Rare films: Contribution Thread

[anthony240]

What films have you found that were low-key but high in entertainment value and are noteworthy?

No matter how old, list your rare movies.

I just went out and bought Death Trance. A Japanese film that came out in 2001. Story was interesting, has a lot of high points. Mainly the costume design. Which kept me watching more than the fight scenes. This movie had samurais, monks, and mercenaries with gun-swords! One to see.

Another is the Daywatch/Nightwatch series. A pair of eastern european films about vampires. Also entertaining.

An old movie I found scrounging at Best Buy, King of New York, with Christoper Walken. Christopher Walken. Nuff said.

Machine Girl. Japanese film about a girl with a machine gun for an arm. That line alone got me hooked! Funny is an understatement, this film is hilarious in its over the top gore!

I usually dig for movies like this, since I know I would rarely see em on TV or whatever. I usually also get Kung Fu movies but they started to seem repetitive. But there are some good ones out there.

[allntrlundrgrnd]

Ravenous

The Toxic Avenger

The Life Aquatic

Freddy Got Fingered

Haggard

Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

Usual Suspects

Taxi Driver

Heat

theres a few.

[ESmorz]

Heat



Heat was far from low key lol

[allntrlundrgrnd]

But high in entertainment value.

[MikeisNissan]

Constant Gardener

[murda-c]

Dude i just saw this movie it's called the dark knight and it was totally awesome.

[soreballz]

Haggard
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.

Seriously.

[Rick-95ZE]

C.H.U.D (1984)

The Last Star Fighter (LOL!! also made in 1984):bigok:

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Ice Pirates(1984 was a good year LOL!!) :bigok:

Krull (1983) :bigok: :bigok:

The Stuff (1985, one taste is never enough :keke:)

Mean Machine (2001):bigok:

Time bandits(1981)

Laser Mission (1990,staring Brandon Lee)

I remember seeing Krull in the movie theater:-/

[MikeisNissan]

District B-13.

[murda-c]

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

[ESmorz]

The Wraith

fuck yeah

[BustedS13]

i was expecting something different from this thread, but here

They Live - roddy piper of WWF fame in a surprisingly awesome scifi where aliens run the planet through subliminal messages

Freaks - ancient movie about a freak show

Metropolis - the first scifi. there's a restored version by Kino Video, but i honestly prefer the dirty old version you can get in a dollar bin. it's silent, play NIN over it and it rules.

Silent Night Deadly Night - the best christmas horror

Chinese Super Ninjas - or anything from like '80-'90 with "ninja" in the title.

[Rick-95ZE]

They Live - roddy piper of WWF fame in a surprisingly awesome scifi where aliens run the planet through subliminal messages

.

Yery nice:bowrofl:

[Dirty Habit]

Frankenhooker.

Check it out!

[lflkajfj12123]

battle royale

volcano high

tom yon goong

[BustedS13]

TWO LANE BLACKTOP

except it's a Criterion now, so the dvd is like 35 bucks :/ but definitely see this fucking movie. best car movie i've seen to date, dead serious. probably the best car movie there is.

[BOROSUN]

shark skin man peach hip girl

flash point

seven samurai

twilight samurai

an eye for an eye

shaolin vs ninja.....woot woot those ninjas are tricky.

[drftwerks]

just saw this german movie called anatomy, fucking awesome

[S14Josh]

American Movie
Stranger than paradise (Kind of slow, but a good movie)
Midnight Express
Jacob's Ladder (Not so low-key, but then again not too many people have seen it)
Mean Streets (Scorsese's first feature film)
King of Comedy (Another Scorsese film)

I'm drawing a blank right now lol, I can't think of any more at the moment.

[Grendel]

Reefer madness is pretty entertaining once...

UHF - Wierd Al's movie about him running a tv stations. "Whats in the box!?"

