Best Movies you might not have heard of/seen...

[ArtVandelay]

Comedy: Buying the Cow (Ryan Reynolds/Jerry O'Connell) hilarious

Sports: Diggstown (James Woods, Heather Graham)

Suspense: Stir of Echoes (Kevin Bacon)

Has anyone see these?

What are some movies you love that aren't mainstream and most people have never heard of?

[gatorjjh]

Angel Heart
starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0092563% 2F&ei=Fto7UeWoD4SA9QSrhoBI&usg=AFQjCNEOf5iKac7BlxB6qU_sJ17Ryk5aew&sig2=SNDGAUCapos7rkKJs7K_aA&bvm=bv.43287494,d.eWU

[LeafUF]

Saw Stir of Echoes and Buying the Cow. Agree they are less known and pretty good. Echoes scared the crap out of me, was certain I was living in a haunted house after watching it.

Check out Primer and The Man from Earth for some lesser known scifi.

[gatormoe1]

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

[ursidman]

Burnt by the Sun
The Cuckoo
(both foreign)

The Sea Inside
and even though it has a pretty hollywood boy in it, I just love A River Runs Through It.

[The_Graygator]

"Let Me In" and it's Swedish counterpart "Let The Right One In".

[malscott]

An older one: Uncommon Valor. An old Vietnam Unit decides to go back to Vietnam to retrieve one of their POW (a senators son). Good stuff. Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Tex Cobb.

[GatorPrincess8]

I saw Diggstown a LONG time ago.

[Allanon]

For a different take on college kids go camping, try Tucker and Dale Versus Evil.

[fortmyersgator]

Streets of Gold.

[sevmonster]

Them

[sevmonster]

Winter's Bone

[gatorjjh]

Them


54 or 06? version?

[Gator515151]

I'll go with an oldie. Billy Jack.

[outbackjack]

Winter's Bone

I know it's me, but Winter's Bone bone the ever loving crap out of me.

And I like slow developing movies.

But I'm a small minority of people that doesn't like Jennifer Lawrence.

(And I'm a Hunger Games fan, just don't like her).

So blah, so expressionless, she is not a good actress, yet somehow everyone fawns over her.

And I saw Silver Linings, she was deplorable.

[wygator]

"Inside Moves"

John Savage and David Morse (Morse's first movie role)

A bunch of down and out misfits trying to get through life together. Morse has a physical defect, one leg longer than the other, and is trying to get a tryout with the Celtics.

[jewood592]

An older one: Uncommon Valor. An old Vietnam Unit decides to go back to Vietnam to retrieve one of their POW (a senators son). Good stuff. Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Tex Cobb.

GREAT movie for military/history buffs!

Another must see... Bat 21:yes:

[sevmonster]

Them the 06 foreign version

[jewood592]

As for comedies... Don't think anything will ever top There's Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber for me.

[sevmonster]

Before the Devil knows you're dead.

[Gator515151]

GREAT movie for military/history buffs!

Another must see... Bat 21:yes:

I'm not sure what Uncomon Valor has to do with history but seeing Tex Cobb blow himself up is one of my all time favorite movie scenes.

[ArtVandelay]

As for comedies... Don't think anything will ever top There's Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber for me.

those are classic...two of the most quotable movies of all time...but this thread is about movies that most people never saw or heard of.

Has anyone seen the MTV movie "Better Luck Tommorrow"? That was a great movie about Asian honor students up to no good.

some other MTV movies that were cheesy/funny back in the day: Dead Man on Campus and Joe's Apartment.

[LeafUF]

Better Luck Tomorrow made a huge fuss when it came out because people felt it was offensive showing Asian students in very non-stereotypical ways. There was a great video of Roger Ebert in a shouting match with another critic over the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSzP9YV3jbc

[teebone7200]

Comedy: Buying the Cow (Ryan Reynolds/Jerry O'Connell) hilarious

Sports: Diggstown (James Woods, Heather Graham)

Suspense: Stir of Echoes (Kevin Bacon)

Has anyone see these?

What are some movies you love that aren't mainstream and most people have never heard of?

Stir of Echoes was a very good one. Here's one for you: Mothman Prophecies starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney............really good that really flew under the radar.

