[Closed] Need film recommendations please (dark etc indie)

Any preferred genre? For dark and different check out Blue Ruin and Killer Joe. Also it's been out for a while now but you could do worse than check out The Ordeal/Calvaire. As dark as you like, disturbing but oddly hilarious too.

assume you seen both The Raid's?

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I've seen the first Raid- whats the second like compared to the first?

Love dark and different. I like stuff like this as well: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twilight_samurai/

Science fiction - yep

Must be dark though.

Babadook is really good! in fact the Aussies make some real depraved shit.

see also Snowtown, Loved Ones, Animal Kingdom

An alien film called 'Altered'

The 2nd Raid makes the first Raid look like Shaun The Sheep!

Martyrs is pretty frickin grim.

Just don't watch Interstellar. Gouge your eyeballs out instead. Then push potato peelers into your ears.

(I know it isn't dark nor indie, but I just saw it and hated every minute of it and needed to vent).

Babadook is a good shout, though a bit over rated and frustrating. Japanese stuff I presume you're familiar with takeshi Kitano?

If not check out Violent Cop, Sonatine and Hana Bi for his earlier stuff. Zatoichi, his take on classic Samurai themes.

Also take a look 13 Assassins. Which was directed by the insanely brilliant Miike Takashi. He's incredibly prolific, basically a workaholic (12 films a year) a lot are direct to video stuff he takes on just to stay busy but he still gives his own twist to; but he does make some incredible films. Audition, Happiness of the Katakuris, Dead or Alive, City of Lost Souls, Visitor Q, Ichi the killer...

Book of Life is awesome
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Ok, let me get a short list going.

Book of Life looks good.

Zatoichi - the hammer/corridor scene was awesome! Didn't like the Directors other films 🙁

Just don't watch Interstellar. Gouge your eyeballs out instead. Then push potato peelers into your ears.

(I know it isn't dark nor indie, but I just saw it and hated every minute of it and needed to vent)

In the same way when I watched Shame? Absolutely hated it but was compelling viewing.

hora
Zatoichi - the hammer/corridor scene was awesome! Didn't like the Directors other films

You're confusing it with OldBoy?

Oops- yes. I liked Zatoichi too. (I didn't like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance that Oldboy director made).

hora

Oops- yes. I liked Zatoichi too. (I didn't like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance that Oldboy director made).

I enjoyed Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance but thought Lady Vengeance was a bit meh. I like JSA though. Thirst, not so much.

If you enjoyed Zatoichi and Twighlight Samurai you'll probably like 13 Assasins. You might want to take a look at Ichi (not to be confused with Ichi the Killer) and When the Last Sword is Drawn and The Hidden Blade. It's a bit older but you might also want to seek out The Blade by Tsui Hark, and of course if you haven't seen Yojimbo and Sanjuro do so immediately.

Takeshi Kitano (director of Zatoichi) started of his directing career with some serious hard boiled cop dramas. Really slow burners but rewarding, in my second post.

Tyrannosaur.

Paddy Considine film with Peter Mullen in it.

Absolutely pitch-black tale of grim-up-north woe that makes Mike Leigh's films look like the Pokemon movie.

A hijacking - following a similar recent thread on here.
Obviously - Battle Royale. If you liked Old Boy.

It's animated and pretty old now, but Perfect Blue is an interesting and dark (in a different way) film.

I always recommend this, but [i]Biutiful[/i] will take you to a very dark place.

A hijacking

+1

Just for you, hora. A film that makes everyone go "WTF?!"

[NSFW]

Never stop laughing at that one.

And its ****ing serious!

Enemy by Denis Villeneuve is a bit dark and different. Worth watching that and Ayoade's The Double around the same time to see which take on it you prefer. Personally, I much preferred Villeneuve's, even though I'm generally a massive Ayoade fan.

Headhunters is a great Norwegian film, dark funny and should fit the bill.

Just Watched "Rubber's Lovers", Japanese LSD/Telepathy Madness, Great stuff, also Tetsuo Trillogy.

These are cool:
Necrostorm:
Adam Chaplin (2011)
Hotel Inferno (2013)
Taeter City (2012)

it's an old one, but have you ever seen Twelve Monkeys? Still one of my favourite films after all these years.

