# List cool movies that apparently nobody else has seen. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282 "2001-01-16T05:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/161 "2001-02-04T22:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cisco \* > \*\*_Cannibal the Musical_ - None of my real life friends had seen this until I showed it to them and, surprisingly, after mentioning it a few times on the boards, I’m starting to think that no 'dopers have seen it either. It’s the (somewhat) true story of Alferd Packer, the only man ever convicted of cannibalism in the united states. It was made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (of _South Park_ fame) as a film school project. It’s hilarious, check it out. \*\* _clears throat_ I **own** it. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/162 "2001-02-04T22:47:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monocracy \* > \*\* > Naked Lunch - David Lynch (Twin Peaks…, Dune, Lost Highways, Blue Velvet, etc.), so you know it’s weird … starring the illustrious Peter Weller … drop some LSD and throw this crazy flick on the screen > \*\* David Cronenberg was responsible for this oddity. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2001, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/163 "2001-02-04T23:15:17Z")
Oh! Oh! Gotta add: **A Shock to the System** with Michael Caine, from 1990: About an executive who starts eliminating people “in his way” and how he justifies it in his mind. Weird **Six-String Samurai** , 1998: Abso-surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/164 "2001-02-05T04:52:54Z")
**The Fisher King,** **Antonia’s Line,** **Strictly Ballroom,** **Dangerous Beauty** , and **Mumford**. And add my name to the list of admirers for Bagdad Cafe, Zero Effect, Fearless (yes!!!), Ten Things I Hate About You, and My Neighbor Totoro. ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/165 "2001-02-05T05:07:37Z")
Gosh, I have seen a ton of these movies: Dead Alive, Doom Generation, Dark City, Mr. Frost, Cube, Spanking the Monkey, Rock and Rule, The Warriors, Pump Up the Volume, Some Girls, Gattaca, The Usual Suspects(although we have agreed this isn’t really an unknown movie), and several others I’ve lost track of. My new additions go to: Virgin Suicides, directed by Sophia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst Kids, with Chlos Sevigny Boys Don’t Cry, with Hillary Swank I know there’s more…can’t think of them right now. Michi ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/166 "2001-02-05T05:11:29Z")
Ok, I thought of another one already: House of Yes, with Tori Spelling and Parker Posey. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/167 "2001-02-05T09:30:04Z")
Bonsoir, I agree with most of the titles quoted (I’m amazed at how many of them I’ve seen !). With my own additions : Kissed, a tender love story centered on a necrophiliac girl working in a mortuary (and people think we Canadians are bland !) The original version of The Haunting, directed by Robert Wise, still the best haunted house movie ever made. Mon Oncle Antoine, a coming of age story set in rural Quebec at the end of the forties. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/168 "2001-02-05T12:57:03Z")
I honestly felt that **Kids** was among the worst movies I’ve ever seen. **Boys Don’t Cry** , despite its critical acclaim, wasn’t much better, either, IMO. I saw **Cecil. B. Demented** last week, though! One of the most unique and fascinating films I’ve seen in a while. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Necronom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@Necronom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necronom)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/169 "2001-02-05T20:27:32Z")
I admit I didn’t read each post carefully, so I may have missed it… But I don’t think anyone has mentioned any of Dario Argento’s movies! He makes a great horror movie! Also I’ll add **Humanoids From the Deep** (the 1980 version, not the crappy remake) and the Italian flick **Zombie** for two. For those who have seen **Dead Alive** : If you saw it on cable, you saw a rated version. There is an unrated version with more gore. I always believe in watching the unrated where there is one… ---
**Author:** ![Chinaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@Chinaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chinaco)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/170 "2001-02-05T22:05:57Z")
Obscure movies on my list: Forbidden Zone - Weird Elfman Bros creation in which Herve Villechaize plays the king of the Forbidden Zone, and Danny Elfman plays the devil. I only know a couple people who admit to seeing this one. Until the End of the World - probably my all-time favorite movie. From Wim Wenders, starring William Hurt and Solveig Dommartin (from Wings of Desire - also an incredible film. City of Angels didn’t do it justice). Also has one of the best movie soundtracks I’ve ever heard. Damage - Story about obsession starring Jeremy Irons & Juliette Binoche. I think Miranda Richardson was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in this movie. Mystery Train - Japanese couple tours around Memphis & stays at a motel where odd things are afoot, including Elvis’ ghost lurking around. 3 different interlinking stories - kindof like Four Rooms. Bob Roberts - Tim Robbins (written, directed, & starred in) documentary-style movie about a corrupt rightwing folksinger-turned-politician. Tim Robbins is amazing. The Hunger - vampire flick w/ Susan Sarandon & David Bowie. One of my favorites as far as vampire movies go. Great movies that apparently at least a few people other than myself have seen after all: Run Lola Run City of Lost Children Cinema Paradiso ---
**Author:** ![Necronom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/54ee81/32.png) [@Necronom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necronom)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/171 "2001-02-05T22:19:48Z")
I forgot to include **Straight to Hell**! A cool take on westerns with a great cast! Including: Joe Strummer, Elvis Costello, Shane McGowan (lead singer of The Pogues), and Dennis Hopper just to name a few. A must see! ---
**Author:** ![SallySimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SallySimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallySimpson)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/172 "2001-02-10T06:42:27Z")
Harold and Maude Almost Famous The Big Lebowski I Married a Strange Person ---
