Favorite Non-Blockbuster Movie

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Zodiii

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Since there is the Horror/freaky movie thread, it made me curious as to what everyones 'secret' movie favorites are.

Basically, the movies that never made much attention, even if they have a cult following or whatever.

Mine is probably either Sweet and Lowdown with Sean Penn or Rules of Attraction.

Although, and stfu in advance, Cry Baby cracks me up and I watch it at least once a year.
 
Couple of non-mainstream favs of mine in no particular order:

Memento
Shaun of the Dead (& Hot Fuzz)
Donnie Darko (watching it now)
Snatch (might be too "blockbuster" for this list - not sure)
Army of Darkness
Serenity (such a crime FOX screwed up Firefly)

Think that's about it off the top of my head - I will watch all of these EVERY time they come on :)
 
Let the Right One In
The Brothers Bloom
Unbreakable -- second best "non-comic" book movie after TDK
The Machinist
Daywatch
 
oldboy
infernal affairs
rec

the following might be blockbusters
pan's labyrinth
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
matchstick men
about a boy
 
Rules of Attraction
Poolhall Junkies
Heist
Confidence
Way of the Gun
RocknRolla
 
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I guess it's not really Non-Blockbusters, just stuff that may have flown under the radar or didn't get the appreciation that it should have.

[quote name='Malik112099']Moon[/QUOTE]

Yes! That movie is amazing, I just saw it about 3 weeks ago after a friend recommended it. I'm considering watching it again now.

And as far as people posting Repo, I couldn't handle that movie. I watched about 10 minutes of it and quit, but it also came after watching some horror movie that was shot on a Handy-Cam and literally had like a 2.1 rating on IMDB. I wish I could remember what it was called so I could buy every copy and break them.
 
[quote name='Zodiii']And as far as people posting Repo, I couldn't handle that movie.[/QUOTE]

No doubt. It was hand-made specifically to become a "cult" movie, which bastardizes and negates the very idea of a "cult film."

To think that cult status can be manufactured when its very existence hinged, in the past, upon word of mouth and a developed/fervent fanbase in spite of a lack of studio marketing or pushes!

Some of the songs were ok at best, but poor Sarah Brightman and Paul Sorvino - far too skilled at what they do to have been a part of that force-fed travesty.

Also, add Tree's Lounge to my list. Tree's Lounge and Liquid Sky. Don't watch both in the same day.
 
[quote name='Zodiii']And as far as people posting Repo, I couldn't handle that movie. I watched about 10 minutes of it and quit, but it also came after watching some horror movie that was shot on a Handy-Cam and literally had like a 2.1 rating on IMDB. I wish I could remember what it was called so I could buy every copy and break them.[/QUOTE]

It wouldnt have mattered, that movie was a god awful pile of shit. It was way to forced and every single thing in the movie felt cheap and tacked on, the singing was horrible even from sorvino who is actually a good singer, the music was terrible techo rock crap, the story was mediocre and you could have honestly taken a dozen characters with speaking lines out of the movie and nothing would have changed at all. Any movie that takes me 3 hours to watch cant be good, I would pause it and go put laundry in, watch a little and go fix a sandwhich, pause it, do something else.

But you know if people like it then thats cool, I just dont like it. Then again I like hudson hawk and thats about universally panned by everyone.
 
Well now I am glad I didn't watch any more of it. It seemed like it was going to be trash, and I just couldn't handle another terrible movie. Although that horror movie was fun to watch because it was a room full of us laughing at it the entire time. I really wish I could remember the name of it.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']

Also, add Tree's Lounge to my list. Tree's Lounge and Liquid Sky. Don't watch both in the same day.[/QUOTE]

I haven't seen Tree's Lounge in years.

Mine would be Swingers and Boogie Nights.
 
recently, I enjoyed the movie Black Dynamite pretty well. Love the whole blackexplotation/kungfu comedy thing it has going on for it.
 
Donnie Darko, Natural Born Killers and The Crow (the first one) - these are my all time fav flicks - love it love it love it!

Dazed and Confused and Empire records will also always hodl a special place in my heart memory...

:bouncy:
 
Equilibrium
The Boondock Saints
Meet The Feebles
Dead Alive
Evil Dead Trilogy(of course)
Ninja Scroll
District B13
Bubba Ho Tep
They Call Me Bruce
They Live
Trick or Treat
Once Upon a Time in China
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from New York
Cheech and Chong Up in Smoke
National Lampoons Senior Trip
Cemetary Man
Hard Boiled
Drunken Master II
The Fifth Element
PCU
Rebound The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault
The Warriors (Can you dig it!)
True Romance (Not sure if this qualifies.)
Jacobs Ladder
Dark City
Battle Royale
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The Re-animator
 
[quote name='mykevermin']No doubt. It was hand-made specifically to become a "cult" movie, which bastardizes and negates the very idea of a "cult film."

To think that cult status can be manufactured when its very existence hinged, in the past, upon word of mouth and a developed/fervent fanbase in spite of a lack of studio marketing or pushes!

Some of the songs were ok at best, but poor Sarah Brightman and Paul Sorvino - far too skilled at what they do to have been a part of that force-fed travesty.

Also, add Tree's Lounge to my list. Tree's Lounge and Liquid Sky. Don't watch both in the same day.[/QUOTE]

You could've at least given props to Ogre.
 
American Splendor (amazing, we could all relate to this)

The Lookout (a great, more conventional movie, which does everything right. If you're reading this right now, watch this movie)
 
Yellowbeard. Excellent pirate movie spoof starring many people from Monty Python, Mel Brooks movies, and Cheech and Chong.
 
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