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Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« on: September 13, 2013, 12:33:20 PM »
From a collection of submitted lists, these are the Top 101 films that currently have less than 400 Checks.

1. The Unsent Letter (1959, Mikhail Kalatozov)
2. Sundays and Cybele (1962, Serge Bourguignon)
3. A Moment of Innocence (1996, Mohsen Makhmalbaf)
4. Chikamatsu monogatari (1954, Kenji Mizoguchi)
5. Mauvais sang (1986, Leos Carax)
6. Un homme qui dort (1974, Bernard Queysanne)
7. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960, Shri Ritwik Kumar Ghatak)
8. Camera Buff (1979, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
9. Wake in Fright (1971, Ted Kotcheff)
10. Muddy River (1981, Kôhei Oguri)
11. Carriage to Vienna (1966, Karel Kachyna)
12. The Naked Island (1960, Kaneto Shindô)
13. World on a Wire (1973, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
14. Lonesome (1928, Paul Fejos)
15. Devils on the Doorstep (2000, Wen Jiang)
16. Camp de Thiaroye (1988, Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow)
17. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935, Sadao Yamanaka)
18. The Big City (1963, Satyajit Ray)
19. The Big Swallow (1901, James Williamson)
20. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010, Raoul Ruiz)
21. My Lady Margarine (1919, Ernst Lubitsch)
22. The Only Son (1936, Yasujirô Ozu)
23. The Doll (1919, Ernst Lubitsch)
24. A Page of Madness (1926, Teinosuke Kinugasa)
25. Tokyo Twilight (1957, Yasujirô Ozu)
26. The Story of a Cheat (1936, Sacha Guitry)
27. Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: US Go Home (1994, Claire Denis)
28. Street of Shame (1956, Kenji Mizoguchi)
29. Days and Nights in the Forest (1970, Satyajit Ray)
30. A Sense of History (1992, Mike Leigh)
31. Real Life (1979, Albert Brooks)
32. Po zakonu (1926, Lev Kuleshov)
33. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987, Kazuo Hara)
34. Adazhio (2001, Garri Bardin)
35. Pale Flower (1964, Masahiro Shinoda)
36. The Ear (1970, Karel Kachyna)
37. The Private Life of a Cat (1944, Alexander Hammid)
38. Pictures of the Old World (1972, Dusan Hanák)
39. Heimat (1984, Edgar Reitz)
40. El verdugo (1963, Luis García Berlanga)
41. Death by Hanging (1968, Nagisa Ôshima)
42. In a Year WIth 13 Moons (1978, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
43. Compañeros (1970, Sergio Corbucci)
44. The Round-Up (1966, Miklós Jancsó)
45. A Wife Confesses (1961, Yasuzô Masumura)
46. Sorcerer (1977, William Friedkin)
47. Life, and Nothing More...  (1992, Abbas Kiarostami)
48. Swiadectwo urodzenia (1961, Stanislaw Rózewicz)
49. The External World (2010, David O'Reilly)
50. El sur (1983, Víctor Erice)
51. Eureka (2000, Shinji Aoyama)
52. Drifting Clouds (1996, Aki Kaurismäki)
53. Angel's Egg (1985, Mamoru Oshii)
54. Death of a Cyclist (1955, J.A. Bardem)
55. Happy End (1967, Oldrich Lipský)
56. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974, Werner Herzog)
57. Les bonnes femmes (1960, Claude Chabrol)
58. The Mortal Storm (1940, Frank Borzage)
59. Warlock (1959, Edward Dmytryk)
60. Wings (1966, Larisa Shepitko)
61. The Beaches of Agnes (2008, Agnès Varda)
62. Red Angel (1966, Yasuzô Masumura)
63. Silver Lode (1954, Allan Dwan)
64. Advise & Consent (1962, Otto Preminger)
65. Black Girl (1966, Ousmane Sembene)
66. La vie de bohème (1992, Aki Kaurismäki)
67. Interrogation (1989, Ryszard Bugajski)
68. Angst (1983, Gerald Kargl)
69. Zero Kelvin (1995, Hans Petter Moland)
70. Man of Marble (1977, Andrzej Wajda)
71. Fehérlófia (1981, Marcell Jankovics)
72. Yearning (1964, Mikio Naruse)
73. A Summer's Tale (1996, Eric Rohmer)
74. The Penalty (1920, Wallace Worsley)
75. Une Femme Mariée: Suite de fragments d'un film tourné en 1964 (1964, Jean-Luc Godard)
76. I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918, Ernst Lubitsch)
77. Woman of the Lake (1966, Kiju Yoshida)
78. The Lusty Men (1952, Nicholas Ray)
79. The Mirror (1997, Jafar Panahi)
80. The Intruder (1962, Roger Corman)
81. Providence (1977, Alain Resnais)
82. Floating Clouds (1955, Mikio Naruse)
83. The Wheel (1923, Abel Gance)
84. Glas (1958, Bert Haanstra)
85. Boy (1969, Nagisa Ôshima)
86. Limite (1931, Mario Peixoto)
87. Cinemania (2002, Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak)
88. Murderers Among Us (1946, Wolfgang Staudte)
89. Le quattro volte (2010, Michelangelo Frammartino)
90. Je t'aime je t'aime (1968, Alain Resnais)
91. Dying at Grace (2003, Allan King)
92. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack )
93. Le roman de Renard (1930, Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz)
94. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011, Mark Cousins)
95. Asphalt (1929, Joe May)
96. The Chasers (1959, Erik Løchen)
97. Diamonds of the Night (1964, Jan Nemec)
98. Stars in My Crown (1950, Jacques Tourneur)
99. The Baker's Wife (1938, Marcel Pagnol)
100. The Great War (1959, Mario Monicelli)
101. Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988, Mark Lewis)
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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2013, 12:48:59 PM »
I'm excited to report that I've seen 2(!) movies from this list. Both enjoyable, one on my own top 100, another about cats.
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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2013, 12:54:51 PM »
So far I've seen 52, nearly all of them good. Voted for several.

