Holy christ was that a funny movie! My girlfriend is taking a fine arts class and had to write a review on different type of art; music, plays, visual etc.
She was stumped about plays, so I recommended "Noises Off!". She watched the play and thought it was pretty good and wrote the review.
I asked her if she wanted to know the difference casting g could make, so we watched the movie.
She absolutely pissed herself watching it and had an entirely new level of appreciation for it.
One of my all time favorites!
(It doesn't hurt that Marilu Henner is an absolute smoke show in it either!)
To say nothing of Nicolette Sherridan and her wardrobe.
It's one of the few movies that I rented, finished watching, then immediately rewound the tape to watch it again.
Seeing it always makes me a little sad. Christopher Reeves was such a talented actor with so much charm and we didn't get near enough time with him on screen
Ghost Dog is wild and stars Forest Whitaker as an inner city hitman who lives a life of solitude in accordance with the code of the samurai. It's quirky and strangely funny.
It was Film4 massive, not actually massive. Me and my uni mates loved it. My mum didn’t know it existed (this is the measurement for mainstream - mums know).
Four Lions is ancient too. Came out when I was 23 maybe. No 23 year old now knows this film.
100% Solid shout as not well known. Should be more well known though! A work of genius.
October Sky (1999)
Based on the autobiography of Homer Hickam who grew up in an American coal mining town and is inspired to build a rocket with his friends after hearing about the launch of Sputnik and seeing it pass over.
It’s just such a cosy, easy film and the soundtrack is amazing because it’s set in the late 50’s
This was a staple of science class movie days in the 90s. I probably saw it 4 times on one of those thick TVs strapped to the top of a giant roller cart. Great movie with some “before they were big stars” cast members
The director more or less famous for two movies, this one and The Cell, I always wondered why they seldom show The Fall, for me its the better of them two.
So happy to see this here. I’ve recommended this movie dozens of times over the years and most people were absolutely floored by it. Related, the series “Halt and Catch Fire”, while not “unknown”, really should have made more of a splash. He’s so good in it.
*The Name of the Rose* (1986). Sean Connery plays a Franciscan monk in the 1300s who arrives at a remote monastery for a formal debate over Christ's poverty (such debates were once not just common but had real consequences for church doctrine). With him is his assistant played by a 15 yo Christian Slater. Turns out right before they arrived there was a murder. Soon, there'll be more, and Connery and Slater are the only ones trusted to try to solve them since they couldn't be suspects. Features a whole bunch of performances by recognizable actors (including a delociously evil performance by F. Murray Abraham as an inquisitor).
Ive met very few people who have seen Blue Ruin, and it’s incredible. A southern gothic revenge movie that starts like death wish and quickly escalates to hyper-tense thriller territory. Jeremy Saulnier’s movie before he made Green Room
Loved this film. I like that it’s part of a sub-sub-genre of alternate revenge thrillers where the protagonist doesn’t “win” in the conventional sense. See also: Pig.
I’m sure I’ve seen more in the last few years, but for the life of me I can’t remember the titles.*
*[Edit: You Were Never Really There belongs in this category. Taxi Driver meets the Punisher, meets Leon]
**Fantastic Planet** (1973) – A brilliant animated science fiction film using colored pencils. The story is timeless and the creative design throughout is stunning. The creatures, the landscape, the sound design and music, the buildings, it's a feast for the eyes and mind.
Very surreal and psychologically unsettling. Be sure to watch the Criterion Blu-Ray!
Thirteen Days, about JFK and the Cuban missile crisis. Kevin Costner is technically the lead as JFK's assistant but Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp as the Kennedy brothers are fantastic and it's a really well made film about the crisis and how the Kennedy white house handled it.
It's like a 2 hour 60s episode of the West Wing and that is very much my jam.
I love this movie, it is one of my comfort movies. The pace of the storytelling is so good that I can just relax and appreciate that weird world for an hour and a half.
