Curious to see what niche movies the community knows
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.
Most obscure movies you've ever seen?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to movies@lemm.ee
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JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, great movie!
DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Rubber is pretty great
AlternateHuman02@kbin.social 3 weeks ago
Both of those movies are excellent for very different reasons
DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
[deleted]Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s one hell of an unsafe Google!
Pronell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I dunno about obscure but I owned Meet the Feebles on VHS.
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.
zcd@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
“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
MamboGator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have seen this on a few lists when searching for body horror movies. It’s also on Tubi, so I’ll have to finally check it out.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Definitely give it a spin!
zcd@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
If you do end up watching it I’d love to hear your impressions afterwards. The movie is fucked hah
betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
The Greasy Strangler had a very minor theatrical release and is a fantastically weird movie I love to recommend.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
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.
betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I do try to be careful with recommendations like this, but those that get it are good people.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)
No one I know has ever seen this movie. Dave Foley, Darrel Hammond, and uh… Steve from Blue’s Clue’s… in a delightfully weird vampire office comedy.
morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not counting the ones made by family members, Forbidden Zone.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Honorable Mention: Wild Zero, very loud punk band takes on zombies with their instruments and maybe some magic?
JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Pronell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh I love The Tune. Had it taped once off IFC.
It is admittedly weird.
JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not the most obscure but i never would have watched it if not for my Goth friend in high school
e0qdk@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
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 Kind 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’m not sure if those are actually obscure. They are interesting though.
snooggums@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
EVERGREEN@lemmy.one 3 weeks ago
Not sure they are what you’d call “obscure” but ones idk anyone else who has seen them:
Clan of the Cavebear and Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
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.
EVERGREEN@lemmy.one 3 weeks ago
That’s awesome!
FarFarAway@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
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.
cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Paradise Now is almost like a non-comedic take on Four Lions. Both are worth a watch.
FireTower@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who Killed Captain Alex - Uganda’s first action movie
Bonehead@kbin.social 3 weeks ago
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?
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Cool - I enjoyed it.
dditty@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
MamboGator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve never heard anyone else ever mention Crossworlds (1996).
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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 slice of life type movies.
Jarix@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Garage Days is a 2002 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. Garage Days is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock music. Its soundtrack includes the song “Garage Days” composed by David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster and performed by Katie Noonan. The climax of the film was filmed at the Homebake festival in Sydney in 2001.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
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:
- The Day the Earth Stopped (2010)
- Wan ling xing shi / Voyage of the Dead (1954)
- Ezra: Fear of a Faceless God (2009)
- The Naked Cosmos (2005)
- Samurai Bells of Death (1979)
- Here’s Johnny (2008)
- Du hang da bao king / Magnificent Chivalry (1971)
- Guan dong wu ta xia / Five Kung Fu Daredevil Heroes (1977)
- Ninja in Ancient.China (1979)
- Mao shan dao shi / Demon Strike (1979)
Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Thanks!
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It’s kinda cheating relying on HK/Chinese films but I am surprised by Naked Cosmos - I am sure I have it on DVD.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Got two for you:
Dogman: 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: m.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/ Cop thriller about corrupt cops trying to track down a serial killer.
kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen quite a few via mystery science theater
freebee@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
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)
MamboGator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I looked up the trailer and it’s like if Hieronymus Bosch and Terry Gilliam did a Newgrounds collab. Very weird stuff.
Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Interesting, thanks!
I was thinking indeed movies that are usually not well known, and could be interesting to the rest of the community