obscure MUST SEE movies

[sledghammer]

"Ghost Dog- Forest Whitaker as an inner city Samurai hit man, up against the Public Enemy spouting mob. His best friend is a Haitian ice cream vendor and neither of them speaks the other's language. It works well."

Ghost Dog was horrible, unwatchable. I am a jim jarmusch fan, but I wouldn't say any of his movies are MUST SEE, since not everyone really enjoys them at all.

"Pi is my favorite Darren Aronofsky film. Shot in black and white, it's extremely thought-provoking (it made my brain hurt when I first saw it) and very well executed."

Pi was an excellent movie, even though the math doesn't make sense. Not for everyone though. Also has an excellent soundtrack by aphex twin.

"City of Lost Children :
Nominated for a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival, this sci-fi fairy tale features stunning visuals from directors Jean-Pierr"

Incredible visuals.

Brazil is a movie not yet mentioned here, not sure how obscure it is though. A Terry Gilliam film with Jonathan Pryce, Robert Deniro. Tons of awesome scenes and quotes, totally absurd. For anyone who has seen it, the torturer with the baby mask would make a great halloween costume. Takes place in the future, where a fascist government controls all, rebels blow stuff up, and the general populace kind of ignores it. That provides the backdrop to Jonathan Pryce's obsession with some random chick, who turns out to be a terrorist. Now that I think about it, thats the plot to Equilibrium, except this movie is very funny and good, and doesn't have a stupid ending.

[newb]

Although I´m not really sure if it´s an obscure movie,
I really enjoyed GUMMO by Harmony Korine.

I´m a bit surprised no one hasn´t mentioned it yet.

[Marwan]

I'd reccommend Amelie.. Can't remember if it was popular or not, I do think it did well on DVD.. but obscure enough and a really charming movie to watch for men and women.

[econophile]

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I'd reccommend Amelie.. Can't remember if it was popular or not, I do think it did well on DVD.. but obscure enough and a really charming movie to watch for men and women.

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[stabn]

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I'd reccommend Amelie.. Can't remember if it was popular or not, I do think it did well on DVD.. but obscure enough and a really charming movie to watch for men and women.

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It was nominated for 5 academy awards.

[LeapFrog]

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How has no one mentioned "Miller's Crossing", the best and least known Coen brothers movie?


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Because it isn't anywhere near obscure.

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Also, 'the best'? Blood Simple kicks it in the junk.

[MicroBob]

12 Angry Men was a relatively famous film. Henry Fonda and several other famous actors. But it's so old that I'm sure many on here have never heard of it.

Maria Full of Grace - Catalina Moreno was nominated for Best Actress at the 2005 Oscars (Hilary Swank won for Million Dollar Baby) but it probably still counts as relatively obscure I guess.


2 good films regardless though.


My next nominations are both versions of the movie Fail Safe.
1964 original and the 2000 remake.

The 2000 remake is particularly interesting imo because it was a live television event on CBS. Doing a whole movie live on TV was a bit risky of course, but they pulled it off without a hitch and it was REALLY chilling.

A Dr. Strangelove-esque Cold War nuclear nightmare situation without any of the Dr. Strangelove dark comedy.
Film is in Black and White.

Mechanical error sends a green-light to bombers to go nuke the Soviet Union.
President and others spend the rest of the film desperately trying to figure out how to call the plane back.

Pretty much left me breathless and stone-cold chilled as the film intended.

Cast includes George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Richard Dreyfus who I usually dislike but who is OUTSTANDING as the president, Noah Wylie, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy and a few others.


Looking it up on IMDB I see that it won or was nominated for several Emmy awards and also nominated for Golden Globe Best Made for TV movie.
But so few people I know are familiar with it that I believe it's fairly obscure.

[LeapFrog]

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The Fog of War
- Excellent documentary in which Robert McNamara is interviewed.


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Seconded -- just got done watching it for the sixth time or so. The Glass score is excellent -- only real detraction is the occasional 'shouted' comment by Morris.

Has some very powerful moments and humanizes McNamara.

[BigPoppa]

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How has no one mentioned "Miller's Crossing", the best and least known Coen brothers movie?


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Because it isn't anywhere near obscure.

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Also, 'the best'? Blood Simple kicks it in the junk.

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The "Danny Boy" scene alone beats all of "Blood Simple".

Very few people I've mentioned it to have seen "Miller's Crossing", hence I consider it obscure. Many people who liked the Coens' better known movies don't even know it exists.

[LeapFrog]

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How has no one mentioned "Miller's Crossing", the best and least known Coen brothers movie?


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Because it isn't anywhere near obscure.

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Also, 'the best'? Blood Simple kicks it in the junk.

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The "Danny Boy" scene alone beats all of "Blood Simple".


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