[StrangeGator]

Recent- Safety Not Guaranteed character based, sort of sic-fi film based on actual Craigslist ad

Cult- A Boy and His Dog, Repo Man, Donnie Darko

Quirky/Subtle- My Brilliant Career, Hanging Gardens, You Can Count on Me, Birdie, Gregory's Girl, Local Hero, Everything is Illuminated, Pi

Suspense- Shallow Grave by Oscar winning Scottish director Danny Boyle's debut, featuring Kerry Fox and Ewan McGregor in one of his first feature roles

Comedy- The Magic Christian, Bubble Boy, Rat Race, Adventures of Priscilla Queen of of the Desert

Poignant- The Sweet Here Ever After, Ponette, The Secret Garden, High Tide, Kolya, Venus

Bizarre Sci-fi or post apocalyptic- Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Strange Days, The Road Warrior/Welcome to Thunder Dome, Wrist Cutters; A Love Story

[LeafUF]

Good list as always Strange. I definitely need to check out Safety Not Guaranteed. Have seen most of the others except for the poignant films, none of those. Guess I am just not a poignant film watcher.

[StrangeGator]

I know it's me, but Winter's Bone bone the ever loving crap out of me.

And I like slow developing movies.

But I'm a small minority of people that doesn't like Jennifer Lawrence.

(And I'm a Hunger Games fan, just don't like her).

So blah, so expressionless, she is not a good actress, yet somehow everyone fawns over her.

And I saw Silver Linings, she was deplorable.

Winter's Bone was hard to watch, but very well done. All the performances were very nuanced. I thought Jennifer Lawrence was convincing, but not worthy of an Oscar nomination. Didn't really enjoy her in Hunger Games. The best actors can't make a half-assed script work. I thought Silver Linings was brilliant as was her performance. The chemistry between the two of them was remarkable.

If you're not in the film or theatrical business, not a casting director, acting coach, or film theorist, you have no business saying "she is not a good actress." Just say you don't like her.

Judging her performance in "Silver Linings," it might also help to have some exposure to the mental health field, like experience inside an inpatient facility. I have been inside, and I'd almost guess that she went inside to prepare for that role. Him too. They killed it.

[oragator1]

There are tons of old movies most have never heard of which are so well made. Just look through Alfred Hitchcock's catalogue alone to find a dozen or so - Notorious, Foreign Correspondent, Vertigo, The birds, North by Northwest, Rear Window, lifeboat,To catch a thief, saboteur, psycho and many others.

I also liked Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Humphrey Bogart movies beyond what they were in above, like:
Father Goose, Operation Petticoat, Charade, the Philadelphia Story (that one has Grant and Stewart), the man who shot liberty valance (most underrated movie out there IMO), the Shootist, Key Largo, the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, African Queen, Maltese Falcon etc.

[StrangeGator]

Good list as always Strange. I definitely need to check out Safety Not Guaranteed. Have seen most of the others except for the poignant films, none of those. Guess I am just not a poignant film watcher.

Kolya, Venus and High Tide were not terribly poignant. Venus was actually a comedy, but the protagonist, played by a brilliant Peter O'Toole, dies near the end. I originally threw High Tide in with the quirky/subtle films. It was made in Australia by Gillian Armstrong, who also directed My Brilliant Career, and also featured a young and beautiful Judy Davis just after her star turning performance in A Passage to India. This IMHO, is one of the best films to come out of of the 70s and 80s Australian New Wave.

[gatorjjh]

The Business Of Strangers
Stockard Channing & Julia Stiles

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270259/


The Magic Christian
Peter Sellers, Ringo and a host of others including Raquel Welch & John Cleese

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064622/

[Wuerffel5220]

Definitely have a different interest from Leaf and Strange apparently, as I've seen a few of those movies and didn't care for any of them

100 Girls- fun, understated comedy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214388/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Airborne- one of my favorite teen cable movies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106233/?ref_=sr_3

Never Back Down
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106233/?ref_=sr_3

It's Kind of a Funny Story which has a couple of unknowns and Zach Galifanakis (but not a slapstick movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804497/?ref_=sr_1

44 Minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362389/?ref_=sr_1

10 Years was a recent cute movie with a full current-popular star cast including Channing Tatum and Kate Mara
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1715873/?ref_=sr_1

Elizabethtown with Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368709/?ref_=sr_1

If you liked Buying the Cow, you have to watch Tomcats
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246989/?ref_=sr_2

Without Limits (the good one of the 2 Steve Prefontaine movies) with Billy Crudup
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/?ref_=sr_1

[kygator]

An older one: Uncommon Valor. An old Vietnam Unit decides to go back to Vietnam to retrieve one of their POW (a senators son). Good stuff. Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Tex Cobb.

