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    Good obscure/unknown movies you've seen

    There's lots of good films out there that are foreign or just didn't stick for whatever reason.

    Here's a few:

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    This is an awesome Korean thriller movie I just saw inspired by a real serial killer that puts most of our killers in America to shame.

    These types of movies are usually the 'jump out' kind that I don't really like, or the deeply unsettling type. This one is both. Memories of Murder, directed by Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) is another great one. Check it out if you don't mind subtitles.

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    Recent fucking crazy western horror film with cannibal savages. Some well known actors like Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins.

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    This one may not qualify as obscure but I watch a ton and hadn't come across it until recently. Great look at the underbelly of decaying Atlantic City in the early 80's and people in the casino world. Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon.

    Whatcha got?

     
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    Good obscure/unknown movies you've seen

    Some of my favorites-

    The Gauntlet, 1977. I love most Vegas movies, this is a good one.




    The Getaway, 1994.



    Red Dawn, 1984, first PG13 movie, wholly classic.



    GI Jane, I like the SEAL training footage and overseas combat action.



    Others- Crimson Tide, The Hunt for Red October and Broken Arrow w/John Travolta.

    Westerns- 3:10 to Yuma (the modern remake), Tombstone and True Grit, 2010.

    Not obscure, but I love Terminator 1 and T2. They are real, gritty and flat out deliver. T3 and beyond is lame.

     
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      Sloppy Joe: Getaway and gauntlet not seen, on my list. Getaway looks bad/ fun lol
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    one of my all time favorites
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      MumblesBadly: When are Oscar-winning movies that earn over $300 million at the box office “obscure”? Come on! Give us
    Slava Ukraini!

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    Good obscure/unknown movies you've seen

    adamantium- I still need to see Green Book, it’s also on my list. If you like Viggo, then I bet you liked him in Crimson Tide, Appaloosa (2008 western) and GI Jane, right?

    Also a note on Red Dawn (1984), I know it’s fiction, but could also somewhat be a reality in the future. If in the year 2000 you told me terrorist were going to fly airplanes into the WTC buildings, I would not have believed you. Now, I’m more open minded on possible future events.
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    with John Turturro as lead man and director

    Came out after Barton Fink. Turturro can do no wrong in IMO
    Can’t find this one on streaming options.

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    Just watched a movie on prime the other night called "Eloise" based on and filmed in the old Eloise asylum outside of Detroit, was expecting horrible cheesy, was pleasantly surprised by the acting and story, and of course it was super dope seeing the interior shots of the asylum.

     
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    Was the poker movie Runner Runner worth watching? I haven’t caught it yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dwai View Post
    Just watched a movie on prime the other night called "Eloise" based on and filmed in the old Eloise asylum outside of Detroit, was expecting horrible cheesy, was pleasantly surprised by the acting and story, and of course it was super dope seeing the interior shots of the asylum.
    Will check it out, thanks.

    Shock Corridor is another great one in an asylum, where a reporter goes undercover to try and solve a murder.

    Pretty radical stuff for an early 60's film.

     
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    The Cooler----Alec Baldwin circa 2002

     
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      JeffDime: Awesome Movie. Baldwin should of won supporting actor over Tim Robbins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FRANKRIZZO View Post
    The Cooler----Alec Baldwin circa 2002
    Never saw this one, on the list. Seeing Baldwin young is jarring; recently saw Malice, written by Aaron Sorkin, with a young Baldwin, Nicole Kidman (so hot), Bill Pullman. Fun femme fatale thriller.

    As far as gambling films go, Criterion Channel recently has like 20 grouped together:

    Croupier wasn't the best and I find modern noir films a bit cheesy, but some good stuff in here.
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    Sloppy Joe: Getaway and gauntlet not seen, on my list. Getaway looks bad/ fun lol
    I really think you might like The Gauntlet, for 1977, it was pretty good and Eastwood lays down some good lines.

    I would try to get the directors cut of The Getaway, more action, I think. Also Baldwin and Basinger actually have real sex in the movie, which I thought was odd, but oh well.

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    Great Movie. I never knew Hugh Grant could actually act.

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    The best movie i’ve seen in a while has to be Alejandro Iñárritu’s debut film, Amores perros (2000). It’s an amazing film imo and it’s on prime so no excuses.

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    Another movie I recommend as Nastassja Kinski was pretty fine in it...


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    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Awesome performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman as usual (RIP)

    25th Hour (2001) - Maybe not that obscure but terrific writing and acting. Spike lee's best movie (because he didn't write it). Probably could of been better with a different director.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Krypt View Post
    The best movie i’ve seen in a while has to be Alejandro Iñárritu’s debut film, Amores perros (2000). It’s an amazing film imo and it’s on prime so no excuses.
    Yeah it's good, but dog fighting fucked me up (even though simulated obviously).

    He's hit and miss for me; I think The Revenant is shockingly good despite general consensus being kind of meh, Babel is fine, Birdman sucks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    Some of my favorites-

    The Gauntlet, 1977. I love most Vegas movies, this is a good one.




    The Getaway, 1994.



    Red Dawn, 1984, first PG13 movie, wholly classic.



    GI Jane, I like the SEAL training footage and overseas combat action.



    Others- Crimson Tide, The Hunt for Red October and Broken Arrow w/John Travolta.

    Westerns- 3:10 to Yuma (the modern remake), Tombstone and True Grit, 2010.

    Not obscure, but I love Terminator 1 and T2. They are real, gritty and flat out deliver. T3 and beyond is lame.
    The original “Getaway” starring Steve McQueen is far superior to the remake.

    But seriously, most of these movies weren’t obscure. What rock has DR been living under???

     
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    Brawl in Cell Block 99

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    Here are two someone recent ones that got low box office draw but are excellent:

    A Most Violent Year (2014)




    Locke (2013/4)


     
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