1)Hoosiers (with Gene Hackman)
2)Good Morning Vietnam (with Robin Williams)
3)Mask (with Cher)
4)Captive Hearts (with Pat Morita)
5)The Last Waltz (with ‘The Band’)
Most Offbeat:
1)Local Hero
2)HouseKeeping (with Christine Lahti)
3)Unstrung Heroes (with Michael Richards)
4)Harold and Maude
5)Smoke
The ‘offbeats’ are worth seeing, as there is a touching charm and sentimentality in each of them. All make some subtle yet fundamental statement on the human condition. -joe
I really could keep going Cashback is another off beat one I found really quite good. Not my typical film but got me, found it really nicely filmed with a quirky story.
But I must leave this thread alone now seen to many offbeat films. But if you’ve not seen Oldboy it’s certainly one I would watch again. Its so not predictable, you certainly have empathy for the main character all through the film.
I could spend a year pontificating about the five best off-beat movies, but I don’t have the time, so I’m going to throw these out as my personal favorites for replay value. I reserve the right to change my choices as time progresses
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure - ok, it’s an acquired taste.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Funniest. Movie. Ever.
Mullholand Drive - Had to watch it 27 times before I finally “got it”, but David Lynch is cool
The Salton Sea - Not sure why, but this movie always haunts me
Office Space - Just because.
I liked Bill and Teds EA. It was in line with many good Saturday Night Live Movies. Forgive me, Dumb and Dumber made me laugh big time. But I have always enjoyed offbeat humor.
Well I have too many favourites to mention, and great films are coming out all the time, e.g. recently The Edge of Heaven (original title Auf der anderen Seite) by Fatih Akin, but I thought I’d mention a funny mockumentary screened again on TV recently here, though already 8 years old, Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced, in the tradition of This is Spinal Tap. I don’t know if it has much distribution outside Norway and Australia though.
I loved Time Bandits.
What about Ice Pirates (I think that was the name)
Princess Bride is another good one. I watched it yesterday with my 4 year old, he loved it.
I don’t see many movies, but looking through my DVD collection (most from the discount bin at Wal-Mart) (in no particular order):
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Deliverence
Two Mules for Sister Sarah
Shanghai Knights
War Games
The Hunt for Red October
Popeye (with Robin Williams)
The original Star Wars
