Looking for some good underground/non-mainstream movies

junii

Hi,
Ive watched PI and Irreversible in the last while among many other less well known films. Im also in the process of getting Christiane F and The panic in needle park. I quite bored now of action films et cetera and the usual stuff thats coming out. Its only occasionally I come cross something more mainstream that I like such as Fear and loathing in las vegas, the big lebowski, training day et cetera.

I love watching films but I haven't got a good supply! Surely theres hundreds of cool films out there that I just don't know about ot hear about. Is there a good underground/non-mainstream forum or anything for this?

Cheers.

Sajan

Not too sure about the forum foe underground film.. But a film I always recommend is Dark Days.. A documentary. Probably the most "underground" of films in more ways than one.

Karl Hungus

If you're into films from the far east, then I cannot recommend this place enough: www.kfccinema.com

Decent reviews section too.

If you're into horror then you can't go wrong with the forums here: www.zombiekeeper.com but it's a pity the reviews haven't been updated in over a year.

I'd say a lot of people on these here forums would give you plenty of suggestions aswell.

Petey2006

Okay, here's a list of great films I've seen that practically nobody I know has seen. Some you'll have heard of, others you wont. Peruse and enjoy!-

All The Real Girls- David Gordon Green (2003)
Army Of Darkness- Sam Raimi (1992)
Bad Taste- Peter Jackson (1987)
Badlands- Terrence Malick (1973)
The Battle of Algiers- Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)
Bob Roberts- Tim Robbins (1992)
Bottle Rocket- Wes Anderson (1996)
Braindead- Peter Jackson (1992)
Botherhood of the Wolf- Cristophe Gans (2001)
City of God- Fernando Meirelles (2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind- George Clooney (2002)
Dark City- Alex Proyas (1998)
Dawn Of The Dead- George A Romero (1978)
Days Of Heaven- Terrence Malick (1978)
Dead Man's Shoes- Shane Meadows (2004)
Downfall- Oliver Hirschbiegel (2004)
Election- Alexander Payne (1999)
The Evil Dead/ The Evil Dead 2- Sam Raimi (1981/1987)
Following- Christopher Nolan (1998)
George Washington- David Gordon Green (2000)
Ghost in the Shell- Mamoru Oshii (1995)
Hana-Bi- Takeshi Kitano (1997)
Hard Boiled- John Woo (1992)
The Impostors- Stanley Tucci (1998)
Magnolia- Paul Thomas Anderson (1999)
A Mighty Wind- Christopher Guest (2003)
Northfork- Michael Polish (2003)
Ravenous- Antonia Bird (1999)
Rushmore- Wes Anderson (1998)
Shaun of the Dead- Edgar Wright (2004)
Sideways- Alexander Payne (2004)
The Station Agent- Thomas McCarthy (2003)
The Sweet Hereafter- Atom Egoyan (1997)
The Third Man- Carol Reed (1949)
Welcome to the Dollhouse- Todd Solondz (1995)
Y Tu Mama Tambien- Alfonso Cuaron (2001)

That's a short list. There could be many more on there, but I really need to do some work! Hope you find some movies on there you like.

johnny_ultimate

There are many you could pick up. A few favourites of mine would be:
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down - Pedro Almodovar
Rushmore - Wes Anderson
Me and You and Everyone We Know - Miranda July
Brick - Rian Johnson
Ran - Akira Kurosawa
Anything by Studio Ghibli
Pi / Requiem for a Dream - Darren Aronfsky
Memento - Christopher Nolan
I heart Huckabees - David O Russell
The Edukators - Hans Weingartner

Dont be at yourself

The Station Agent- Thomas McCarthy (2003)

Worst film I've ever seen in my entire life.

Earthhorse

Primer - Great underground sci-fi flick

Not sure if you're looking at a foreign films too, but if you are:

La Fils Sur La Pont (French and I probably have the spelling wrong too)
Nine Queens (Argentinian)

po0k

Lepa sela lepo gore

johnny_ultimate

Earthhorse wrote:

Primer - Great underground sci-fi flick

The very mention of that sends my brain into spasams. I appreciate the film, but Id be lying if I said I understood any of it, even after trying to follow the Wikipedia description of the film Strong Spoilers by the way
And the Station Agent isnt too bad. Not as good as many would have you believe, but a good lazy watch. Nothing unique or special about it though.

bubonicus

Gummo

bubonicus

Man bites Dog
Mr. Frost

S.M.B.

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

The Station Agent- Thomas McCarthy (2003)

Worst film I've ever seen in my entire life.

Absolutely loved this film. Bought it recently & must rewatch!

BopNiblets

Underground movie: The Core

Bahahahahahaa, so worth it.

paddycorry

Some recent-ish mainstream ones you might have missed, but really won't regret watching:
Chinatown
Network
North by Northwest
12 Angry Men
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


As far as non-mainstream stuff goes, there are already some great recommendations in this thread, I would recommend (or second):
Oldboy - Park Chan Wook
Dead Man's Shoes - Shane Meadows
Requiem for a Dream - Darren Arronofsky
Naked - Mike Leigh
Secrets and Lies - Mike Leigh
Le Gout des Autres - Agnes Jaoui
Caché - Haneke
Funny Games - Haneke
Battle Royale - Takeshi Kitano
Summer of Sam - Spike Lee
The 25th Hour - Spike Lee
Talk to Her - almodovar
Punch Drunk Love - P.T. Anderson
Grave of the Fireflies - japanese animation, not sure if its Ghibli

Miguel_Sanchez

Mysterious Skin - Gregg Araki (not for the easily offended)
The Return - Andrei Zvyagintsev
Naked - Mike Leigh

Karl Hungus

paddycorry wrote:

Battle Royale - Takeshi Kitano
Grave of the Fireflies - japanese animation, not sure if its Ghibli

Battle Royale is directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Kitano only had an acting role. Grave Of The Fireflies is a Ghibli film, directed by Isao Takahata.

kraggy

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

Naked - Mike Leigh

My favourite film of all time. no exaggeration.

Check out Lantana too. Excellent.

po0k

Ichi The Killer - if you haven't seen it yet.

Great oul cinematic romp altogether.

Exit

paddycorry wrote:

Some recent-ish mainstream ones you might have missed, but really won't regret watching:
Chinatown
Network
North by Northwest
12 Angry Men
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

What century are you living in that those films are "recent-ish"?

BopNiblets

The last century was pretty recent...

If people start saying "That is so 7 years ago!" I'm going to feel very old and start hating youngsters more than I already do! AND I'M ONLY 23!

Exit

Ah, in my baffled state, I mistakenly said century instead of decade, so let me try that again:

paddycorry wrote:

Some recent-ish mainstream ones you might have missed, but really won't regret watching:
Chinatown
Network
North by Northwest
12 Angry Men
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

What decade are you living in that those films are "recent-ish"?

Makaveli

I'm going to assume paddycorry didn't mean to write "recent-ish".

Network being the newest of those films having been released in 1976. (I'd consider 30 years to be old at this stage.)