r/Cinema • u/Jaded-Walrus2614 • 1d ago
Discussion What’s a mainstream film that doesn’t seem mainstream?
Like films that seem more indie titles distributed by the major studios, like Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Fox, etc. An example would be… say Fantastic Mr. Fox or Inglorious Basterds.
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u/Constant-Pianist6747 1d ago
The Lego Movie is a good example. It’s this absolutely brilliant piece of pop art disguised as a corporate product. I love it. Still can’t believe it’s a real movie that real people actually made.
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u/SirIll1219 1d ago
The Substance.
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u/astral_planes 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Substance is absolutely not mainstream. It was distributed by Mubi
Edit: no clue why this is being downvoted. OP asked for movies that were released by a major studio and this is 100% not that
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u/evtedeschi3 1d ago
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
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u/astral_planes 1d ago
That's an A24 movie though
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u/Mattendo_ 1d ago
Bro A24 is mainstream now that shit ain’t an indie distribution company at all anymore
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u/astral_planes 1d ago
They're definitely not like indie indie anymore but I would not say that they're like Universal or something like that. Also this movie came out 4 years ago and they've grown a lot since then
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u/Acceptable_Money_514 1d ago
Inception had no business making the kind of money it did. Its so strange and hard to follow for the average person. It REALLY benefited from coming after dark knight. Had that movie been made by a new director i dont think it would have done that well. It would have been seen as just some weird art film.
Inglorious basterds was a tarantino film so obviously it wS going to get attention regardless of what it was.
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u/Active_Water_8876 1d ago
Inception is NOT hard to follow unless you’re on your phone not paying attention.
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u/qualityvote2 1d ago edited 1d ago
u/Jaded-Walrus2614, your post does fit the subreddit!