**Author:** ![Stimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Stimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/173 "2001-02-10T10:02:38Z")
2 beauties from Paul Auster… The Music of Chance - James Spader and Mandy Patankin Smoke - Harvey Keitel and William Hurt The Quiet Earth - scientist deletes mankind Innocent Moves - Boy chess genius The Vanishing - the original and a must see Knife in the Water - Roman Polanski Festen - Dogme’s Celebration Underground - Yugo conflicts Black Cat, White Cat - Gypsy conflicts some will have been mentioned, some are probably widely popular, but these are some of the gems that have gladly come my way lately. go rent. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/174 "2001-02-10T14:21:40Z")
**Dogs in Space** relationship between young woman and hopeless git boyfriend musician, living in house full of students in Australia at the time that Skylab crashed. Really funny and tear-jerkingly tragic. \*\* Robin and Marian \*\* Sean Connery as Robin Hood, after he has returned from the Crusades with King Richard. Disillusioned and old, he half-heartedly takes up the struggle with the Sheriff of Nottingham again. Dark and depressing. **Zardoz** Sean Connery again, very 70s post-apocalyptic film of a barbarian infiltrating a closed society of decadent immortals. **The Party Animal** Very silly but IMO hilarious story of hopeless slob who goes to college with the single aim of getting laid. Very hard to find a copy. **Inferno** My favourite by weirdo genius director Dario Argento. Supernatural horror slash’em. Gorgeous, gorgeous photography. \*\*Mr. Vampire \*\*. Chinese kung-fu vampire film. **A Chinese Ghost Story** Beautiful, touching, hilarious. Young tax inspector rescues ghost of young girl from 1000 year old evil tree spirit, with the aid of angst-ridden singing tao monk martial artist. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/175 "2001-02-10T18:05:19Z")
Earth Girls Are Easy is a sci-fi musical with Jim Carrey and Damon Wayan, Jeff Goldblum amd Gina Davis Westward The Women,an old western about mailorder brides, so bad it’s good ---
**Author:** ![quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quasar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quasar)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/176 "2001-02-10T18:40:42Z")
Outbreak The Assignment The Profesional a.k.a. Leon ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/177 "2001-02-10T19:48:10Z")
Liked **Cube** , **Creator** , **Kentucky Fried Movie, Amazon Women on the Moon** , and **Pump Up The Volume** , but I didn’t care for **Dark City**. My favorites include: **Matinee** with John Goodman, directed by Joe Dante. **Nighthawks** with Rutger Hauer and Silvester Stalone. No, don’t flinch, Sly actually _acts_ in this police drama, as he tries to capture a very evil terrorist Rutger. It was reasonably well at the time, but I doubt many people remember **LadyHawke** nowadays. An excellent fantasy film, starring Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Matthew Broderick **Blind Fury** end my Rutger Hauer trifecta. Rutgur is a blind kendo master…we’re talking major cheese here. It’s really cool. **The Big Brawl** Jackie Chan does a street fighter tournament during the Roaring Twenties. Very funny training scenes. It’s about time for me to check out **Time Bandits** once again. For pure cheese factor, **Flash Gordon** is a lot of fun, escepcially if you’re a fan of Queen. “Oh, Flash, I love you! But you only have 14 hours to save the earth!” **Castle Of Count Cagliostro**. A really funny anime film. An arcade game in the 80’s used footage from this movie. **El Mariachi** The prequel to **Desperado**. Robert Rodreguez did his own camera work to save money (He had $7,000 to work with, but didn’t get the hype that that other small budget movie Blair witch did). It did well enough for him to get the big budget for Desperado. **Electric Dreams** Iactually don’t remember much about this computer love story, except that I thought it was quirky and cool. Another vote for **Grosse Pointe blank** , a very underrated film. > [@](#): > > [FWIW] > Among similar thematic lines, I have been told that Strange Days is a very good movie. > [/FWIW] Well, I really liked it. **The Name Of The Rose**. Starring Sean connery, it’s a mystery set in a Catholic monestary. **Shallow Grave**. I’ve know some posters here who’ve seen it, but it’s not widely known. **Love and a 45**. Renee Zelwegger stars. A white trash criminal road movie. The original, French **La Femme Nikita** and the afore mentioned **The Professional** **Ed Wood** , starring Johnny Depp. Whew! Finally, there’s a couple of movies that I can’t remember the names of anymore: A guy goes back in time to the old west with his motorcycle. Freaks out the cowboys with his ‘magic horse’. Has an affair with a local girl who winds up being his grandmother (Eww.) A cop learns Eastern fighting techniques from a master, including how to apparentily dodge bullets by anticipating the gunman’s actions. Both of these movies were pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/178 "2001-02-10T20:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sealemon88 \* > \*\* > A cop learns Eastern fighting techniques from a master, including how to apparentily dodge bullets by anticipating the gunman’s actions. > > Both of these movies were pretty cool. > \*\* I believe that was **Remo, unarmed and dangerous**. Yes, I also thought it was an excellent little movie. ---
**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/179 "2001-02-11T04:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Sealemon88:_ > A guy goes back in time to the old west with his motorcycle. Freaks out the cowboys with his ‘magic horse’. Has an affair with a local girl who winds up being his grandmother (Eww.) I believe this is TimeRider, produced by former Monkee Mike Nesmith. And **TPWombat,** since you caught the Remo reference, aren’t these both Fred Ward movies? ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282/180 "2001-02-11T10:43:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Sealemon88 \* > > \*\* > > A cop learns Eastern fighting techniques from a master, including how to apparentily dodge bullets by anticipating the gunman’s actions. > > > > Both of these movies were pretty cool. > > \*\* > > I believe that was **Remo, unarmed and dangerous**. Yes, I also thought it was an excellent little movie. \*\* It’s also known as [Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0089901). And yeah, it was totally cool. To my surprise, there evidently was also a [TV show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0236677) based on the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-cool-movies-that-apparently-nobody-else-has-seen/50282.md?page=8)