Every year there are a huge number of movies that fly right under the radar of the average movie fan. movies that are great but just not that well known.
There are plenty of movie gems out there and hopefully this list will help you find some.
Feel free to submit new movies in the comments below.
This list contains movies/documentaries and short films. The list was originally created on IMDb. http://goo.gl/gHles
Not for those with heart conditions. You might get dirty looks if you mention these films. Welcome aboard fellow traveller. Remember it's only a movie...
The objective of this Collection are Movies with:
Complex plot
Big plot twist.
Ending twist
Pulled from PTP collection
Based on the book by Jennifer Eiss
NC17 | 18+ | R | A | MA [in English] + Independent Movies
D: Suggestive Dialog
E: Erotica
FV: Fantasy Violence (used only for the TV-Y7 level)
L: Coarse or crude Language
MA: Mature Audience
S: Sexual Situations
V: Violence
Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.
Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die
A disturbing or extremely confusing experience, in particular one that is caused by deliberate psychological manipulation.
Also check my other bigger list here:
Most Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre, and Messed Up Films:
https://trakt.tv/lists/23937323
List of some Australian Movies
From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).
#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab
Source: https://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Cult-Movies-Ultimate/dp/1402774869
Celebrating the cinematically surreal, bizarre, cult, oddball, fantastique, strange, psychedelic, and the just plain WEIRD!
Source: http://366weirdmovies.com/category/weird-movies/
Must watch!!
Features: Complex plot
Big plot twist.
Ending twist.
(Pulled from someone else's collection.)
All credits go to IMDb user: RDLongoria
A collection of films screening at Screenwave International Film Festival in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen, New South Wales in April 2023.
Missing on Trakt:
- Return Chute: The Survival of a Small Town Video Store
- Ukrainistan Artist War
- You Can Go Now
- Birth of the Endless Summer
- The Spiral
Psychological Thrillers
Top voted comments in the /r/AskReddit thread below.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/37kyst/what_largely_unknown_movie_is_a_must_watch/
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
My personally approved list of films to help you sleep
Great Movies You May Have Never Heard Of
by Lars