[ESmorz]

Altered States - (Old ass trippy movie)
Primer - (two guys make a time machine inside a storage unit)
Mini's First Time - (Alec fucking Baldwin and a screwy plot)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - (sex, drugs, rock n roll, and humor)
Bottle Rocket - (The Wilsons, nuff said)
Ritana - (Returner in English)
Sex and Lucia - (Paz Vega is fucking ridonkulously hot)
Rock and Roll Zombies - (I can honestly say it is one of the worst movies ever made, yet you can't stop watching)

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

I can only assume you've seen Snatch? It's not really low-key, but too much of a gem to not mention.

[stiizy]

I never heard of any of these movies

[MrMcgarrett]

Feast
YouTube - FEAST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyAJ2wpqn-s)

Dog Soldiers
YouTube - Dog Soldiers Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0Ej5N-hFQ)

[anthony240]

I never heard of any of these movies

that's the point

[BustedS13]

Reefer madness is pretty entertaining once...

UHF - Wierd Al's movie about him running a tv stations. "Whats in the box!?"

i own it on dvd and watch it probably a half dozen times a year, best thing ever. the weird al commentary is gold, too

Altered States - (Old ass trippy movie)


fuck yes

[hybrid racing]

I can only assume you've seen Snatch? It's not really low-key, but too much of a gem to not mention.

X2

Layer Cake - With Daniel Craig ( A Must See)

The Fifth Element - kinda old idk if if was big or not has bruce willis and chris tucker in it

I got a lot more just can't think of them

Iggy

[mrmephistopheles]

Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/) 2002 film which was overshadowed by a Matrix release, and thus did poorly at the box office. If it had been released at a better time and had more advertising, it would've done great.

I only discovered it last year.

[ESmorz]

Two Hands - (Australian flick, I think it's Heath Ledgers first Lead Role. Highly recommend it)
Y Tu Mama Tambien - (It was interesting.... :ugh:)

[BustedS13]

Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/) 2002 film which was overshadowed by a Matrix release, and thus did poorly at the box office. If it had been released at a better time and had more advertising, it would've done great.

I only discovered it last year.

oh yeah, the movie where, in the future, there is only one car on the planet. and that car is a Cadillac STS.
awesome movie though, it WAS pretty rad

[MikeisNissan]

United States of Leland

[VROOOM]

Cube

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Dark Crystal

[Akiros]

the squid and the whale ; and kicking and screaming (noah baumbach movies)

[Rick-95ZE]

Mystery Alaska (1999,with Russel Crowe):bigok:




One of the best movies in my collection!From the Producer of Lock Stock and Snatch, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND! (again) Mean Machine Many of the same cast members as Lock stock, and Snatch.. Its the British version of The Longest Yard, but eleventybillion times better.. Jason Stathams character is hilarious!!

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/18512/1/Mean-Machine.jpg

[Mtndrifter14]

Anybody every seen

Trainspotting

Donnie Darko

V for vendetta

[BustedS13]

Anybody every seen

Trainspotting

Donnie Darko

V for vendetta

dood have u seen requiem for a dream
or fight club
or boondock saints

shit's so underground

[Mtndrifter14]

dood have u seen requiem for a dream
or fight club
or boondock saints

shit's so underground

cmon with the sarcasm man. I know v for vendetta and donnie darko arent underground, but I don't remember when they hit theatre's so that prolly why.

[MikeisNissan]

Punch Drunk Love.

[Rick-95ZE]

I have passed this up in the video store, about eleventybillion times :keke:
I have no Idea if its any good:confused: anyone's input???


http://daily.greencine.com/archives/slacker-cover.jpg

[MikeisNissan]

Adaptation

[ronmcdon]

alright, idk how to define 'rare' but these are some of my favs not everyone knows about. many of the directors are fairly renowned and/or controversial though.

un chien andalou
jason & the argonauts
ikiru
rashomon (simpler version of citizen kane imo)
sunset blvd (best film noir imo)
pierrot le fou
aguirre, wrath of god (directed by werner herzog, starring klaus kinski)
easy rider
la belle de jour
le samourai (with alain delon!)
pink flamingos
dolemite
cannibal holocaust (one of the most brutal exploitation films imo, very realistic)
the thing
flash gordon (80's remake)
eraserhead
evil dead 2
salaam bombay
the mole (alejandro jodorwoski)
stanger than paradise
hard boiled (ties with 'city of god' to be my fav action movie)
redneck zombies
in the mood for love
ricky-o
bad taste
braindead
the running man (verohoven/schwarzenner camp classic)
cemetery man
hard 8
infernal affairs
man bites dog
sunshine


sure there's a lot more, but thats all i can think of right now.

