re: Relatively obscure movies that were pretty good

Posted by flvelo12

Palm Harbor, Florida

Member since Jan 2012

3607 posts

Posted on 8/26/21 at 8:31 pm to AlxTgr

quote:
Angel Heart. Never comes on TV anymore.

Great flick. On Amazon Prime for free now.

Posted by BallHawk

Orlando

Member since Jul 2011

6155 posts

Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:35 pm to JohnnyAlpha

What Dreams May Come

Superb cast - Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr, Max von Sydow, Anabella Sciorra

Amazing cinematography

Interesting story

Highly recommend

Posted by BallHawk

Orlando

Member since Jul 2011

6155 posts

Posted on 8/26/21 at 9:42 pm to BallHawk

Some others:

Only the Strong
Hamburger Hill
Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
Showdown (so bad it’s good)
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Poolhall Junkies

Posted by tigahlovah

virginia beach, va

Member since Oct 2009

5044 posts

Posted on 8/27/21 at 10:08 pm to JohnnyAlpha

Didn't read the 7 page thread so this may be mentioned but "Would you Rather" was GREAT. It's one of the top 10 movies I've ever seen, well known or not.

Posted by mikelbr

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2008

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Posted on 8/28/21 at 1:14 am to Shaken not Stirred

quote:
Bone Tomahawk

Least amount of dialogue in any movie I have ever seen, with the exception of "A Quiet Place".

But man it delivers

That movie freaked me the frick out. It's amazing.

Posted by mikelbr

Baton Rouge

Member since Apr 2008

49072 posts

Posted on 8/28/21 at 1:15 am to mikelbr

This movie is downright brutal and awesome.

Posted by Basura Blanco

Member since Dec 2011

11747 posts

Posted on 8/31/21 at 1:09 am to JohnnyAlpha

Not sure if it meets the definition of relatively obscure, but Hollywood Knights

Great coming of age, low brow comedy. Similar to American Graffiti but better imo. A great soundtrack, nails the era, and the early careers of an absolute stellar cast. Robert Wuhl, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Danza, Fran Drescher, and Gary Graham.

The scene where they give Jimmy Shine (Graham) the car and put in the California Dreamin 8-track hits me hard.

Also, Big Wednesday. Gary Busey at his best

Both were heavy in the early '80's HBO rotation.

Posted by Squid

Goodlettsville

Member since Sep 2006

1369 posts

Posted on 8/31/21 at 5:42 am to Jack Ruby

Why is it amazing that Howard Keel was one of the biggest movie stars? That man could sing. (He was great as Clayton Farlow on “Dallas,” too)

Posted by Animal

Member since Dec 2017

4341 posts

Posted on 8/31/21 at 6:16 am to JohnnyAlpha

Eddie Macon's Run.

Midnight Madness

Critters

Tank

The Monster Squad

Posted by StrongOffer

Member since Sep 2020

6938 posts

Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:22 am to johnnydrama

quote:
Secondhand Lions

Get Low is another low budget with Robert Duvall and Bill Murray

Posted by AlxTgr

Kyre Banorg

Member since Oct 2003

87402 posts

Posted on 8/31/21 at 11:47 am to Animal

quote:
Tank

This was chosen by our football coach to watch after school before a football game when school let out early for the Parish Fair. We were not allowed to leave of course. Good movie.

Posted by 88Wildcat

Topeka, Ks

Member since Jul 2017

16989 posts

Posted on 9/5/21 at 9:45 am to JW

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Peter Sellers won the Oscar for "Being There", so not sure how obscure it is. A bit of a classic.

Nominated, didn't win. Lost out to Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer. Not that something can't be nominated for an Oscar and still be relatively obscure. Case in point--

Probably in my top five favorite films of all time and no one under the age of 40 has ever heard of it. Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. According to director Richard Rush "it wasn't released, it escaped." And, other than saying it is a movie about movies I have no earthly idea how to remotely explain the story and the plot without spoiling everything. It's one of those A Clockwork Orange/Blue Velvet what in the hell am I watching and what in the hell is going on films.

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Posted by jrenton

Houston

Member since Mar 2007

1999 posts

Posted on 9/5/21 at 2:25 pm to 88Wildcat

Green Street Hooligans
Everything is illuminated
Finding Forrester

Posted by charlestonchief

Member since Sep 2006

648 posts

Posted on 9/5/21 at 11:53 pm to Chitter Chatter

Bottle Rocket

Posted by icutmyownlawn

Member since Jun 2021

931 posts

Posted on 9/6/21 at 5:16 am to JohnnyAlpha

Envy. 2004. Jack Black and Ben Stiller. Not an award winner, but has it's funny moments. I didn't even know this movie existed. I watched it on accident.

'Vapoorizer'

Who hasn't stepped in dog s*** and wished for something like this?

Posted by SEClint

New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR

Member since Nov 2006

49487 posts

Posted on 9/6/21 at 5:37 am to JohnnyAlpha

Gummo
The reflecting skin
Years of the beast

frick..

Remember USA up all night? I found some fun shite on that program. Reel wild cinema too

Posted by BOSCEAUX

Where the Down Boys go.

Member since Mar 2008

52411 posts

Posted on 9/6/21 at 8:58 am to SEClint

My go to in these threads is always
Frailty: Bill Paxton, Mathew McConaughey, and Powers Boothe. Excellent thriller. 2001

New go to will be
Wolf of Snow Hollow: great horror comedy.
Jim Cummings kills it as the soon to be sheriff. He plays unhinged hilariously.

ETA: unless I overlooked it I can’t believe Frailty hadn’t been mentioned. It’s usually on page 1 of these threads.

This post was edited on 9/6/21 at 9:00 am