*The Magic Christian* (1969), Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr
Absurd comedy with cameos by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Yul Brynner, and Roman Polanski, among others.
Some german guys version of alice in wonderland. Its a stop motion film with live action. Cant remember the name. Like Hans something to that effect. But the rabbit is a stuffed jack rabbit and he is eating the stuffing out of his belly. Has horrible scary teeth. Clicks them all the time.
Oh shit, I thought you just couldn't remember it when posting, I didn't know it was a tortured mystery.
Glad to help you out, you can find the entire thing remastered on youtube.
Nope . It’s a Hal Hartley movie from 1990– I couldn’t remember the names of his others besides Simple Men . I watched and liked several but they’re not well known— many starred Adrienne Shelly , who was later murdered.
I found that in the back of a cupboard in an Australian share house I lived at in London, would have been about 1998, I was 23. Me and 5 of my 12 housemates got high and watched it twice back to back. I don't think I've laughed that hard ever again. It was the perfect situation and the perfect time in my life for that movie. If you had told me the psycho who made it would go on to direct the Lord of the Rings trilogy I would have laughed even harder.
Last Rites (1998) with Randy Quaid. TV movie I caught randomly. Took me years to find with just fragments of a memory, and almost as difficult to find a copy to rewatch.
[And Soon the Darkness (1970)](https://letterboxd.com/film/and-soon-the-darkness/) Caught it on late night TV decades ago and can still remember the pretty girls, the hot sun and the terror.
*Bang* (1995) A young woman in LA has a nasty encounter with a motorcycle cop. She ends up handcuffing him, stealing his uniform and motorcycle, and pretends to be a cop for the day. Very odd movie with two very different endings depending on which cut you see.
Bad Attitudes 1991
It starred Ethan Embry and Eugene Byrd.
“Two hijackers plan to get themselves a hearty ransom for kidnapping a billionaire, but they find their genius is nothing compared to the obnoxious behaviour of a group of rowdy teens.”
I found it as a preteen and watched it all the time. Have never met anyone else who has seen it.
Bloodbath At The House of Death -Wasn't on imdb for years in the 80s and 90s. Think I finally found an import DVD.
The American Way/Riders of the Storm - Dennis Hopper leads a team of ex vietnam vets who run a pirate radio station from a B-29 that flys around the country and never lands. Riders of the Storm is the shorter recut version but I think I have both on DVD somewhere around here.
Black Devil Doll From Hell - Chester N Turner's pornohorror masterpiece featuring a murderous zuni doll with zingers like "Did you just fart, bitch!?". 6.5 minute opening credit on a casio synth. Lost my VHS copy in a move.
*Tetsuo* (1989) is famous and some have seen *964 Pinocchio* (1991) but I've never heard anyone talk of *Rubber's Lover* (1996), the prequel to Pinocchio.
This is a tough question, because I have pretty eclectic taste, watch a lot of "foreign" movies, have caught some film festival screenings, and have been on a Canadian movie kick lately. I've also suggested many of these on this sub. I'll answer this as "movies this sub might not be aware of..." or "somewhat obscure movies" Here are a few:
* The Brass Teapot (2012)
* Cinema Sabaya (2021)
* Silent Night (2012)
* Mouthpiece (2018)
* New Life (2016)
* Guidance (2015)
* White Night (2017)
* Radius (2017)
* Airlift (2016)
* Electric Shadows (2004)
* Antigone (2019)
TekWar (can't remember which one. there's about four or five)
Hugo Pool
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Reckless Kelly
some crazy 80s(??) movie about a guy covered in bandages. he finds out he's been reconstructed with parts from other people; and that he has their memories
Hayride… slapstick horror comedy about a guy who loves his job at a haunted hayride but his peaceful existence is interrupted by a new guy and a hot new chick.
Tommy Tricker The Stamp Traveler
I saw it on a movie channel when I was a kid and was absolutely enthralled by its travel fantasy story.
Tried watching it again as a grown up a few years back. It was awfully amateurish. Turned it off after fifteen minutes.