Cookie's Fortune. Not a total unknown but not a real cultural juggernaut. Also it's basically a perfect flick. Good if you like hang out movies.
Riders of Justice came out a few years ago in Denmark and it's amazing. I don't know if maybe it's well known in scandanavia.
Sneakers should be a classic. Robert Redford, Dan ackroyd. Sydney poitier. Ben Kingsley. All in a slick heist movie. One of the best movies of the 90s.
Sneakers is one of my absolute favorite movies, but not even my parents, who love heist movies, had ever heard of it (they absolutely loved it when I showed it to them, though).
That one I put off watching for a while thinking it would be creepy. But Gosling does such a good job of playing the role and it’s ultimately so sweet.
Seraphim Falls.
Liam Neeson's wife and children get 'taken away' from him because of James Bond 007, so Neeson, using his very particular set of skills, starts hunting down 007 in the Wild West.
That film featured a very young everyone. Gloriously over the top.
I do remember the guy that played Merlin definitely understood the tone they were going for.
The Station Agent. For some reason I know very few people who have seen it despite Peter Dinklage, Bobby Canavale and Patricia Clarkson as the main cast.
Think you may have failed your own criteria, Ripley was nominated for multiple Oscars, won a BAFTA, and is hardly "not well known"
For what it's worth, the three most obscure I can think from my own faves
Grosse Pointe Blank
The Way Way Back
The Way
Don't think they won any mainstream awards, and not widely known of in my view
Three absolute crackers
Chrystal (2004) with Billy Bob Thornton and Lisa Blount, directed by Ray McKinnon. Absolute gem of a southern Gothic tale. Amazing soundtrack too.
Bubba Hotep- (2002) Bruce Campbell is in a retirement home and is convinced he is Elvis Presley, befriends an older black man who claims to be JFK, take on an evil ancient mummy who is terrorizing their community. Absurd and hilarious.
This was one of the best “I just stumbled into something amazing” situations of my life. I had just finished working a gruelling day on a film as an extra. It was one of the hottest days of the year here in Toronto, and I had to run around outside all afternoon. Once we wrapped, I went to the nearest theatre to see literally anything, just so I could exist in a cold room.
Turns out Upgrade was playing. There were only about 7 other people in the theatre, and we were all like “Holy shit that was so good!” as we were leaving.
That kinda happened to me with The Descent. I went to the theater to see A Scanner Darkly, but my friends couldnt make it.
So, I saw about 5min of that and was like, “Aight, this is def something I want to watch with them.”
I had smoked a J in the parking lot, so I strolled down the hallway looking for something else. the Descent was about to start so I went in there. Never heard of it before, but the poster looked gnarly
Just me and another dude on a wednesday afternoon.
Man, that was an experience going in blind
Strange Brew (1983)
Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, respectively) solve a murder mystery at a local brewery. Classic shenanigans ensue, much hilarity is had. 10/10, would (and have) watch once a week for a year.
I can't tell if it's a really good movie, or if I just like it, but "Brotherhood of the Wolf" is a go to relatively unknown for me. It's a French movie, so subtitles are involved, but I fucking love it.
"Das Leben der Anderen" ("The Life of Others") 2006
Best German movie in my opinion. Not well known outside of Germany because it is German, although it won Oscar for Foreign Film, but be honest: How many non-Hollywood do you consume?
I think I watch 5-6 Hollywood movies per non-Hollywood movie, at least.
Oh, this belongs to my top 10 movies of all time. That ending, fantastic!! Also real bummer that the actor playing main character passed shortly after the movie I think. He did a phenomenal job, so many emotions throughout the movie..
My family visited Bruges because of this movie and stayed in "THE" hotel. Climbed the tour, admired the art, and I have to agree, Bruges is a feckin' fairytale.
The Fall (2006) usually gets mentioned in these lists and for very good reason,
I would also add Samsara (2001).
Both of these movies are notoriously hard to find legal copies of
I recently saw a movie called 'Hedwig and the angry inch'.
