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 6 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to movies@lemm.ee
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JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, great movie!
DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Rubber is pretty great
AlternateHuman02@kbin.social 6 months ago
Both of those movies are excellent for very different reasons
DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
[deleted]Emperor@feddit.uk 6 months ago
That’s one hell of an unsafe Google!
Pronell@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Definitely give it a spin!
zcd@lemmy.ca 6 months 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 6 months ago
The Greasy Strangler had a very minor theatrical release and is a fantastically weird movie I love to recommend.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
I do try to be careful with recommendations like this, but those that get it are good people.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Not counting the ones made by family members, Forbidden Zone.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Oh I love The Tune. Had it taped once off IFC.
It is admittedly weird.
JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Not the most obscure but i never would have watched it if not for my Goth friend in high school
e0qdk@reddthat.com 6 months 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 6 months ago
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
EVERGREEN@lemmy.one 6 months ago
[deleted]Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
FarFarAway@startrek.website 6 months 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 6 months ago
Paradise Now is almost like a non-comedic take on Four Lions. Both are worth a watch.
FireTower@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Who Killed Captain Alex - Uganda’s first action movie
Bonehead@kbin.social 6 months 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 6 months ago
Cool - I enjoyed it.
dditty@lemm.ee 6 months ago
MamboGator@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve never heard anyone else ever mention Crossworlds (1996).
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Thanks!
Emperor@feddit.uk 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve seen quite a few via mystery science theater
freebee@sh.itjust.works 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Interesting, thanks!
I was thinking indeed movies that are usually not well known, and could be interesting to the rest of the community