Recommend a movie thread

[Hitman23]

Looking for recommendations on bizarre movies that you think are great but not movies that everyone has seen. Not looking for recommendations like "The Godfather" or "Shawshank Redemption". Movies like "Vulgar" and "Suicide Club" would fit this question. Most interested in thriller/horror types. B rated movies are more then welcome. I know we have plenty of people into mindf*cks here, so post away.

I've been researching some and came up with:
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Peeping Tom (from the 60s, there's a newer movie with the same name but it's a different story)

anyone seen either of these?

[gdn]

I, Robot.

Rope.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/

Tape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275719/

[RhodyYanksFan]

Confidence

Came out in 2003. Sort of a Oceans 11 vibe to it. Great cast (Ed Burns, Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz). It's about a con artist and his crew having to make up for screwing a small time mob boss. Good plot, some laughs, and a cool twist ending.

[Hitman23]

I, Robot.

Rope.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/

Tape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275719/

I was just looking them up before you edited. The Hitchcock one is a no brainer. My favorite director and I have a good portion of his work. Will have them all eventually.

Tape sounds pretty cool. Love dialogue movies.

I heard I, Robot was terrible. You really give it a good review?

[RhodyYanksFan]

I heard I, Robot was terrible. You really give it a good review?

I liked I, Robot more then I thought I would going in.

[gdn]

I was just looking them up. The Hitchcock one is a no brainer. My favorite director and I have a good portion of his entire collection. Will have them all eventually.

Tape sounds pretty cool. Love dialogue movies.

I heard I, Robot was terrible. You really give it a good review?

I thought it would be terrible, too. However, I watched it last night and I was pleasantly surprised. It isn't the greatest movie, but with extremely low expectations, you'll be happy.

[Hitman23]

I liked I, Robot more then I thought I would going in.

I wanted to see it based on the trailer. But after hearing reviews from people I knew I just kinda forgot about it. maybe I'll make that my next rental. I was dissapointed when I found out it was supposed to be terrible.

[Smithers]

Following, Christopher Nolan's first picture: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/
Funny Games: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119167/
American Splendor: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/
Welcome to Collinwood: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/
Saved!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/
Sling Blade: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/

maybe not all of these are very unknown, but enough that the general population hasn't seen them and should.

[Sam18]

Blade 2

[yanksrule69]

Following, Christopher Nolan's first picture: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/
Funny Games: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119167/
American Splendor: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/
Welcome to Collinwood: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/
Saved!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/
Sling Blade: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/

maybe not all of these are very unknown, but enough that the general population hasn't seen them and should.

Sling Blade is a really good movie. I've never even heard of the rest of your list.

[Snap731]

my FAVORITE movie of all time was an indie-flop comedy in like 1998.

Its called "Safe Men" and if it came out now it'd have an "All-Star" cast. It stars Steve Zahn and Sam Rockwell as two failed musicians who are mixed up with a pair of professional safe-crackers. Paul Giamatti plays a Jewish mobster named "Veal Chop" and Harvey Firestein plays a fence named "Good Stuff Leo".

I'd guess its NOT for everyone; I think you'll either LOVE it or not get it from the start.

[penfold]

Theater of Blood, starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg. An actor who only performed Shakespeare exacts his revenge on theater critics... in a Shakespearian manner, of course.

Also, Empire of the Ants, with Robert Lansing and Joan Collins. My favorite bug movie of all time.

[Mark19]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels



My all-time favorite, although I needed to watch it 7 or 8 times to figure out every little plot twist.

[Snatch Catch]

Sneakers.

Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd, Sydney Poitier, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, and Ben Kingsley.

I can never see this movie enough times.

And it's going to be 14 years old this year. Hot damn.


Too many secrets...

[RhodyYanksFan]

Following, Christopher Nolan's first picture: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/
Funny Games: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119167/
American Splendor: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305206/
Welcome to Collinwood: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/
Saved!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332375/
Sling Blade: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117666/

maybe not all of these are very unknown, but enough that the general population hasn't seen them and should.

Saved! was funny and scary at the same time. I know it was an exaggeration, but there are people out there who think along those lines. Plus it has Mandy Moore.

[penfold]

Saved! was funny and scary at the same time. I know it was an exaggeration, but there are people out there who think along those lines. Plus it has Mandy Moore.

The Lost Boys -- "You're a vampire! Wait til I tell Mom!!!!"
and
Fright Night (sorry... no quotes come to mind readily on this one... but it's a great film)

[Hitman23]

The Lost Boys

That movie is great.

