Favorite Obscure Movies

[Ichi]

Post your favorite obscure movies here, with a little info about the movie. Basicly movies you don't see for sale at the retailers.

Final Option: A SAS officer infiltrates a radical group that takes over American Embassy in London. With good SAS action in the end.

Final Countdown: USS Nimitz goes through a freak storm that transport them back in time to December 1941. Some F14's vs. Japanese Zero's goodness. Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen.

By the Sword: Former fencer released from prison, goes to work for unscrupouls fencing teacher. Some good sword fights. F. Murry Abrahms and Eric Roberts.

[atomicbob]

Final Countdown was good.

[f1sh3r]

i dunno how obscure, but these seem to be lesser known.

run lola run - a woman has twenty minutes to get money before her bf robs a grocery store. the way it was filmed is more what i like than it's simple plot tho.

empire records - a movie about some kids who work in a music store.

the machinist - a guy who has insomnia starts doubting his sanity.

[kaos]

kopps!

[Ichi]

kopps!

Would you care to elobrate? Is that the name of the movie?

[DigitalBacon]

Battle Royale! Movie about a bunch of kids selected to kill each other on a island, last one to survive get's to go home.

[kem$]

^ That film is sick. I used to wish it would happen to my class... lol. I'd win that shiz of course.

[f1sh3r]

oh oh oh. robot jox. big robots fighting in the future. old school goodness.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Battle Royale! Movie about a bunch of kids selected to kill each other on a island, last one to survive get's to go home.

Kickass movie.. I think there's a second one too :O

As for my picks:

American Psycho (seriously, a lot of ppl have not seen it)
Bully (high school story where a bully gets killed by classmates in the most brutal manner)
Dark City (very strange but very cool movie. I don't think it did very well in the box office but I sure liked it)

[DigitalBacon]

Dark City...is that the one with Kiefer Sutherland? I loved that movie!

[marcusforealius]

Rodger Dodger- about a early 30's ad exec who's nephew shows up to have his uncle teach him about women. Think of it as a very dark version of "Dutch"

[CrockD]

Night Patrol

[KrystalStarWolf]

Killer Clowns from Outer Space

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Killer Clowns from Outer Space

Omg that movie SUCKS ass. I couldn't watch 2 minutes of it :P

@Bacon: yeah dude, keifer is in it. It's with all those crazy bald white guys who stop time ;)

[f1sh3r]

Kickass movie.. I think there's a second one too :O

As for my picks:

American Psycho (seriously, a lot of ppl have not seen it)
Bully (high school story where a bully gets killed by classmates in the most brutal manner)
Dark City (very strange but very cool movie. I don't think it did very well in the box office but I sure liked it)

dark city is a great movie. bully is good too, the director has done some other good stuff (i believe he directed "kids"). american psycho speaks for itself! if you haven't read the book i highly suggest it.

[GorroXXII]

FInal Countdown is one of my favorites...

[GroovyDude]

Moving, starring Richard Pryor, Stacey Dash, Randy Quaid, and Dana Carvey. It's a hilarious comedy about a family who has to move to Idaho after their father gets laid off from his job. I have an old previously viewed VHS copy of this from Blockbuster, but for some reason they haven't released it to DVD yet. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6301035828/sr=8-1/qid=1155258617/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7546270-8539950?ie=UTF8

Batle Royale is cool (just saw it last weekend), but I've heard the sequel stinks.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F4LPJ6/sr=8-1/qid=1155258412/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-7546270-8539950?ie=UTF8

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Here's a review of Battle Royal 2.. apparently it sucks nads:

http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/battleroyale2.htm

[GorroXXII]

A movie that I never heard of until my friend brought it over:

Secondhand Lions was f@ckin awesome!!!

[atomicbob]

See? My memory is not so good, BUT...

One that is on right now that I love, is "Enemy of the State" with Will Smith.

I'm sure I have a million.

[vic.tz]

Brick - It came out on dvd on tuesday. It's an indie film noir in a high school setting, and it was extremely well done. Not really sure if it's obscure, but I just heard of it this week.

Oldboy - This is one of the most violent and twisted movies I've seen. It also has the best fight scene I've ever seen (really, it's worth seeing just for the hallway fight).