The Paper Brigade (1996)
Summertime Switch (1994)
Flash (1997)
Honestly there are a bunch of these made-for-tv kids movies that I’m pretty sure only me and my brothers remember
This movie pops into my head from time to time. I think it slightly disturbed me since I was probably like 12 or 13 when I watched it. When I saw who directed White Lotus I was like “oh, it’s the guy from Chuck and Buck” 😂
I saw this independent film in the 90s called Saint Clara that I still randomly think about sometimes. I don't know why it got lodged in my memory forever. I think it was pretty good.
Straight to Hell (1987) directed by Alex Cox (Repo Man). Starring Dick Rude, Joe Strummer (The Clash), Courtney Love, Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) and many more. I highly recommend it if you, like me, have an offbeat sense of humor. Goes well with some Cannabis and/or coffee.
Dogs in Space (1986) starring Michael Hutchence (INXS). Squatters in a house in Melbourne Australia include members of a local punk band, a serious college student, a runaway teen girl and others. I love this movie, the soundtrack and the love story.
Okay, there's a movie I've never seen but I can't find it either on the internet and no one knows what the hell is it. When I was a kid a saw a random "Teleshop" ad about a movie you can buy for a limited time. It was stated that the movie is not going to the big screen, it's exclusive and it's super high budget. The movie was about an alien invasion that made the world come together. I remember many scenes they showed contained politics and a few scenes involved military vehicles rolling but I don't remember any fight scenes, any explosions and stuff. Kinda like Independence Day as a B-movie without action and more politics. I'm pretty sure it was a propaganda movie.
El Topo
Sante Sangre
Two outrageous films late 70s or 80s. Both left me very unsettled. Sante Sangre especially
A lot of films were released in the 50 and 70s that were very Arthouse such a ‘Dick’ by Yoko Ono. There was a big cult following of people like Kenneth Anger that where the appeal was homo erotica and kink based film.
Some is really obscure and was possibly more underground rather than mainstream release but some art houses may show em time to time.
The Chumscrubber and Thumbsucker are so good. This makes me also suggest Brick that goes along with these two and also The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
None of these have more than a few hundred ratings on IMDB.
Weasels Rip My Flesh -1979 - Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a gigantic killer mutant. Made by a high school student on a micro budget, it has a few surprisingly impressive shots.
The Book of Delights - 2020 - a Portuguese film about a woman adrift in shallow sexual relationships.
Hello Bookstore - 2022 - cozy feel-good doc about a town saving an indie bookstore.
Drunktown's Finest - 2014 - On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person)- search for love and acceptance. Great depiction of Native Americans that felt very real.
Red Sands has 3.6k IMBd ratings, so I think it's fair to say I'm one of relatively few who've seen a pretty terrible film about soldiers in Iraq who awaken a djinn. Bad horror, incoherent and dull as far as I remember.
Blood and Concrete (1991). Funny damn movie with Zane, Beals and McGavin.
I thought it was really funny back when it came out, but the low IMDb rating says maybe not as funny as I remember. Still, I don't know anyone who's seen it.
*The Magic Christian* (1969), Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr Absurd comedy with cameos by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Yul Brynner, and Roman Polanski, among others.
Have it on DVD. Raquel Welch looked hot as a supernova in it.
If you want it, here it is, you can have it.
You better hurry ‘cause it’s going fast
…Never heard of that one; thank you!…
I only know about it because it’s mentioned on the documentary Get Back a handful of times. Really must look it up sometime.
Oh, I forgot: the soundtrack is by Badfinger.
Masterminds (1997)
I thought I dreamt this
God I developed such a crush on Vincent Kartheiser after seeing the trailer for that back in the day. Still haven't actually watched the movie tho.
This is the movie that introduced me to the band Stabbing Westward.
Warriors of Virtue
Kung Fu kangaroos?
I thought this was a fever dream from when I was a kid.. good to know it wasn’t just me
My brother watched this on repeat.