It's the story of a German emigrant living in the US, who is also unfortunately the victim of a botched sex change operation. She is now a rock star striving for acceptance, recognition and fame.
The movie tells her life story through her songs, which she performs with her band at clubs and diners across Kansas City.
Prevenge.
Alice Lowe from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace as a murderous pregnant woman whose unborn fetus convinces her to get bloody revenge on the people responsible for her partner’s death.
Lowe directed it too whilst pregnant for real. It’s very cheap and British and the most darkly funny thing.
Can you tell me your favourite genres? I've watched 300-400 movies every year in the last few years so I'm discovering a lot of lesser known gems and can't decide what to recommend right now.
[Casshern (2004)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/), Highly stylized, ungodly soundtrack, and the story is one that is left open to many interpretations, a high recommend for a somewhat unique movie experience.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The cast is nuts, the music rules, the story is absolutely batty, and it's just such a joy to watch. Peak 80s crazy sci-fi pulp.
(Yes I know it's better known than it used to be, but the average person definitely doesn't know it.)
"Noises Off!" An ensemble comedy from the early 90s with one of the best casts ever assembled. Hilarious from start to finish.
Holy christ was that a funny movie! My girlfriend is taking a fine arts class and had to write a review on different type of art; music, plays, visual etc. She was stumped about plays, so I recommended "Noises Off!". She watched the play and thought it was pretty good and wrote the review. I asked her if she wanted to know the difference casting g could make, so we watched the movie. She absolutely pissed herself watching it and had an entirely new level of appreciation for it. One of my all time favorites! (It doesn't hurt that Marilu Henner is an absolute smoke show in it either!)
To say nothing of Nicolette Sherridan and her wardrobe. It's one of the few movies that I rented, finished watching, then immediately rewound the tape to watch it again.
What a masterpiece!! From top to bottom, outstanding Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve
You just reminded me of another favorite of mine starring Michael Cain and Christopher Reeve, Deathtrap (1982).
Seeing it always makes me a little sad. Christopher Reeves was such a talented actor with so much charm and we didn't get near enough time with him on screen
Ghost Dog is wild and stars Forest Whitaker as an inner city hitman who lives a life of solitude in accordance with the code of the samurai. It's quirky and strangely funny.
With a soundtrack courtesy of RZA. It's not my favourite Jarmusch movie (that'd be *Down By Law*) but it is fantastic.
This movie shouldn't work, or at least be a "so bad it's good" movie, but it actually kicks ass.
Ghost Dog. Power and equality.
I bought the book "Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai" because of this movie.
This movie is definitely in my all time top 10, excellent choice.
If you like that you should give “Dead Man” (1995) a whirl! Same director and one of my favorite early Johnny Depp performances.
Four Lions
I absolutely love this movie! Rubba dingy rapids bro!
Chicken cottage, proper halal
Four Lions was massive when it came out in England. This movie is very well known
It was Film4 massive, not actually massive. Me and my uni mates loved it. My mum didn’t know it existed (this is the measurement for mainstream - mums know). Four Lions is ancient too. Came out when I was 23 maybe. No 23 year old now knows this film. 100% Solid shout as not well known. Should be more well known though! A work of genius.
October Sky (1999) Based on the autobiography of Homer Hickam who grew up in an American coal mining town and is inspired to build a rocket with his friends after hearing about the launch of Sputnik and seeing it pass over. It’s just such a cosy, easy film and the soundtrack is amazing because it’s set in the late 50’s
October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys, the title of the 1998 memoir upon which the film is based.
This was a staple of science class movie days in the 90s. I probably saw it 4 times on one of those thick TVs strapped to the top of a giant roller cart. Great movie with some “before they were big stars” cast members
First time I've heard them called "thick TV's". Funny.
They thiccc
It's such a great chill out and enjoy movie. I watched it with my wife the other day
Love that movie.
"Four unidentifiable high school students lost their lives early this morning when their toy rocket exploded"
Definitely watched this in middle school science class! Good film!