Road Rage - omg this movie sucks. If you like watching movies that are so terrible it's hilarious, this is a must see.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Oldboy - This is one of the most violent and twisted movies I've seen. It also has the best fight scene I've ever seen (really, it's worth seeing just for the hallway fight).

Cool man, im def. checkin this out :thumbsup:

[MajorPayne]

Jenna Jameson and friends

[atomicbob]

Can't hardly list in my all time faves, but for obscure.....I'd like to submit

Slackers

That was some funny sheeit if you're in the right place.

Now, I've seen some BS slacker stuff on and haven't figured that out, but it ain't the original movie.

[juuh77]

Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking barrels was funny. like said above not sure if you would consider it obscure. I saw it for the first time 6 months ago.

[Multiplex]

Run Lola Run - Woman has to get money for her BF before he robs a store but the movie takes you through three different versions in a row with different outcomes.

Equilibrium - One of the least watched and most underrated sci-fi movies ever. Awesome action/fighting/choreography and great acting.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Equilibrium - One of the least watched and most underrated sci-fi movies ever. Awesome action/fighting/choreography and great acting.

That movie kicks ass... some good scenes in there. You're right, it's very underrated.

[f1sh3r]

equilibrium is a GREAT movie. see batman before he was batman!

also there's a movie called poolhall junkies that is really good.

[OG meat_curtains69]

The Cube
The two sequels werent bad either, for B-rated films

Memento

Kids (If you liked Bully you'll like this, same director)

[Gruthar]

Dunno how obscure my movies are, my movie intake has been twisted by my friends. Some of mine have already been mentioned too, so I'll just add Pi to the mix. There are some old time movies that are probably obscure to the younger generations but were popular in their time - don't know if those count. I'll throw out Dr. Strangelove anyway. Despite some rough edges, I liked Infinity (partial bio of Richard Feynman) too.

As for hilariously bad sci-fi movies:

*Plan 9 from Outer Space (director is famous for never retaking shots)
*Manos, the Hands of Fate
*Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter ("Where are all our lesbians!?")

[atomicbob]

Dr. Strangelove was the bomb.

[CassiusMelacor]

Ricki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0102293/
Probably best when intoxicated.

[Heatmiser]

Brazil - Jonathan Price, Robert De Niro. Directed by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Very strange movie, Brazil.

Here's another strange one: Naked Lunch

[DigitalBacon]

Brazil - Jonathan Price, Robert De Niro. Directed by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame.

Ah quite the movie! :thumbsup:

[KAstickboy]

The Cube
The two sequels werent bad either, for B-rated films

Memento

Kids (If you liked Bully you'll like this, same director)

all 3 are great! Kids kindof made me want to yak though...

KA

[Moondog2]

The Professional :sniper:

Attack of the Killer Tomatos :lol:

Critters

Swamp Thing!

[Vryllyn]

Does anyone remember Three O'Clock High?

[redish16]

Ran
Breaker Morant

[Gruthar]

Dr. Strangelove was the bomb.
Literally!


The Professional :sniper:


Another good'un.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Professional isn't all that obscure.. sick movie though.

Oh yeah The Cube and Cube 2 were pretty good, although very low budget.

[Kernel Error]

Bubba Hotep - a lost mummy hiding at an old folks home. He sucks their souls out from their butt holes......:lol:

Dead Man - a western that has Johnny Depp. was a really good movie.

Lost Highway - i remember renting this at the time because it had Marilyn Manson in it, but it turned out to be a really weird but good movie.

[kem$]

The way of the gun!

[GorroXXII]

The lost boys?

[marcusforealius]

Does anyone remember Three O'Clock High?

Yes, you and me. That movie was awesome! I saw that in the theater when it came out.

[f1sh3r]

Yes, you and me. That movie was awesome! I saw that in the theater when it came out.

i remember that movie, was good stuff back in the day.

[Multiplex]

The way of the gun!

Badass movie! It's definitely very obscure.

[Heatmiser]

The Limey. Terrance Stamp, Peter Fonda, Luis Guzman... you'll either really like it:thumbsup: , or think it's too slow and artsy:thumbsdown: .