[ronmcdon]

Adaptation

you can always count on takashi miike for some great cynical humor and fun material. good shock cinema material, and difficult to find torrent. been looking for 'gozu' forever.

[ronmcdon]

the squid and the whale

that movie had one of the best soundtracks ever imo :D

[nismobro]

The Wraith

fuck yeah

haha fuck yes. charlie sheen at his best

great movie

Children of Men (2007) maybe?

[MikeisNissan]

The Last King of Scotland

[Mtndrifter14]

Anybody say

Memento?

or

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind?

[drift_jdm]

Anybody say

Memento?



I was just about to mention memento. one of my fav's.

[satal95]

Equilibrium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/) 2002 film which was overshadowed by a Matrix release, and thus did poorly at the box office. If it had been released at a better time and had more advertising, it would've done great.

I only discovered it last year.


Wow just youtubed it and now i have to buy it looks freaking bad ass.

Also just bought
House (old school horror movie)
Buffalo 66 (has a nice thick Christina Ricci all i have to say is:hitit::wackit:)

[ESmorz]

Wow just youtubed it and now i have to buy it looks freaking bad ass.

Also just bought
House (old school horror movie)
Buffalo 66 (has a nice thick Christina Ricci all i have to say is:hitit::wackit:)

Is that the one where she shows her saggy little mud tits?

:keke:

ick

[MikeisNissan]

Better Luck Tomorrow

[satal95]

Is that the one where she shows her saggy little mud tits?

:keke:

ick


Nope she was thick in this movie
http://www.xenon-kino.de/Medaia/buffalo66.06.jpg

kind of small pic but i can't find a larger one. Anyways just saw Equilibrium and it's a must buy now.

[ronmcdon]

Anybody say

Memento?

or


great film no doubt, but questionably rare. Christopher Nolan (dark night 1 & 2) directed it, starring guy pierce in possibly his most fun role. some of you are actually going to hate me for saying this but I actually think this was Nolan's best work to date. liked it more than dark night 2. really did not care for dark night 1 so much.

[theronin]

if you like movies about heroin ie: Requiem for a dream, Trainspotting. then check out Spun. it has brittany murphy in it. pretty good imo.

[mrmephistopheles]

Wow just youtubed it and now i have to buy it looks freaking bad ass.



Anyways just saw Equilibrium and it's a must buy now.

I can't emphasize how much of a 'holy fuck this film was great WHY THE FUCK have I never heard of it' kind of feeling I had after seeing it.

[punk138]

dood have u seen requiem for a dream
or fight club
or boondock saints

shit's so underground


yess 3 of my top favorites!!!

fear and loathing in las vegas, four rooms, blow, clerks, the boys and girls guide to getting down... to name a few.

http://www.impawards.com/1999/posters/boondock_saints.jpg

[8Nismo9]

Kids(kind of a crazy movie)

[TheWolf]

Yellow Beard

Yellowbeard (1983) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086618/)

Best Pirate Movie Ever...

[theronin]

Kids(kind of a crazy movie)


i have no legs.

[Rick-95ZE]

Kids(kind of a DISTURBING movie)

Fixed:tweak:

[shmiddy]

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q39/losercutie_heart/Brick.jpg

i love this movie yet no one knows about it :rawk::rawk::rawk:

U MUST SEE IT

[shmiddy]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg295/JimmyEatWorld7/brick-poster-1.jpg

[Rick-95ZE]

Watched this again last night for the eleventybillionth time:D

You lock Stock & Snatch fans should see a few familiar faces in this clip:

YouTube - Mean Machine (Fight Scene) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfESnl_mOao)

[8Nismo9]

suprised no one has said ong-bak,some good old muay thai

[iHeartTheTouge]

Wristcutters
YouTube - "Wristcutters: A Love Story" Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A42aLAjeV1A)

[MikeisNissan]

Eagle vs. Shark

[CrashQueen]

^^^^ hahaha eagle vs. shark has it's funny moments


http://images.vidos.ru/images/azumi.jpg

[VROOOM]

suprised no one has said ong-bak,some good old muay thai

that movie is insane!

