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In the last couple of months ive been lucky enough to come across some great movies that i watched through and after college. Many were not blockbuster hits(to the best of my knowledge) but had a sorta cult appeal to me anyway. Either way they were all HILARIOUS. Thought i'd share the list and encourage you guys to do the same...
Bowfinger
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Clerks 2
Chasing Amy
The Big Lebowski
Young Frankenstein
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Cult movies? They're blockbusters!
Try Dekalog.
Or Man Bites Dog.
Or Chakushin Ari.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
Bubba Ho-Tep.
I saw that cuz it had Bruce Campbell, but it just wasn't funny. :/
I'm definitely looking forward to My Name is Bruce.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Cult movies? They're blockbusters!
Try Dekalog.
Or Man Bites Dog.
Or Chakushin Ari.
Are the first and last even remotely comedic?
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Originally Posted by olePigeon
I saw that cuz it had Bruce Campbell, but it just wasn't funny. :/
It made me chuckle.
Oh, another suggestion: Brain Candy (the Kids In The Hall movie), which I saw on Netflix recently. Not as terrible as I expected. A lot of it was meh, but some scenes were inspired.
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Are the first and last even remotely comedic?
Depends on how good your sense of humour is.
I admit, I missed the "comedy" bit in the title. My bad.
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I saw that Doofy had posted and was shocked to find he hadn't posted about EITHER " Spinal Tap" OR " Bad News"
Shocked, I tell you.
"I could play 'Stairway to Heaven' when I was twelve. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was twenty-two. I think that says quite a lot."
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
I saw that Doofy had posted and was shocked to find he hadn't posted about EITHER " Spinal Tap" OR " Bad News"
Shocked, I tell you.
"I could play 'Stairway to Heaven' when I was twelve. Jimmy Page didn't actually write it until he was twenty-two. I think that says quite a lot."
Heh. Bad News was TV rather than movie though, wasn't it?
And Tap isn't comedy - it's a documentary.
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El Diablo - An HBO film.
U-turn - Jon Voigt is brilliant in this
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Wet Hot American Summer
anything from Broken Lizard (Club Dread, Beerfest, Super Troppers)
Idiocracy (stupidest movie ever)
Shaun of the Dead
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
In the last couple of months ive been lucky enough to come across some great movies that i watched through and after college. Many were not blockbuster hits(to the best of my knowledge) but had a sorta cult appeal to me anyway. Either way they were all HILARIOUS. Thought i'd share the list and encourage you guys to do the same...
Bowfinger
I admit to immediately thinking of this film when I read your thread title.
It's laugh-out-loud, cryingly funny in many scenes.
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I know it's not a comedy per se, but in some circles "Goodfellas" has become a comedic classic.
more traditional comedies:
Fatso with Dom DeLuise
Living In Oblivion with Steve Buscemi
Banzai with Takeshi Kitano
大日本人 Dai Nihon jin (The Big Japanese person)
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Any Japanese cult comedy conversation that doesn't include Tampopo is invalid.
Joe Versus the Volcano.
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lock stock and two smoking barrels
snatch
definite "cult" flicks that always make me laugh my ass off
"what the **** am i gonna do with a caravan thats got no wheels?"
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Clockwork Orange was a classic.
So sick it was funny in places. ie Dancing in rain number etc.
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Oh how could i forget Spinal Tap. Comedic genius !! There should be another thread dedicated to favorite quotes from that movie. "none more black"
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Blazing Saddles
Space Balls
Night at the Opera (The Marx Brothers)
Originally Posted by paul w
Any Japanese cult comedy conversation that doesn't include Tampopo is invalid.
Noted for future reference.
A few more Japanese cult classics:
OH!スーパーミルクチャン - Super Milk chan (not to be confused with the ravaged Adult Swim English version that made no sense)
ちびまる子ちゃん - Chibi Maruko chan - live action comedy taken from the classic manga
のだめカンタービレ Nodame the Cantabile - live action comedy from the classic manga - this is a gem
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Dr. StrangeGlove.
Riding the atomic bomb waving a Cowbooy hat in the air like he was bull riding. I will never forget that scene.
