OT Favorite off-beat films

[veloduffer]

This is a follow-on to the other thread about Fav All-time movies. Name some of your fav movies that are not well-known.

Here's two:

Sweet Land - about a German mail-order bride coming to a middle America (Minnesota I think)just after WWII, where she speaks no English and encounters prejudice from the war. More like a BBC production but really well acted. Also, a beautiful music score.

World's Fastest Indian - about a Kiwi, Bert Munro played by Anthony Hopkins, who dreams of racing his home-made Indian motorcycle on the Utah Salt Flats. Funny and charming, and a true story.

[texbike]

The Gods Must be Crazy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy .

AND, it's definitely better known, but Raising Arizona is one of my all time favorites. The yodeling, Holly Hunter, and the going to the store for diapers scene really did it for me.

Texbike

[Dekonick]

The Gods Must be Crazy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy .

AND, it's definitely better known, but Raising Arizona is one of my all time favorites. The yodeling, Holly Hunter, and the going to the store for diapers scene really did it for me.

Texbike

+1 on The Gods Must be Crazy

[Ken Robb]

"Tunes of Glory" w/ John Mills, Susana York and Alec Guiness who said it was one of his favorite roles.

[David Kirk]

You can end this thread right now - Repo man.

Thanks for reading.

Dave

[fiamme red]

"Tunes of Glory" w/ John Mills, Susana York and Alec Guiness who said it was one of his favorite roles.I really enjoyed that film. The music by Malcolm Arnold is excellent too.

[Ozz]

"A Boy and His Dog"
"Repo Man"
"Buckaroo Banzai - Across the 8th Dimension"
"The Groove Tube"

For a more recent movie: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

[dave thompson]

Putney Swope

[Richard]

Greaser's Palace -- as off beat as it comes.

[palincss]

Brother From Another Planet
My New Partner
La Chèvre
Mon Oncle
The Firemen's Ball
Coup de Torchon
The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe
The Killers
It Happened One Night
The Crimson Pirate

[dnades]

Quiet Earth
Zulu
after hours
City of Lost Children
Time Bandits

[alexstar]

Dead Alive

Kung Fu Hustle

Monkey Shines

Manos: the Hands of Fate

Super Troopers

[Ken Robb]

"A Boy and His Dog"
"Repo Man"
"Buckaroo Banzai - Across the 8th Dimension"
"The Groove Tube"

For a more recent movie: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

If you liked "Repo Man" I hope you didn't miss "Tin Men".

[Dekonick]

"A Boy and His Dog"
"Repo Man"
"Buckaroo Banzai - Across the 8th Dimension"
"The Groove Tube"

For a more recent movie: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

I was going to list A Boy and His Dog... gut thought it was a bit too mainstream... after all Don Johnson is in it :eek:

Funny as hell too!

Another vote for Repo Man - great flick.

[Birddog]

Bruce Brown's "On Any Sunday".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Any_Sunday

[rcnute]

Sweet Sweetback's Baaadass Song. Oh wait, actually it was terrible.

[rounder]

I don't watch that many movies but have seen a lot of the movies listed here and they were all good - On any Sunday, World's Fastest Indian (went to a car show in La Jolla and the bike was on display...it was hard to believe that it was originally built in the 20's), The Gods Must Be Crazy, Tin Men, Putney Swope. Also liked Don't Look Back and The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

[jbrainin]

Flaming Creatures.

[Steve in SLO]

The Princess Bride--semi-offbeat

[dimsy]

some of my favs -- trailers and imdb links included.

the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068361/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ7m-Jb4a5g

the holy mountain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071615/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLZmik6wAk

the man from earth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMhEAI3pvg

[dimsy]

some of my favs -- trailers and imdb links included.


and a few more...

the science of sleep
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCrM5i_W3c

the man who copied
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367859/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JQ0bCnvf5M

waking life
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iDAaS3QiNk

happiness
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQ_JxoWUP8

[Tony Edwards]

"Off-beat" is such a subjective thing, but each of these is an odd movie that gave me great pleasure:

Kung Fu Hustle
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Shaolin Soccer
World's Greatest Dad
Election
Big Trouble in Little China
In the Loop

[gemship]

In To The Wild

[clunk]

Buffalo 66

[PBWrench]

Garden State

[fierte_poser]

Le diner de cons (The Dinner Game)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/

[CaptStash]

The Boy With the Green Hair

Whimsical surprisingly subversive for its day movie my grandfather made in the fifties as an end around way to fight discuss prejudice in the movies.

CaptStash....

(I have subversives in genes)

[rugbysecondrow]

Raising Arizona...just a classic

Beautiful Girls

[BryanE]

Forbidden Zone-just the weirdest movie ever made.
Leading man was Herve Villchaize and music by Oingo Boingo.
What drugs were these people taking??

Thursday-Clean up your life and the past comes crawling back.
Only 100 DVDs ever made of this.
Bryan
I remember watching Boy With The Green Hair on TV years ago.
Had forgotton all about it.

[rydesteel]

Imaginary Crimes

Off beat stars Harvey Kietel who is superb.

[Birddog]

Harry Nilsson's "The Point" and song "Me and My Arrow"

[SoCalSteve]

200 Cigarettes

[Kirk Pacenti]

Miami Blues

[dogdriver]

Where the Buffalo Roam.

[rpm]

Danny Deckchair

Waking Ned Devine

[auto_rock]

My all time favorite off beat movie:

Bubba Ho Tep.

I tried to write out a one sentence summary. Can't be done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Qo74_L3vo

[navclbiker]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Punch Drunk Love.

[rcnute]

Here's the one I'm waiting for:

[Ozz]

...Waking Ned Devine
Hilarious!

[Peter B]

Delicatessen

[Jeff N.]

Does "True Romance" and "Blue Velvet" count? Jeff N.

[Velociotis]

You can end this thread right now - Repo man.

Thanks for reading.

Dave

plate of shrimp.

[thegunner]

Miami Blues

holy waxjob batman

[emckee1]

Harold and Maud

[SoCalSteve]

Run Lola Run

[William]

Little Miss. Sunshine

I wouldn't call this a fave but off-beat for sure...
Eraserhead

Dudes (Great soundtrack)

Plus many good ones already listed.





William

[jblande]

Mainsteam, brilliant, offbeat (?):

Inglorious Basterds.

Tarantino at his best. Hollywood as a phantasy of Jewish Revenge. Loved it.

[mnoble485]

Plus one on Buckaroo Bonzai.

I have two that nobody has mentioned yet:
Local Hero. Music by Mark Knolpher.

Dinner Rush. A must see.

Mike

[kohlboto]

Swingers. One of my all-time favourites.

[cmg]

men with guns, directed by John Sayles, a brillantly sad film.