Quirky movies I like. Whats yours?
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VAdoublegunner
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Repo Man
The Postman, and Waterworld for that matter, both unusual Costner movies.
Willie Wonka (Wilder, not "that other one").
The King of Hearts -- set in WW1, lunatics are out of the asylum when a Scottish bomb tech comes into town to defuse boobytraps left by the retreating Germans.
The Postman, and Waterworld for that matter, both unusual Costner movies.
Willie Wonka (Wilder, not "that other one").
The King of Hearts -- set in WW1, lunatics are out of the asylum when a Scottish bomb tech comes into town to defuse boobytraps left by the retreating Germans.
BarbC
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Did you know the dialogue in this movie was improvised? It's hilarious!
Another great quirky movie: Waking Ned Devine
sipowicz
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Napoleon Dynamite
Clockwork Orange
The In-laws
Silverado
My Favorite Year
Rushmore
Lost in Translation
That's just a few...so many many more I can't think of right now.
Clockwork Orange
The In-laws
Silverado
My Favorite Year
Rushmore
Lost in Translation
That's just a few...so many many more I can't think of right now.
NCTexan
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Barb...
That's what I understood... This crew never disappoints with the likes of Spinal Tap, Mighty Wind, or Waiting for Guffman. However, Best in Show is my favorite and it gets better every time I watch it. Too bad that they left Fred Willard who played Buck Laughlin off the movie poster.
Here's a link that has the best quotes from the movie... truly "quirky" ad lib dialog.
Best in Show Quotes
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BarbC
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You know a movie is quirky when you can't get anyone else to sit through it with you but you can watch it over & over. 
And even reading the quotes is making me laugh.
And even reading the quotes is making me laugh.
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The Bedford Incident with Richard Widmark and Sidney Portier. It's a Cold War movie about a Destroyer going after a Submarine. Not a 4 star movie, but it keeps you on the edge of your seat in stark black & white.
Ditto on Raising Arizona. The Wicker Man with Edward Woodward, Tales that Witness Madness, Tattoo, The Ipcress Files, Mad Max, Wild In the Streets, Shock Treatment, The Trip, Seven, High Risk. Just depends on how quirky you want it.
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bubbiesdad
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Big Fish,
saw it on a plane once. Went out and bought the DVD.
saw it on a plane once. Went out and bought the DVD.
Another vote for Raising Arizona !!!!
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Nimble Jack B.
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Big Fish is a keeper for sure. +1
Quirky, eh? Two came to mind:
Four Oscar Nominations and went home with two: screenplay and best supporting actor – Alan Arkin. I first thought this was a kid-flick until I seen Alan Arkin go into action!
One of my all time favorites and probably one of the best "quirkiest" movies ever made with 13 Oscar nominations and 6 winners including: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture.
Quirky, eh? Two came to mind:
Four Oscar Nominations and went home with two: screenplay and best supporting actor – Alan Arkin. I first thought this was a kid-flick until I seen Alan Arkin go into action!
One of my all time favorites and probably one of the best "quirkiest" movies ever made with 13 Oscar nominations and 6 winners including: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture.
Andy Griffith
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Quirky to me is different...
Quick and the Dead- you really can't call it a western, but it does have lots of shoot'em up action and neat guns.
Bringing Up Baby- With two of my favorite movie stars, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. The scene when he pushes her down is priceless!
Gevevieve- That little 1950's British comedy about the vintage car rally which sparked lots on interests in old cars, and I thought was hilariously funny.
Lastly, the original War of the Worlds movie. If that isn't quirky, what is?
Quick and the Dead- you really can't call it a western, but it does have lots of shoot'em up action and neat guns.
Bringing Up Baby- With two of my favorite movie stars, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. The scene when he pushes her down is priceless!
Gevevieve- That little 1950's British comedy about the vintage car rally which sparked lots on interests in old cars, and I thought was hilariously funny.
Lastly, the original War of the Worlds movie. If that isn't quirky, what is?
smith revolver cop
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+1! Another good Michael Caine movie is "Educating Rita," and another good Robert Duvall movie is "The Great Santini."
Haven't seen it in years, but "Night of the Generals" is good, with Peter O'Toole. A more recent O'Toole movie is "My Favorite Year."
snakeman32
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Super Troopers and Beer Fest.
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bubbiesdad
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Big Fish is a keeper for sure. +1
Four Oscar Nominations and went home with two: screenplay and best supporting actor – Alan Arkin. I first thought this was a kid-flick until I seen Alan Arkin go into action!
One of my all time favorites and probably one of the best "quirkiest" movies ever made with 13 Oscar nominations and 6 winners including: Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture.
Quirky, eh? Two came to mind:
From Big Fish
One of Danny DeVito's,(manager of a circus) lines in the movie, to Carl(the giant), "Are you familiar with the term involuntary servitude?"
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bubbiesdad
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Another one I just remembered.
"This is Spinal Tap"
"This is Spinal Tap"
VAdoublegunner
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
Almost too good to be called quirky, but quirky nonetheless.
Almost too good to be called quirky, but quirky nonetheless.
bubbiesdad
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Quick and the Dead- you really can't call it a western, but it does have lots of shoot'em up action and neat guns.
Bringing Up Baby- With two of my favorite movie stars, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. The scene when he pushes her down is priceless!
Gevevieve- That little 1950's British comedy about the vintage car rally which sparked lots on interests in old cars, and I thought was hilariously funny.
Lastly, the original War of the Worlds movie. If that isn't quirky, what is?
Have you ever noticed in "The Quick and the Dead", the rules state that the contestants are to draw on the first gong of the bell tower, yet the gong is never heard?
Another lesser known movie I liked is "A Boy & His Dog". A young Don Johnson and his telepathic dog in post nuclear war. The underground hospital scene where they "consummate" marriages is well... funny.
So is the ending, especially Blood's last line.
BarbC
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