Curious to see what niche movies the community knows

  • freebee@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Dunno what you might expect with obscure or niche, but if you’re fishing for random non algorithm suggestions on something you could watch, I’ll give you this: Fantastic Planet (1973)

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukM
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      7 months ago

      I dunno about obscure but I owned Meet the Feebles on VHS.

      I saw it in the cinema, my girlfriend was not impressed but I was already a Peter Jackson fan, so I had some idea what I was getting myself into. Talented guy, pity he never made it big.

  • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    One at random that I enjoyed that I don’t think is well known is “God Bless America (2012)”.

    The title might be misleading, so I’ll say that it is not a religious or patriotic film.

  • Steve@communick.news
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    7 months ago

    Two movies I don’t think I’ve met anyone who’s seen.

    Young Einstein (1988)
    Super fun, slightly accurate, biopic.

    Spaced Invaders (1990)
    Not good, but still funny alien invasion movie

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    7 months ago

    Six-String Samurai, imagine if Elvis was literal King of Las Vegas, dies and leaves a power vacuum that send numerous baddies on a mission to become king, and Buddy Holly can not only play the axe, he can handle a katana blade even better. In hindsight this could just be a fallout movie with a few tweaks.

    Honorable Mention: Wild Zero, very loud Japanese punk band Guitar Wolf takes on zombies with their instruments and maybe some magic?

    Honorable Mention 2: Delivery, a pizza delivery driver is shit on constantly by everyone around him until he snaps and basically kills everyone who fucks with him.

  • Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I don’t know if it’s obscure, but Psycho Goreman is a fantastic movie and I can’t recommend it enough. Anything by Steven Kostanski, really.

    Also Termitator if you speak French and can manage to get a copy is hilarious.

  • Jarix@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Garage Days

    Garage Days is a 2002 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. Garage Days is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock music. Its soundtrack includes the song “Garage Days” composed by David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster and performed by Katie Noonan. The climax of the film was filmed at the Homebake festival in Sydney in 2001.

  • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The Tune (1992) by Bill Plympton is definitely an experience. Hausu (1977) is a weird fever dream. Dead In the Water (2006) was co-written & directed by a friend and is a decent indie zombie movie. It was fun seeing his parents cameo as zombies and then have Thanksgiving dinner with them.

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        7 months ago

        I love Plympton’s stuff in general, but The Tune is epic. I lucked into a DVD at a used shop years ago and I’m so happy to have it.