# What are the last obscure movies you saw and loved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401 "2012-02-20T07:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/21 "2012-02-21T02:24:47Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > [Agora](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186830/) was a film I enjoyed. There is a dearth of films on the late Roman Empire generally and Roamn Egypt particularly. I really enjoyed it. **Agora** was magnificent. And made me cry. Not sure if it counts as “obscure” but I loved, loved, loved **Dean Spanley**. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/22 "2012-02-21T02:37:56Z")
[Fan Chan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Chan) - for a nostalgic look back at life in the 80s in Southeast Asia. the kinda movie you would laugh and cry at if you had been there. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/23 "2012-02-21T02:49:27Z")
Do yourself a favor and watch **The Living Wake**. It’s a bit uneven, but is often brilliantly funny (“So you see, they have this book called the Bible. It tells the story of a man named Jesus, a Mexican fellow I presume. I haven’t read it yet, but I hear it’s quite popular.”) My all time favorite obscure movie, though, is Kissing Jessica Stein. Very sweet, heartfelt and often very funny. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/24 "2012-02-21T02:56:30Z")
[The Believer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247199/) starring Ryan Gosling as a self-hating neo-nazi teenager. It’s a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/25 "2012-02-21T04:14:17Z")
Is [Diva](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082269/) obscure? I don’t know, but I really enjoyed it back in the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![TimToyGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/26 "2012-02-21T04:35:52Z")
I recently DVR’d a movie on the IFC channel because I thought it might be interesting, called The Good, The Bad, The Weird. It’s a Korean western, set in 1920’s Manchuria, and it’s loosely based on The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. That was enough to get me to watch it. It turned out to be much better than it sounded, with great action sequences, good acting and interesting direction. There’s a chase scene near the end that was really very good. Maybe because I’m a sucker for oddball westerns, but I really liked it, and I had barely heard of it before encountering it on cable. Tim “toy geek” ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/27 "2012-02-21T05:15:01Z")
I don’t know about “last”, but: [Withnail and I](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withnail_and_I) , and consequently [Wah-Wah](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah-Wah) [The Station Agent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_Agent) [The Quiet Earth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Earth_(film)) [Connie and Carla](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_and_Carla) [No Man’s Land](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man%27s_Land_(2001_film)) [Nowhere Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Boy) [Me and Orson Welles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Orson_Welles) Great “little” Australian films, probably only obscure by international standards: [Red Dog](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_(film)) [Muriel’s Wedding](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel%27s_Wedding) [Picnic at Hanging Rock](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock) [The Last Days of Chez Nous](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Days_of_Chez_Nous) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/28 "2012-02-21T07:29:11Z")
[Stone of Destiny](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037156/) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/29 "2012-02-21T07:40:47Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > _After Hours_ is obscure? I don’t think that a movie directed by Martin Scorsese could be considered obscure. _The King of Comedy_ is another “obscure” Scorsese film. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/30 "2012-02-21T09:16:10Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > _After Hours_ is obscure? I don’t think that a movie directed by Martin Scorsese could be considered obscure. I would be willing to bet many students in an American film class would draw a total blank on it, and even among film buffs very few would have heard of it or seen it, so yea that sounds obscure. I realize obscure is kind of open to interpretation, I just meant it as a film most people have never heard of or seen. So obviously Taxi Driver or 2001 do not qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/31 "2012-02-21T09:42:19Z")
_Winter’s Bone_, recent, well-reviewed film, but not a blockbuster or anything. A young backwoods woman in the Ozarks confronts her community about the disappearance of her meth-maker father. “Loved” is a strong word. I enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/32 "2012-02-21T09:44:10Z")
_Wild Target_, a British black comedy with Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman & Rupert Everett. It only did over $3 million box office and was a critical flop, so I’m assuming obscurity. Pity, it’s actually hilarious. I finally got around to watching a full edit of Fassbinder’s _Ali:Fear Eats the Soul_. I’d watched around half of it before, and just hadn’t been able to get hold of it since. Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/33 "2012-02-21T09:44:34Z")
Chungking Express- Quirky little dramedy Chinese language movie about a lovesick cop and a woman who is a rather inept would be drug smuggler. Has some funny scenes but won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. The standout element to me is the natural filming style and the amazing location shooting in the Chungking Mansions [Chungking Mansions - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Mansions) which is fascinating. Its part movie and part travel show. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/34 "2012-02-21T10:34:48Z")
Depends on what you mean by obscure, it might be what I’d call ‘Cult’ ignoring those which have become popular now (Blues brothers for instance). Still not available on dvd: [Hawks](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097487/), the 1988 Black comedy with Anthony Edwards and Timothy Dalton, escaping their wards while dying of cancer. A suprisingly cheerful and funny film. [Man bites dog](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/), 1992 Black and white belgian satire about a film crew following a serial killer with a sympathetic and sometimes helpful way… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/35 "2012-02-21T14:37:00Z")
I very much enjoyed _The Call of Chthulu_, which is an amateur silent film done by a Lovecraft fan group. It’s on Netflix Watch Instantly and quite a fun little piece. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/36 "2012-02-21T14:47:02Z")
[The Troll Hunter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troll_Hunter) was an enjoyable way to spend a couple hours. It’s actually one of those movies that you secretly hope they make a sequel to. [Thankskilling](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129441/) is so wonderfully bad that it’s good. “Gobble gobble, Motherf—er” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/37 "2012-02-21T14:54:43Z")
_[Tucker & Dale Vs Evil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQOZHEYhVtU)_ was a hilarious and fantastic send-up of the redneck horror genre and also had a lot of heart. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/38 "2012-02-21T14:58:08Z")
[_The Trip_](http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-trip) by Michael Winterbottom with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. It’s actually an edited version of a British TV miniseries about two friends who go off for a week on a restaurant reviewing jaunt. Nothing much happens, but it’s wonderful fun. It made it into limited release here in the States but I think it still qualifies as obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401/39 "2012-02-21T15:44:18Z")
Hm. Most obscure and best was probably [**Tucker and Dale vs. Evil**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522/combined). Hilarious parody that reverses all the standard horror movie tropes. Premise: a bunch of young attractive college students head into the woods for recreation. Also heading to the lake are buddies Tucker and Dale, some very rural folks who just bought a run-down lake house together so they can fish and drink beer. The college kids freak out and think T&D are stalking them. Things really go south when one girl in the group slips and hits her head, and T&D rescue her and take her back to their house to recover. The kids, seeing this, think T&D are psycho-murderer hillbillies, and begin trying to “save” her. T&D, unaware of any of that, engage in all sorts of activities that look suspicious, and the kids usually end up accidentally killing themselves as they attack Tucker and Dale. For once, the guys in the filthy overalls are _not_ the killers. Funny as hell. Alan Tudyk, who played Wash on **Firefly** , plays Tucker. ---
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> [@Kimstu](#): > > [_The Trip_](http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-trip) by Michael Winterbottom with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. [Another The Trip](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062395/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-obscure-movies-you-saw-and-loved/613401.md?page=3)