Thread: Favorite Not so popular movies?

Yeah - I almost didn't list "Being There" because it wasn't exactly an arcane movie, but I don't think it was a blockbuster either. It was a truly excellent film though.

Another one came to mind, but I lost it while responding to that! It'll come back.

Ah! While I'm waiting for that one, anybody seen the ORIGINAL "Bedazzled", with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook?

**EDIT**

Ah yes... how about "The Station Agent"! That's the one I was trying to remember.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I am going to make a point to get my hands on Zardoz. I love exercises in WTF.

UM, you'd think it was hilarious if you were in the right frame of mind. Straight, it may be too much WTF.

Oh I thought of a good one--Harold and Maude.

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Originally Posted by Volcon

Airplane

Airplane! is one of the greatest comedies ever, but it is a few light years from obscure. It is a megamegahit.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

UM, you'd think it was hilarious if you were in the right frame of mind.

I'll remember that.

Originally Posted by MrBeelzy

Big Trouble in Little China is the only one I can think of right now, but I'm sure there are more. I love this movie.

I grew up on that movie!... An edited version, but still.


I grew up on a number of "edited versions" (The Three Amigos, The Last Starfighter, BTiLC, etc.). It was odd when I went back and watched the real versions later in life.

The Assassination of Richard Nixon is one of my favourite films..... and hardly anyone has heard of it, and ever fewer actually like it. Most peple I have showed it to thought it was terrible or boring.

Another all-time favorite: "Babette's Feast"

It is a subtle one... incredibly beautiful.

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I <3 Huckabees.

Originally Posted by pj

Another all-time favorite: "Babette's Feast"

It is a subtle one... incredibly beautiful.

That one's pretty widely circulated, I think, though certainly not a blockbuster. You're right, though, it's a masterpiece.

I also love Chinese wuxia-type films... Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower, et cetera... I can't get enough of these films, hehe.

BASEketball, from the creators of South Park.

Haha. Baseketball was great.

I'd also agree with Run Lola Run.

Hmm...

The Last Starfighter. [Edit: Nice, Ame. I just scrolled up to see what other movies people have picked and saw that you called this one. Awesome.]
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Legend (dunno how popular it was)
The Neverending Story (again, dunno how popular it was.)
Big Trouble in Little China.
Little Monsters
Flight of the Navigator
Cyborg
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Gleaming the Cube
The Wraith
Class of 1999
Stand By Me (might have been more popular than I think it was. Dunno)

I'm sure I'll think of some more later.

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz and Four Eyed Monsters

Four Eyed Monsters was a fantastic movie I saw previewed on myspace one day and I watched the entire movie on their page. About two people that meet and go through their entire relationship without saying two words to each other. They write everything. It's really a great movie.

Speaking of the number 4...

Four Rooms.

And, speaking of Tarantino...

From Dusk 'til Dawn.

And, with no relation...

Tremors.

Elephant
Science of Sleep
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Not sure if any of these are popular but anyways....


Little Monsters!
The Basketball Diaries
Manic
Pans Labyrinth
In Dreams
She's Too Young
Lucky 7 (this might be more popular than I think it is...)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Hearts and Souls (this one too might be more popular than I think...)

as you can see i love me some Robert Downey Jr.


bleh can't think of anymore...

I'll agree with Pan's Labyrinth and add The Labyrinth (1986).

Also, Harry and the Hendersons.

And damnit, there was one I had in my head about 20 seconds ago, and now I can't remember what it was. I'll think of it...

[Edit: Oh yeah! The Long Kiss Goodnight with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson.]

I'll agree with The Labyrinth (1986)
and also add The Lost Boys (probably popular...)

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I just watched My Tiny Universe
it's pretty good too. Good enough to make my list anyways...

Waking Life.

Haha! No, seriously, I'd say The Cube - link is to the full movie (and as it is terribly obscure, you won't feel bad for watching it on Google).

I'll agree with The Last Starfighter, but Harry and the Hendersons? Really?

That movie The Cube was worth watching. It's one of the last things Jim Henson did before he started the Muppets.

How about the Muppet Movie?

Originally Posted by The Cusp

How about the Muppet Movie?

Which one? I really liked Muppet Treasure Island. Just something fun and endearing about it.

Wow, the Cube really is interesting.

Originally Posted by Identity X

Waking Life.

Haha! No, seriously, I'd say The Cube - link is to the full movie (and as it is terribly obscure, you won't feel bad for watching it on Google).

I watched that movie and found it really quite prescient--to think all those years ago they could anticipate the situation of a man trapped in the Off Topic forums at DV.