Most obscure movies you've ever seen?
Curious to see what niche movies the community knows
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One at random that I enjoyed that I don't think is well known is "God Bless America (2012)".
The title might be misleading, so I'll say that it is not a religious or patriotic film.
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, great movie!
Dunno what you might expect with obscure or niche, but if you're fishing for random non algorithm suggestions on something you could watch, I'll give you this: Fantastic Planet (1973)
Interesting, thanks!
I was thinking indeed movies that are usually not well known, and could be interesting to the rest of the community
Two movies I don't think I've met anyone who's seen.
Young Einstein (1988)
Super fun, slightly accurate, biopic.
Spaced Invaders (1990)
Not good, but still funny alien invasion movie
I seriously feel like I'm the only one who remembers Young Einstein. Glad to see there are two of us.
Three.
I loved it as a kid! Found it a few years ago. I still enjoyed it! But I have to admit it's kinda insane.
I've never seen Young Einstein but I'll never forget the poster, especially as it starred someone called Yahoo Serious.
I was reminded of the film several years ago when one of my favourite sites ran this article about the actor.
Both of those movies are excellent for very different reasons
I dunno about obscure but I owned Meet the Feebles on VHS.
I love telling people it's by the guy who did Lord of the Rings.
I also subjected my friends to A Boy and his Dog and The Wicker Man without telling them anything about them going in.
They loved both.
I saw it in the cinema, my girlfriend was not impressed but I was already a Peter Jackson fan, so I had some idea what I was getting myself into. Talented guy, pity he never made it big.
That's one hell of an unsafe Google!
The Greasy Strangler had a very minor theatrical release and is a fantastically weird movie I love to recommend.
I feel I can't recommend it - if they hate it, they'll wonder what kind of maniac I thought they were; of they love it, they'll become worried I might be able to see into their dark soul and try and so they try and kill me. Greasily.
I do try to be careful with recommendations like this, but those that get it are good people.
It definitely separates the sheep from the goats.
I recommend this often and my girlfriend and her sister still think I'm a psycho for not only enjoying, but oft recommending, this funny-ass film.
The potato scene kills me, and the car wash screaming, and Hootie-tootie-disco-cutie.
You get it! Sadly the star Michael St. Michael was recently ill and had a GoFundMe, but that did give us the opportunity to view the movie in a limited support screening to help him out. Was worth it to see it again in theater.
Porto
haha I was trying to figure out how to write it as well as he says it. P-t-to
“Street Trash” was one of the movies ever made.. if you’re into terrible gross out b-movies it should be at the top of your list
If you do end up watching it I’d love to hear your impressions afterwards. The movie is fucked hah
Definitely give it a spin!
I don't know if it's obscure, but Psycho Goreman is a fantastic movie and I can't recommend it enough. Anything by Steven Kostanski, really.
Also Termitator if you speak French and can manage to get a copy is hilarious.
Six-String Samurai, imagine if Elvis was literal King of Las Vegas, dies and leaves a power vacuum that send numerous baddies on a mission to become king, and Buddy Holly can not only play the axe, he can handle a katana blade even better. In hindsight this could just be a fallout movie with a few tweaks.
Honorable Mention: Wild Zero, very loud Japanese punk band Guitar Wolf takes on zombies with their instruments and maybe some magic?
Honorable Mention 2: Delivery, a pizza delivery driver is shit on constantly by everyone around him until he snaps and basically kills everyone who fucks with him.
The Red Elvises have Six String Samurai official full movie on their YouTube channel. They appeared in the movie and provided the soundtrack, or at least most of it.
Gundress (1999) is the most obscure anime movie I've seen and maybe also the most obscure movie overall -- of stuff that was actually professionally made and shown in theaters, anyway. I posted about it in one of the weekly anime threads a couple months ago with some screenshots and additional details.
Outside of anime, I've seen a number of cult films and non-English films that are probably obscure to English speaking audiences, but I have no idea how obscure they actually are. (The one above I know is obscure since it doesn't even have an English Wikipedia page -- unlike every other anime show and movie I've seen.)
