Curious to see what niche movies the community knows

  • @JovialSodium
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    138 months ago

    One at random that I enjoyed that I don’t think is well known is “God Bless America (2012)”.

    The title might be misleading, so I’ll say that it is not a religious or patriotic film.

  • @freebee@sh.itjust.works
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    128 months ago

    Dunno what you might expect with obscure or niche, but if you’re fishing for random non algorithm suggestions on something you could watch, I’ll give you this: Fantastic Planet (1973)

  • @Steve@communick.news
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    8 months ago

    Two movies I don’t think I’ve met anyone who’s seen.

    Young Einstein (1988)
    Super fun, slightly accurate, biopic.

    Spaced Invaders (1990)
    Not good, but still funny alien invasion movie

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝M
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      28 months ago

      I dunno about obscure but I owned Meet the Feebles on VHS.

      I saw it in the cinema, my girlfriend was not impressed but I was already a Peter Jackson fan, so I had some idea what I was getting myself into. Talented guy, pity he never made it big.

  • @zcd@lemmy.ca
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    68 months ago

    “Street Trash” was one of the movies ever made… if you’re into terrible gross out b-movies it should be at the top of your list

  • @betabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    68 months ago

    The Greasy Strangler had a very minor theatrical release and is a fantastically weird movie I love to recommend.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝M
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      48 months ago

      I feel I can’t recommend it - if they hate it, they’ll wonder what kind of maniac I thought they were; of they love it, they’ll become worried I might be able to see into their dark soul and try and so they try and kill me. Greasily.

    • @Leviathan@lemmy.world
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      38 months ago

      I recommend this often and my girlfriend and her sister still think I’m a psycho for not only enjoying, but oft recommending, this funny-ass film.

      The potato scene kills me, and the car wash screaming, and Hootie-tootie-disco-cutie.

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        8 months ago

        You get it! Sadly the star Michael St. Michael was recently ill and had a GoFundMe, but that did give us the opportunity to view the movie in a limited support screening to help him out. Was worth it to see it again in theater.

        Porto

  • @mostNONheinous@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Six-String Samurai, imagine if Elvis was literal King of Las Vegas, dies and leaves a power vacuum that send numerous baddies on a mission to become king, and Buddy Holly can not only play the axe, he can handle a katana blade even better. In hindsight this could just be a fallout movie with a few tweaks.

    Honorable Mention: Wild Zero, very loud Japanese punk band Guitar Wolf takes on zombies with their instruments and maybe some magic?

    Honorable Mention 2: Delivery, a pizza delivery driver is shit on constantly by everyone around him until he snaps and basically kills everyone who fucks with him.

  • @Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    58 months ago

    I don’t know if it’s obscure, but Psycho Goreman is a fantastic movie and I can’t recommend it enough. Anything by Steven Kostanski, really.

    Also Termitator if you speak French and can manage to get a copy is hilarious.

  • @e0qdk@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    Gundress (1999) is the most obscure anime movie I’ve seen and maybe also the most obscure movie overall – of stuff that was actually professionally made and shown in theaters, anyway. I posted about it in one of the weekly anime threads a couple months ago with some screenshots and additional details.

    Outside of anime, I’ve seen a number of cult films and non-English films that are probably obscure to English speaking audiences, but I have no idea how obscure they actually are. (The one above I know is obscure since it doesn’t even have an English Wikipedia page – unlike every other anime show and movie I’ve seen.)

    Some examples are Wonderwall (1968) with music by George Harrison, eXistenZ (1999), Cemetery Man (1994), and I Served the King of England (2006). I know at least one other person on Lemmy has heard of Cemetery Man since it was brought up in a thread around Christmas, but they were surprised I’d seen it.

    Primer (2004) and Dark Star (1974) also came to mind, but I don’t think those are actually that obscure. They are interesting though.

    Edit: rephrased for clarity

    Edit2: typo in title fixed (“Kind” -> “King”)

  • Jackie's Fridge
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    48 months ago

    The Tune (1992) by Bill Plympton is definitely an experience. Hausu (1977) is a weird fever dream. Dead In the Water (2006) was co-written & directed by a friend and is a decent indie zombie movie. It was fun seeing his parents cameo as zombies and then have Thanksgiving dinner with them.

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        28 months ago

        I love Plympton’s stuff in general, but The Tune is epic. I lucked into a DVD at a used shop years ago and I’m so happy to have it.