Great choice. At least, based on my memory of it. Haven't seen it since the 80's.

[ArtVandelay]

Definitely have a different interest from Leaf and Strange apparently, as I've seen a few of those movies and didn't care for any of them

Airborne- one of my favorite teen cable movies
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106233/?ref_=sr_3

It's Kind of a Funny Story which has a couple of unknowns and Zach Galifanakis (but not a slapstick movie)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804497/?ref_=sr_1

If you liked Buying the Cow, you have to watch Tomcats
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246989/?ref_=sr_2



Airborne is a classic - can't find the video anymore, but my favorite line from the movie:

Mitchell: [to Jack] Chill Brah.
Augie: Did he just call you a piece of underwear?

Jack Black was hilarious

Tomcats was very good too! "Say the 3 magic words"

I enjoyed "It's Kind of a Funny Story"

[The_Ultimate_Gator]

Cannibal Holocaust.

[StrangeGator]

Forgot one entire genre; Almost everything by Jim Jarmusch, especially Down By Law, Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Dead Man, Ghost Dog and Coffee and Cigarettes

Dead Man might be one of the best films I've ever seen. Half expect it to start to show up on some those best films of all time lists. Sometimes it takes a smaller film 15 or 20 years for the theorists to catch up. I read an entire book on the work of Jim Jarmush. The chapter on Dead Man was about a third of the book. Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote an entire book on Dead Man, calling it the first "Acid Western."

Great soundtrack, basically two hours of Neil Young strumming an electric guitar.

[kkg8r]

I know it's me, but Winter's Bone bone the ever loving crap out of me.

And I like slow developing movies.

But I'm a small minority of people that doesn't like Jennifer Lawrence.

(And I'm a Hunger Games fan, just don't like her).

So blah, so expressionless, she is not a good actress, yet somehow everyone fawns over her.

And I saw Silver Linings, she was deplorable.

Deplorable? I'm going to have to accuse you of major exaggeration.

[toon66]

River's Edge starring Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover and Ione Skye.

[outbackjack]

Now bradley cooper absolutely nailed it. As did Deniro, as always.
But I'm just not a JL fan, she just seems so blah to me.
She even did the same on SNL, which is a time to really
let loose and have fun.

[LeafUF]

I've only seen jl in two films and neither performance bothered me. However I understand just not liking a particular actor. I can't stand daniel craig for some reason I can't even explain. Won't even bother watching a film he is in anymore bc I know I won't finish it.

[gatormonk]

Foreign Film
Nowhere in Africa
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161860/?ref_=sr_1

Classic
A Man for All Seasons
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060665/?ref_=sr_1

[oragator1]

Speaking of foreign films:

Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring

Is a movie about a Buddhist Monk and his protege living on a floating monastery on a lake. Beautiful movie with little dialogue and amazing cinematography, nice themes too.

[gatormonk]

Speaking of foreign films:

Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring

Is a movie about a Buddhist Monk and his protege living on a floating monastery on a lake. Beautiful movie with little dialogue and amazing cinematography, nice themes too.

Korean version of A Man for All Seasons? :joecool:

[oragator1]

Korean version of A Man for All Seasons? :joecool:

Lol, you knew it was Korean, you've seen it?

[gatormonk]

IMDB :)

[gator7_5]

Lock Stock and rat race are both great comedies.

Bottlerocket was a movie my buds and I watched all the time.

[oragator1]

IMDB :)

I randomly saw it was on IFC one night and did the same thing, saw the imdb rating over 8 and gave it a shot. Totally worth it.

[Allanon]

Not sure if it falls into this category. But I have always loved Zulu. It introduced a young actor named Michael Caine.

[Phil_Elliot]

A few in no particular order: The Last Seduction, Romeo is Bleeding, Swimming with Sharks, Living in Oblivion, Used Cars, 52 Pick Up, Touch of Evil, The Blue Dahlia, Murder My Sweet, Le Cercle Rouge, Diabolique, and Murder by Death. A short list...

