obscure MUST SEE movies

[Runkmud]

Harold and Maude is a great choice and one of my top 3 movies.

Oldboy, City of Lost Children, Dark City and Run Lola Run are also great choices.

Here's my pic, it's a classic, but an oldy that many of you might not have seen, it's also in my top 3.

Little Big Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/

Dustin Hoffman plays a 120 year old man being interviewed about his life as an Indian Killer in Custer's Last Stand, which is far from the truth as he spent his life being raised by the "Human Beings" (Cherokees) and switching back and forth between the life of an Indian and a white man. This movie has great comedy, drama, and some great performances, including a ultra sexy Faye Dunaway.

[danzasmack]

I was very excited to see "Primer" (saw it maybe 2 years back? I don't know) and was very, very, underwhelmed. And I love that stuff.

"Medium Cool" was pretty decent. I think that's just old though. That footage was real FWIW.

"this thread is turning into movies that are somewhat obscure and better than average imo."

I agree with this.

Nowadays it's so cool to like "obscure" movies that GQ will put out an article about them and people will have heard of them. I really can't see how any of these are "MUST SEE" obscure movies. I would say maybe "must see obscure movies for people who like ______" (i would put old boy in a category like this). But not primer.

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Here's my pic, it's a classic, but an oldy that many of you might not have seen, it's also in my top 3.

Little Big Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/

Dustin Hoffman plays a 120 year old man being interviewed about his life as an Indian Killer in Custer's Last Stand, which is far from the truth as he spent his life being raised by the "Human Beings" (Cherokees) and switching back and forth between the life of an Indian and a white man. This movie has great comedy, drama, and some great performances, including a ultra sexy Faye Dunaway.

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My favorite movie of all time. Little Bear as the 'gay' Indian.

I'm particularly moved by his seething anger at Custer and daring him to go down into Little Big Horn.

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The Cook, The Thief, his Wife, and her Lover

amazing movie

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Excellent one. Come on people, let's try to keep it obscure & must see. If it's "somewhat obscure & good" that will be like 1000 movies. There have been some very nice recommendations here, quite a few Netflix doesn't have so they're very obscure [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Runkmud]

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Here's my pic, it's a classic, but an oldy that many of you might not have seen, it's also in my top 3.

Little Big Man
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/

Dustin Hoffman plays a 120 year old man being interviewed about his life as an Indian Killer in Custer's Last Stand, which is far from the truth as he spent his life being raised by the "Human Beings" (Cherokees) and switching back and forth between the life of an Indian and a white man. This movie has great comedy, drama, and some great performances, including a ultra sexy Faye Dunaway.

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My favorite movie of all time. Little Bear as the 'gay' Indian.

I'm particularly moved by his seething anger at Custer and daring him to go down into Little Big Horn.

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Great scene...

What's your answer, mule skinner?
General,...
...you go down there.
- You're saying, go into the coulee?
- Yes, sir.
There are no Indians there,
I suppose?
I didn't say that.
There are thousands
of Indians down there...
...and when they get done
with you,...
...there won't be nothing left
but a greasy spot.
This ain't the Washita River,
General,...
...and them ain't helpless women
and children waiting for you.
They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there
if you got the nerve.

I tear up during so many of the scenes, hell, almost any time I hear the bugles coming.

Another great scene is when Grandfather decides he must be invisible.

[KJS]

I submit Le Samourai by Jean-Pierre Melville. A brilliant hitman movie that is very slow and deliberate but also never tires me. Not an action movie in terms of explosiveness yet very riveting nontheless.

If you like it, do see Bob the Flambeur aka Bob the Gambler another Melville pic in which a team tries to rob a casino. Great visuals of what a mid 1950s casino in Europe was like.

KJS

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Okay, these are all pretty well known if you're into the genre, but if you're not they'll be obscure and are definite must-sees.

Dom za vesanje (Time of the Gypsies)
In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Gypsy with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

(this might be hard to find, you can substitute "Underground" which is easier to find and perhaps more polished but not as moving)

Breaking the Waves
The revolutionary Dogma 95 school of filmmaking washed up on American shores with this intense European drama starring Emily Watson as Bess, a naïve Scotswoman who's convinced that God will heal her paralyzed husband (Stellan Skarsgård) if she has sex with other men. Director Lars von Trier shot the film using only available light, handheld cameras and no musical score; the result is a stunning, nakedly emotional film.

Grave of the Fireflies
Named Best Animated Feature at the 1994 Chicago International Children's Film Festival, this film proves that not all anime tales are pixie-dust fantasies or brutal sci-fi standoffs. Orphans Seita (voiced by Tsutomu Tatsumi) and Setsuko (Ayano Shiraishi) fight for survival in post-World War II Japan, but society is harsh. Soon, they come to the somber conclusion that they can neither escape the hardships of war nor find enough food to survive


Also not really obscure but if you haven't seen the early works of Kieslowski & Mike Leigh they are must-see.

[Runkmud]

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Breaking the Waves
The revolutionary Dogma 95 school of filmmaking washed up on American shores with this intense European drama starring Emily Watson as Bess, a naïve Scotswoman who's convinced that God will heal her paralyzed husband (Stellan Skarsgård) if she has sex with other men. Director Lars von Trier shot the film using only available light, handheld cameras and no musical score; the result is a stunning, nakedly emotional film.


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Very good movie, but very depressing as well. I took a date to see this movie when it came out, guess who didn't get laid.

[KJS]

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Breaking the Waves
The revolutionary Dogma 95 school of filmmaking washed up on American shores with this intense European drama starring Emily Watson as Bess, a naïve Scotswoman who's convinced that God will heal her paralyzed husband (Stellan Skarsgård) if she has sex with other men. Director Lars von Trier shot the film using only available light, handheld cameras and no musical score; the result is a stunning, nakedly emotional film.



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Yes yes yes.

I add The Celebration, another Dogme film. Much smaller in scope but the ratio of action/sets to emotion is higher than any other film I have ever seen.

The Dogme films are my favorite art movement of my lifetime.

KJS

[nyc999]

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.

Yahoo description:

A mathmetician, Max Cohen, is on the verge of decoding the numerical pattern beneath the ultimate system of ordered chaos--the stock market. However, as he works, he is being pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on stealing the code in order to dominate the financial landscape. Also in the hunt for Max's secrets are a Kabbalah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts. Racing to crack the code, Max succeeds only to find he has a secret everyone is willing to kill for.