Some examples are Wonderwall (1968) with music by George Harrison, eXistenZ (1999), Cemetery Man (1994), and I Served the King of England (2006). I know at least one other person on Lemmy has heard of Cemetery Man since it was brought up in a thread around Christmas, but they were surprised I'd seen it.
Primer (2004) and Dark Star (1974) also came to mind, but I don't think those are actually that obscure. They are interesting though.
Edit: rephrased for clarity
Edit2: typo in title fixed ("Kind" -> "King")
The Tune (1992) by Bill Plympton is definitely an experience. Hausu (1977) is a weird fever dream. Dead In the Water (2006) was co-written & directed by a friend and is a decent indie zombie movie. It was fun seeing his parents cameo as zombies and then have Thanksgiving dinner with them.
Oh I love The Tune. Had it taped once off IFC.
It is admittedly weird.
I love Plympton's stuff in general, but The Tune is epic. I lucked into a DVD at a used shop years ago and I'm so happy to have it.
Freaks (1932)
Not the most obscure but i never would have watched it if not for my Goth friend in high school
An Argentinian Sci fi movie called Moebius. Broke my fucking teenage mind. The theme still is relevant and the msssage is more sound than ever.
Series 7
It wasn't popular and it took forever to get on DVD, while also being an hysterically dark take on reality TV. No idea why it didn't end up a cult hit.
Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)
No one I know has ever seen this movie. Dave Foley, Darrel Hammond, and uh... Steve from Blue's Clues... in a delightfully weird vampire office comedy.
Not counting the ones made by family members, Forbidden Zone.
Paradise Now is almost like a non-comedic version of Four Lions. Both are worth a watch.
Thanks to Lemmy, I recently watched umami's "Interface". Beautifully animated surreal adventure. Really enjoyed the weirdness, myself.
Blood Quantum.
Went to school with the writer/director, so it's fun for me picking out all the landmarks I recognize. But it's also a commentary on the play on words of the title. And who doesn't love a gory zombie movie?
Cool - I enjoyed it.
Not sure how obscure it is, but The Lure is a Polish musical about carnivorous mermaids who get jobs in a nightclub. I fucking love it.
Begotten is probably the most inaccessible I've seen. Least known I used to do some 48-hour film festival we'd watch everyone's in a local theater at the end and most of those never get a general release so any of those are the least available or seen. Most indies I'll watch these days are horror or drama movies. One of my favorites is the man from Earth not exactly underground but definitely under most radars.
For me, probably Incubus, the 1966 Shatner flick filmed in Esperanto https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Incubus_(1966_film)
I always get a kick out of seeing this one mentioned. My friend's uncle was an extra in that one and my friend's mom lives telling people, punching the story with the title of the film.
My dad loved Clan of the Cavebear. Daryl Hannah was a kick ass. But that's as much as I remember.
To bad the vcr eats all the old tapes, or I would totally go back and watch it.
Who Killed Captain Alex - Uganda's first action movie
https://youtu.be/KEoGrbKAyKE
Garage Days
"A Letter to Dad" with an updated ending shot 10 years later. I would not recommend.
I've seen quite a few via mystery science theater
Tanpopo was one of the more... interesting experiences I've had lately.
Got two for you:
Dogman: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6768578/ Italian movie about a meek dog groomer. My friend and I still quote “SEE-MOE-NAY” to each other at least once a week.
Memories of Murder: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/ Cop thriller about corrupt cops trying to track down a serial killer.
To get a measure of obscurity, O went to IMDb and sorted by number of ratings, high to and these are the films, most obscure first:
Thanks!
It's kinda cheating relying on HK/Chinese films but I am surprised by Naked Cosmos - I am sure I have it on DVD.
I remember watching Evil Bong (2006) because it was included in a 10-movie horror bundle in a Walmart bin. I don't know how niche it is, but none of my friends have ever seen it before showing it to them.
I can't say it's worth watching, but it certainly exists.
Phone Booth
Of Unknown Origin (1983). A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his recently renovated house.
I'm a big indie movies watcher so I wouldn't even know where to start