Recommend a good 'off the beaten path' film

[Colo Springs E]

I'm not talking about classics such as Gone With The Wind or Dumb and Dumber... and not necessarily talking about completely unknown indie films.

But what's a movie that in your opinion, deserves more praise and recognition than it's received?

I've got one I'll save for later...

[HoodieMcFoodie]

"Deadly Pursuit" with Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley

[fuzzbender]

Highly recommend Cypher



otherwise, in terms of offbeat:

[hekawi]

"Being There" starring Peter Sellers

[Nick JD]

Bad Boy Bubby.

[tcarp]

Second Hand Lions Robert Duvall and Michael Caine

Made in Heaven Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis (w/Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Ric Ocasek in non-musical roles)

Silent Partner Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York

[jmaul]

Intacto
The Orphanage (the spanish movie, NOT "Orphan".)

[Rod Parsons]

"Polyester", staring Divine, in 'smello-rama'. A cult classic comedy.

[A.B.Negative]

Withnail and I.

[andyfromdenver]

Originally Posted by A.B.Negative

Withnail and I.

i'll +1 if he hasn't seen it already.
I like a lot of the old classics.
Sunset Boulevard used to be a huge fav.
Rushmore by Wes Anderson; killer soundtrack too.

[Seasicksailor]

Originally Posted by fuzzbender

Highly recommend Cypher

That's funny... I started watching this last night. I fell asleep right at the beginning, but that was the plan from the very start. It looked very promising. I'll try again tonight and attempt to watch it at a more reasonable time.

[Joe Baggadonitz]

'Silent Partners' was cool and scary film.

The Comedians- Liz Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Alec Guiness

The Tenant- R. Polanski - very strange

A Touch Of Evil- Orson Welles

The Entertainer- Laurence Olivier- great story

[studio1087]

These might be too mainstream but when have you last watched all of Fargo or Repo Man?

Män som hatar kvinnor (Girl With The Dragon Tatoo) - The Swedish version from 2009

[sricabla]

"Blowup" is a 60's mod film that includes the original Yardbirds with Jimmy page. Great fashion of the time and great story!

[ddewerd]

Memento

From Wikipedia...

Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller and neo-noir film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan's short story, Memento Mori.

Memento is presented as two different sequences of scenes: a series in black-and-white that are shown chronologically, and a series of color sequences shown in reverse order. The two sequences "meet" at the end of the film, producing one common story


I watched it several times, and I still don't think I ever figured it out. And check out the DVD extras, like the press releases, but only after you watch the movie. And also, don't cheat by researching the movie before watching. There's a lot of analysis and even someone who re-edited everything so it runs in chronological order.

Also, it was a blast watching with my wife, as we had a running contest each time they switched sequences as to what was really happening - and most of the time we were both wrong.

Cheers,
Doug

[bigbandtele]

Amelie
Koyaanisqatsi - no characters, no plot, just images with music by Phillip Glass
Strangers on a Train - Hitchcock
Petrified Forest - Bogart and Leslie Howard
The Ritz - farce set in a gay bathhouse in the early 70's with Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller and F. Murray Abraham

[AndyLowry]

Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire.

[imsilly]

I find silent era films often better then the talkies.

Try out some classics like Dovzhenko's Ukraine trilogy.

[bek]

What tcarp said, maybe add "Curdled" if you like weirdly creepy.

[BobbyZ]

Lady Killers.