Obscure or forgotten GREAT movies list.

AxeMental · Post by **AxeMental** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:54 am

After doing netflix for about 3 months now and already haveing a good stash of movies, I'm looking for a list of some of your favorites. Not just old, new as well (anything good or great IYO). Netflix seems to have a pretty good stash of odd movies, its just a matter of finding the right ones. I already have most of the obvious ones, but even some of those I may have forgotten about. Also any great remastered DVDs worth checking out.

Thanks

JamesEightBitStar · Post by **JamesEightBitStar** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:00 am

If Netflix does VHS tapes, look up "John the Fearless" (also known as "The Heroic Adventures of John the Fearless")

It's obscure, seeing as its only US release was on VHS, in 1987, by some budget children's label which no longer exist. Despite that it is a GREAT movie.

blackprinceofmuncie · Tue May 01, 2007 10:15 am

Split Second with Rutger Hauer and Kim Cattrall.

fcanaday · Post by **fcanaday** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:36 am

Check out a flick called The Bode Snatcher. It's a horror film from South Africa of all places. It's different and defiantly not your standard Hollywood film. For fun check out The Viking Queen. This is a rare Hammer film written by someone who must have slept during history class. Viking druids worshiping Zeus in England. This train wreck, err chariot wreck will keep you laughing from start to finish.

Daniel Proctor · Post by **Daniel Proctor** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:25 am

Let's see older or obscure, Sci-Fi...

Soylent Green
Impostor
Supernova
Planet of the Apes (original)
Alien Nation (+ the TV series)
Screamers
Blade Runner
The Time Machine (original
Immortel

Horror:

Night of the Living Dead (original and 95 remake)
Dawn of the Dead (original)
Day of the Dead
Last Man on Earth
Silver Bullet
Lost Boys
Fright Night
The Stuff

Other:

Goonies
Indiana Jones (all)
Back to the Future (all)

B-Movie:

Toxic Avenger (See any Troma movie, really)
Meat Market
Amazon Women from the Moon

TRP · Post by **TRP** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:27 pm

Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.

"They've killed Fritz! They've killed Fritz! Those lousy stinking yellow fairies!"

order99 · Post by **order99** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:36 am

The Wicker Man (the ORIGINAL, please).

The Return of Captain Invincible ( 70's Superhero comedy with Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee).

Horror Hotel (Lee again).

Targets (one of Boris Karloff's final films, no budget-didn't need one).

Carnival of Souls (the Blair Witch of its day, only better).

Matango (AKA Attack of the Mushroom Men).

Theater of Blood (Vincent Price and Diana Rigg).

Spider Baby (rediscovered Jack Hill classic).

More later, must sleep...

thedungeondelver · Post by **thedungeondelver** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:21 am

Phase IV

Frankenstein: A True Story (just out on deluxe DVD set!)

The Intruder Within (probably one of the most high-end SF/Horror flicks ever put on TV - puts 30+ year younger SciFi TV productions to shame)

baldric · Post by **baldric** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:56 am

Just a few.

Japanese:

Chushingura
Yojimbo
The Seven Samurai
Samurai Rebellion
Rashomon

Czech:

Zelary
Kolya
Little Otik

Chinese:

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Danish:

Babette's Feast

French:

The Man on the Train
The Beat that my Heart Skipped
Read My Lips
The Barbarian Invasions

Polish:

The Decalogue
The Career of Nikosz Dizma

Russian:

Burnt by the Sun

Korean:

OldBoy

pmullen · Post by **pmullen** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:23 am

Here are two you might like:

A Boy and his Dog (1975)

Shockwaves (1977)

pmullen

TRP · Post by **TRP** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:20 pm

pmullen wrote: A Boy and his Dog (1975)

I'll second that one.

Mordenkainen · Post by **Mordenkainen** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:56 pm

TheRedPriest wrote:
pmullen wrote: A Boy and his Dog (1975)

I'll second that one.

OMG, was that the one with Don Johnson (of Miami Vice fame)?
Hideous!

If we're talking obscure, borderline-stoopid, I'd recommend Zardoz (more psychodelia than SciFi).

themattjon · Post by **themattjon** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:59 pm

Don't forget Krull and John Carpenter's They Live. Who's the guy that did Battle of/for the Planets (with John Boy and a space cowboy)? All his films were great.

thedungeondelver · Post by **thedungeondelver** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:42 pm

themattjon wrote:Don't forget Krull and John Carpenter's They Live. Who's the guy that did Battle of/for the Planets (with John Boy and a space cowboy)? All his films were great.

I think you mean "Battle Beyond the Stars" and that would be the awefusome Roger Corman

.

Corman's one of those guys who's been in the business so damn long that virtually everyone has gone through his production company or worked with him in some way or another, and I'm talking about some distingushed actors: Robert Vaughn (in more than one pic.), John Hurt, Jack Nicholson - people can fault him all they want for his cheesy movies but the fact is that he finds backers and folks watch them.

blackprinceofmuncie · Post by **blackprinceofmuncie** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:57 pm

BTW - This is a great site to check out for B-movie inspiration.

http://www.badmovies.org/

Three movies that it reminded me of today...

Hawk the Slayer
Ator: The Fighting Eagle
Yor: The Hunter from the Future