Quirky movies I like. Whats yours?

[davidenorth]

"What's it about?
Oskar (Hedebrant) leads a crappy life. He never sees his dad and three bullies torment him at school. When he meets a strange looking girl he's intrigued and falls for her. Problem is she's a 200-year-old vampire with a paedophile companion who's started slitting the throats of local teens to keep her fed. A beautiful, brutal yet understated film."

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This was really good. Some people don't like reading subtitles, but I think it's better in original language as the English dub is not so good. I also like Garden State a lot. Clerks, the Cell, Layer Cake, Live and Die in LA, Eastern Promises, History of Violence, Fight Club, Seven. I could go on.

 

[therevjay]

"Rocky horror picture show" OK, so I'm wierd. (I also liked "Fritz the cat")

 

[686_was_my_first]

Suicide Kings with Christopher Walken, Dennis Leary, Jay Mohr and others.

 

[Texas Star]

My DVD player won't play, "Layer Cake". I rented several copies.

Has anyone else had that problem? It also applies to,"Basic Instinct 2".

T-Star

 

[davidenorth]

My DVD player won't play, "Layer Cake". I rented several copies.

Has anyone else had that problem? It also applies to,"Basic Instinct 2".

T-Star

No, I rented it first, then found a used copy for 2.95 at the same store during sale. I buy mostly used dvds and have had only one not play.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Almost forgot-watched this one late one night-
Suckers (1999/I)
Funny as hell But NOT PC

 

[furyalecto]

There are so many... Some that come to mind are:

Army of Darkness
Before Sunrise
Grosse Pointe Blank
Tank Girl
Brick
From Dusk Till Dawn
Speak
Waiting...
Southland Tales
Chasing Amy
The Fifth Element
Clerks
The Professional
Crash (1996)
Interstate 66

 

[Tom Beavert]

Vanishing Point
I have to watch it once a year, and still pull for the guy to make it.
tb

 

[johngalt]

The Castle: takes place in Australia, a family fights the airport trying to condemn their neighborhood to make room for a runway.

Saving Ned Devine: a town in Ireland covers up the death of a lottery winner from the government inspector.

 

[Karnivore]

California Dreaming W/ Glynnis O'Connor
An American Werewolf in London
The Road Warrior
Animal House
Taxi Driver
Full Metal Jacket
Porky's

I could make do a rainy weekend with these on a continuous loop with a big bowl of boiled p-nuts and a 12 pack.

K.

 

[bmhiii]

Suicide Kings with Christopher Walken, Dennis Leary, Jay Mohr and others.

Excellent movie. Christopher Walken is one of the best!

 

[DCWilson]

Not all that quirky, but underappreciated:

YES! That is one excellent flick. Not quirky, I agree, but a first rate film.

 

[Wyo]

Quirky? "The Ladykillers" with Tom Hanks and various oddballs -Cohen Brothers
"O Brother Where Art Thou?" - another Cohen Brothers movie

 

[Capt Steve]

First of all my compliments to the OP. What a great thread, by the number of posts you all agree. Lots of fun here, but I digress...

Another vote for Best in Show, one of the funniest flics on earth.
"V" for Vendetta is awesome but trust me, use subtitles the first time you watch it. It won't annoy like some flics it will enhance the movie greatly.
Lord of War is another one under most folks radar. If you love guns...{anyone?}, Take a look at the darker side, international arms dealing. Nicholas Cage is incredible! honorable mention to Second Hand Lions.

 

[jag312]

Rocky Horror Picture Show

 

[jag312]

Play misty for me .The 1st movie Clint Eastwood stared in and directed. It kept me on the edge of my seat the.

This is way off the subject. Part of "Play Misty For Me" was filmed at a restaurant in Monterey called The Sardine Factory. My girlfriend took me there for my birthday. Eastwood drove a Jaguar XK150 in the movie, and I have a 1954 XK120. My girlfriend thought it would be very appropriate.

 

[jeffsmith]

Blade Runner
Things Change
Forbidden Planet

 

[crankyoldlady]

Harold and maude

 

[jframe]

"Last Man Standing" with Bruce Willis, "Raising Arizona", "Vanishing Point", "Two Lane Blacktop" with Dennis Wilson from the Beach Boys, and James Taylor and Warren Oates. "Psycho" was as quirky as it gets. I also thought that "No Country for Old Men" was a little odd, but really good.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Enduring Love.

Never knew there was a movie. The book was terrific, like most of Ian McEwen's.

I see there is a lot of sentiment here for Rancho Deluxe. You don't see that very often. There is more quotable dialogue than any movie I have seen, including The Big Lebowski. "Hey, I'm way outta line here. Let's just say it coulda been Negroes." Slim Pickens is priceless.

 

[bmhiii]

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.

 

[VAdoublegunner]

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.

 

[BarbC]

Quirky... did someone say "quirky"?

Did you know the dialogue in this movie was improvised? It's hilarious!

Another great quirky movie: Waking Ned Devine

 

[sipowicz]

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.

 

[NCTexan]

Did you know the dialogue in this movie was improvised? It's hilarious!

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

 

[BarbC]

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.

 

[sar4937]

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.

 

[wbraswell]

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.

 

[bubbiesdad]

Big Fish,
saw it on a plane once. Went out and bought the DVD.

 

[woodsltc]

Another vote for Raising Arizona !!!!

Don