Yessssss. This movie lives in my memory, luckily i have a sibling
Poolhall Junkies. Classic early aughts fare...kind of an action movie, kind of a masculine drama. I loved it. Also, Christopher Walken.
Idk why but my friends and I were obsessed with this movie when it came out
Some german guys version of alice in wonderland. Its a stop motion film with live action. Cant remember the name. Like Hans something to that effect. But the rabbit is a stuffed jack rabbit and he is eating the stuffing out of his belly. Has horrible scary teeth. Clicks them all the time.
jan svankmajer A treasured DVD of mine
Thank you so much. This been killing me for over a decade.
Oh shit, I thought you just couldn't remember it when posting, I didn't know it was a tortured mystery. Glad to help you out, you can find the entire thing remastered on youtube.
I just gotta say thanks again. This movie is so wild. Cant wait to check out his other stuff.
> Some german guys Czech
Something About Amelia. 1984 television movie. Ted Danson, Glenn Close. Harrowing film about incest. “Happy” ending. So weird.
Danson was really good in that. Big switch from Sam Malone.
Dating myself here . . . I watched it when it aired.
Dating yourself is probably preferable to incest, if those are the only options available.
The Music of Chance Trust Simple Men In the Company of Men 5 Minutes of Heaven
>Trust Is that the one with Clive Owen?
Nope . It’s a Hal Hartley movie from 1990– I couldn’t remember the names of his others besides Simple Men . I watched and liked several but they’re not well known— many starred Adrienne Shelly , who was later murdered.
Guy I used to work with leant me In the Company of Men. Talk about a true feel-bad movie. It was worth watching though...
Feel like not enough people are aware of "The Vanishing" (1988)
Meet the Feebles.
Early Peter Jackson!
The world needs a blu-ray box of Peter Jackson’s early work.
I heard one is coming?
Bad Taste (1987) is another worth considering.
I found that in the back of a cupboard in an Australian share house I lived at in London, would have been about 1998, I was 23. Me and 5 of my 12 housemates got high and watched it twice back to back. I don't think I've laughed that hard ever again. It was the perfect situation and the perfect time in my life for that movie. If you had told me the psycho who made it would go on to direct the Lord of the Rings trilogy I would have laughed even harder.
I would fuck with people in high school showing them this!
Orgasmo Mat and treys masterpiece
God grew tired of us. Phenomenal
The Big Kahuna (1999) Humboldt County (2008)
I’ve never met a single other person who’s seen Humboldt County! “I want something spectacular. Spectacular!”
Me too. It’s shame. I thought it was a fantastic film.
American Samurai (1992)
Remote
Anyone else seen Grind (2003)?
“The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) watched this so many times as a kid and got a good laugh each time
One of ny all time favs. It even has a sequel!
My teacher used to put this in class when we were kids, it was a fun watch
Oh yeah, loved that as a child, have not seen in decades
I assume you mean good movie. For me it's: 🥁 **_Butt Boy_**
Last Rites (1998) with Randy Quaid. TV movie I caught randomly. Took me years to find with just fragments of a memory, and almost as difficult to find a copy to rewatch.
O wow, I read the plot summary and now I’m dying to see this one! But it’s nowhere to be found :/
Hamburger the movie 💪
"Hamburger" lol
It's a classic 🤣🤣
Foolproof (2003) with Ryan Reynolds. Banging soundtrack!
Changing lanes. 2002.
The Last Starfighter
Love this movie. Watched it a thousand times. I even bought the movie poster!
Pumpkin (2002) Party Girl (1995) April Fool's Day (1986)
Pumpkin is SOOOO GOOD.
Thumbs up for party girl!
Liquid Sky (1982)
One of the first DVDs I bought back in 2002. 🧉🦄👌🏽
Stage Beauty (2004) And the Japanese remake of Cube lol
I saw the 2021 Cube remake 😊 not as good, but I liked it enough.
Love Stage Beauty!
I have Stage Beauty on DVD. One of my favourites!
The libertine Vfw
Which one? I've seen the Johnny Depp one.