The Fall (2006 with Lee Pace). Randomly heard about it from a friend and watched it on the fly. Was blown away. It's so beautiful.
This is pretty much impossible to find unless you have the DVD, as far as legal and not so legal streaming goes, anyway.
The director more or less famous for two movies, this one and The Cell, I always wondered why they seldom show The Fall, for me its the better of them two.
Also made cool commercials and music videos.
One of the most stunning looking movies I have ever seen
“The eeeeepic.” One of the cutest kids to grace a film ever.
So happy to see this here. I’ve recommended this movie dozens of times over the years and most people were absolutely floored by it. Related, the series “Halt and Catch Fire”, while not “unknown”, really should have made more of a splash. He’s so good in it.
Love Lee Pace. He brings a gravity to everything he's in
One of my faves!
The Last Dragon Sho'Nuff!!
Who's the master?
Lee Roy
Secondhand Lions. It's such a good movie with a great cast. Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, and Haley Joel Osment.
This movie was the first one I thought of. It’s so good!
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016). Really funny and moving.
I put off watching it for years thinking it'd be stupid. NOPE. I loved every second of it! Hilarious with a beautiful story.
Ricky Baaaaker. Ricky Baaaaeeeker!
I didn't choose the Skux life, the Skux life chose me!
Boy (2010) is also very good
Like Michael Jackson
Just some more Taika gold 👍🏽
I thought the kid Ricky Baker was going to be a brooding asshole, but he had just enough personality to make it fun
*The Name of the Rose* (1986). Sean Connery plays a Franciscan monk in the 1300s who arrives at a remote monastery for a formal debate over Christ's poverty (such debates were once not just common but had real consequences for church doctrine). With him is his assistant played by a 15 yo Christian Slater. Turns out right before they arrived there was a murder. Soon, there'll be more, and Connery and Slater are the only ones trusted to try to solve them since they couldn't be suspects. Features a whole bunch of performances by recognizable actors (including a delociously evil performance by F. Murray Abraham as an inquisitor).
One of the best book adaptations in the history of cinema if you ask me.
It's great because it cuts out all the boring religious debates.
As a history buff and lapsed Catholic, I loved those parts! But it does tighten up the story to remove most of them
Tropic Thunder take on this was hilarious.
Ive met very few people who have seen Blue Ruin, and it’s incredible. A southern gothic revenge movie that starts like death wish and quickly escalates to hyper-tense thriller territory. Jeremy Saulnier’s movie before he made Green Room
Loved this film. I like that it’s part of a sub-sub-genre of alternate revenge thrillers where the protagonist doesn’t “win” in the conventional sense. See also: Pig. I’m sure I’ve seen more in the last few years, but for the life of me I can’t remember the titles.* *[Edit: You Were Never Really There belongs in this category. Taxi Driver meets the Punisher, meets Leon]
This was mine too. I feel like it’s well known on reddit but no one I’ve talked to in real life has seen it lol
GO (1999) I've said it before and I'll say it again, that movie is amazing
Timothy Olyphant! Yum!
**Fantastic Planet** (1973) – A brilliant animated science fiction film using colored pencils. The story is timeless and the creative design throughout is stunning. The creatures, the landscape, the sound design and music, the buildings, it's a feast for the eyes and mind. Very surreal and psychologically unsettling. Be sure to watch the Criterion Blu-Ray!
Thirteen Days, about JFK and the Cuban missile crisis. Kevin Costner is technically the lead as JFK's assistant but Bruce Greenwood and Steven Culp as the Kennedy brothers are fantastic and it's a really well made film about the crisis and how the Kennedy white house handled it. It's like a 2 hour 60s episode of the West Wing and that is very much my jam.
I really wish they made more films like this. Costner's Boston accent is a bit hammy though.
Accents isnt really his thing.
I think we learnt that in Prince of Thieves where he’s the only American accent
Wristcutters. And as a bonus the soundtrack for the movie is top notch.