[Kennel-Dog]

Once were warriors

Awesome movie, shame they made a shitty part 2.

[KrystalStarWolf]

Stargate!

[Kennel-Dog]

Stargate!

Stargate was very mainstream, so much so, theres a bunch of Stargate series on Sci-fi channel

[Ichi]

Once were warriors

Awesome movie, shame they made a shitty part 2.

I seem to recall a second warriors, don't think I ever saw it.

[CHUCKBilly]

-Transporter
-Night of the living dead(original version)
-Legend (tom cruise,mia sara,tim curry)
-Donnie Darko
-The Conan collection
-War games(1986
-Manhattan project(1986)
-Philadelphia experiment(1984)

Just some favorites i like got more.......

[CassiusMelacor]

The lost boys?
How do you like your magots, Michael?


-Legend (tom cruise,mia sara,tim curry)
I really liked that one. Definately one I won't forget.

[OG meat_curtains69]

Professional isn't all that obscure.. sick movie though.

Oh yeah The Cube and Cube 2 were pretty good, although very low budget.

Sick indeed. We should be able to hang from ceilings in BF2 :yaya: so we can kill everything that walks into a room too

If you thought those were ok, you should rent Cube Zero; it goes behind the scenes.

[[TLB]*xSnI(+)PeRx*]

Requiem for a dream - fallows 3 peoples lives of them using drugs then at the end bites them all in the ass. When I have kids im showing them this flick to scare em away from drugs...some really messed up scenes

[OG meat_curtains69]

*xSnI(+)PeRx*']Requiem for a dream

When that bitches' fridge attacks her :lol:

You might want to show your kids out of the room during the double dildo action :thumbsup: Jennifer Connelly makes a hot drug addict. :yaya:

[[TLB]*xSnI(+)PeRx*]

hahahha

ass too ass.....ass too ass...... ya the old lady was awsome with her diet pills......and the scene at the end were hes jackin up in his infected arm...pure nasty

[mr.hrundi]

-Donnie Darko


this film is strange but somehow good. I don´t know anybody who really understood it.

[GorroXXII]

What about Darkness Falls and Wrong Turn? Tose two movies were pretty kewl!

[Vryllyn]

-Transporter
-Night of the living dead(original version)
-Legend (tom cruise,mia sara,tim curry)
-Donnie Darko
-The Conan collection
-War games(1986
-Manhattan project(1986)
-Philadelphia experiment(1984)

Just some favorites i like got more.......

My god, I forgot about Manhattan Project. What about "My Science Project"?

[Ichi]

What about "My Science Project"?

:lol:
I completly forgot about that one.

[GorroXXII]

Don't forget Wierd Science!:yaya:

[Persephone]

My Bodyguard - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081207/

Battle Royal (yes the sequel did stink. I own tons of japanese movies from various websites that sell cheap asian movies and you wont believe how crazy some of them are)

Ichi the Killer (if you liked Battle Royal you will LOVE Ichi the Killer)

Ebola Syndrome

Monster Squad

Cabin By The Lake (tv movie with the one dude who was the badass in the breakfast club and YES there is a cabin by the lake 2)

Vampire Diaries

Shaolin Soccer

and like a million other movies. i watched so many movies its crazy.

[Multiplex]

Don't forget Wierd Science!:yaya:

It's not a movie... but that reminded me of Misfits of Science!

Anyone else watch that forever ago!?!

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Ichi the Killer (if you liked Battle Royal you will LOVE Ichi the Killer)


Wow, ur way off Pers.. I loved Battle Royale and I thought Ichi sucked utter ass. I can't even explain how much it sucked.

Shaolin Soccer is good though :D

[CHUCKBilly]

My Science Project & Weird science were both good classics:icon_cool:

I also like....

-2001 space odyssey
-The shining(Stephen king)i think all of Stephens movies are good
-Super Troopers
-The Dark crystal(1982)
-Blade Runner(1982)(another Han solo adventure)
-Benji(hehe)
-Every cheesy martial arts movie ever made(Wu tang collection rocks)

[Ichi]

I also like....

