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
some recent films which I thought were noteworthy:

Waltz with Bashir: part animation of Israeli incurion into Lebanon circa 1980 which maybe the best film I've seen re. the insanity of war.
Terror's Advocate:
The Secret Lives of Others:

"stanger than paradise" jim jarmusch
"down by law" jim jarmusch
"Dead Man" jim jarmusch
"ghost dog" jarmusch...ok, all of his work is stellar.

"ichi the killer" takashi miike
"visitor Q" takashi miike
"gozu" miike..ok, almost all of his work is noteworthy. His early yakuza funded films are also amazing, i.e the triad society trilogy

"dreams" akira kurosawa...actually, EVERYthing by kurosawa.

"happiness" todd solondz
"welcome to the dollhouse" solondz...ok, all of his films are better than most.

"boogie nights" pt. anderson...once again, he is another major player in my favorite movie scene.

"barton fink" coen brothers...ok, you get the gist.

one more director, anything by Terry Gilliam. "brazil" etc.
"The Last Station" About the last days of Tolstoy. Stars Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren.

"Make Way For Tomorrow" A heartbreaking movie from 1937 starring Buelah Bondi and Victor Moore. Entire film made with character actors, no stars or leading men/women. Directed by Leo Mccarey who directed Cary Grant the next year in "The Awful Truth" He won the Oscar for best director for "Awful Truth". While giving his acceptance speech he said "You have given me the award for the wrong film. "Make Way For Tomorrow" is the best movie I ever made".

"Freaks" the 1932 original. A very disturbing movie

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Trite, I know. Scary good though.