Members Incubitabus Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 These are films that you would rank in your top 10 or 20 that are relativly unknown and or did not make millions at the box office... Though I cant make a full list of 10 myself, I would like to find at least 9 other "unkowns" worth checking out the next time me and my roommates are at Blockbuster... Girl Fever - Funny as hell. Theres a scene with a hot female reporter and a well-placed beeper set to vibrate... and by technicalities, though they are now cult hits: Donnie Darko - The first movie to ever really make me laugh and think at the same time (see "smurf conversation" scene)... The Boondock Saints - Just amazing. Well written, well directed, well cast and well performed. Easily in my top 5...
Members BEAD Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Cradle of Fear -dude from cradle of filth put out a gory, somewhat flawed horror movie.
Members SpaceGhost Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by chunkathalon Cradle of Fear -dude from cradle of filth put out a gory, somewhat flawed horror movie. I saw the begining of that. I thought it was just really bad porn.
Members PrestiaRules Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Would 'Sexy Beast' count? I was out of the country when it was released but I don't think it is that well known. great performance by Ben Kingsley Brain Candy doesn't seem that well known outside of Canada as well....funny as hell
Members Incubitabus Posted June 28, 2005 Author Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules Would 'Sexy Beast' count? I was out of the country when it was released but I don't think it is that well known. great performance by Ben KingsleyBrain Candy doesn't seem that well known outside of Canada as well....funny as hell I saw Brain Candy, come to think of it. I went through a "Kids in the Hall" phase when I was in HS. I used to watch the show all the time, and I saw that on some random movie channel during my Dad's brief ownership of a satellite dish... Not a bad flick. Its like an extended KITH Skit, though...
Members rankinchallenge Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 La Haine is a really good french film you gotta see, although i think it might be well known. Its about these three guys from a kind of council estate, who find a lost policemans gun during a time when theres a lot of aggro with the police, really funny in places and tragic too.
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Members nicebigstrings Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by PrestiaRules Would 'Sexy Beast' count? I was out of the country when it was released but I don't think it is that well known. great performance by Ben Kingsley Big +1 That one sort of came and went quickly in the theatres, but I had a hell of a time renting it on video. It was never available. People caught on it seemed. That's the best performence of a villian I've ever seen. My wife and I watched it, then watched the whole thing again the next night (something I never do) just for the script alone.
Members lug Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Undertoad Local Hero +1 No way to describe why I even like the movie, but it's great. Dead Calm - Early Nicole Kidman movie with Sam Neil and Billy Zane. Ending kinda sucked but the rest of the movie was great.
Members vanlatte Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Incubitabus These are films that you would rank in your top 10 or 20 that are relativly unknown and or did not make millions at the box office...Though I cant make a full list of 10 myself, I would like to find at least 9 other "unkowns" worth checking out the next time me and my roommates are at Blockbuster...Girl Fever - Funny as hell. Theres a scene with a hot female reporter and a well-placed beeper set to vibrate...and by technicalities, though they are now cult hits:Donnie Darko - The first movie to ever really make me laugh and think at the same time (see "smurf conversation" scene)...The Boondock Saints - Just amazing. Well written, well directed, well cast and well performed. Easily in my top 5... As soon as I saw this thread title "Donnie Darko" came to mind. Bog ol' +1 to that! Unknown movies...hmmm...not sure I can come up with 10 but here goes (aforementioned Donnie Darko) The Ruling Class - old Peter O'toole dark comedy Hanover Street - cheesy WWII love story. Ruthless People - lots of laughs in this one. Cyrano de Bergerac - the 1950 version with Jos
Members Bonoman Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Man Bites Dog - It's a Belgian flick with subtitles, but you'll never have so much fun watching a cheap film. It's the Spinal Tap of serial killer movies. Basquiat - Biography on the New York artist with a cast so stellar you have to squint to watch it! Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Willam Dafoe, Christopther Walken, Courtney Love, Claire Forlani, and David mother-{censored}in' Bowie as Andy Warhol. And I haven't even mentioned the perfect soundtrack yet! Entropy - Fanstastic love story about a music video director and a super-hot model, with cameo appearances by Bono and Larry Mullin Jr.. Fun movie, good story, hot lead actress. Bully - Rough film, brutal and hard to watch, but hypnotically attractive at the same time like driving by a car-wreck. It's the true story of a bunch of kids in Florida who muerder their friend and try to get away with it. Trashy people with no morals = a good movie with great sex scenes!