-2001 space odyssey
-The shining(Stephen king)i think all of Stephens movies are good
-Super Troopers
-The Dark crystal(1982)
-Blade Runner(1982)(another Han solo adventure)
-Benji(hehe)
-Every cheesy martial arts movie ever made(Wu tang collection rocks)

I would say "The Dark Crystal" is the only one that would be obscure.

[Vryllyn]

I would say "The Dark Crystal" is the only one that would be obscure.

Blade Runner is kinda obscure. You'd be surprised how many people that I've talked to who have never seen that or seen the Godfather Trilogy.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

I've not seen Blade Runner. Don't have an urge to either for some reason.

[KAstickboy]

Blade runner was cool!

wanna see a classically bad Keanu Reeves movie? Jonny Mnemonic... bright neon orange VHS. good ole 1995

KA

[Multiplex]

Blade Runner is a must see... just don't get the director's cut version...

[Vryllyn]

Blade Runner is a must see... just don't get the director's cut version...

I got to ask... Why? I have the director's cut version.

[Multiplex]

The Director's cut (that I have at least) had the Harrison Ford narration audio removed from the movie entirely and there are three different scenes in the movie where actors can be seen speaking but not heard due to missing audio bites.

The copy I got... I picked up about 5 years ago I think and I checked out reviews on amazon to see wth was up (I'd already seen the original) and others seemed to cofirm the missing audio.

The narration was pretty important to understanding some parts of the movie imo.

[CHUCKBilly]

Right on Plex :thumbsup: must have the full experience in the movie.
Has anyone ever watched The Wizard of OZ while listening to Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon . Hit play after the third lions roar at the beginning an set
the CD player to repeat.

[KAstickboy]

Right on Plex :thumbsup: must have the full experience in the movie.
Has anyone ever watched The Wizard of OZ while listening to Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon . Hit play after the third lions roar at the beginning an set
the CD player to repeat.

classically great! btw, you can just download it, there are a few versions already setup for you, so you can just start it when youre effed up and not have to worry about the timing... *remembers so many effed up nights in college*

KA

[CHUCKBilly]

KAstickboy']classically great! btw, you can just download it, there are a few versions already setup for you, so you can just start it when youre effed up and not have to worry about the timing... *remembers so many effed up nights in college*

KA


:mghyper: ooohhh the good ol days :D

[Mad5cout]

*xSnI(+)PeRx*']Requiem for a dream - fallows 3 peoples lives of them using drugs then at the end bites them all in the ass. When I have kids im showing them this flick to scare em away from drugs...some really messed up scenes

you forgot to mention that you get to see Jennifer Connely naked in this, a lot.

come to think of it, an obscure movie for those of you who like Katie Holmes:

The Gift

watch it and thank me later.

[Mad5cout]

Blade Runner is kinda obscure. You'd be surprised how many people that I've talked to who have never seen that or seen the Godfather Trilogy.

If they have not seen the Godfather, they are clearly under a f#$%ing rock and have no bearing to determine which movies are obscure and which are not.

Blade Runner was so mainstream in its time, it's not even funny. It was a bench mark just like Tron and some others in terms of computer generated effects and what not so a lot of people went to see it.

anyway, for my realy pick:

THE LAST STARFIGHTER

simply awesome.

[CHUCKBilly]

THE LAST STARFIGHTER

Very nice pic i loved that movie :bow:

[marcusforealius]

Old favorite of mine would be Grand Canyon. You either love it or hate it

[marcusforealius]

I would say "The Dark Crystal" is the only one that would be obscure.

It wont be, they are putting out a sequel in the next year I believe, its being directed by the guy who did the clone wars cartoons

[CHUCKBilly]

-Last of the Mohican's- Almost brings a tear to the ol eye:icon_cry:

[KAstickboy]

-Last of the Mohican's- Almost brings a tear to the ol eye:icon_cry:

classically great!

KA

[[W33T] Jetfuel]

Swimming with Sharks ~ Kevin Spacey
A young Hollywood executive becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable: abusive, abrasive and cruel. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him.