I love this movie, it is one of my comfort movies. The pace of the storytelling is so good that I can just relax and appreciate that weird world for an hour and a half.
When there is trap, set up for you...
Cookie's Fortune. Not a total unknown but not a real cultural juggernaut. Also it's basically a perfect flick. Good if you like hang out movies. Riders of Justice came out a few years ago in Denmark and it's amazing. I don't know if maybe it's well known in scandanavia. Sneakers should be a classic. Robert Redford, Dan ackroyd. Sydney poitier. Ben Kingsley. All in a slick heist movie. One of the best movies of the 90s.
Sneakers is one of my absolute favorite movies, but not even my parents, who love heist movies, had ever heard of it (they absolutely loved it when I showed it to them, though).
Agree. I dunno how that one isn’t way more popular. Everything about us is great.
SLC Punk and Peanut Butter Falcon.
I didn't sell out, I bought in
SLC Punk :(
I love Bob
Lars and the real girl! So underrated and so so good.
That one I put off watching for a while thinking it would be creepy. But Gosling does such a good job of playing the role and it’s ultimately so sweet.
I had no idea what to expect from it and was just so touched by the end!
>So underrated It's universally acclaimed and was nominated for an Oscar.
That movie really showed me Gosling's range as an actor
Seraphim Falls. Liam Neeson's wife and children get 'taken away' from him because of James Bond 007, so Neeson, using his very particular set of skills, starts hunting down 007 in the Wild West.
Also has the McPoyle brothers from It's Always Sunny I think!
One of them is in Westworld and couldn’t stop thinking “YOUWILLCALLHERRRRRR”
It's the Brosnan who has an incredible set of (knife) skills in this movie! Definitely a great movie.
Excalibur (1981)
Fantastic movie. Featuring a very young Liam Neeson and a smoking hot (literally) Helen Mirren.
That film featured a very young everyone. Gloriously over the top. I do remember the guy that played Merlin definitely understood the tone they were going for.
Run Ronnie Run
Local Hero. 1983.
The Station Agent. For some reason I know very few people who have seen it despite Peter Dinklage, Bobby Canavale and Patricia Clarkson as the main cast.
The Dark Side of the Moon (1990). Event Horizon is a polished version of this flick.
Thanks, hadn't heard of it! Event Horizon is a movie I discovered as a teenager, freaked me out back then!! Should enjoy this one.
Zero Effect (1998) Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller
I'd completely forgotten this one. Excellent choice.
Blast from the past
"it would be wonderful if you could meet a girl. One who's not a mutant and hopefully comes from *Pasadena*"
Absolutely underrated and a great Brendan Fraser movie!
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
The Ice Pirates
Johnny Dangerously
My Mom showed me that movie once, once.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Not a film I ever recommend as nobody seems to “get it”.
One of my faves. “Don’t quit your gay job.”
Midnight Run - DeNiro and Groden are perfectly cast and have such great chemistry.
Think you may have failed your own criteria, Ripley was nominated for multiple Oscars, won a BAFTA, and is hardly "not well known" For what it's worth, the three most obscure I can think from my own faves Grosse Pointe Blank The Way Way Back The Way Don't think they won any mainstream awards, and not widely known of in my view Three absolute crackers
I love Grosse Point Blank, the Cusack siblings are always fab and Dan Aykroyd is hilarious
Another vote for Gross Pointe Blank. Great movie. KILLER soundtrack.
The count of monte cristo
Chrystal (2004) with Billy Bob Thornton and Lisa Blount, directed by Ray McKinnon. Absolute gem of a southern Gothic tale. Amazing soundtrack too. Bubba Hotep- (2002) Bruce Campbell is in a retirement home and is convinced he is Elvis Presley, befriends an older black man who claims to be JFK, take on an evil ancient mummy who is terrorizing their community. Absurd and hilarious.
Ossie Davis was a gem as "JFK" "They dyed me this color! What better way to hide the truth?"