[regurgigator]

Cube - Canadian sci-fi film about people trapped in a cube

Breaker Morant - Australian movie about 3 soldiers being court martial(ed) in South Africa during the Second Boer War.



The following weren't exactly under the radar, but were made a while back and probably missed by many:

Papillion - Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as prisoners in French prison in French Guiana and their attempts to escape - true story

The Mission - Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro (among others) as Jesuit missionaries in South America in the 1750's - may be too slow at times and explore too many theological/philosophical/political themes for some

[gatorjjh]

A few in no particular order: The Last Seduction, Romeo is Bleeding, Swimming with Sharks, Living in Oblivion, Used Cars, 52 Pick Up, Touch of Evil, The Blue Dahlia, Murder My Sweet, Le Cercle Rouge, Diabolique, and Murder by Death. A short list...

loved the Blue Dahlia

[gatorjjh]

Cube

Papillion - Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as prisoners in French prison in French Guiana and their attempts to escape - true story



one of my favorite McQueen flicks - hard to make a bad film with McQueen and Hoffman

[regurgigator]

one of my favorite McQueen flicks - hard to make a bad film with McQueen and Hoffman

Yep.


Meant to mention Blood Simple also.

[ursidman]

Breaker Morant - Australian movie about 3 soldiers being court martial(ed) in South Africa during the Second Boer War.



Breaker Morant was an Awesome movie. One of my favorites. An examination of right, wrong, and the morality of occupiers and the insurgent indigenous people. Highly recommend.

Also check out Rabbit Proof Fence. The Australian government forcibly took aboriginal girls from their families to train them as domestics for "civilized" society. The movie follows one of them as she walks (hundreds? thousands?) of miles back to her home living off the land and eventually following the fence the government erected across the continent to isolate the destructive effects of an exploding exotic rabbit population. True story and gripping.

[Allanon]

Breaker Morant was an excellent movie.

[toon66]

Now bradley cooper absolutely nailed it. As did Deniro, as always.
But I'm just not a JL fan, she just seems so blah to me.
She even did the same on SNL, which is a time to really
let loose and have fun.

Maybe she was baked???

[toon66]

Lock Stock and rat race are both great comedies.

Bottlerocket was a movie my buds and I watched all the time.

Big fan of Bottle Rocket.

Okay. There, you see the star is me, right there, and I'll be in there. The X is Anthony. Bob, you're the zero out here in the car.

[deebo65]

One of my foavorites growing up was Streets of Fire. Good cast (Diane Lane, Willam Dafoe, Michael Pare and others) and absolutely fantastic (80's mind you) soundtrack. Music done by Ry Cooder. Plus there is a cool fight scene in the send.

Love and a 45 was an little known film I loved when I was in college. Killing Zoe is another one of those movies around the same time that was damn good. There are some others from back in the day that were really good but I am drawing a blank on em now. Probably one movie I have seen in the last few years that I had never heard of but was really good was Shade. It was a card/gambling grifter movie with Stallone in it. I thought it was really good.

[palmbayed]

Highlander- mid 1980s movie about an immortal Scotsman who changes names about every 60 years. He chooses names from babies who have recently passed away. Great soundtrack by Queen as well.

[The_Ultimate_Gator]

Highlander- mid 1980s movie about an immortal Scotsman who changes names about every 60 years. He chooses names from babies who have recently passed away. Great soundtrack by Queen as well.

Sounds ripe for a sequel.

[gymgator]

Boondock Saints
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/?ref_=sr_1

Snatch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/?ref_=sr_1

Suicide Kings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120241/?ref_=sr_5

Fight Club
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/?ref_=sr_1

None of these did well in the theater, but all have become cult classics.

[LeafUF]

Sounds ripe for a sequel.

Or maybe a tv show. And a Saturday morning cartoon.

[oragator1]

I just watched another one, called unmistaken child.

In 2001 a legendary Buddhist leader passed away and in buddhist tradition a search for his reincarnated self was undertaken. It is a documentary following that process but it's beautifully shot with no narration, tons of intimate scenes(the director got amazing access) and wonderful views of the beauty of Nepal as well as their traditional way of life. But in more simple terms. it follows an earnest young monk in his quest to find the new leader, and tells the story of the child they find, raising lots of questions about whats right for the child along the way. The child by the way is pretty remarkable.

