Akly, Fortunato, The_Return & Others.
 

*Totally meant Alky.

Sorry about the title, just calling attention to this thread. I recently signed up for a netflix-like service that let's me extended my viewing options, and was wondering on what I should be adding to my list. I was looking for the best of the best, more on the obscure side of things. Here's what I got so far, which should give you a hint to what I'm looking for:

My Own Private Idaho, Mala Noche, The Vanishing (Spoorloos), Eyes Without a Face, Eraserhead, Sisters, The Fury, Dead Ringers, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 8 1/2, The Beyond, The Church, Opera, Atame!, Visitor Q, Paris je t'aime, Scrapbook (is this good?), Irreversible, Rushmore, Blow Out, Mysterious Skin.

Basically I'm trying to catch-up on some classics, and movies that have a surreal nature to them or dark and depressing subject mature. The more shocking or fucked-up, the better.

Any Criterion recs?

What about Chopping Mall (1986) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090837/
80's b-movie cheese

Let me know how Mysterious Skin is. I have it at home but haven't watched it yet.

Other little picks to check out:

Little Modern Horror Gems:
The Signal
Crazy Eights
Mulberry Street
Borderland
Murder Party
May
Session 9

Foreign:
Gozu
Ichi The Killer
Three... Extremes
Shutter
Devil's Backbone
Inside
Ils (Them)
Delicatessen
Paprika

Others (Indie):
Brick
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Pecker

May, Session 9, Three... Extremes, Inside, Ils, and Brick are all excellent... so your other rec's MUST be good! Thanks. :)

I know you currently hate me, but i'll throw in a few you may or may not have seen:


Memento
American Beauty (I had to say it)
Requiem For A Dream
Funny Games
Hard Candy
American Psycho
North By Northwest
Donnie Darko
Michael Clayton
Rear Window
Salvage (Decent slasher with an empty, cold feel throughout)
Let's Scare Jessica To Death (Atmosphere)
12 Monkeys
Minority Report
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage

Not all of those fall into exactly what you were looking for, but who knows.

You liked that? I was expecting some decent depiction of death, and it was just boring as hell.

I am over the hate for you Posher. I tried buying and exporting across-border explosives, but I ran into customs trouble. You're lucky.

American Beauty is one of my favourites. I've seen everything on your list (and they are all amazing) except for:

Funny Games (do you mean original, or the US remake?), Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Arsenic and Old Lace and The Bird With The Crystal Plumage.

Is Salvage the film about the girl who continuously gets murdered? I liked that one.

Funny Games- I haven't found a copy of the original, but I heard both were great.
Salvage is the eerie one where she gets killed like 5 times. (Love the ending)

Let's Scare Jessica To Death has really spectacular atmosphere. It's very eerie.
Arsenic is a classic. A lot of people loved it. I thought it was pretty good.
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage is a must see imo.

I'm going to start with a very strong recommendation:

Onibaba (1964)

I stumbled across this creepy little flick earlier this year and was stunned at how shocking and grotesque yet quiet and subtle it is. It essentially revolves around three very different Japanese peasants and the horror that befalls them as soon as lust and jealousy enter their lives. It starts out slowly but by the end I felt so disturbed and enthralled that I watched it again that very same night.

I think what's really wonderful about it is that it really is a time capsule; it transports you back to a time long ago and tells its story in the same fashion- it's a moving folktale.

Highly recommended, and definately essential.

Definitely keep the list coming. :) I've added them all to my list.