New films or old?

Anything David Lynch (especially Eraserhead), David Cronenberg, Roman Polanski. Bit of Tim Burton too perhaps (less his newer stuff and definitely not Planet of the Apes).

Pans Labyrinth is quite dark and obscure.

If you want dark, but also very very funny, this is utterly brilliant!

Yes, would agree with "Tyrannosaur" , though if you really want something uncomfortable to watch then try "Irreversible". For J Horror type, "A Tale of Two Sisters" takes some beating and deserves a second or third viewing. "The Woodsman" has a great performance from Kevin Bacon and makes challenging indie viewing 🙂

Agree that Tyrannosaur is hard going but worth it. How dark do you want? This is so utterly bleak as to be virtually unwatchable. You will lose all hope for humanity. Makes Tyrannosaur look like the Muppet Movie

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Amazing movie. Japanese and on Netflix.

Dead Man's Shoes
Martyrs (Warning - as dark as they come)
Ichi the Killer (try and find the uncut version)
Life is Beautiful

Note only Dead Man's Shoes is in English and do watch the others with subtitles and not dubbing.

ghastlyrabbitfat - Member

Yes, would agree with "Tyrannosaur" , though if you really want something uncomfortable to watch then try "Irreversible".

Or not. I don't think I could recommend it to anyone in good conscience unless they specifically said they had become desensitised to rape and murder. I'd liken to watching execution videos online.

For J Horror type, "A Tale of Two Sisters" takes some beating and deserves a second or third viewing. "The Woodsman" has a great performance from Kevin Bacon and makes challenging indie viewing

Tale of Two Sisters was pretty stock fare imo. Woodsman was mildly depressing and quite boring.

deadkenny
Pans Labyrinth is quite dark and obscure.

[pedant] It won three oscars (nominated for six) and a bafta as well as being an international hit [/pedant]

+1 Perfect Blue, dark, Japanese psychological thriller one of my all time favourites. Also Ghost in the Shell, 80s Japanese dark sci-fi with beautiful background art.

Snowpiercer. Craps name and premises but good film.

'Under The Skin' is the darkest film I've seen in a long time. Whether it was good is debatable!

'Starred Up' is worth a watch.

deadkenny
Pans Labyrinth is quite dark and obscure.

[pedant] It won three oscars (nominated for six) and a bafta as well as being an international hit [/pedant]

I took obscure to mean not clear / easily understood on the first viewing. Needs watching a couple of times. Which I'd agree with.

Gummo

Needs watching a couple of times. Which I'd agree with.

I guess if you're not used to allegory or subtext you might.

I guess if you're not used to allegory or subtext you might.

I guess I'm just not as clever as you

Absolutely bonkers!!!

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jon1973

I guess I'm just not as clever as you

Did you think it was just a straight forward story about a young girl and her goat friend trying to escape her nasty father?

Kung Fury.

Kung-Fu fighting Adolf Hitler with the aid of giant Thor and a T-Rex riding valkyrie?

Hell yes.*

*Film may not actually be dark, but it is indie.

Did you think it was just a straight forward story about a young girl and her goat friend trying to escape her nasty father?

No I didn't, I simply commented that the it warranted a second viewing. The bit about you being clever was sarcastic.

I simply commented that the it warranted a second viewing.

Next time your struggling with this just post here, I'll save you a few hours.

The bit about you being clever was sarcastic.

Really ?

i mentioned this earlier. its madness.

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Under The Skin.
One of those where you feel frustrated whilst watching but it sticks in the head for days. I would recommend it.

Holy Motors

Jesus christ I'm going to need a spreadsheet to sort these

Kung Fury.

That is with a big what the **** is that? 😯

Not seen it for a long time but Last Exit to Brooklyn is probably worth a go if you're after 'dark'.

"A Lonely Place To Die" was a great Scottish film. Not gore porn at all, but it certainly made me feel uncomfortable at parts. "Red State" was a great diversion for Kevin Smith, again not gore porn but has it's share of WTF moments. "Battle Royale" was great, but the sequel, like the manga, leaves a lot to be desired. "The Skin I Live In" was suitably weird too. I have little else to add off the top of my head, although I did hear that the remake of "Evil Dead" was worth a watch too.

