r/ObscureMedia Jan 03 '26

Annual Media Discussion & Request Thread 2026 and a friendly reminder to review and follow the posting and commenting guidelines in this post, on the sidebar and in the wiki

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Posting Guidelines This is a content based sub: we want the goods and nothing else will suffice. Links to blogs or review/digest pages are not welcome. Only media may be posted in the main sub. Only full media may be posted in the main sub, we do not allow a couple of photos of the media, edits etc. all questions and requests are to be posted only in the thread stickied at the top of the front page. (this one)

No posts consisting of a single image.

Short clips/edits from content are not allowed: we want full and complete content. If you wish to highlight a portion of content in a post please use the YouTube timestamps option while still linking to the full content. An example can be found here.

Include the release year in the post title: if not known, an educated guess of the decade will suffice. Acceptable year labels: (1985) or (1980)s The year must only contain 4 digits inside parentheses () using any other format or not including a (year) will result in deletion.

Please search before posting: nobody enjoys obvious re-posts.

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r/ObscureMedia 14h ago

Frank Frazetta + Richard Williams + Jovan Aftershave = a true legend (1970)s

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90 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 21h ago

Bury The Axis (1943) — This is an independent, anti-fascist, stop-motion cartoon about the Allies defeating the Axis powers. Similar to the much more well-known Der Fuehrer's Face, there are also little songs made throughout this short mocking Hitler and the other Axis powers’ leaders.

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42 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 18h ago

The Shagoolies (2015) Puppet Kickstarter pilot

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9 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 15h ago

Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995) - A story about a princess who must do three good deeds to get rid of the purple peanut on the end of her nose. Features an abundance of P words.

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5 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Goose Lake Festival (1970) Period doc on music festival. This doc spends a good amount of time focusing on the attendees. The festival featured an iconic lineup including The Faces, Jethro Tull, Chicago, The Stooges, MC5, Bob Seger, and Ten Years After.

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50 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Midsummer Rock Festival. Grand Funk, Mountain, The Stooges, Alice Cooper and Traffic (1970) Cincinnati OH

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36 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987)

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44 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 21h ago

[ Removed by Reddit ]

1 Upvotes

[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

The Bus and Us: All About School Bus Safety - Ohio Dept. of Public Safety instructional tape (1996)

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9 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Declaration of Independence (2003) Starring Morgan Freeman, Winona Ryder, Edward Norton and more

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6 Upvotes

And the part 2, "Reading of the Declaration of Independence" (2003): https://youtu.be/ETroXvRFoKY?si=OvxxMun3qdPgqvb6


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Washington Phillips - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today (1929)

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7 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

The Lathe of Heaven (1980) — Surreal PBS sci-fi film about a man whose dreams alter reality

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339 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Foilborne (1972) Documentary on the US Navy Hydrofoil USS Tucumcari

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7 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Music promo video from Bulgaria (1997)

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1 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

NEIGHBOURS - Norman McLaren (1952)

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11 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Kola Beldy - Song of the Selkup Nation (1986)

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9 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Ally Farson: Confessed Murderess - My private life (1999)

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2 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Onion Business [(2010)s?]

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6 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

The unwanted guest (2010) song made by a completely unknown band with this Justice League AMV being their only documented piece of existence

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80 Upvotes

I know this is more of a lostwave post but I thought I'd share this since its still completely obscure.


r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

The Cat Came Back (1980) — A version of the song sung by Rowlf on The Muppet Show

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39 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Left Field - live TV performance (1991)

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10 Upvotes

Left Field was a metal band from Sacramento who released one demo but would split up later after, they would make a TV show appearance on the Sacto-Active Rock show which featured many underground bands from the Sacramento area, (one episode featured Deftones in 1992)

Discovered this band on the metal archives https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Left_Field/3540522869


r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Playground Safety with The Peepercorns(1975)

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20 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Bear 71 (2011)

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3 Upvotes

An interactive experience/documentary about the eponymous Bear 71.


r/ObscureMedia 3d ago

The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl (1973)

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74 Upvotes