Say, it’s not really a movie, but has anyone else seen the anime Kurogane Communications? I thought that’n was pretty charming (though in the soul-gnawing depression sort of way so common to anime. 
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The Mighty, starring one of the talented Culkins, a Henson not related to muppeteering, and a handful of Name Stars who don’t have very large roles to play but nevertheless are plastered all over the publicity.
And an excellent soundtrack from Sting.
The Guru, with Heather Graham and Marisa Tomei was hilarious! It spoofed everything from Bollywood to Grease to porn and everything in between. Great toe-tappin’, laugh out loud fun!
I saw that. Although I confess I rented it primarily because I was hoping Heather would get naked in it…
But it wasn’t bad.
Well, I woin’t go so far as to say nobody’s seen them, especially on this Board (I’ve seen plenty of the ones listed in this thread. And I can’t believe some of the nominees – The Lion in Winter? Buckaroo Banzai??? That one played the Center Theater in Salt Lake when it came out!). But here’s my list of the rarely-seen (and pretty good - I’m not going to burden this with obscure stinkers), which I had to introduce people to:
** The Adventures of Mark Twain** – Will Vinton’s undeservedly forgotten masterpiece. Everyone goes nuts over Aardman animation’s films, with their earthy palette of clay colors, but they pretty much ignored Cinton’s Claymation stuff, which had brighter colors and a more upbeat outlook. I love Wallace and Grommit, but I’ll take this over them anyday.
Creator – Science fiction with no special effects, but with witty writing and an incredible cast – Peter O’Toole plays a Nobel Laureate trying to clone his wife. Vincent Spano is his grad student, Virginia Madsen is Spano’s love interest, Margaux Hemingway is O’Toole’s, and David Ogden Stiers is the rival rof. One reviewer called it “a male chick flick”, but I love the way it gets closer to the look and feel of academia and grad school than any other flick I’ve seen.
The Hidden – Low-budget science fiction with a punch. The plot is ripped off from Hal Clement’s classic “Needle”. Kyle MacLaughlin plays weird Pacific Northwest investigator years before he would do so on Twin Peaks – but in this one he has an excuse for acting weird.
Creation of the Humanoids – obscure SF supposedly based on Jack Wlliamson’s “The Humanoids”, but not, really. Ineresting stuff.
Panic in the Year Zro – Really low-budget sf about a family (headed by Ray Milland) trying to survive after the Russkis nuke LA. Made circa 1959.
The Last of Sheila – Stephen Sondheim (!!) and Anthony Perkins( yes, that Anthony Perkins!!) co-wrote this thriller about a rich games-player who invites friends onto his yacht for a weekend of sadistic mind games. People get killed. A wonderful, convoluted mystery that gives you all the clues, and has games-within-games. It doesn’t wimp out with cheap and easy shocks, and the story progresses logically. Witty, with an all-star cast: James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, and Racquel Welch, among others.
Yes, I really liked this film. I thought Hemingway’s character was weak, but the rest of movie was enjoyable.
Another Orlando and Lion in Winter fan here!
Days of Heaven – Richard Gere. One of the most beautifully photographed movies ever.
The Magic Christian – Peter Sellers and one of the Beatles (Ringo?). Truly bizarre. A man with mega bucks decides to observe how far people will go for money. Based on the book by Terry Southern.
It’s a bizarre Robert Altman comedy based on a series of short stories from National Lampoon about two dysfunctional high school kids. One of my favorite sequences is where the buys go to find a wedding present for the sister of their nemesis, which they get from Dennis Hopper, reprising his psychotic arms dealer role from about half of his movies. He shows them an Uzi, pops off a few rounds, and hands it over, saying “Have her try it out on a dog or something to see if she likes it.”
Then it gets weird.
“The Man From Hong Kong” - mid 70’s Aussie kung fu/James Bond/nudie flick. If you’re big on the whole mid 70’s Aussie kung fu/James Bond/nudie flick sub-genre (as so many of us are), then this is the one to see!
