Obscure film recommendations

[Doc Lynam]

Glory
Amazing film from 1989. Morgan Freeman,Denzel Washington, Matthew Brodrick.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I would second Maria Full of Grace. Dancer in the Dark (Bjork stars) is superb. Persepolis is a belter too

 

[dannyboy]

Horses for courses isn't it . I watched oldboy and animal kingdom and couldn't get on with either and turned them off

 

[Acker79]

Clue
Silence of the hams (quite bad, but my friend and I put it in our so bad it's good)
I'm Gonna Git You Suck
Phantom of the Paradise (70s Musical)
Nightwatch and Daywatch (a couple of russian vampire/supernatural movies)
Happiness of the katakuris (described as the texas chainsaw massacre meets the sound of music)
One Night at McCool's
Camp
Romance and Cigarettes
Repo The Genetic Opera

 

[arkan]

Dogtooth http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/

 

[Champagne charles]

film called terry shot for £500 quid on handheld camera f***ing good film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOWVv-68D7Y

 

[alofbrighton]

Dogtown and Z boys - Old Skool skaters Peralta and Alva show the yoof of today where it all came from....great soundtrack too

The Believer - Henry Beans document of a young mans descent into violence,
disturbing stuff

 

[fork me]

There Goes My Baby, 1994. Comedy drama about a bunch of school leavers in a rich suburb of LA in 1965. Features the Watt's riots, fears about Vietnam and a whole bunch of other issues. It was released 4 years late because the company that made it (Orion) went bust. One of my favourite films ever but made a huge loss at the box office. Hugeluy underrated IMO with one of the best soundtracks ever.

 

[Gully]

Maybe not quite obscure enough for some on here but I loved 'todo sobre mi madre' (all about my mother), by Pedro Almodovar, a beautifully made film that has just about everything...a death in the first few minutes, a pregnant nun, transvestite prostitute and a lesbian actress! Beautifully produced it won lots of awards but can hardly be considered mainstream, far, far better than much of the guff that Hollywood churns out.

 

[RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)]

The film Bubba ho tep. Stars Bruce Campbell (of evil dead fame) plays an elderly elvis Presley in an old folks home who has to fight the evil spirit of an ancient egyptian mummy.
Very strange but very good. Won loads of awards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Qo74_L3vo&sns=em

 

[otk]

If you like your films with a leftist slant, these two might squeeze your lemon...

Mother Ksters Goes to Heaven (1975) - IMDb

Ogro (1979) - IMDb

 

[smillie's garden]

Some nice recs. on this thread. Another one along the lines of American Movie is Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Yes it's a bit like a real life Spinal Tap in places, but it is also a story about some middle aged geezers plugging away at what they love. Even if you don't like metal music you'll laugh, and maybe even shed a tear.

Probably some people have seen the S. Korean film The Host (Gwoemul) (2006). This is a cracking monster movie. It's creepy, but also very funny and beautiful to look at.

 

[Frutos]

Glory
Amazing film from 1989. Morgan Freeman,Denzel Washington, Matthew Brodrick.

I'll gladly second that one, fantastic film.

 

[footychick]

Stakeland
Pontypool
Mr Nobody

 

[Frutos]

Oh, and I don't know if this really counts as obscure/cult or whatever, but "The Princess Bride" is one of my absolute favourites, particularly this bit (although it'll only make full sense if you know the plot of the film):

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[16bha]

Big Blue
Cinema Paradiso
Betty Blue

 

[Art Vs Science]

Frauds with Phil Collins. Very rare now, and hard to find on DVD. Had to get mine from the Netherlands.

Frauds (1993) - IMDb

 

[Padders]

No Mans Land - Black comedy about the Balkans conflict

 

[robbie c]

Just watched The Guard - fecking good and Fire of Babylon on the plane over from the States at the weekend

 

[Wilko]

Maybe not quite obscure enough for some on here but I loved 'todo sobre mi madre' (all about my mother), by Pedro Almodovar, a beautifully made film that has just about everything...a death in the first few minutes, a pregnant nun, transvestite prostitute and a lesbian actress! Beautifully produced it won lots of awards but can hardly be considered mainstream, far, far better than much of the guff that Hollywood churns out.

Brilliant film. Great thread this by the way people, already taken on board some of the suggestions on here.