Rubber
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/

Alter Egos
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907614/

Let The Right One In (Swedish Version - worth a re-watch if you've seen it)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Warm Bodies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680114/ ]Snowtown[/url] is bleak, it was also the film that has had the most walkouts at a screening I've been to.

Let The Right One In (Swedish Version - worth a re-watch if you've seen it)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Fantastic film. The US version - 'Let Me In' is damn good too.

You've probably already seen them but:
Donnie Darko
Brick
American History X
God Bless America
Super

Confessions is an awesome dark film about revenge.

twin peaks fire walk with me is worth watching (along with almost everything else by david lynch as said earlier).

the 80's version of the dead zone directed by david chronenberg along with most things by him (videodrome is very good).

nigh****ch/daywatch are also good (russian films).

nikita by luc besson is bloody great too (obviously leon too).

Just been to Fopp and bought (all a fiver each) 13 Assassins, Tyranasaur and Raid2. Better get the DVD fired up :S

I took obscure to mean not clear / easily understood on the first viewing. Needs watching a couple of times. Which I'd agree with.

Better get the DVD fired up

Be better getting a streaming service subscription IMO 🙂

Amazon prime has a big back catalogue, quite a lot of obscure stuff in there

+1 Blue Ruin.
Joe (Nicholas cage one)
The Paperboy
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
+1 Under the Skin
The Road
Biutiful
The Rover
+1 Starred Up
Monster's Ball
+1 Animal Kingdon
The Proposition

the Road
The Proposition

The Proposition's a great show. totally forgot about it. The Road, well made but falls into the "wouldn't wish it on my enemies" category. Protracted misery as entertainment, not for me.

Series 7 is certainly an indie effort, underground movie with a lot to say about where reality TV is heading.

Just googled it - can't believe it's 14 years old!

The movie From Hell is also pretty dark...

& Darren Aronofsky's early movies Pi & Requiem for A Dream are certainly on the darker side....

Dark City is a good watch.

Audition is another dark korean film, a great watch!

Watched Everly the other night.. Salma Hayek slaughtering yakuza, more weird than good.

Streaming subscription- I like DVD/tactile selecting. Bit old school but possession feels nicer than having access to 😀

I once watched Dancer in the Dark, Lilya 4ever and Requiem for a Dream in one week. Good job I didn't watch Grave of the Fireflies, I think it would have killed me. :/

'Starred Up' is worth a watch.

13 Assassins

That reminds me to order in some more Claret.

13 Assassins

That reminds me to order in some more Claret.

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Quite 🙂

yeah Snowtown is the film that has left me the most creeped out. absolutely chilling.

Predestination is worth a look I reckon, I really enjoyed it.

Well Hora, what did you think?

Sightseers
Kill List

I liked it- although it was more of a find and kill film along hollywood lines.

My alltime fave is Twilight Samurai though. More drama/soap but one thing I did like about 13 Assasins (and alot of Jap films) is the ability to have **** all special effects, no big scenery - often inside a traditional house with only the lighting and acting to carry the scene. some great acting performances - very dramatic. One especially was the sole survivors wife, when he tells her he has to go away. Class.

My alltime fave is Twilight Samurai though. More drama/soap but one thing I did like about 13 Assasins (and alot of Jap films) is the ability to have **** all special effects, no big scenery - often inside a traditional house with only the lighting and acting to carry the scene. some great acting performances - very dramatic. One especially was the sole survivors wife, when he tells her he has to go away. Class.

So have you seen any of Akira Kurosawa's samurai films?

hora

I liked it- although it was more of a find and kill film along hollywood lines.

I tend to think of it as a modernised Seven Samurai. I mentioned the director Miike Takashi earlier, he's a pretty fascinating character. Veers all over the place stylistically and thematically. One minute he's making kids superhero movies, the next it's slasher/gorefests or indeed musicals.

Much weirder and funnier than the trailer and actually pretty brilliant.

I've seen the first Raid-

The second one has just appeared on Netflix