Yes I realize both films I raised here were Buddhist related, but it's just a coincidence :)

[red4512]

One of my foavorites growing up was Streets of Fire. Good cast (Diane Lane, Willam Dafoe, Michael Pare and others) and absolutely fantastic (80's mind you) soundtrack. Music done by Ry Cooder. Plus there is a cool fight scene in the send.
.

Cant go wrong with Diane Lane.:drool:

[corpgator]

Boondock Saints
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/?ref_=sr_1

Snatch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/?ref_=sr_1

Suicide Kings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120241/?ref_=sr_5

Fight Club
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/?ref_=sr_1

None of these did well in the theater, but all have become cult classics.

I was one of the few to see Fight Club in the theatre. Many claim they have, but most are liars. I was there opening night in a Tampa area theatre and there were 5 people there. 2 couples and me. One couple walked out after the porn splicing scene.

Good relatively unknown movies:

Martial Arts: Ong Bak/Protector

DocuDrama: Touching the Void

Silent: Vampyr (Especially if you like the better known Nosferatu)

Foreign: La Haine, Black Orpheus (Great Samba movie, set during Carnival in Brazil)

Anime: Grave of the Fireflies (My wife refuses to watch this again since she cried through the last hour of it)

I also love everything by Takovsky, but most find his films insufferably long and boring.

[tebowharvin]

Apocalypse Now [Redux] - Great imagery and interesting dialogue, the military guys wouldn't dig it though
How I Ended This Summer - Russian film about a guy running a weather station and an intern in Siberia. Pretty simple conflict starts an interesting analysis of human nature against a bleak, beautiful backdrop
Good Will Hunting - Instant classic

[gatorjjh]

Apocalypse Now [Redux] - Great imagery and interesting dialogue, the military guys wouldn't dig it though


compelling film - one of my favs

[Tasselhoff]

I saw fight club in a theater.....Was working a haunted house in KY...after it closed the staff went out to see a late showi g of it..real late. All.of us where still makeup and costume too. Manager came out to see what we were up to. When he found out he laughed and comped our tickets. Real fun night

[LeafUF]

I was one of the few to see Fight Club in the theatre. Many claim they have, but most are liars. I was there opening night in a Tampa area theatre and there were 5 people there. 2 couples and me. One couple walked out after the porn splicing scene.

Good relatively unknown movies:

Martial Arts: Ong Bak/Protector

DocuDrama: Touching the Void

Silent: Vampyr (Especially if you like the better known Nosferatu)

Foreign: La Haine, Black Orpheus (Great Samba movie, set during Carnival in Brazil)

Anime: Grave of the Fireflies (My wife refuses to watch this again since she cried through the last hour of it)

I also love everything by Takovsky, but most find his films insufferably long and boring.

If you liked Ong Bak, check out Chocolate and well anything Tony Jaa has done. But Chocolate stars a female martial artist and I doubt many people have seen it. Great action.

[LeafUF]

I saw fight club in a theater.....Was working a haunted house in KY...after it closed the staff went out to see a late showi g of it..real late. All.of us where still makeup and costume too. Manager came out to see what we were up to. When he found out he laughed and comped our tickets. Real fun night

I worked haunted houses for 3 years during high school. Some of the most fun I ever had.

[Potzer01]

Comedy: Buying the Cow (Ryan Reynolds/Jerry O'Connell) hilarious

Sports: Diggstown (James Woods, Heather Graham)

Suspense: Stir of Echoes (Kevin Bacon)

Has anyone see these?

What are some movies you love that aren't mainstream and most people have never heard of?

Love all of these... I haven't seen Diggstown in a while. I do love some James Woods though.

Stir of echoes makes me think of flatliners for some reason.

[corpgator]

If you liked Ong Bak, check out Chocolate and well anything Tony Jaa has done. But Chocolate stars a female martial artist and I doubt many people have seen it. Great action.

I'll have to check out Chocolate, thanks. I've seen all of Jaa's stuff. Unfortunately, the movies he has directed (Ong Bak 2 and 3) were a complete mess. Hopefully he doesn't screw up Protector 2 as well. They still had great action, but wow, his mind is truly convoluted.

[enviroGator]

Constantine is one I really liked that most never have heard of.

[NitroSmoke]

Documentary - Undefeated

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860355/

[toon66]

Documentary - Undefeated

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860355/

Saw that. Great story, highly recommend that.