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.
Favorite "Obscure" Movie.
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Haha your side of the pond is awesome, thenTallim said:
Although Miyazaki stuff isn't like super obscure over here, either - they're sort of the go-to family movies for geeky families haha.
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.Thaliur said:
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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.
Well Ghibli et al are so much better than Disney in my opinion.Kahunaburger said:Haha your side of the pond is awesome, thenTallim said:
Although Miyazaki stuff isn't like super obscure over here, either - they're sort of the go-to family movies for geeky families haha.
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.
I don't know if it's really obscure enough, but I watched "Away we go" this morning and thought that was pretty fantastic.
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.Viral_Lola said:
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.CrazyMedic said:
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.
I thought Lord of the Rings was a pretty good obscure movie.
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I suppose Old Boy is my favourite, although Election is pretty good as well.
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I suppose Old Boy is my favourite, although Election is pretty good as well.
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.rickthetrick said:
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.
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.