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Local Hero, a really beautiful, funny, wistful kind of film. And probably the most uproariously funny performance ever by Burt Lancaster.
Did I really just say wistful? Oh my.
I want to second Jesus of Montreal and Last Night - both great.
I also want to add Le confessional, another great Canadian flick that I first saw in a double header with Hitchcocks I confess.
Also, Five Corners is great - it has some big names in it: Jodi Foster, Tim Robbins, that dude who played in that movie about the guy, and a boat load of penguins.
Whats not to like?
Powder would get my vote. Not the world’s greatest movie, but it’s touching and sad and just weird enough.
Liquid Sky - a completely bizarro film that takes itself WAY too seriously but for some reason cracks me up. One of these days I’ll figure out why it reminds me of Little Shop of Horrors, which it is nothing like.
Well the Wizzard of Speed and Time leaps to mind. A very fun special effects movie. Amazing stuff with stop motion.
Also Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses Don’t They A depressing movie about marathon dances during the depression.
I loved Five Corners. John Turturro was in that, too.
Strange Days – starring Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett. Fiennes is Lenny Nero, a scummy hustler fiddling with brain-porn while L.A. burns down around him. Bassett is his best friend, tough-as-nails Mace, who loves him despite the fact she probably shouldn’t. Then a tape of a political activist/rapper’s murder falls into Lenny’s hands, and all hell breaks lose.
It seems no one but me has ever seen this movie. It’s probably my favorite movie of all time, and I’ve made it my mission to convert all my friends into fans. So far, everyone loves it. Bombed at the box office though.
Love that movie!
Suicide kings was alright another discount DVD.
Endless Summer II, Im not a Surfer, but i wanted to be after seeing this movie, probably the best “documentary” ive ever seen.
I own Way of the Gun but have never watched it (1.98 on VHS at Mall Warts).
Also, Ghost Dog is a great flick. One of my favorite movies it seems no one has ever seen,
Big Red One: cheesy light look on the first infantry in WWII.
Poolhall Junkies: Seems alot like Rounders, but i think the dialogue is fairly sharp although the acting is not so sharp.
Love Buckaroo Bonzai
Also the remake of lion in winter produced in 2003 was great, with an incredible cast. I don’t know if you meant the orginal or the remake
Another great movie is a the more “authentic” remake of the Grimms Fairy Tale Snow White called “Snow White: A tale of terror”, rated R and a very dark spin starring Sigourney Weaver (the evil witch/stepmother)and Sam Neill among others. Great if you want to see a truely dark treatment of a classic Brothers Grimm Fairy tale.
If you want a REALLY unique spin though check out the audio play on scifi.com **“snow glass apples” ** by Neil Gaiman for free to see the darkest spin yet on what evil snow white REALLY was up to. 
Surf Ninjas. I’m sorry, but I’m just nuts about that movie. The cheesy “We’re so hip! Look at us go!” early '90s stylings, the utter gratuitousness of 75% of the martial arts (why walk two feet when you can backflip?), the bizarre soundtrack, the gleeful randomness of the mystical/coming-of-age/martial-arts/road/beach/war/comedy movie.
No one has ever heard of it, or if they have, they think it’s tripe. I think it’s tripe, too, but, hello, awesome tripe!
“Kwantsu! They love this word! It must mean, like, free beer or something!”
For those who haven’t seen The Magic Christian, one main plot element involves Ringo’s character daring people to deprave themselves utterly for cash, such as when he tosses thousands into a huge vat of unprocessed human waste. Naturally, everyone jumps in after the money, and damn their dignity and self-respect. This kind of thing is repeated several times, and each time there are plenty of takers.
Years later when I saw Survivor and all the other “reality” TV shows – especially Fear Factor – all I could think of was how The Magic Christian foresaw it all. It was all too horribly true!
Everyone whose ever been on – or tried to be on – any of those programs isn’t worth the slimiest turd I’ve ever begat.