Dmacsg1

Helen Of Troy was a great surprise for me!! It also started my infatuation with Sienna Gullory!!!

naitram

Tough to say as I blind buy many, but one of these I guess:

Alphaville
Out of the Past
The Third Man
A Night at the Opera

All changed my film watching perspective.

Doctor Who

UHF and VIDEODROME: CRITERION COLLECTION. UHF I laughed at constantly and Videodrome was a strange but good film. Now, if only Criterion could get the rights to FLETCH...

rsa

This is Spinal Tap.

This is my best blind buy.

Bill Needle

To narrow it down to one:

The Office

Someone else mentioned Apollo 13. My wife is a bit younger than I, not a space buff, and somehow missed this when it came around in theaters. We watched it and she enjoyed it greatly. She was floored when I informed her afterward that it was a true story.

asianxcore

Amelie

First movie that comes to mind. I had heard so much about it. Picked it up on a recommendation and was surprised by how much I liked it.

fliggil

I almost forgot that this was a blind buy for me as well. I had become such a big fan of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, I had to see where it was all coming from. Such a classic.

reverie

No doubt about it, and I doubt anything will top it as a blind buy: Firefly

slowcloud

I mostly buy films on DVD I am already familiar with, but of the few blind buys I have done, These are my favorites:

Lost in La Mancha
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Paths of Glory
Punch-Drunk Love
This Is Spinal Tap
Wings of Desire
Ju-on (2000)
Saddest Music in the World

So hard to pick just one! I keep going back and forth between all these as my favorite blind buy. I must admit, they were all informed decisions and not bought on a whim or based on cover art alone.

taronga

That's easy: the complete Spaced set and Shaun of the Dead. I always dread blind buys, especially imported blind buys, but I couldn't be happier with these two.

mzupeman2

Probably Carnivale: Season 1 or The Sopranos Season 1

PixyJunket

Best: Requiem for a Dream
Worst: Donnie Darko

Numes

Best:
Hellboy
Stargate SG-1
Leon: The Professional
Dark City
Sopranos
The Man with No Name Trilogy
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Dune (Mini Series)
Glengarry Glen Ross
Six Feet Under: Season 1
This is Spinal Tap
Edit: Gattaca

Disappointing:
American Psycho
Insomnia
Slaughterhouse 5
Don't Look Now

Third Baseman

Gattaca.

kms_md

ditto.

dick_grayson

That Obscure Object of Desire (Criterion)

jdpatri

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

Still one of the favorite movies in my collection - and some may berate me for this opinion - my favorite Jarmusch film.

Spiral Staircase

Il Posto: Criterion Collection
The Orphic Trilogy: Criterion Collection
The Prisoner series

fliggil

It's mine as well

B.A.

Band of Brothers

cardaway

Brotherhood of the Wolf - 3 disc Canadian edition.

aukevin

My best would probably be "The Bourne Identity" I really liked it and couldn't wait to see "Bourne Supremacy" in the theaters.

My favorite Netflix of a movie I never had seen would have to be "Before Sunrise." I'll be buying it one day I'm sure.

QuiGonJosh

Return of the Living Dead
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in the West
Lone Wolf and Cub Series

lizard

I Agree. Firefly — The Complete Series was the best blind buy I will ever likely get. I first looked into it because so many people here were buying it during the DDD sale.

Runner up for me would be Babylon 5.

Eplicon

Boogie Nights
Chicken Run