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
the lindsey anderson trilogy of 'if', 'oh lucky man', and 'britainia hospital'........'crime wave'(pre hollywood sam raimi, the cohens, etc)......alan rudolph's'remember my name'(alberta hunter soundtrack)......and a thousand more as well.....
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - R Downey Jr/ Val Kilmer
Dirty Filthy Love - Brit
Down in the Vally - Edward Norton indy
Pretty Persuasion - It aint Clueless
Repo Man - 80s cult love it
Sexy Beast - he's no Gandhi
Shallow Grave - Brit
Hard Times - Bronson overlooked w/James Coburn, Strother Martin
Freeway - Illegally Blond, Reese kills, so does Kiefer!
Infernal Affairs - Chinise film Scorcese made into "The Departed"
Hobson's Choice - Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie sweet wonderful forgotten classic
Just a few that pop into my head, I love film, On the Waterfront is on, got to go...
"KOYAANISQATSI" Is one of the most mesmorizing films I've ever seen.
87 minutes of nonstop music and visual imagery. No dialog. No actors.
Only watch it when you have time to see it from beginning to end.
Great.

I suppose defining non Hollywood films is like the difference between commercial lable driven music, and that which is fueled by the artist (s) & director. Excellent can and is had, in each arena.

I've found many main stream films, enjoyable, provocative, and worth spedning my money on. here, though I sought more to cast light onto those which aren't usually mentioned in casual passing conversations regarding film. Personally, I could not mention thousands of worthwhile celluloid products as my favs. Doubtless though, there likely are even more than that waiting to be discovered.

It would be good to hear more titles to investigate though... eclectic or main stream if one feels the need.

Any Film Noir candidates out there?
I love film, and I hate most of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood, so I could go on and on, but these are all at the top of my list:

Wings of Desire
Secrets and Lies
Everything is Illuminated
I Like Killing Flies
Stroszek
Berlin Alexanderplatz
City of Lost Children
The Remains of the Day
Lovely and Amazing
The Professional
Amores Perros
Sex and Lucia
Things Change
Blue Velvet