but surprisingly it was a gem. I'm not surprised that this is a top grosser in Japanese theatre.

 

[mattyfox666]

Dead mans shoes, Killer clowns from outer space, Bad boy bubby, or anything with ray winstone in esp. sexy beast

 

[Treefingers]

El Topo

It is awesome.

 

[Treefingers]

Dead mans shoes

Dead Man's Shoes is fantastic! This Is England is still my favourite of Shane Meadows though.

 

[steampunk42]

is The Postman an obscure movie? if so...then that one...i enjoy it...its stupid fun action movie

 

[WanderingBiscuits]

Got a few. Not too obscure most of them, a little random though.

Pans Labyrinth
Pleasantville [Toby maguire].
Drunken master [Jackie chan.
The Iron Giant [Voice of vin diesel]
The Cable Guy [Jim carreys best imo]
Fright Night [Original; being remade with Colin Farrell ughhh]

 

[fjelding]

Donny Darko. Holy crap that movie was fantastic. Seriously, it was the:
BEST
DAMN
MOVIE
EVER.
Watch it, or you will never have seen a truly great movie.
It's all about time travel and psychological stuff. It's really confusing, but as long as you pay close attention to every character and detail, you can make it through.

My first choise
You, sir, have excellent taste! I love that movie!

Second one would have to be Død Snø (Dead Snow), a Norwegian zombie movie
Greatest zombie move ive ever seen. (And ive seen quite a few )

 

[Duffeknol]

This thread is like 90% movies that are in the IMDB top 100 or at least have tens of thousands of votes there. Yeah, super underground and cult, guys.

 

[3quency]

Fish Story.
That movie rocks

 

[WanderingBiscuits]

Below are my favorites. I believe they are all rather obscure.

Bloody Mallory a French movie from 2002. A sexy crime fighting woman tries to save the Pope who has been kidnapped by a fallen angel. Did I mention her demolitions expert is a transvestite in 4 inch heels and a blue wig? Over the top, but very fun to watch. I believe you can still find it on hulu.

Teen Witch Hilarious and over the top 80s-tastic awesomeness. Story about an awkward high school girl who finds out she is a witch. Awesome cameo by Zelda Rubinstein and it's a musical.

The Orphanage This one isn't that obscure, but I liked it so much I have to list it to get others to watch it. A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, where she opens an orphanage. She thinks that the home may be haunted and her son is in danger, but what is paranormal and what is in her head?

"M" German movie from 1931 about a child murder and the lengths people go to stop him.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill Documentary on flocks of wild parrots who live in San Francisco

Winged Migration Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the course of three years on all seven continents. Might sound dull to those who only like Michael Bay movies, but really very interesting.

Some other older movies that weren't obscure at the time but are now:
Auntie Mame
The Court Jester
The Children's Hour
The Apartment

Can you tell I like old movies? I could write a book, really. But I'll leave it at that.

^This movie is actually hilarious^
Love it.

 

[Revolutionary]

Whenever I go to talk about "The Lives of others" no one seems to have heard of it. So yeah that film.

 

[Nihilm]

Donnie Darko
Primer

Those 2 are the only truly obscure films that coem to mind