Thanks for everyone participating.

Anyone ever seen Carnival Of Souls? Not the Wes Craven one, the 1962 film. Craven's version is completely different.

[TannerBoyle]

Recently, Constant Gardener was very good. Brick looks amazing but not out yet. The Ice Harvest sucked. Going back a few years, if you liked Royal Tannenbaums, go rent Bottle Rocket ASAP.

I loved Lock Stock, better than Snatch which was also pretty sweet. Boondock Saints, though I don't know how 'undiscovered' that one is anymore.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

Boondock Saints is pretty cool

[Hitman23]

Hot Topic is selling Boondock Saints T shirts.

The movie still rocks, but it's become the second coming of Pulp Fiction.

[LDG]

An obscure oldie worth mentioning with Karen Black and Oliver Reed:

Burnt Offerings

C R E E P Y

[RhodyYanksFan]

Boondock Saints is pretty cool

It wasn't as good as my friends made it sound. They acted like it was the best thing since the Godfather. I liked Suicide Kings better.

[CyYoung4Vazquez]

I liked Suicide Kings better.

One of the funniest scenes of all time is in that movie. It's a flashback to the 70s and Christopher Walken is doing this crazy dance move in this bar for no reason what so ever. Walken rules. It's obviously an ad lib.

[JfromJersey]

Looking for recommendations on bizarre movies that you think are great but not movies that everyone has seen. Not looking for recommendations like "The Godfather" or "Shawshank Redemption". Movies like "Vulgar" and "Suicide Club" would fit this question. Most interested in thriller/horror types. B rated movies are more then welcome. I know we have plenty of people into mindf*cks here, so post away.

I've been researching some and came up with:
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Peeping Tom (from the 60s, there's a newer movie with the same name but it's a different story)

anyone seen either of these?

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was a very good, and very disturbing film. Disturbing, because it was believable.

If you're looking for pure mindf*cks try Eraserhead, or Begotten (if you can find it).
David Cronenberg is always a good source for stuff like that..Rabid, The Brood, Videodrome, Crash, the Fly.
A good classic horror film is Suspiria.
Spike Jonze' Being John Malkovich and Adaptation are not in the horror genre, but they are weird, and funny.
An excellent foreign film is City of Lost Children, filled with some very strange and haunting images.
Also, check out the documentaries Crumb (about the great underground cartoonist and weirdoo R.Crumb) and Hated (about the notorious punk rock legend GG Allin).

[RhodeyYankee2638]

If you want a really creepy movie, i enjoyed Elephant

[penfold]

Creepy: The Wicker Man... check out the original before the remake (w/ Nic Cage) comes out.

Plus, if you're after good old fashioned Sci Fi/Horror, nothing can beat Alien, imho.

[smr15]

Anyone ever seen Carnival Of Souls? Not the Wes Craven one, the 1962 film. Craven's version is completely different.

The original "Carnival of Souls" was the movie i was going to recommend !
Truly one to see. (I own a copy.)

"American Werewolf in London" is fun to watch.
"After Hours" is one of those movies that is just "bizarre enough", but is also very amusing.

[sprucemoose]

The Butcher Boy and Delicatessan are both good and twisted. If you like dark comedy, and aren't easily offended, try some of Todd Solondz's films, particularly Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness.

[hellonewman]

For a really, really old horror/thriller, try "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932) with Boris Karloff. It's creaky and dated to the extreme but has a pretty good weirdness quotient, and being a "Pre-Code" early talkie, it's more sexually frank than we usually associate with old-timey Hollywood. Myrna Loy is a hoot as Fu's sadomasochistic nymphomaniac daughter.

In a similar vein, "Kongo" (1932) with Walter Huston is so disturbing, you won't believe it was made when it was made.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Creepy: The Wicker Man... check out the original before the remake (w/ Nic Cage) comes out.

NOOOO!!!! Why remake that? It was creepy, but nothing too great. Remakes fall under two categories - not needed because the original is too good to top and not needed because the original is just fine. This falls under the 2nd. Nothing can be gained (besides $$ in Hollywood) by them remaking the Wicker Man.

[SubwayFanatic]

I, Robot.

Rope.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040746/

Tape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275719/

"Tape" is really good. That movie will sure as hell get you thinking.

I won't spoil it, but it's one of those movies where everyone has a different opinion on what did or did not actually happen.

Good suggestion.