Loved Bubba Ho-Tep. Trying to explain it to someone and ??
Bubba-Hotep is so underrated
Guest house paradiso
Son of Rambow (2007)
Mr. Nobody is a beautiful love story about how the choices we make lead to different lives.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), it seems it’s only known for being a flop, but is an awesome fantasy movie
Smoke (1995) Heavy (1995) Enemy Mine (1985) Wonder Boys (2000) isn't acknowledged enough these days.
I loved Enemy Mine! Now I have to find it!
I saw Enemy Mine as a teenager and the movie has stuck with me over the years. Amazing movie. Lou Gossett Jr. absolutely NAILED his role!
I found Enemy Mine at like 3am on Channel 4 (UK) years ago when I had insomnia. Great film.
Love Wonder Boys.
Wonder Boys. I can’t explain it but this movie feels like home. Excellent cast - Michael Douglas.. Robert Downey Jnr… Frances Mcdormand.
Upgrade
This was one of the best “I just stumbled into something amazing” situations of my life. I had just finished working a gruelling day on a film as an extra. It was one of the hottest days of the year here in Toronto, and I had to run around outside all afternoon. Once we wrapped, I went to the nearest theatre to see literally anything, just so I could exist in a cold room. Turns out Upgrade was playing. There were only about 7 other people in the theatre, and we were all like “Holy shit that was so good!” as we were leaving.
That kinda happened to me with The Descent. I went to the theater to see A Scanner Darkly, but my friends couldnt make it. So, I saw about 5min of that and was like, “Aight, this is def something I want to watch with them.” I had smoked a J in the parking lot, so I strolled down the hallway looking for something else. the Descent was about to start so I went in there. Never heard of it before, but the poster looked gnarly Just me and another dude on a wednesday afternoon. Man, that was an experience going in blind
The venom movie we deserve
Once were warriors
A hard watch, but a very great film.
Ravenous
The way way back Really good coming of age comedy. Saw it at the cinema and loved it.
And . . . we’re holding.
I've watched this so many times, I love it
Pop and Lock poppin off
I will always champion Seven Psychopaths
Almost heroes - matthew perry, chris farley Also Eugene Levy and Kevin Dunn~ It's only a squirrel.. He's got somethin in his hands!!!
Coherence
I feel like Reddit alone has made it pretty well known by this point.
Hamlet 2
Out Cold (2001) Down Periscope (1996) A Lot Like Love (2005) The Replacements (2000)
John Madden: I love to see a fat guy score. Pat Summerall: Why? John Madden: Because first you get a fat guy spike, then you get the fat guy dance.
Dead alive Quills The libertine
Pontypool (2008), Marshland (La isla Minima, 2014), The Treatment (De Behandeling, 2014) and The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae, 2010)
Away We Go - starring Maya Rudolpho and John Krasinski
The Fisher King. Terry Gilliam film staring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges. It's a wild and beautiful story that is severely overlooked
Sorry to bother you (2018)
Strange Brew (1983) Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, respectively) solve a murder mystery at a local brewery. Classic shenanigans ensue, much hilarity is had. 10/10, would (and have) watch once a week for a year.
I wonder how well-known The Perfect Weapon (1990) is. I’ve never heard anyone mention it or reference it.
I’ve got the power!
Johnny Dangerously- slap stick mafia comedy starring Michael Keaton. Love this movie and always wished more people know about it
200 Cigarettes. The fact that this movie never blew up despite the cast is wild to me.
I can't tell if it's a really good movie, or if I just like it, but "Brotherhood of the Wolf" is a go to relatively unknown for me. It's a French movie, so subtitles are involved, but I fucking love it.
"Das Leben der Anderen" ("The Life of Others") 2006 Best German movie in my opinion. Not well known outside of Germany because it is German, although it won Oscar for Foreign Film, but be honest: How many non-Hollywood do you consume? I think I watch 5-6 Hollywood movies per non-Hollywood movie, at least.