[JRas]

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q39/losercutie_heart/Brick.jpg

i love this movie yet no one knows about it :rawk::rawk::rawk:

U MUST SEE IT

I've seen it, good movie

[slow_sr20]

+1 to the wraith
anyone ever watched igby goes down? great movie-lots of cynicism and dark humor.
gummo-movie about xenia ohio after the tornado.
waking life

[muddafakka]

I bought a copy of The Driver today. Pretty short but a good movie nonetheless. Car chase aficionados will love it.

I'm still on the hunt for the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

[Grendel]

I bought a copy of The Driver today. Pretty short but a good movie nonetheless. Car chase aficionados will love it.

I'm still on the hunt for the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

Amazon.com: Gone in 60 Seconds: Edward Abrahms, Christopher J.C. Agajanian, Gary Bettenhausen, Edward Booker, Wally Burr, Marion Busia, Michael Cole (II), Mark Cole (IV), George Cole (VI), Jerry Daugirda, Jonathan E. Fricke, Ronald Halicki, Parnelli (http://www.amazon.com/Gone-60-Seconds-Edward-Abrahms/dp/B000055ZNH/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1219449482&sr=8-6)

I picked up this same DVD for like $15 a couple years ago.

[muddafakka]

Yeah I'm gonna order it later tonight.

I still have yet to watch Brick.

[ESmorz]

http://www.comixconnection.com/uploaded_images/the-host-736534.jpg

[atom]

Another Christian Bale movie

The Machinist Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machinist/)

Hardly anyone I know has seen this movie when I mention it.

[sideways7]

^^^^ HOST^^^^


Audition

Killing Zoe

Suicide Club

Nicotina

[ESmorz]

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/E/A/3/buffalosoldierspubh.jpg

[MikeisNissan]

Into The Wild

[theronin]

Another Christian Bale movie

The Machinist Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machinist/)

Hardly anyone I know has seen this movie when I mention it.

man he was so crazy skinny in that movie it was kinda creepy. def worth a watch though.

[mrmephistopheles]

Another Christian Bale movie

The Machinist Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machinist/)

Hardly anyone I know has seen this movie when I mention it.

I've seen it.

I think Christian Bale is the best, most underrated actor around. He was great all the way back in Empire of the Sun. I can't stand the 'Batman voice' thing, but I understand that it's part of the role.

Heath Ledger outshined him in Dark Knight though.

[8Nismo9]

its a spanish movie but Pans labyrinth

[MikeisNissan]

Sex and Death 101

[theronin]

its a spanish movie but Pans labyrinth

i wouldnt exactly call that one rare and unknown. guermo del torro also released the orphanage and he did the latest hellboy 2 movie. all visually amazing imo.

[ronmcdon]

its a spanish movie but Pans labyrinth

if you liked that, try the dir. Del Toro's earlier films, 'the devil's backbone'. should be easy to find a torrent. prob not as good as Pan, but a worthwhile film nonetheless imo.

[S13SilviaGirl]

Honestly, I am surprised Kevin didn't mention this... but

The Hire... the BMW film. Good stuff, was a promotional film and super hard to find.

[MikeisNissan]

No Country For Old Men

[S13SilviaGirl]

Oh, Second Hand Lions....pretty good too!

[ESmorz]

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/2738/1/Running-Scared.jpg

Paul Walker can act!

[drftwerks]

the chick in that movie is hot..........somtimes.


and to add

pathology

[ilovecoupes]

pathology

beat me to it

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/2738/1/Running-Scared.jpg


seriously?

























seriously?

[ESmorz]

beat me to it



seriously?

























seriously?

