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Amazing Underrated Obscure Bizarre Films PART 9

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

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7.8

7.6

The Swimmer (1968)

HOW IN THE FUCK DOES THIS MOVIE NOT GET MORE RECOGNITION!??!?!?! It should be mentioned alongside The Graduate and Bonny and Clyde when talking about the shift from safe 60s cinema to the jarring, dangerous films of the 70s. Lancaster is superb and an absolute brutalizer of an ending.

JayTrotter's rating:

922

6.7

6.8

The Grey (2012)

Greatest modern movie released in January!

JayTrotter's rating:

7.5

7.3

What Happened Was...

Gets my vote for the best cinematic depiction of how a first date can be simultaneously exciting, awkward, horrible, inspiring, terrifying and etc. Tom Noonan aka the psycho main villain in Manhunter, writes directs and stars in this adaptation of his very own play.

JayTrotter's rating:

772

6.8

7.1

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Terry Gilliam's lunatic brain let loose within PG family film parameters. The visuals are still bonkers and filled with so much imagination it would make Barney shit his dinosaur pants.

744

7.4

7.6

The Raid: Redemption (2011)

One of the best pure BALLS TO THE GODDAMN WALL action movies to ever get punched directly into your STUPID ASS FACE

JayTrotter's rating:

3.5

6.6

Contos Eróticos

Short film about a man who becomes so attracted to a watermelon that he must make sweaty, dirty love to it. There is even a POV shot from INSIDE the watermelon during...it. Based on a prize-winning short story from a Playboy magazine contest.

584

7.7

7.4

Blow Out (1981)

My favorite De Palma.

JayTrotter's rating:

7.4

7.2

Winnebago Man (2009)

Documentary on Jack Rebney, one of the original "viral videos," which seeks to explain the man behind the rage filled cussing fits. Not many docs show the full spectrum like this one does in this unbelievably gut busting and also heartwrenching biography. "Tony, would you do me a kindness?"

JayTrotter's rating:

188

8.1

8.2

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

A testament to how a satire over 50 years old can still be as terrifyingly relevant (even more so now) as it was when it was originally released. One prophetic film featuring a career highlight performance from populist dickhead Andy Griffith.

4.5

6.4

Bang (1995)

Feminist flick of fury! We meet The Girl as she has one of the worst days of her life which includes getting evicted and a sleazy producer demanding sex for a role during an audition. After that a cop grabs her for something she didn't do and demands a blowjob for her release and well, she loses her shit! Takes his gun, uniform, motorcycle etc and spends the rest of her day as one pissed off cop! Peter Greene as her homeless guy buddy is a cool bonus.

6.6

6.3

Bellflower (2011)

Angry young boys and slo-mo and mad max cars and poon tang and more anger and alcohol and unemployment and young love and fickle feelings and fucking flamethrowers.

JayTrotter's rating:

7.7

7.5

Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

Old school ridiculous yet super inspired kung fu from the 70s doesn't get much more ass whip cool than this! And that score!!!!

390

6.8

7.1

JCVD (2008)

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself but is put into a spot where he must be the action star he's played for decades and its legit Oscar worthy acting from The Muscles from Brussels.

JayTrotter's rating:

6.6

Laws of Gravity (1992)

It's basically Mean Streets but maaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, Mean Streets is pretty fucking good. The movie that made me a huge Peter Greene fan. Dude never got/gets enough good work.

168

7.6

7.2

Deep End (1970)

Surreal n' moody British coming of age flick that you might get more out of if you happen to have a penis cause our brains are deformed. Yeah this movie does a stellar job of really speaking to the 15 year old boy in all of us.

JayTrotter's rating:

109

7.3

7.6

Beyond the Mat (1999) (2000)

Pro-Wrestling is scripted??? No shit, ya fucking mark. It's still real.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

413

7.6

7.4

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) (1990)

Tim Roth, Gary Oldman and Richard Dreyfuss all in one movie acting like goofballs to the tune of Shakespeare. It is gotdamn divine.

312

7.6

7.4

Point Blank (1967)

Why in the blue hell would you ever double cross Lee Marvin and not make sure he's dead? John Boorman shows you the morons that do just that and then shows you what happens to their poor, mortal pulses. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

113

6.8

Eating Raoul (1982)

The apex of bargain-priced trashy black comedy.

221

7.6

7.2

Drowning by Numbers

A grandmother, her daughter and her niece each drown their husbands as Peter Greenaway visually and audibly counts to 100 in a film that is far and away like no other. If you haven't seen a Greenaway flick, this is a good place to start.

118

6.3

5.8

Absentia (2013)

Another small budget horror film that does everything right. The director (Mike Flanagan's debut) really knows how to milk every drop of tension out of his creepy shots. Sucks you in right off the bat. Not surprising how successful he's become.

JayTrotter's rating:

740

7.5

7.6

The Wave

A teacher's experimental techniques on the subject of dictatorships spins out of control and causes his students to go a little mad sometimes.

147

7.6

7.2

The Ruling Class (1972)

Peter O'Toole earned himself a Best Actor Oscar nomination for thinking he's Jesus Christ in this social commentary filled dark comedy from unappreciated Hungarian director, Peter Medak.