[SubwayFanatic]

Tape sounds pretty cool. Love dialogue movies.

"Tape" is very good, but let me just warn you, in case you don't know, this movie takes place in a hotel room and it's all talking. Literally the whole movie takes place in a hotel room.

Some people don't know this and they end up being disappointed.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

I like midnight cowboy as well

[Bozidar]

I liked Safe Men, I own the VHS. Then again, it was 3$ when i bought it at blockbuster

If you haven't seen it, Boondock Saints. Willem Defoe rocks.

Gia -- a must for any Angelina fan

[Archer1979]

I just rented War of the Worlds. Spielberg's shift of the focus from the standard "scientist trying to save the world" to Tom Cruise as the father just trying to save his family made the film. The horror comes from the perspective and empathy for the main character. Everyone's natural reaction is to go hide in a cellar somewhere.

The movie shows why that won't work.

[RhodyYanksFan]

I just rented War of the Worlds. Spielberg's shift of the focus from the standard "scientist trying to save the world" to Tom Cruise as the father just trying to save his family made the film. The horror comes from the perspective and empathy for the main character. Everyone's natural reaction is to go hide in a cellar somewhere.

The movie shows why that won't work.

Say what you want about Cruise, but that movie was creepy and done very well.

[NYDCYankee]

Has anyone seen "Everything is Illuminated" with Elijah Wood. I saw a preview for it when I rented "Good Night and Good Luck" it looks good. Certainly different. I think it came out on DVD this week.

[fredgmuggs]

I rented "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" ( http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/ ) the other night. I had forgotten what a great movie it is. If you have never seen it... go and watch it, you won't be disappointed.

[JWHIII]

Two movies I watched recently that I would definitely recommend are Chopper ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221073/ ), Eric Bana is great in it, and City of God ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/ ) it's subtitled, but it's one of the best movies you can see.

[Archer1979]

Say what you want about Cruise, but that movie was creepy and done very well.

Cruise, despite his nuttiness, did very well in that movie. The film was classic Spielberg.

[RhodyYanksFan]

Two movies I watched recently that I would definitely recommend are Chopper ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221073/ ), Eric Bana is great in it, and City of God ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/ ) it's subtitled, but it's one of the best movies you can see.

City of God was amazing.

[JWHIII]

City of God was amazing.

Absolutely, I had to buy it right after seeing it.

[thecaptain]

House of Games and The Game also The Vanishing

[JWHIII]

I also watched "The Edge" again the other night, always enjoyable.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

i was lookin for movies and came across this website to buy memorabilia from movies. check it out if you are a movie buff


http://www.premiereprops.com/

[Kulish29]

Orgazmo
http://imdb.com/title/tt0124819/

eXistenZ
http://imdb.com/title/tt0120907/

Equilibrium
http://imdb.com/title/tt0238380/

[Hitman23]

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was a very good, and very disturbing film. Disturbing, because it was believable.

Nice.

A good classic horror film is Suspiria.

Not disregarding all the others you wrote. They'be been noted. But this one in particular I had my eye on. I actually bumped it to the top of my list. I'm glad you mentioned it.

[Hitman23]

The original "Carnival of Souls" was the movie i was going to recommend !
Truly one to see. (I own a copy.)

When I read the storyline and saw how many people praised it I figured I'd throw it on my list as well. I love old horror movies. I do appreciate special affects and unnecessary gore, but many horror flicks now just want to push the limits with both forgetting about storyline. There are good ones, but at this point it's hard to touch classics as far as story and actually being freightened. Sometimes the unknown is more freightening then actually seeing someone get hacked up.

[RhodeyYankee2638]

When I read the storyline and saw how many people praised it I figured I'd throw it on my list as well. I love old horror movies. I do appreciate special affects and unnecessary gore, but many horror flicks now just want to push the limits with both forgetting about storyline. There are good ones, but at this point it's hard to touch classics as far as story and actually being freightened. Sometimes the unknown is more freightening then actually seeing someone get hacked up.

ever see Hitchcock's 39 Steps?

[Hitman23]

"Tape" is really good. That movie will sure as hell get you thinking.

I won't spoil it, but it's one of those movies where everyone has a different opinion on what did or did not actually happen.

Good suggestion.

"Tape" is very good, but let me just warn you, in case you don't know, this movie takes place in a hotel room and it's all talking. Literally the whole movie takes place in a hotel room.

Some people don't know this and they end up being disappointed.

I think I can deal with it, if the dialogue is good enough.