What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films


I thought I'd ask other's here to share their thoughts on flicks they've found to be outstanding, or even their own personal favs… aside from those which Hollywood has promoted to the hilt and everyone already knows about unless they’ve benn living on Saturn.

So if you can think of those ‘non main stream’ efforts, or those films which either didn’t get their due, or only a few likely know about, but are indeed, very good to great film experiences, please share your thoughts here. This would be kind of like an indi list of movies so to speak.

So…. What are your fav non block buster flicks?

Here are some of my favs in no particular order:

1 Lonestar State of Mind
2 Thursday
3 A Bronx Tale
4 Clay Pigeons
5 Palmetto
6 Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead
7 Prophecy (any of the first 3)
8 Hollow Point
9 Ice harvest
10 Take the Money and Run

If you have to include a mainstreamer or two go ahead. I’m curious to see as esoteric as many of us are with audio, what’s up with our tastes in film, and hopefully broaden some perspectives there.

Have fun, and thanks very much
blindjim
my definition of "off hollywood" - either not made by the top studios, OR made by the top studios but not acknowledged by the masses.

The Dark Backwards - the best film Judd Nelson has ever made.

Barton Fink - John Turturro

Irreversible - French...watch it. Not for the squemish

Naked Lunch - wierd but entertaining

Birdy - one of a FEW movies worth a damn that Nick Cage and Matthew Modine have done.

The Thing - 80's version. story, special effects are awesome

Man Bites Dog - French...freaking hillarious and shocking.

Blair Witch Project - for what it cost vs. originality...excellent.

Re-Animator - one of the BEST B movies ever made. For many reasons.

The Descent - British...one of a few all female movies where everything works.

Subject Two - very interesting plot concept.

Evil Dead - another worthy B movie.

Jabberwocky - British...Pythonesque

Mulholland Dr - acting, plot, directing is just simply amazing

Repo Man - classic

Sunshine - one of the best sci-fi's in decades.

Il Postino (The Postman) - Italian

Tree's Lounge
"From Dusk Till Dawn" classic Rodriquez/Tarantino
and a great soundtrack Juliette Lewis steals the show.
So many,

The Hidden, sci fi horror / comedy, "B" flick with a good story line for sci fi, not seen anything like it past or present....I need the key's...

The re-make of the Blob, The Thing, re-make

Happy Birthday Wanda June, certainly differant, dark humour ,a good laugh....sick

Angle Heart, Mickey Rourke and Robert Deniro as the Devil.

Brazil, Time Bandits, The meaning of Life, The Holy Grail, non Hollywood,

Snatch, non Hollywood

American Beauty

Up in Smoke

Heaven Can Wait

Down By Law

Miami Blues

Paper Moon

2001

Mid Night Express

Taxi Driver

True Grit

Dead Wood

OutLaw Josey Whales

Concrete Jungle

The Best Years of Our Lives.

Modern day, Guy Richie and most of Quinton Terintino's films and yes the Cohen brothers including some off beat foreign films.
If I had to live on an island with only 10-
In no particular order.

Sideways- Paul Giamatti

The Player- Robt Altman directs Tim Robbins

Short Cuts- Robt Altman

Boiler Room-

Das Boot-

Blame It On Rio-

Casino-

Jackie Brown-

Four Rooms-

Sin City-

That should keep you entertained for awhile.