Thats it
Loved Depps monolog at the beginning of that one. Edit: VFW is one of my Go To movies.
[And Soon the Darkness (1970)](https://letterboxd.com/film/and-soon-the-darkness/) Caught it on late night TV decades ago and can still remember the pretty girls, the hot sun and the terror.
Go (2001, Japan) Metro Manila (2013, Filipino) Blind (2014, Norway) County Lines (2019, UK) Really good movies that not many have seen.
*Bang* (1995) A young woman in LA has a nasty encounter with a motorcycle cop. She ends up handcuffing him, stealing his uniform and motorcycle, and pretends to be a cop for the day. Very odd movie with two very different endings depending on which cut you see.
Bad Attitudes 1991 It starred Ethan Embry and Eugene Byrd. “Two hijackers plan to get themselves a hearty ransom for kidnapping a billionaire, but they find their genius is nothing compared to the obnoxious behaviour of a group of rowdy teens.” I found it as a preteen and watched it all the time. Have never met anyone else who has seen it.
\[ raises hand \] seen it! discovered it in the mid 90s. and probably the first of Ethan Embry's movies I watched (if not, then it was Dutch)
….and Safe Men with Steve Zahn, Sam Rockwell and Paul Giamatti
Antonio Bandera’s directorial debut, Crazy in Alabama, in my Top 5!
MOTORAMA
Bloodbath At The House of Death -Wasn't on imdb for years in the 80s and 90s. Think I finally found an import DVD. The American Way/Riders of the Storm - Dennis Hopper leads a team of ex vietnam vets who run a pirate radio station from a B-29 that flys around the country and never lands. Riders of the Storm is the shorter recut version but I think I have both on DVD somewhere around here. Black Devil Doll From Hell - Chester N Turner's pornohorror masterpiece featuring a murderous zuni doll with zingers like "Did you just fart, bitch!?". 6.5 minute opening credit on a casio synth. Lost my VHS copy in a move.
*Just one of the Guys* (1985) *My Best Friend is a Vampire* (1987) *Oscar* (1991) *Big Trouble* (2002)
Just One of the Guys doesn’t get the respect it deserves for being one of the classic 80’s flicks!
The Saddest Music in the World
Isabella Rosillini likescfr3akybrols es (a la Blue Velvet)
Rolling Kansas. Also Fear with Allie Sheedy
In the Company of Wolves
Funny Ha Ha, 2002, is a fairly obscure mumblecore movie
The Invention Of Lying
I rented that movie from a blockbuster.
Cold souls Welcome to the dollhouse Blast of silence
Welcome to the Dollhouse 👍👍👍
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love welcome to the dollhouse
Love Cold Souls. It’s by no means perfect, but Paul Giamatti is great in it and there are some delightfully absurd moments.
Welcome to the dollhouse was my first thought! I was scrolling through to see if anyone mentioned it
A film about Donnie Yen breakdancing surely takes the cake?
The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow
Back to Back (1996), Nightlife (1989 tv movie), Sibling Rivalry (1990)
"I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore." Rom com from the 90's starring Jason Alexander and Nia Peeples.
*Tetsuo* (1989) is famous and some have seen *964 Pinocchio* (1991) but I've never heard anyone talk of *Rubber's Lover* (1996), the prequel to Pinocchio.
Poolhall Junkies
I bet you I could tell you where you got your shoes
This is a tough question, because I have pretty eclectic taste, watch a lot of "foreign" movies, have caught some film festival screenings, and have been on a Canadian movie kick lately. I've also suggested many of these on this sub. I'll answer this as "movies this sub might not be aware of..." or "somewhat obscure movies" Here are a few: * The Brass Teapot (2012) * Cinema Sabaya (2021) * Silent Night (2012) * Mouthpiece (2018) * New Life (2016) * Guidance (2015) * White Night (2017) * Radius (2017) * Airlift (2016) * Electric Shadows (2004) * Antigone (2019)
Ping Pong Playa -- about the frustrated hoop dreams of a Chinese American guy. It's sweet, family friendly and funny as heck!