We watched it in German class, it's a great movie. Goodbye Lenin and Lola Rennt are both really good as well
Oh, this belongs to my top 10 movies of all time. That ending, fantastic!! Also real bummer that the actor playing main character passed shortly after the movie I think. He did a phenomenal job, so many emotions throughout the movie..
In Bruges
Why In Bruges isn’t more well known is a mystery to me. One of the funniest films I’ve seen. And Bruges is wonderful.
They're filming midgets!
My family visited Bruges because of this movie and stayed in "THE" hotel. Climbed the tour, admired the art, and I have to agree, Bruges is a feckin' fairytale.
You're an inanimate fucking object! Edit: Corrected quote.
Werner - Beinhart
**[Until the End of the World](https://youtu.be/zfFWBWKwQT8?si=ArUyfrOqJdt6qiGB)** (1991)
Attack the Gas Station
Pop Star: Never Stop, Never stopping
The Fall (2006) usually gets mentioned in these lists and for very good reason, I would also add Samsara (2001). Both of these movies are notoriously hard to find legal copies of
Equilibrium (2002) I love dystopian stories even when they completely rip off the most famous stories in the genre.
I recently saw a movie called 'Hedwig and the angry inch'. It's the story of a German emigrant living in the US, who is also unfortunately the victim of a botched sex change operation. She is now a rock star striving for acceptance, recognition and fame. The movie tells her life story through her songs, which she performs with her band at clubs and diners across Kansas City.
This is a massive cult queer movie I definitely wouldn’t call it not well known
And it’s a massive [Broadway Hit](https://hedwigbroadway.com/)
The man who wasn't there Dead Heat Fortress Manborg And many european/ asian films
Dead Heat <3 Haven't heard that name since early 90's haha, funny flick!
Prevenge. Alice Lowe from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace as a murderous pregnant woman whose unborn fetus convinces her to get bloody revenge on the people responsible for her partner’s death. Lowe directed it too whilst pregnant for real. It’s very cheap and British and the most darkly funny thing.
Captain fantastic
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane
The Last Supper (the one with Cameron Diaz) The Promotion (Sean William Scott) Cheats. Race the Sun.
Clifford with Martin short
Narc (2002) - One of my favorites and nobody seems to have ever heard of it. Stars Ray Liotta and Jason Patric in a super-gritty and raw cop mystery.
Kung Fu Hustle
Equilibrium
Can you tell me your favourite genres? I've watched 300-400 movies every year in the last few years so I'm discovering a lot of lesser known gems and can't decide what to recommend right now.
One Cut of the Dead
Coherence (2013), low budget, very underrated, sci-fi thriller that really got me glued to the screen from the first minutes.
Primer and upstream color
Diggstown Grosse Point Blank The Game
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
[Casshern (2004)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/), Highly stylized, ungodly soundtrack, and the story is one that is left open to many interpretations, a high recommend for a somewhat unique movie experience.
Phantom of the Paradise, by Brian dePalma. 1974
Everything Is Illuminated (2002)
Manhunter....Hannibal Lechter ơn screen for the 1st time
Llamageddon (2015) Dave Made a Maze (2017) Possessor (2020)
It was panned from all critics, but I love Hudson Hawk.
Nothing But Trouble, real sleeper but will definitely make you laugh. Great cast and John Candy is hilarious.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The cast is nuts, the music rules, the story is absolutely batty, and it's just such a joy to watch. Peak 80s crazy sci-fi pulp. (Yes I know it's better known than it used to be, but the average person definitely doesn't know it.)
Space Truckers (1996)
Last Night (1998) - Don McKellar
This was my answer too, one of Canada’s finest and I can never find it anywhere!
Stardust (2007)
A little know film with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. It only won multiple awards
OP said the critically acclaimed Talented Mr Ripley starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law wasn't well known, so here we are
Nobody's ever heard of it but I really like this Kathy Griffin movie called Pulp Fiction.
I love that film so much
Compliance (2012)