If someone can put Heat and other blockbusters in here I can put that in here.

It's a good movie.

Shit.

:keke:

[8Nismo9]

one of my favorites,old 80s movie? but was kinda known i think.American ninja I,II,III

[atom]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7303/samuraipx6.jpg

[ESmorz]

http://img.clubic.com/photo/00063186.jpg

haha

[theronin]

running scared is a great movie. im so glad a friend of mine mentioned this movie. guys i guarantee you will love running scared. promise.

[MikeisNissan]

The Other Boleyn Girl

[S14Josh]

http://img.clubic.com/photo/00063186.jpg

haha

hahaha, that movie was cool how it was all shot on a super cheap budget and with the help of the locals for free.

Didnt really care for the story too much, but that doesnt matter.

[Ineedparts]

Spun
Trainspotting
Wonderland
Blow(best movie ever)

[40daws]

Cocain Cowboys.

[Ninja>Pirate]

The Host (Korean horror that is more than the sum of its parts)
Battle Royale (japanese ultraviolence)
Six String Samurai (corny cool)
HardBoiled (Chinese blood opera)
Pi (Wierd ass math movie that will blow your mind)

[mikeyyy]

Grandma's Boy

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Mtndrifter14]

Just watched Brick. Great movie thanks guys.

[MikeisNissan]

The Abandoned

[TURBOMAN]

Speed Master

YouTube - Speedmaster Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauUPO0-QMk)

[drftwerks]

deception - 2008

never heard of it

i just watched it, its pretty sick.

[s13dan]

I WISH Quentin Tarantino would have made MACHETE!!!!!!!!

Into the wild My fav. movie right now. Based on a real person,all ture events, google the title!(or Christopher Macandless) Great book aswell.

Vanishing point I just like old cars getting smashed up in old movies...

One flew over the cookoos nest (Jack Nicholson)

SLC Punk Great Indy film

The Onion Movie I have never heard of it till my freind told me, its pretty new. Funny ass hell.

[BOROSUN]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Dragontigergateposter.jpg
lots of action and cool hair.

looking good while kicking ass, oooh yea!

[rb25_s13*CHUKI]

Mortal challenge! This movie Is nowhere to be found at all!!

[ilovecoupes]

Funny Games
YouTube - Funny Games Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec-70W_K77U)

Two young men take a family hostage in their own cabin. Where they proceed to torcher an murder the family members.

The movie is a little slow, but has its twisted and sick moments.

[Bubbles]

One flew over the cookoos nest (Jack Nicholson)


Great but far from rare.



SLC Punk


It's a decent movie and all but the fact that so many people worship it not only takes it off the rare list but kind of makes me want to hate it.

[MikeisNissan]

American Psycho

[IDriveFords]

The original "Deathrace 2000" I mean come on its got Sylvester Stalone and David Caradine and the lines in the movie are just f#cking hilarious and Sylvester Stalone punches some girl in the face. The movie itself is terrible and the plot is pretty bad but seeing Sylvester Stalone in one of his first movies (1975) and the lines... omg u'll be quoting this movie left and right b/c the lines are priceless.

I don't think anyone ever mentioned Micheal Jackson's "Moonwalker"... not only does it have Micheal Jackson acting creepy around children (turning into a giant power rangers looking robot and shit) it has almost all of his music videos and it has Danny Devito beating up children and giving them drugs. Did I mention it sucks hairy balls but its absof#ckinglutly hilarious.

Finally... "Zardoz"; this is one of Sean Connery's first movies (1975) and its just plain BAD. It's got a young Connery running around the whole time in a bandolier wearing knee high boots and a banana hammock while carrying a six shooter. Its almost impossible to watch the whole thing b/c its just terrible but the first 10 minutes or so of the movie will have you wtfing and pissing your pants laughing the whole time.


Did I mention that I drink ALOT?

[ronmcdon]

Great but far from rare.


'rare' here in this thread is an absolutely ambiguous term. I could say Iron Man is a rare film, and by definition (or lack thereof), i'd be 100% correct.