The Beach - I know quite a few people didn't like it - but I loved it! The idea of utopia...

Vanilla Sky - I loved this as well. I thought the ending was great.

The Fifth Element - Excellent!

Would somebody PLEASE explain 12 MONKEYS to me? I just don't get this movie!

I don't know how obscure these are but surely not mainstream:)

old movies: Buttefield 8 ,Breakfast at Tiffany's, Anything Hitchcock, Eve's Bayou ,Daughters of the Dust, Sankofa. A little more known but not exactly top boxsellers!

I didn't either - wasn't it some sort of biological disease or conspiracy going on - and Bruce Willis knew about it, but you couldn't tell if it was real or if he was crazy.....?:confused:

I love this movie. I have to look at it again to explain it, though. :o

Love my Netflix!!

But I gotta add:

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Johnny Depp & Benicio Del Torro)
The first hour was hilarious, even though I didn't understand a thing that was going on! Movie is crazy...

The Jacket (Adrien Brody) just weird...but ok.

Thursday hard to find but worth it if you're into obsure a__ movies

Startup.com - Ahh the dot com boom was excellent!!!

Dancer in the Dark - Bjork

10 degrees of seperation

The Original "CRASH"- yes the new one was a remake.

Birth of a Nation - hard to find also

Just another girl on the I.R.T.

One Week

SHE HATE ME- spike Lee is back!!!
http://www.empiremovies.com/images/p...he-hate-me.jpg

Birth of a Nation is a classic. Racist, but classic. I would try Black videostores or college libraries.

She Hate Me was very thought-provoking. Alot going on, but thought-provoking. And Anthony Mackie looking all...um...woo...didn't hurt AT ALL!

Crash...I found VERY distrubing! The autoeroticism...mmm, naw

The Usual Suspects and American Beauty!

V for Vendetta

:o :o :o :o :confused: :o

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Uninvited guest was the bomb. Im looking to buy it.

The Last emperor- Chinese history piece

Hav Plenty- about aspiring writer guy who has been in love with a materialist girl from college.

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I loved the last Emperor...I like John Lone..he did another movie called m. butterfly and he played a woman who played cho-cho san. Didn't make a bad looking woman either but I know his voice for some reason so i knew it was him right away.


I would have to agree with :

Eyes Wide Shut....that movie was weird...leave it to Stanley Kubrick...

Has anyone seen Dead Calm...that is an interesting movie..long but very thrilling to the point of weirdness.

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I, too, am a big fan of "outside-the-box" movies that challenge my way of thinking!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one! :D

I agree with all of the "thumbs up" for Mullholland Drive, even though it *was* totally WTF (that's David Lynch for ya). Same for Requiem for a Dream. And, co-sign with those who gave a "thumbs down" to Vanilla Sky; I just wasn't feelin' that as one of my WTF films of choice. :(

Even though it wasn't necessarily obscure, American Beauty is one of my all-time favorites. 1999 was a good year in film (i.e. AB, Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, etc.).

As far as fairly recent films I've seen are concerned, Dirty Pretty Things and Swimming Pool were good. I wasn't feelin' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Adaptation (with the exception of Chris Cooper's Oscar-winning performance), both Charlie Kaufman films. I guess they were both just too "out-the-box" for my taste. Another highly-acclaimed film I had mixed feelings on was The Dreamers. All these critics were saying it was the best thing since sliced bread, and I was just like :confused: . I think they *felt* as though they *had* to praise it since it was a Bertolucci film. :rolleyes:

But, there's one obscure film that has resonated with me since I saw it a few years back: Irreversible. The story runs "backwards" similar to the way Memento did; it stars real-life couple Monica Bellucci (with whom I share a b-day {Sept. 30} :)) and Vincent Cassel (the "Night Fox" character in Ocean's Twelve). For those not familiar with the plot, check these links out:

http://www.nord-ouest.com/site/irreversible/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/

It was very controversial for two scenes in particular; it was reported that many theater patrons walked out due to the graphic nature (I witnessed someone walk out when *I* saw it). But, as a self-proclaimed movie critic, it's been my strong belief that such scenes in movies aren't the "be-all-and-the-end-all" of the entire film, just a part of it (i.e. the infamous sex scene in Monster's Ball; I digress :rolleyes: ). It's what people talk about, but it's not the whole story. Just my humble opinion. :o

At any rate, it's worth checking out, even if you have to turn away when watching those particular scenes.

In general, I'm a big fan of indies, foreign films (namely French), and certain British comedy (ala Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, etc.). One of my fav places to see these types of movies is back "home" in Alaska at a place called the Bear Tooth (http://www.beartooththeatre.net/). I've been so deprived living down here. :mad: I can't wait to see some quality films when I go back this summer!!! :D

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Thanks again for this thread!!!

Irreversible is a FABULOUS movie but veeery hard to sit through...

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I thought Mulholland Drive was WTF too. Mostly because of the box. But what didnt you like about Requiem? That is one of my favorite movies.