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Good Obscure Movies

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  1. m_cable

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    Great choice. That's a really good one too, with great performances by William H. Macy, Maria Bello, and Alec Baldwin.
     
    #61 m_cable, Jul 25, 2006
  2. Rocket River

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    Good Stuff

    Last StarFighter was good suff too

    Rocket River
     
    #62 Rocket River, Jul 25, 2006
  3. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    Great movie about the hardships in New Zealands poorer ethnic neighborhoods. There was a followup film (not really related) called "Whale Rider"...another great Maori-related movie!!!

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    #63 boomboom, Jul 25, 2006
  4. RunninRaven

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    I third this. I was very impressed by the singing skills of Paltrow, Giamatti and everyone involved. Very good stuff.
     
    #64 RunninRaven, Jul 25, 2006
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    Great flick. Really depressing though. BTW, the actual followup is called "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted". The only thing "Whale Rider" has in common with "Once Were Warriors" is Cliff Curtis(a crimnally underrated actor) is in both films.
     
    #65 count_dough-ku, Jul 25, 2006
  6. napalm

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    Great pick, I love that movie. I'd like to add:

    Shaolin Soccer.
    Kelly's Heroes.
     
    #66 napalm, Jul 25, 2006
  7. RunninRaven

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    I don't know if it counts as obscure or not, but I never hear anyone talk about it.

    Gangs of New York

    Daniel Day Lewis gives a performance worth a look, even if Leo Di Caprio can't seem to keep his accent consistent.
     
    #67 RunninRaven, Jul 25, 2006
  8. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    "flirting with disaster" ben stiller

    "the prophet" robert duval
     
    #68 pgabriel, Jul 25, 2006
  9. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I watch "lonestar" every time I see it coming on hbo.
     
    #69 pgabriel, Jul 25, 2006
  10. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    The Prophet or The Apostle?
     
    #70 bobrek, Jul 25, 2006
  11. thegary

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    do you mean "the apostle"?
    great, great film
     
    #71 thegary, Jul 25, 2006
  12. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    my bad, yes, I can't believe I screwed that up. i love that movie.
     
    #72 pgabriel, Jul 25, 2006
  13. Rocket River

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    The Warriors - from like 1970something
    that movies was great

    5 Heartbeats . . but I don't think that is obscure

    Rocket River
     
    #73 Rocket River, Jul 25, 2006
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    The Whoopie Boys - probably the funniest movie that nobody's ever seen

    Pieces - Low budget slasher flick from the 70's. It has one of my favorite opening scenes from a horror movie ever...
     
    #74 A-Train, Jul 25, 2006
  15. xcharged

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    you want obscure...
    check out Pi
     
    #75 xcharged, Jul 25, 2006
  16. m_cable

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    I thought of a couple others:

    The Matador- Quirky, little flick starring Pierce Brosnan as you've never seen him before.

    Proof- Film adaptation of the Tony Award winning play. The movie is a bit theatrical for my tastes, they could have rewritten some sequences. But the acting and writing are top notch.

    Glengarry Glen Ross- Speaking of top notch acting and writing, I'd say this is the king of play to movie translations. Might be the greatest combination of acting and writing I've ever seen in one movie. And what a cast; Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, and Alec Baldwin. Wow.
     
    #76 m_cable, Jul 25, 2006
  17. boomboom

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    Good call! My sister-in-law introduced those two movies to us (my wife is from Hawaii and, naturally, interested in Polynesian culture). So, incorrectly, I assumed there was some relation to the two movies.
     
    #77 boomboom, Jul 25, 2006
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    Suicide Kings - Chris Walken, Denis Leary, Jay Mohr, fish boots.
     
    #78 StupidMoniker, Jul 25, 2006
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    GO--advertising for this movie made it look like some crap teen flick, but it's actually very good. a little pulp fictiony but very well written and smooth.
     
    #79 jello77, Jul 25, 2006
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    Pi is a great movie. Darren Aronofsky, the director, also did Requiem for a Dream another great but disturbing movie and I saw the trailer for The Fountain which is his first big budget movie coming out soon and it looks really great.

    Speaking of obscure movies by directors who went on to bigger things another good but disturbing movie is Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson and starring Kate Winslet. Watching that you can see why Peter Jackson was chosen to do Lord of the Rings
     
    #80 Sishir Chang, Jul 25, 2006
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