What are your favorite lesser known films?
(Indie, classic, foreign, forgotten)

Sometimes In April
A Dry White Season
Cleo From 5 to 7
Adoption
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Christ Stopped At Eboli
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me
Salaam Bombay!
Paris, Texas
Inherit the Wind

There are more that don't come to mind now.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock theatrical release containing the deleted scenes from the Director's cut.

Carnival of Souls original 1952 version.

Wavelength 1983. A fascinating sci-fi movie.

Liquid Dreams 1992. A classic film noir soft porn film.

Fate is The Hunter 1964. A compelling Glenn Ford movie involving an investigation of a passenger jet crash.

Idaho Transfer 1973. A Peter Fonda directed sci fi movie.

How about a baker's dozen?

A Matter of Life and Death
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Jewel Robbery
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Joe
Barbarosa
Posse
The Baker's Wife
The Shop on Main Street
Lies My Father Told Me
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Song of the South

Here are some I couldn't find at Blockbuster -- maybe the store in my town is smaller than most, as a few of these are not that obscure:

Picnic At Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
Freaks
The Dead Zone
Communion
Cat People
Days Of Heaven
Badlands

That is why I joined Netflix. I can see movies that are no longer on the shelves of both Blockbuster and Hollywood Video.
Donna A.

Thought of a few more:

The Conversation (w/ Hackman)
Eraserhead
Un Chien Andalou
Nosferatu (1922)
Coven (of American Movie fame--then again, even Netflix doesn't have this one)
In Cold Blood (with the success of Capote they might be stocking this one now, haven't checked)
Fail-Safe
Walkabout
Don't Look Now
The Wicker Man
The Haunting (1963)
Naked Lunch
Seconds

The one that I am the most bummed about not being able to find at Blockbuster is "Raise the Red Lanterns". Grr.

Was just at Blockbuster the other day, and they didn't have Mean Streets. I mean, seriously..come on!!

My Blockbuster does , not that I recommend it.

I just went to the local Blockbuster looking for a movie. This is not some special "kiosk" Blockbuster or anything; it's a full-sized store with several dozen shelves.

After searching for several minutes, I finally had to ask the clerk to help me find the movie...there was no way they wouldn't carry this one. But alas, the guy checked in the computer, and sure enough, they didn't carry it.

The movie was Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Even the employee was like, "Oh my God, are you f*****g kidding me?!?"

I'm hoping it's part of some lame strategy to get people to sign up for Blockbuster online...because if it's simply that store deciding they didn't need to carry that one, well, that's just sad.

I don't mean to be impolite, but why are you guys even members of Blockbuster? They have always been the McDonalds of rental shops.

Are they only shop in town or something?

I'm a member of Netflix, but occasionally the urge strikes to watch something *now*, in which case I go to Blockbuster.

Maybe where you are you have a host of quality rental places to choose from, but where I live there are only three common ones: Blockbuster, Bongo Video and Family Video. There are a few mom'n pop places with a great, esoteric independent/documentary selection, but they're a half-hour drive from me. If Blockbuster is the McDonald's of rental, then I don't know what Family Video is...it's a Midwestern chain with maybe 40 stores or something. Most of their big new releases are only available in Full Frame (whatever that says to you); they stock a few Widescreen copies, but they're *always* out. They have back room for the pornos, etc., etc.

Blockbuster is actually my best option by far, for anything mainstream or new release. The store near me even carries newer documentaries like Deliver Us From Evil, and other surprisingly uncommon independent stuff.

Just no Close Encounters..

Yeh, commontone, thanks for the feedback. My experience is with Australian Blockbuster stores, and they are just awful.

They rarely have anything beyond the mainstream, and they won't carry a number of 'edgier' titles.

Perhaps the US stores are better for range. Back home in Oz, I will go along to independent shops who stock the rare and strange.
Last time I was in Blockbuster, I was filled with so much rage, I had to leave running before I strangled someone!1

No Close Encounters...sheesh!

Stop Making Sense
War Photographer
Army in the Shadows
The Conformist

Really, I think my Blockbuster is pretty good. And when I need to pick up the Malick or Almodovar or Antonioni or Kurosawa or Palahi flicks they don't carry -- that is, most (or all) of them -- I just go downtown to a little rental shop that carries nearly every movie I've ever had the desire to see.

I just rented Mostly Martha (1992) yesterday at Blockbuster when I read the credits of No Reservations (2007) that had a sneak preview this past Saturday so I could compare the German language original version. Yes they had it in stock, so Blockbuster is probably one for two so far.

where do you rent these at?

Two movies they don't have at my local blockbuster are Blade runner and taxi driver, I'll have to try videoeazy.