Last time The Unsent Letter beat out Sundays and Cybele for number 1, hope there's a repeat, though I think they're both great.
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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2013, 01:04:53 PM »
I think I've seen 53.  Three are in my own top 100.

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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2013, 01:17:47 PM »
I think I've seen 53.  Three are in my own top 100.
You should make a list for next year. There are quite a few that would get a good bump.

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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2013, 01:30:52 PM »
I think I've seen 53.  Three are in my own top 100.

I've seen at least 3 because of you (most recently Le roman de Renard) and enjoy them.
And I agree with PeacefulAnarchy. This kind of list can only benefit from your contribution.
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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2013, 02:24:36 PM »
Now up to 58, with four from my top 100.

I don't really have the inclination to spend time on that sort of thing.

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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2013, 02:31:03 PM »
Now up to 58, with four from my top 100.

I don't really have the inclination to spend time on that sort of thing.
I thought you loved making lists.

I know what the last 3 films are, I've seen 59 from the whole list. Seen the top 7 but not 8-11.

Edit: The Unknown Letter wins again by a huge margin. Yay.
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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2013, 02:53:25 PM »
Now up to 58, with four from my top 100.

I don't really have the inclination to spend time on that sort of thing.
I thought you loved making lists.

Eh, not so much lately.  My top 100 update this year will have very few changes.

Final tally: 60 seen, 5 in my top 100

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Re: Top 101 Obscure Films (From I Check Movies 500<400)
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2013, 03:01:35 PM »
Nice list! Very diverse.

Seen:

5. Mauvais sang (1986, Leos Carax)
6. Un homme qui dort (1974, Bernard Queysanne) [Thanks, Retrospots!]
20. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010, Raoul Ruiz)
31. Real Life (1979, Albert Brooks) [On my Top 100.]
33. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987, Kazuo Hara)
46. Sorcerer (1977, William Friedkin)
56. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974, Werner Herzog)

Looking forward to:

8. Camera Buff (1979, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
13. World on a Wire (1973, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
68. Angst (1983, Gerald Kargl)
69. Zero Kelvin (1995, Hans Petter Moland)
87. Cinemania (2002, Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak)
94. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011, Mark Cousins)

 

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