Members greenshag Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Bonoman Man Bites Dog - It's a Belgian flick with subtitles, but you'll never have so much fun watching a cheap film. It's the Spinal Tap of serial killer movies. Basquiat - Biography on the New York artist with a cast so stellar you have to squint to watch it! Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Willam Dafoe, Christopther Walken, Courtney Love, Claire Forlani, and David mother-{censored}in' Bowie as Andy Warhol. And I haven't even mentioned the perfect soundtrack yet! Entropy - Fanstastic love story about a music video director and a super-hot model, with cameo appearances by Bono and Larry Mullin Jr.. Fun movie, good story, hot lead actress. Bully - Rough film, brutal and hard to watch, but hypnotically attractive at the same time like driving by a car-wreck. It's the true story of a bunch of kids in Florida who muerder their friend and try to get away with it. Trashy people with no morals = a good movie with great sex scenes! you liked the hairy muff in bully!!
Members Bonoman Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by greenshag you liked the hairy muff in bully!! Not so much, but that little blonde whore was hot as {censored}!
Members greenshag Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Bonoman Not so much, but that little blonde whore was hot as {censored}! bijou phillips I believe, and yes....I loved the unrated version of that movie...
Members Bonoman Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by greenshag bijou phillips I believe, and yes....I loved the unrated version of that movie...
Members scarecrowbob Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Alice - jan svankmeijer - a 1960s something surrealist Czeck interpreation of alice in wonderland. It is stop motion animated using biological specimines, and every time the rabbit reaces into the incision where he has been stuffed (to get his pocket watch), a little more sawdust falls out. M - Fritz Lang - 1931. Peter Lorrie plays a child killer. It has this creepy scene where the fascists are in the right, but are also the criminals. It is a great rejoineder to those who think it is a legitimate thing to light rapists on fire, as it displays the real fascism behind mass crimes like lynching. Land Without Bread - "An extraordinarily powerful documentary, directed by Luis Bunuel, on the impoverished people living in the Las Hurdes region of Spain. Bunuel's vision is so strong that the film becomes unsettling, turning the real into the surreal." Well, maybe it isn't adocumentary, but it does use real people who actually live in medival spain (in 1932, no less). Tetsuo, Iron Man - This is by far the most disturbing film I have seen. The MAakies cartoons availible here: http://www.maakies.com/SNL/index.html Triumph Des Willen - Leni Reifenstahl - it is boring, and frightening, but if you watch it on fast forward, you can see the grand-mother of Fox news. But you have to pretend that the cheering fascist throng is at home, watching TV. Wonderland - 1997 - a documentary about Levittown PA : "A hilarious documentary about the planned community of Levittown, New York. O'Hagan conducts interviews with longtime and one time Levittown residents (like rock singer Eddie Money and Zippy the Pinhead cartoonist Bill Griffith), in an effort to explain how architects and developers took the idea of a suburban paradise to extremes. The community's elderly residents recall a time when beneath the bland surface of Levittown, its houses equipped with all mod cons, behaviors like wife swapping were commonplace." Jupiter's Wife: "JUPITER
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Members the hammer Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 1. Waiting for Guffman - its a Christopher Guest film and by far his best 2. Equinox - the movie that Sam Rami completely ripped off for the "Evil Dead" movies 3. The City of Lost Children - looks like a Terry Gilliam film but it isn't, very strange and watchable 4. Jacobs Ladder - spooky, scary as hell and uplifting all at the same time 5. Streets of Fire - a very flawed film but well worth watching for Diane Lane, Michael Pare', and Willam Defoe 6. Abra Los Ohos (open your eyes)- the original spanish film that Tom Cruise remade into the craptastic "Vanilla Sky". Watch this movie if you want to see how horrible it is to "Hollywood" a great foreign film. 7. Last American Virgin - the great lost "horny teen" film of the 80's. Funny and very sad. 8. Dancer in the Dark - starring of all people Bijork! One of the saddest films I have ever seen but excellent and moving. 9. Dawn of the Dead - the 2004 remake. Probably the scariest movie I have seen lately 10. Rumble In the Bronx - Jackie Chan kicking the ass of the strangest street gang ever assembled