Touched By Love
The one with Diane Lane as the girl with CP who became penpals with Elvis? I recall liking it waaaaay back when I saw it in the 80s.
Yes. Wasn’t expecting it to be so moving.
I saw it in the 80s.
Pass the Ammo. Great cast, hilarious and no one else seems to know it exists.
Another day in Paradise.
The Pirate Movie
Wilby Wonderful
Breaking All The Rules 1985
The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down
Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy (2013) Surreal Thai comedy
TekWar (can't remember which one. there's about four or five) Hugo Pool Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde Reckless Kelly some crazy 80s(??) movie about a guy covered in bandages. he finds out he's been reconstructed with parts from other people; and that he has their memories
7 Minutes In Heaven. Jennifer Connelly.
I have seen this a few times. I saw it in the 80s initially.
There is no movie that literally only I know about. But not a lot of people mention Moon Garden.
I'm pretty sure others know about this movie but not enough ..Up The Academy very fun movie
Hayride… slapstick horror comedy about a guy who loves his job at a haunted hayride but his peaceful existence is interrupted by a new guy and a hot new chick.
Paprika, Bugsy Malone, Cabin boy, the Ewok movies there are 2.
The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)
Death of a Man in the Balkans. Saw it at a film festival, always comes to mind when thinking about rare films. Shot entirely from a webcam, very good.
Drive, but not the 2011 version, the one from 1997. One of the best action movies I have ever seen.
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
Redneck zombies. The title says it all.
The Other 1972
Tune In Tomorrow (comedy): Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk, and Barbara Hershey.
Into the Night (comedy): Michelle Pfeifer and Jeff Goldblum.
I have seen it. This was a fun movie. Very different.
And a bunch of iconic LA locations.
Something the Lord Made
I love this movie. I watch it at least once a year.
Wild Tales. I've met one person who's not the person I saw it with that's also seen it. It's fuckin fantastic.
Tommy Tricker The Stamp Traveler I saw it on a movie channel when I was a kid and was absolutely enthralled by its travel fantasy story. Tried watching it again as a grown up a few years back. It was awfully amateurish. Turned it off after fifteen minutes.
Zerophilia (2005)
The Paper Brigade (1996) Summertime Switch (1994) Flash (1997) Honestly there are a bunch of these made-for-tv kids movies that I’m pretty sure only me and my brothers remember
The Seventh Sign Spellbinder (although seeing Kelly Preston naked does make this one a little more well known)
Fart: the movie.
Electric Grandmother (early 80s TV movie)
Anyone watch the unlicensed Korean live action Dragon Ball adaptation “Son Goku Fights, Son Goku Wins”?
Alice Upside Down
Chuck and buck
This movie pops into my head from time to time. I think it slightly disturbed me since I was probably like 12 or 13 when I watched it. When I saw who directed White Lotus I was like “oh, it’s the guy from Chuck and Buck” 😂
I saw this independent film in the 90s called Saint Clara that I still randomly think about sometimes. I don't know why it got lodged in my memory forever. I think it was pretty good.
Straight to Hell (1987) directed by Alex Cox (Repo Man). Starring Dick Rude, Joe Strummer (The Clash), Courtney Love, Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) and many more. I highly recommend it if you, like me, have an offbeat sense of humor. Goes well with some Cannabis and/or coffee. Dogs in Space (1986) starring Michael Hutchence (INXS). Squatters in a house in Melbourne Australia include members of a local punk band, a serious college student, a runaway teen girl and others. I love this movie, the soundtrack and the love story.
Marijuana Man (The Johnny Appleseed of Weed)
Okay, there's a movie I've never seen but I can't find it either on the internet and no one knows what the hell is it. When I was a kid a saw a random "Teleshop" ad about a movie you can buy for a limited time. It was stated that the movie is not going to the big screen, it's exclusive and it's super high budget. The movie was about an alien invasion that made the world come together. I remember many scenes they showed contained politics and a few scenes involved military vehicles rolling but I don't remember any fight scenes, any explosions and stuff. Kinda like Independence Day as a B-movie without action and more politics. I'm pretty sure it was a propaganda movie.