6.6

7.3

Baadasssss! (2003)

The story of Melvin Van Peebles making Sweet Sweetbacks' Baadasssss Song as told by his very own son, Mario Van Peebles, who plays his own dad. Its wonderful.

308

8.2

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Fassbender's beautiful, quiet proclamation that love knows no bounds.

175

6.7

6.9

At Close Range (1986)

Walken. Penn. Masterson. Small. Town. Crime.

6.6

Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) (2002)

It's like Tetsuo: Iron Man but perhaps more manic.

240

5.9

Return of the Living Dead 3

Cult director Brian Yuzna delivers creative practical gore fx and grade A campyness! This is a B movie!? More like a B+ movie amirite!?! I'm sorry.

JayTrotter's rating:

6.8

Suddenly (1954)

Frank Sinatra puts on an Oscar worthy powerhouse performance in this faulted but engaging cheap genre flick about ole Blue Eyes and a gang of thugs attempting to assassinate the president in a little California town.

JayTrotter's rating:

140

7.9

7.8

The Promise (1997)

The Dardenne Brothers do the kind of artsy fartsy I dig. I gotta watch more of them.

7.1

6.5

Vigilante (1982) (1983)

Fred Williamson and Robert Forster are tired of all these goddamn punk thugs ruining their city but their plan to clean it up doesn't exactly involve a mop and some fuckin' windex if you know what I mean!!!!!

JayTrotter's rating:

258

7.3

Scarecrow (1973)

Al Pacino and Gene Hackman acting like acting is fun as hell in this heartfilled hobo hitchhiking flick. Gene Hackman's favorite performance of his career.

254

7.8

Touching the Void (2003)

Unique mix of talking heads and dramatizations to produce a documentary about one of the most legendary tales of survival ever recorded. I woulda died for sure.

JayTrotter's rating:

174

7.5

7.3

Read My Lips (2001)

Lazy Rotten Tomatoes caption:

Fresh: 92
Rotten: Only 3!!!
"A clever and offbeat character study about two people discovering each other."

Yeah it's great.

5.9

6.6

Suture (1993)

A black n' white thriller about not being able to discern black from white. Stylish, intriguing and featuring one of the weirdest "plot holes" ever.

6.2

5.2

Body Melt (1994)

Like a long lost Peter Jackson movie that he would have made in between Bad Taste and Meet The Feebles in only 10 days.

JayTrotter's rating:

203

6.7

6.8

Dot the I (2003)

This movie has tons of energy, a hot sex scene, more goofy twists than a clown pretzel, and that Tom Hardy guy. This got a standing ovation when I saw it at Sundance.

6.9

6.8

Cutter's Way (1981)

A shining gem in the existential crime/mystery/detective realm starring Jeff Bridges and the dad from Home Alone that needs more people to see it and then say, "Hot damn! You were right that was great!" One hell of an ending to finish ya off strong and released in 1981 but feels like totally 70s filmmaking.

334

6.5

6.8

Goon (2012)

A new classic in the sports comedy sub-genre. It's so much better than expected or thought possible. Liev Schriber is an iron forged BAD ASS in every frame.

JayTrotter's rating:

6.8

The Invention of Dr. Nakamats (2009)

This dude is one fascinating genius nutball. Claims to hold over 4,000 patents and while he has invented some historic, noteworthy stuff he's also come up with some of the dumbest, weirdest crap ever imagined.

JayTrotter's rating:

6.7

6.4

Wild Zero (1999)

My favorite of all the wacky, insane, over the top Japanese zombie flicks.

104

4.6

Megan Is Missing

Hard R rated after school special about online relationships gone bad.

166

7.1

Croupier (1998)

Clive Owen is cool as Pluto. The "planet", not the dog.

179

7.5

7.8

The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005)

Healthcare as seen through the eyes of Mephistopheles.

404

7.2

Sweet and Lowdown (2000)

Woody Allen teams up with Sean Penn to play some jazz, watch some trains and shoot some rats. Extremely underated as far as Woody flicks go.

5.6

S&man

Or SandMan. Get it? Clever mockumentary about all too real horror film tape traders when they have way too much devilish time on their idle hands.

JayTrotter's rating:

143

5.8

6.1

The Newton Boys (1998)

One of the best indy-director-"sells-out"-and-makes-a-mainstream-flick flicks. By Mr. Richard Linklater. I mean look at that pretty boy cast. Just something about this movie entertains me like a small kid seeing Transformers for the first time. FUN.

7.3

Time Out (2001)

When a man loses his job, he can't admit it. To anyone.

180

6.8

7.1

Trees Lounge (1996)

Steve Buscemi directs this film where a bar called Trees Lounge equals home for a lot of downtrodden, thirsty characters. It has a fun OH IT'S HIM kinda cast.

391

7.9

Day for Night (1973)

Truffaut's ode to filmmaking. If you love movies, this film is ecstasy.

Voters of this movie list - View all

Not every flick here is a top to bottom masterpiece (well some are dammit) but I will guarantee you that every flick is filled with an OH SHIT moment or two or strives for something big n' bold n' ballsy or will be branded into your brain until the very day you die. Or just all 3. Enjoy ya rat basta'ds!

Also, some are just amazing some are just underrated some are just obscure and some are just bizarre but most of the time there's a little mix n matching crossover going on but don't expect each flick to meet all four criteria. All I know is all these flicks just need more love.