the movie Cube sucks hrad

You Can Count on Me is a great slice of life piece about a brother and sister, and is well worth seeing.

Not sure if it is obscure or not.

Kubrick was nobody when he made The Killing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_...eryone_We_Know

i liked this one, not sure if its obscure or must see

Paul Rudd was a regular in a low limit poker game at a now defunct NYC club. I had no idea who he was, but bdk3clash would point him out to me. He always seemed mildly depressed. Or possibly just stoned.

i thought nil by mouth was amazing.

sexy beast is my #1 all time favorite movie.

great suggestion.. reminds me of a few similar movies In the Bedroom, the sweet hereafter

one I haven't seen anyone mention so far is

Amores Perros

written and directed by the same people that did 21 Grams and Babel. This movie is just fan****intastic. Writing, acting, cinematography, has it all. As far as drama goes, my favorite movie ever. Watch this flick ASAP if you haven't seen it. Without giving too much away... it's 3 stories all intertwined, semi-revolving around people's relationships with their dogs ("amores perros"/"love's a bitch")

I agree that Fail Safe is kind of walking the fine-line on the 'obscurity' definition.
But even if you're familiar with the original (and many here probably are not) you might not know about the 2000 re-make...and vice-versa.

Pathfinder 1987 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093668/
They are remaking this Scandinavian movie and it will be released in April. The new one will surely be junk. The original is incredible.

The Ox 1991 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102619/
"In desperation, Helge Roos (Stellan Skarsgård) kills one of his employer's oxen to feed his starving wife and baby. He soon regrets it." How's that for an original storyline? Another Scandinavian film.

Blowup 1966 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060176/
Golden Palm winner at Canne in '67. British film famous for its ending and a chase scene where they end up at a Yardbirds concert. Stars Vanessa Redgrave.

The Conformist 1970 http://imdb.com/title/tt0065571/
Bernardo Bertolucci directs. An Italian visual masterpiece.

Playing By Heart 1998 http://imdb.com/title/tt0145734/
Very underrated film in the vein of Robert Altman, but tighter. Lots of intertwining storylines. Sort of a chick movie (it's about relationships) but it's really good. Not sure if it counts as obscure.

Oh and..

In the Company of Men 1997 http://imdb.com/title/tt0119361/
Neil Labute's first movie. One of the best dark comedies ever made. Unapologetically cruel.

Blow Up is another one of my all-time favorite movies.
The ultimate in 60's 'mod'.


The beginning photo-shoot of Blow Up is parodied in Austin Powers when he's doing his funny shoot with Elizabeth Hurley.
I think there are other Austin Powers moments that are inspired by Blow Up. But the photo-shoot is an obvious reference.

An instant classic if not mistaken. I keep hearing about this movie it must be really good if people keep talking about it.

"The Station Agent". It's about a midget, a psychologically-wrecked divorcee, and a blabbermouth Puerto Rican chef. And some trains.

Excellent, totally character-driven.

Also "Dark Star".

"Little Big Man" was also a great book, btw.

"Three Days of the Condor" would only be obscure because of its age. I'd add "Groundstar Conspiracy" to the paranoia trio listed above (with "Paralax View" and "Klute"). Plus "Cassandra Crossing"...see Martin Sheen get wasted (Vietnam-era definition of "wasted").

Bob, I think Blow Up has dated very badly. It seems tired and trendy and the end, with the mimes, seems horribly shallow.

Paperback Hero from 1973 with Keir Dullea

The Music of Chance is based on a Paul Auster novel and stars James Spader. The story of a Rounder who gets picked up hitchhiking by a guy whose marriage has just fallen apart. Rounder persuades divorcee to stake him in a juicy game against two old rich guys.

Game not juicy. Rich guys win. Losers can't pay and so winners extract their pound of flesh through manual labour. Great book, great film.

This one is again only obscure by age - but fits the must-see criteria easily. Watched it again tonight and I never tire of the performances of Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?

I also nominate "Festen". I thought of it as soon as I saw the title of the thread and I'm glad others have as well.

The Best Years of our Lives, as someone mentioned, is also wonderful.

So is Barry Lyndon.

(Those two aren't exactly obscure though)

Whoever said "Persona" is a weirdo.

Ryan

Late Night Shopping
Four young friends have tedious nightjobs and meet every night after work in a cafe. Sean hasn't met his girlfriend in three weeks, Vincent flirts with everybody, Lenny is too afraid to ask a girl at work on a date and Jody can't admit that she shows up at the cafe every night, although she was fired some time ago.

Bad Boy Bubby
Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.

You know, I thought of Bad Boy Bubby - but there is no effing way I could say that is a must see.

Whatever you do with it - you will only see it once.

This movie is very very good, and I really don't like action flicks.

You do have to not mind reading subtitles though. Some people I know hate subtitles.

And yes it's French. The actual name of the movie is "Banlieue 13", hence the English title of District B-13. Plus, the main character is the founder of Parkour, which is cool as [censored].

yes, it absolutely has not aged well.
I was thinking about this some more and believe it is not an appropriate mention in this thread because it really shouldn't be considered "must see" which is why I never mentioned it myself in the first place.

I don't recommend it to anyone I know because my hunch is that they wouldn't like it.
it is too weird and dated for most people imo.

Lot of good choices people...bookmarked this thread.

Well, if TsoTsi qualifies for obscure these 2 do too:

Black Orpheus - 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Black Orpheus

It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during the Carnival.

This one again might not be obscure (especially not in Quebec) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2004:

Barbarian Invasions

The plot revolves around the character Rémy's battle with terminal cancer, and his estranged son's efforts, after reluctantly returning from London at the request of Remy's ex-wife Louise, to make his dying father more comfortable in his last days.

Interestingly, its excellent prequel was made in 1986:

Decline of the American Empire