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^ gotta go find that now. thanks face ache
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Originally Posted by crazycylon
Dr. StrangeGlove.
Riding the atomic bomb waving a Cowbooy hat in the air like he was bull riding. I will never forget that scene.
"Dr. StrangeLove (no "G") or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Sensational movie.
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On the subject of Peter Sellers.....
What's the deal with Being There ?
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
"Dr. StrangeLove (no "G") or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Sensational movie.
There's no fighting in here! This is the War Room!
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Office Space and What About Bob have already been mentioned so I'm going to go with these.
Used Cars
Raising Arizona
Quick Change
Big Trouble in Little China
Planes Trains & Automobiles (great movie to watch over the holidays)
Overboard
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In Bruges. It's one of my favorite movies. Never thought I'd say that about a movie starring Colin Farrell, but there you go. If you like dark comedies, give it a watch.
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Originally Posted by Stogieman
Office Space and What About Bob have already been mentioned so I'm going to go with these.
Used Cars
Raising Arizona
Quick Change
Big Trouble in Little China
Planes Trains & Automobiles (great movie to watch over the holidays)
Overboard
Great list - except for Overboard. Wha?!?
Dr. Strangelove is probably the greatest comedy/satire of all time, IMHO. Spinal Tap is number 2...
Also...
Annie Hall
Lost in America
Modern Romance
Repo Man
Buckaroo Banzai (I only like this, but it's regarded as quintessential)
Brazil
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Now Repo Man, *that* is a cult classic.
Haven't seen that in twenty years! ... hmm...
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The Blues Brothers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club
... And many more!!!
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Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
Hell yes, I've watched that movie eleventy billion times.
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Originally Posted by Stogieman
Office Space and What About Bob have already been mentioned so I'm going to go with these.
Used Cars
Raising Arizona
Quick Change
Big Trouble in Little China
Planes Trains & Automobiles (great movie to watch over the holidays)
Overboard
Here's my vote for "Used Cars."
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 78% Fresh!
Jack Warden stars as Luke and Roy L. Fuchs--feuding used car-selling twin brothers who square off in an outrageous, all-out attempt to put each other out of business. Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), Luke's star salesman, is doing all the lying and cheating that he can in the name of the cause, but only in preparation for what he feels is his true calling--a career in politics! You'll howl at the proceedings, which involve strippers on television and a 200-car chase that turns into a full-on demolition derby. Director Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE, CAST AWAY) also assembled a first-rate supporting cast (featuring Michael McKean, Joe Flaherty, and Gerritt Graham) for this raunchy, action-packed, and hilarious cult favorite.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/used...iews_users.php
It is achingly funny.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
Now Repo Man, *that* is a cult classic.
Look at 'em, ordinary ****ing people, I hate 'em.
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I am seriously questioning the "cult" status of some of these films. Such as any John Hughes film.
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Not even February and here it is, the thread of the year.
Some of my favourites :
Dogma
Fargo
Brazil
Full Monty
Something About Mary
The Fisher King
The Commitments
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Originally Posted by osiris
Living In Oblivion with Steve Buscemi
This is excellent.
As someone who has worked on many films like the one portrayed there, it hits a little too close to home. I've worked with people who were like all the characters in that movie, and have been some of them myself (mostly the guy in the red overalls who dreams of eating a cheesburger).
The James LeGros character (Chad Palomino) is not so loosely based on Brad Pitt BTW.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Hell yes, I've watched that movie eleventy billion times.
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I've seen it eleventy billion and one times. Beat that.
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Not even February and here it is, the thread of the year.
Some of my favourites :
Dogma
Fargo
Brazil
Full Monty
Something About Mary
The Fisher King
The Commitments
I was just about to say Fargo. Great movie.
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Some more:
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Bad News Bears (1976)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
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Army of Darkness
Dawn of the Dead
Evil Dead 2
Night of the Comet
Love at First Bite
Fright Night
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Blazing Saddles was really good, but nobody mentions History of the World Part 1 ?
The Monty Python films define cult comedy for most Brits. Tops for me is The Meaning of Life.
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