Well, I’ll throw one in the pot.
I really enjoyed Down by Law. It’s a Jim Jarmusch film in black and white. Roberto Begnini is in it and he is hilarious.
That’s why I phrased it that way…I was hedging my bets. A terrific film, even if it’s second.
Another rather grisly affair is a Korean film called Tell Me Something. It’s kind of Se7en-ish, but it’s far from a ripoff. It’s a moody, atmospheric mystery that keeps you slightly off balance the whole way. It also features a killer w/ unique body disposal methods. To say the least :eek:
My Name Is Nobody starring Henry Fonda and Terrence Hill. It’s my favorite spaghetti western.
I love those penetrating blue eyes of Terrence Hill!
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I just saw All Over Me on IFC several days ago, and I was pretty impressed with it. The characters seemed a lot like people I know, and it gave a pretty accurate idea of what adolescence is like.
And I will definately second (or third, maybe?) Orlando. It was odd in an extremely fascinating way.
Can I add Harold and Maude? Or is that not obscure enough? It’s my absolute favoritest movie and not one I see on any cable channels very much.
Almost makes driving hearses look appealing. 
West Beirut (it’s 400 blowish)
http://iten.net/movie_review/drama/99West%20Beirut.htm
New Waterford Girl
I’ll third Diva and throw in a very obscure but excellent crime/mob movie called The Long Good Friday. Stars Bob Hoskins, and has a short cameo by a then unknown Pierce Brosnan.
I’ve seen at least 37 of the movies listed so far.
My recommendations…
Being at Home With Claude French/Canadian flick with Guy Dupuis, don’t know if there is a dubbed version, watched it with subtitles, while watching the movie I was so engrossed I for got I was reading subtitles and thought I must be able to understand french.
The Killer John Woo - director, Chow Yun Fat - star, watch the subtitled version.
The Bride With White Hair Chinese, Japanese, can’t remember. Excellent action and storytelling.
Strictly Ballroom, when I saw it almost no one in the states had heard of it.
I prefer my foreign movies to have sub-titles, strange as it sounds I think they lose something in the dubbing translation.
Ravenous. Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones, Neal McDonough. Really cool movie.
Ed and His Dead Mother. Steve Buscemi. Bizarre premise. Maybe not a great movie in the classical sense, but I think it’s fun.
Leningrad Cowboys Go America. I think it’s funny, so there. 
Gilbert & Sullivan producing “The Miikado.” Look for Andy Sirkis (Gollum) as the choreographer.
Rock N’ Rule: post apocalyptic animated rock musical with Debbie Harry and Lou Reed.
Mysterious Island: Bernard Herrmann score, Harryhausen stop-motion monsters, Captain Nemo, volcano, pirates…
The Ghost and Mrs Muir: Rex Harrison, Gene Tierneyanother Herrmann score, heartbreakingly romantic.
Born Free
Pretty much anything by Werner Herzog (my second Werner Herzog-related post today! )
Fitzcarraldo
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Love this! Time to invoke the Blockbuster Inversion Rule - the more copies of a movie there are on the shelf, the less likely that the movie is any good (of course there are many exceptions to the rule, but every good rule has exceptions). These suggestions are marvelous!
Count me in on Diva, I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing and Harold and Maude. My adds are probably not obscure to the posters here, but perhap seeing their names will bring a smile:
Koyaanisqatsi (now out on DVD)
**Paris is Burning **(Pep-pa La-Be-ja, Pep-pa La-Be-ja)
Big Night - yum! The soundtrack is cool, too!
Bring On the Night - for the Branford Marsalis interviews
Jack’s Back - any time, James!
the original La Femme Nikita (not the one with Bridget Fonda)
Hands on a Hard Body (documentary, not porn)
Here’s a good one for fessie’s Blockbuster Inversion rule… Miracle Mile. I challenge you to find a Blockbuster that carries this little movie at all, as it’s been discontinued on tape and never released on DVD. A neat little movie about the possible end of the world, starring a very young (posssibly pre-Top Gun) Anthony Edwards.
Another one that you’ll rarely find at Blockbuster (except the really good ones): Closet Land, starring Madeline Stowe and Alan Rickman in one of his best roles ever.
I’ll also second In the Bleak Midwinter, Ken Branagh’s least-known film, but one of his best.
I’ll go with Straight to Hell as one of my favorite obscure movies. Out of the half dozen people or so who caught this, I’m probably the only one who actually likes it (But then again, I liked McHale’s Navy with Tom Arnold, so what do I know?). It brings mindless fun to a whole new level:
“Sing, Wiener Boy. Sing or die!”
“Mas Cervesas!!!”
"Half a league/half a … " BANG!
“You’re not going to start in on that whole money thing again, are ya? C’mere, you little minx!!”
“We’ll have to drag him out behind the building and shoot him. Like in the Army daayyyyyz.”
The only thing that I can’t figure out is whether it’s “Karl’s Disco Wieners” or “Karl’s Discount Wieners.”
<strong>“Ha Myun Daen-da”</strong> or <strong>“You Can Do It”</strong> - Very funny. A family goes broke, loses their house, etc., but they realize that they can get money by purchasing insurance policies and injuring themselves. Mayhem ensues. (Korean)
<strong>“A Bungee Jumping of their Own”</strong> - Superficialy speaking, it’s a sappy (and tragic) love story, but the part of the girl is played by a teenaged boy whose body she’s been reincarnated into. (Korean)
<STRONG>“Happiness of the Katakuris”</STRONG> (or <STRONG>“The Rapture of the Katakuris”</STRONG>) - What is it about me and asian families who kill? It’s sort of a comedy. I love it. (Japanese)
<STRONG>“Battle Royale”</STRONG> - I guess it’s not really obscure, but not enough people have seen it. (Japanese)
<STRONG>“Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl”</STRONG> - The saddest movie I’ve ever seen. It’s also gorgeous. (China)
<STRONG>“The Bear Witch Project”</STRONG> - It’s a short film that was really funny at the time. (U.S.)
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This is the first I’ve heard anyone mention that movie since a friend insisted on showing it to me. I loved it!
“The boot… The boot is poisoned!”
Is it me, or did The Grey Zone sort of disappear after its release? I heard some things about it, and then it sank right off the radar. Incredible movie, even if it’s still disrupting my sleep two nights after watching it.