Cool thread I'll definitely check out some of these movies.

I don't know if I'd call it a must see, but The Conversation is a nice little movie starring Gene Hackman and written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It really left me uneasy after seeing it and I couldn't really pinpoint why.

dunno if it was mentioned, but HARSH TIMES
Where i live (holland) it wasnt in the cinema's and the video store never heard of it.. I accidently found a trailer on the internet and i thought it was a pretty good movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433387/

This is one of my favorites. It was nominated for Best Picture the same year as Godfather II, giving Coppola two of the five nominees.

Some people really have a different definition of obscure to me... Having said that, Bernard and the Genie. It's great

thanks for telling the end to a movie in a tip thread, jackass.

Man bites dog

Oh I forgot:
Documentary team follows serial killer who slowly involves them in his "jobs"

I'd also be interested to hear if anyone has figured out "Mulholland Drive" it's just...strange

What do you get when you cross The Conversation with Memento?

You get a twisted controversial film from 1980 called BAD TIMING, directed by Nicholas Roeg, starring Art Garfunkle, Theresa Russell, and Harvey Kietel (steals every scene he's in obv.) As the story unwinds, you're never sure if you're watching a love story, a murder mystery, or something else entirely, but in the end it all comes together in a sort of inevitable conclusion that you never saw coming. It's a great example of a director and screenwriter using every tool of the craft to tell a story, without just relying on dialogue.

Art Garfunkel?

Yeah, he was in Carnal Knowledge too, which would also qualify in this thread.

How come nobody's bumped this since my last post?

Werckmeister Harmonies

Very profound, slow-moving Hungarian art film. Gorgeous black and white photography and maybe my favorite scene ever in a film. Definitely not for everybody as it is very weird and the scenes are mostly done in one shot, rather than the typical edits.

I'm always surprised when I mention Paths of Glory and no one seems to have seen or heard of it. A 1957 Kubrick anti-war movie starring Kirk Douglas as a Colonel in WWI whose troops are in an impossible situation.

Not to mention Catch 22

Thanks to whoever mentioned "come and see" interesting film

Haven't seen wonderland, HATED Spartan, loved salton sea.

tell me why you hated Spartan?

do you like any other David Mamet movies?
written or directed?

The Edge, Glen Gary Glenross, Heist, The Spanish Prisoner?

i am curious about this one. ty. J.

Torrente el brazo tonto de la lei part 1 ,2 and 3

Yes, I like most of Mamet's work. I only saw spartan a couple months ago and I had already forgotten this was one of his. The only things I remember about the movie: The acting was bad, really bad. I like Kilmer, but not in spartan. The plot sucked, I hated it. I kinda recall a very lame action scene?

I seriously hate this movie more now that I know it's a Mamet. Compare spartan to Spanish prisoner and try not to vomit.

Lost in la mancha
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308514/
a documentary on the failed attempt of don Quixote by terry guilliam. awesome cause you can see terry guilliam working with the eyes of a little child and composing an awesome movive with a great casting, and pretty frustrating at the same time since the movie is dead.
Was pretty obscure in france.

Lets add some french touch
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411270/
Should Tom make like his thuggish father or pursue his forgotten dream of becoming a pianist like was his mother?
the title itself is a good reason to look for that movie, everything is great in that movie.


Many people mentioned the city of the lost children, which is a great film but Delicatessen is even better, less international but if i had to pick one of those 2 delicatessen would definitly be the cult one, many scene are really awesome : the concerto on the roof with the clown playing music with a saw, and the one with the butcher rythming the whole building life with the sound of his spring mattress while screwing his wife will remain in my memory for the rest of my life.
Anyone who liked amelie and/or alien 4 gotta watch both anyway.

^ I'll second that. Delicatessen is great and hilarious.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Uturn

I highly recommend Beau Travail. Hard to describe film, but beautifully shot and compelling despite having very little dialogue and a sparse plot.

"Sexy Beast" with Ben Kingsley - great flick.

"Mulholland Falls" with Jennifer Connelly - bad movie, but it's from 1996 (pre-boobjob) and there's one scene she's bent over nude getting it from Nick Nolte.

A huge second here. Similar style but better than Pulp Fiction.

~ Rick

I added another ten movies to my Netflix Q before I realized this is an old thread I already took part in.

While I'm here I'll add What's Eating Gilbert Grape with Leanardo Dicaprio, Johnny Depp, & Juliette Lewis.

Also The Piano Teacher which shouldn't be confused with "The Piano" or the 2002 version of "The Pianist". Darkly excellent but you may want to kill me for suggesting it.

~ Rick