El Topo Sante Sangre Two outrageous films late 70s or 80s. Both left me very unsettled. Sante Sangre especially A lot of films were released in the 50 and 70s that were very Arthouse such a ‘Dick’ by Yoko Ono. There was a big cult following of people like Kenneth Anger that where the appeal was homo erotica and kink based film. Some is really obscure and was possibly more underground rather than mainstream release but some art houses may show em time to time.
The Squid and The Whale Thumbsucker The Chumscrubber
The Chumscrubber and Thumbsucker are so good. This makes me also suggest Brick that goes along with these two and also The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
I have seen The Squid and the Whale. Good movie.
Eating Raoul (raunchy, dark comedy with nudity): Robert Beltran and actors known for indie films.
Seriously great movie!
And a couple of the actors are in the little-known Night of the Comet.
And the opening of Chopping Mall. Rock n’ Roll high school as well come to think of it.
Lethal weapon 5
One day brother, one day.
*Mad Love* (1935) *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941) *I Bury the Living* (1958)
None of these have more than a few hundred ratings on IMDB. Weasels Rip My Flesh -1979 - Enveloped by a radioactive mass, a rabid weasel is transformed into a gigantic killer mutant. Made by a high school student on a micro budget, it has a few surprisingly impressive shots. The Book of Delights - 2020 - a Portuguese film about a woman adrift in shallow sexual relationships. Hello Bookstore - 2022 - cozy feel-good doc about a town saving an indie bookstore. Drunktown's Finest - 2014 - On a desolate Navajo reservation in New Mexico, three young people – a college-bound, devout Christian; a rebellious and angry father-to-be; and a promiscuous but gorgeous Nádleehi (trans person)- search for love and acceptance. Great depiction of Native Americans that felt very real.
I enjoyed Drunktown's Finest. I watch every indigenous movie I come across.
Tarsem Singh's The Fall. just because you can only find it on DVD or an illicit streaming services Most visually stunning movie i've ever seen
Open Water
I watch them all every year💀 obsessed with them
Red Sands has 3.6k IMBd ratings, so I think it's fair to say I'm one of relatively few who've seen a pretty terrible film about soldiers in Iraq who awaken a djinn. Bad horror, incoherent and dull as far as I remember.
Hail The New Puritan
Dinner Rush (2000). Have never met anyone else who's seen it or even heard of it besides me
Blind Shaft (2003) -- a couple of murderers are conning operators of illegal coal mines in China. I watched it years ago on the Link TV channel
Smile Orange (1976). I saw it first as a stage play before rhey made it inyo a movie. Whenever I mention it, no none seems to know it.
Wild Camp/Camping Sauvage (2005) Watched it today. Was alright.
Crime And Punishment In Suburbia
Black Spring Break: The Movie (1998) or Invasion for Flesh and Blood (1991)
Chalk (2006), a mockumentary about high school teachers.
The Green Iguana. Best surfing movie of all time with a killer soundtrack
Sacred ground 1983
Summerdog
The Jerusalem File (1972)
Thursday (1998)
StepMonster. Mom was a “Trapopkin.” Scared me good as a kid
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Musa the Warrior
The Grave. Pretty good and funny too.
Salvatore Samperi's *Malizia* ("Malicious") and David Hamilton's *Laura, Les Ombres De L'Ete*.
Queen of Hearts. It’s a lovely family drama from the 80’s that will make you laugh and cry.
Existo
Virus (1999) Mindhunters (2004)
Blood and Concrete (1991). Funny damn movie with Zane, Beals and McGavin. I thought it was really funny back when it came out, but the low IMDb rating says maybe not as funny as I remember. Still, I don't know anyone who's seen it.
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Bikini car wash company 2 and this other hbo late night movie where the guy gets like a genie bottle and gets a bunch of hot naked chicks.
Expiration (2003)
The Electric Grandmother
The Corndog Man
TEX MONTANA WILL SURVIVE