Members vanlatte Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by the hammer 1. Waiting for Guffman - its a Christopher Guest film and by far his best 2. Equinox - the movie that Sam Rami completely ripped off for the "Evil Dead" movies 3. The City of Lost Children - looks like a Terry Gilliam film but it isn't, very strange and watchable 4. Jacobs Ladder - spooky, scary as hell and uplifting all at the same time 5. Streets of Fire - a very flawed film but well worth watching for Diane Lane, Michael Pare', and Willam Defoe 6. Abra Los Ohos (open your eyes)- the original spanish film that Tom Cruise remade into the craptastic "Vanilla Sky". Watch this movie if you want to see how horrible it is to "Hollywood" a great foreign film. 7. Last American Virgin - the great lost "horny teen" film of the 80's. Funny and very sad. 8. Dancer in the Dark - starring of all people Bijork! One of the saddest films I have ever seen but excellent and moving. 9. Dawn of the Dead - the 2004 remake. Probably the scariest movie I have seen lately 10. Rumble In the Bronx - Jackie Chan kicking the ass of the strangest street gang ever assembled Good call...Waiting for Guffman is one of the best out of the Spinal Tap/Best in Show/ A Mighty Wind type movies. Forgout about Streets of Fire...that movie is responsible for my lifelong adoration of Diane Lane, in my opinion one of the best looking woman on the planet, and she is aging well too. Hopefully she will never subscribe to the Meg Ryan school of "My lips arent big enough so I am going to ruin a perfectly cute face"
Members the hammer Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by vanlatte Good call...Waiting for Guffman is one of the best out of the Spinal Tap/Best in Show/ A Mighty Wind type movies. Forgout about Streets of Fire...that movie is responsible for my lifelong adoration of Diane Lane, in my opinion one of the best looking woman on the planet, and she is aging well too. Hopefully she will never subscribe to the Meg Ryan school of "My lips arent big enough so I am going to ruin a perfectly cute face" Yes "Streets of Fire" gave me a lifelong crush on Diane Lane. Even watched "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains" just to see her get into the shower.
Members L. Ron Hoover Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by the hammer 1. Waiting for Guffman - its a Christopher Guest film and by far his best Sacrelige! Guffman is good, but it's a pale flicker compared to Spinal Tap. Perhaps I feel that way because I can really, honestly relate to the Tap having spent a lot of time in the touring biz. A few of my faves that haven't been mentioned: Hard Core Logo... Kind of a Canadian, punk Spinal Tap. Fubar.... Mockumentary about two hoser 80s throwbacks in Alberta. Dead Man... B&W western with Johnny Depp. Dark humour brought to a new level. Rare Birds... Bit of a local classic. Hard to explain...
Members greenshag Posted June 28, 2005 Members Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by L. Ron Hoover Sacrelige! Guffman is good, but it's a pale flicker compared to Spinal Tap. Perhaps I feel that way because I can really, honestly relate to the Tap having spent a lot of time in the touring biz. A few of my faves that haven't been mentioned: Hard Core Logo... Kind of a Canadian, punk Spinal Tap. Fubar.... Mockumentary about two hoser 80s throwbacks in Alberta. Dead Man... B&W western with Johnny Depp. Dark humour brought to a new level. Rare Birds... Bit of a local classic. Hard to explain... hardcore logo was great-guys driving around in a milk truck playing punk all over canada dead man is one of my favorite films of all time....especially nobody
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