Favorite "Obscure" Movie.

[Viral_Lola]

My Sassy Girl (Korean version)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Devil's Backbone
Shattered Glass
Closer
Shaolin Soccer
Mirror Mask
Dr. Strangelove
A Clockwork Orange

I'm not sure how obscure most of them are but most of my friends just scratch their heads when I bring over any of those DVD's.

 

[TheFinalFantasyWolf]

Not sure if this is obscure : "Jacobs ladder"

I've heard a certain hospital scene in it inspired the Silent Hill franchise.

 

[Dfskelleton]

I'm taking obscure as "Extremely bizzare" instead of "Mostly unheard of". Do you know why? Because it's the most unnatural, obscure, macabre thing I've ever seen:

Now, I'm not kidding anyone: I'm a weird person. I have a weird (and moderately dark) sense of humor, I draw weird pictures, I write weird stories, and sometimes, at random points in the day, I'll suddenly envision an entire scenario that could occur featuring very strange events. I refuse to describe these events, as you'd probably feel inclined to get me institutionalized.
However, I was taken aback by this film. It was so... bizzare. by the end, I was literally screaming "WHAT THE HELL!?" every few seconds. It's something one must experience themselves, and it's streaming on Netflix. If you're curious and not easily disturbed, watch it.

 

[ChocoFace]

Considering very few people I know have actually seen "Memento" I'm gonna have to go with it. Early Christopher Nolan FTW

It's one of the top rated films of all time in IMDB.
Mostly because it's so fucking good.

( http://www.imdb.com/chart/top See nr.29)

 

[teebeeohh]

since i was 12 years old my best friends has been a film geek so my perception of what if obscure is totally of, he usually makes everyone around him watch whatever he considers to be hot shit. For that reason i never considered old boy obscure till i went to university and of 100+ people i talked to NOBODY knew the damned thing.

 

[killcheese]

Primer is a fav but almost no one i know has even heard of it. The movie is about time travel... sort of... multiple watches to grasp nearly anything is a must.

 

[Kahunaburger]

Castle of Cagliostro.

^This.

Tokyo Godfathers.

^And this.

Although, sadly even the more famous Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon movies are considered "obscure" outside of geek circles. People don't know what they're missing, man.

Personally, I don't have a favorite (unless you count Yojimbo as obscure) but two movies I saw recently that I really liked were Cave of Forgotten Dreams (3-D Werner Herzog documentary about cave paintings) and Pontypool (genuinely original zombie movie.)

Film4 shows a lot of Miyazaki movies here in the UK and that's a free tv channel so I don't think they are that obscure here. Plus when Jonathon Ross used to prevent Film (whatever the year was) he would almost always review Ghibli movies and he has a very good taste in movies.

Haha your side of the pond is awesome, then

Although Miyazaki stuff isn't like super obscure over here, either - they're sort of the go-to family movies for geeky families haha.

 

[JezebelinHell]

I guess I'm one of the nerds filling in the blanks...

I actually have three movies I'd like to contribute, although I'm not sure about their obscurity. Most people I told about them didn't seem to know them though:

Hogfather
The Colour Of Magic (might be known as "The Color Of Magic" in the Western Colonies)
Going Postal

Three really well-made book-based movies. Admittedly with some weaknesses, but hey, you try to fit a week of reading into three hours of acting.

You could add that they are all Terry Pratchett, Discworld series, for the few that may not know from the titles. That alone makes them worth watching.

OT
All I can think of that hasn't been mentioned:
The City of Lost Children
Ink
Hansel & Gretel (2007 Korean)

Other than that, I have watched more than a few of off the wall foreign and old horror movies that are probably obscure but I have no idea of their actual popularity.

 

[Tallim]

Castle of Cagliostro.

^This.

Tokyo Godfathers.

^And this.

Although, sadly even the more famous Miyazaki and Satoshi Kon movies are considered "obscure" outside of geek circles. People don't know what they're missing, man.

Personally, I don't have a favorite (unless you count Yojimbo as obscure) but two movies I saw recently that I really liked were Cave of Forgotten Dreams (3-D Werner Herzog documentary about cave paintings) and Pontypool (genuinely original zombie movie.)

Film4 shows a lot of Miyazaki movies here in the UK and that's a free tv channel so I don't think they are that obscure here. Plus when Jonathon Ross used to prevent Film (whatever the year was) he would almost always review Ghibli movies and he has a very good taste in movies.

Haha your side of the pond is awesome, then

Although Miyazaki stuff isn't like super obscure over here, either - they're sort of the go-to family movies for geeky families haha.

Well Ghibli et al are so much better than Disney in my opinion.

I remember Film4 once showed Castle of Cagliostro, Porco Rosso and Princess Mononoke back to back in an afternoon. The next day they showed Nausicaa in the afternoon and Grave Of The Fireflies at night.

To be fair to Film4 they show an awful lot of "obscure" movies. Oldboy was on a couple of times and Ringu. They have a lot of stock in world cinema.

Attack the Block was a Film4 Production.

 

[Baron_Rouge]

I don't know if it's really obscure enough, but I watched "Away we go" this morning and thought that was pretty fantastic.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

'Freeze Frame' was really good, and get barely anyone I know has heard of it.

 

[Freakzooi]

Great movie from 1999 with Forest Whitaker that no one around me has seen except for me:
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165798/]

Has a very original take on the whole samurai thing as far as I remember

 

[Norrisweb]

In the Mouth of Madness - The closest thing to a Lovecraft movie I've ever come across, and it stars Sam Neil

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/

 

[LiftYourSkinnyFists]

Ils - French Thriller English Subs I loved it

 

[Artina89]

I'm a huge huge David Lynch fan.

If you've got a tolerance for movies that don't make immediate sense, go pick up a copy of

Eraserhead

Blue Velvet

Mullholland Dr.

Inland Empire

I love David Lynch as well and am currently watching Twin peaks, but my favourite obscure movie is prbably Stuart saves his family. I don't think it was hugely popular, but I really like it, and that's all that matters to me.

 

[Weslebear]

Funky Forest The First Contact.

It's less a film and more an experience, open your mind and just take that shit in.