[[W33T] earthpeople]

edward scissorhands

monty python's search for the holy grail

spaceballs

[Wibby]

Four Rooms- It's a Tarantino film so it's really messed up, but great none the less and not a whole lot of people have seen it or heard of it. It's about a bellboys (Tim Roth) first night on the job in a hotel and wacky shit ensues.

[CHUCKBilly]

I love Tarantino movies and never seen that one.

Has anybody seen these goodies-

-Love and a .45 (written by Tarantino)
-True romance( brad pit burns some hippie hay in a honey bear bong)
-Kalifornia

[Vryllyn]

I love Tarantino movies and never seen that one.

Has anybody seen these goodies-

-Love and a .45 (written by Tarantino)
-True romance( brad pit burns some hippie hay in a honey bear bong)
-Kalifornia

Kalifornia is just awesome. I love that movie.

[Buckski]

I really liked Four Rooms-especially when they played the game of chopping off the finger.
I'll take any Monty Python or early John Cusack movies.

[[W33T] Jetfuel]

I love Tarantino movies and never seen that one.

Has anybody seen these goodies-

-Love and a .45 (written by Tarantino)
-True romance( brad pit burns some hippie hay in a honey bear bong)
-Kalifornia

i saw them all ~ great movies ~
trivia ~ Val Kilmer is Elvis in True Romance ~


also J Cusak with a hot french chick and a dope camero ~ howerd cosel voiced asian guys ... can't remeber the name ~
"I want my two dollars" and snorting snow ...classic

[Buckski]

Better Off Dead - now where's my $2.00 ?

[CHUCKBilly]

United flight 93

[Noetic]

1971 "A Clockwork Orange" http://www.filmsite.org/cloc.html to obscure for me to elaborate on personally, lol. Where the hell were my parents when i scrambled the old HBO cable box with a piece of wadded up paper to hold the dial mid way to view this disturbing movie at the age of 10!



1980 "Somewhere In Time" Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
Great movie to watch with a wife/girlfriend/date etc.. gets um mushy to go in for the , well. This movie did not get alot of attention when it came out in 1980. More than just a chick flick though, trust me:yaya: .


Plot/Summary
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s, Elise McKenna. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, he manages, by self hypnosis, to travel back in time where he meets her. They fall in love, a matching that is not appreciated by her manager. Can their love outlast the immense problems caused by their "time" difference? And can Richard remain in a time that is not his?http://www.somewhereintime.tv/

[Vryllyn]

Does anyone remember the ol' movie, "Deathtrap"? I think it had Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in it.

[Buckski]

Is that the movie where they kissed? If so I vaguely remember it.

[Kernel Error]

Time Bandits

[redish16]

Does anyone remember the ol' movie, "Deathtrap"? I think it had Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in it.

Yep, good story line and not a bad movie.

[Buckski]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Neurosurgeon/Rock Star/Superhero Buckaroo has perfected the oscillation overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. The Red Lectroids from Planet 10 are after this device for their own evil ends, and it's up to Buckaroo and his band and crime-fighting team The Hong Kong Cavaliers to stop them.

[DJTendency]

BoonDock Saints- Nuff Said, Obscure with a cult following.

The Man from Snowy River - Aussie movie about a backwoods Wrangler.

[CHUCKBilly]

Time Bandits


yeah i loved that movie but what about DUNE *excellent movie*

[Lt.Res]

Dead Alive- one of peter jackson's first movies, low budget, about a zombie outbreak in a guys town, kinda funny in a bad way.

[papasan9]

evil dead 2 - good and fuuunny

the siege of firebase gloria- vietnam film starring r. lee ermmy playing what else, himself....a hard charging marine. it's not very polished but r. lee. actually acts like i think he would have been as a marine gunny. anyway, if you are a war movie fan and havent seen this, rent it.

a short to the point review
http://www.shakingthrough.net/clemenza/reviews/2002/siege_of_firebase_gloria_2002.html

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Dead Alive- one of peter jackson's first movies, low budget, about a zombie outbreak in a guys town, kinda funny in a bad way.

oh man.. that movie is sooooo bad :D

[marcusforealius]

yeah i loved that movie but what about DUNE *excellent movie*


The sleeper must wake!!!!