Obscure film recommendations

[Cheeky Monkey]

And for all those who put up Animal Kingdom, there's nothing obscure about that one at all, Jackie Weaver got a f***ing Oscar for best supporting actress - come on folks, there's a whole world outside the UK....

Agreed, but then a lot of the films on this thread are hardly 'obscure' - Sexy Beast, Control, 24 Hour Party People, In Bruges, The Pianist......

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

"Happiness" is obscure? I love is, so twisted and has one of the best opening scenes of any film. The dialogue is fantastic.

"Pieces of April" as well, story about a mother's (dying of cancer) last trip to see her daughter on thanks giving. The sound track is by Magnetic Fields who I also love so might be biased. Literally all filmed on a handycam but has Katie Holmes starring.

 

[dannyboy]

The Amazing Mr Blunden -Loved it since i were a nipper !!!

unbelievable ... love that film too. remember stumbling across it about 30 years ago as a kid and loved it . really fancied the girl in it too and used to dream about her . she was about 13 i guess so im glad those dreams stopped as i got older.

 

[dannyboy]

'9' is pretty good . animated sack puppets survive in post apocalyptic earth thing

 

[Gus is god]

The Orphanage great film

seagulls

 

[champion7]

Try Lonely bones

 

[darters74]

PIN

OMG, I vaguely remember this film, the ending spooked me for ages!

 

[WesleyPipestheII]

Agree with The Secret In Their Eyes - the complete film. The Korean Vengence Trilogies are top films (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) but i prefer A Bittersweet Life

 

[wadhurstseagull]

Micmacs - strangely uplifting

Amelie - again, uplifting

Down by Law - fantastic sound track by Tom Waits and featuring Tom Waits.

King of Comedy - Jerry Lewis and De Niro - great combination.

 

[Blazing Apostle]

Baader Meinhof Complex - in German, long but utterly compelling
The Wave - ditto

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Brazil
The Vanishing- (Original version which I think is dutch)
Nuts in May.

 

[mistahclarke]

some great films on here.

for obscure, excellent films see Sundance winners. Normally a sure-fire sign.

Off the top of my head - The Escapist, Brick, the Saltan Sea...

 

[LowKarate]

If you want really obscure, try:

Departures (Japanese film about a Cellist-turned-undertaker).

Harold and Maude (weird friendship between a teenage boy and an old woman).


Not quite so obscure, but 'Secretary' with Maggie Gyllenhaal is good too.

 

[larsmartin]

The Orphanage great film

seagulls

This. Terrible remake on the way.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

This. Terrible remake on the way.

Already made and released last year.

 

[Acker79]

Already made and released last year.

Are you referring to Orphan (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/)? Because that isn't a remake of The Orphanage (which is due out in 2013 The Orphanage (2013) - IMDb).


Released a couple of weeks ago on dvd here, and at the cinema in America is Tucker and Dale v Evil which I rather enjoyed. It got some mentions on the film2011 thread, so not sure if it's that obscure.

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[siclean]

hobo with a shotgun .... pure bliss

 

[Meade's Ball]

A cult classic yet to be released, if that doesn't sound oxymoronic a statement, is Asshole. On at the London Film Festival in a week or so and about a Bengali rapper who falls into drug abuse and prostitution. That's got to be weird enough. I'd go to it, but i already have 28 films in the two weeks of the festival and cannae afford any more.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Are you referring to Orphan (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/)? Because that isn't a remake of The Orphanage (which is due out in 2013 The Orphanage (2013) - IMDb).


Stand corrected. Got the wrong orphan.

 

[LowKarate]

I'd also definitely recommend:

Catfish (documentary) http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/

Hidden http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0387898/

and utterly obscure, but totally recommended (only if you like oddball movies) is...

Eagle Vs Shark http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/