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NFT: Continuing the movie theme - your favorite little known film

Greg from LI : 8/17/2017 4:08 pm
What movie do you love that almost no one else has seen? You know, the one that draws blank looks when you tell people about it?

Mine is A Midnight Clear. Poignant WWII movie that starred some notable names before they were famous - Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinese, also Peter Berg, Frank Whaley, and Kevin Dillon. John C. McGinley plays one of his trademark asshole characters to perfection, too.
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Good thread...  
Pete in CO : 8/17/2017 10:24 pm : link
...not sure if obscure enough, though.
Murder by Death. 1976.
Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan
Spoof on all the murder mystery detectives.
Let It Ride is another great call.  
Crispino : 8/17/2017 10:35 pm : link
The Money Pit is another good one.
Three O'Clock High.
29th Street.


In Bruges is in my top 10 favorites of all...  
Crispino : 8/17/2017 10:37 pm : link
time. Some of the best dialogue ever. Hilarious performances.
Ride with the Devil  
Reb8thVA : 8/17/2017 10:40 pm : link
Movie about the Civil War in Missouri and the conflict between Confederate partisans and Kansas Jayhawkers.
Great thread  
Jay in Toronto : 8/17/2017 10:41 pm : link
Z was certainly not little known in its time.

I will also add Don't Look Now -- incredibly suspenseful, great cinematography and visual direction (Nicholas Roeg) and an incredible love scene with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.
RE: RE: Comedy old one Hollywood Knights.  
LauderdaleMatty : 8/17/2017 11:26 pm : link
In comment 13564009 mattlawson said:
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Not sure have to ponder other genre's




Is that piss yellow?

My dick is in the punch!


Are u really Sasha Dubinsky. The one armed violinist
RE: In Bruges  
santacruzom : 8/18/2017 12:21 am : link
In comment 13564060 bluepepper said:
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a couple of hit men sent to chill in a beautiful Belgian city that I don't think I'd ever heard of before.


Both Bruges and In Bruges are definitely worth knowing about. That movie really surprised me -- I wasn't expecting it to be as emotional as it was.
I saw El Topo, believe it or not.  
manh george : 8/18/2017 12:46 am : link
It was like having your gall bladder removed without anesthesia, only more painful.

3 obscure movies: 1) "Garden State"
2) One that was actually an early TV mini-series, but was short enough to play well as a movie:"A Town Like Alice."
3) "The Search," with Montgomery Clift (fabulous);





walkabout 1971  
markky : 8/18/2017 6:04 am : link
saw it as opening film before planet of the apes i think (when they used to do double bills)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind  
Optimus-NY : 8/18/2017 6:14 am : link
Love that flick.
Movies  
Russ in Queens, NYC : 8/18/2017 7:51 am : link
A Time For Drunken Horses (Kurdish smugglers on the Iran/Iraq/Turkish border)

Big Deal on Madonna Street (Italian burglary caper, hilarious)

Ajami (slice of life of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv)

Jean de Florette (land grab drama, turn of the century France)

Billy Liar (English working class kid living in his own fantasy world)

Mister Hulot's Holiday (nearly silent French comedy about an eccentric's vacation at the beach)

Black Orpheus (the Greek myth set in carnival Rio, circa 1960)

Mustang (five orphaned Turkish sisters living with tyrannical uncle)
Big Trouble  
TXRabbit : 8/18/2017 7:54 am : link
Great flick. Not "indie" but one that got screwed over by it's release date.

Another is "Get the Gringo" which some camps think is the sequel to "Payback".
While it didn't necessarily get good reviews...  
RC02XX : 8/18/2017 7:56 am : link
I liked Smilla's Sense of Snow with Julia Ormond and Gabriel Burns. Loved the book by Peter Hoeg, and the movie didn't fall too short.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane  
Elisthebest : 8/18/2017 8:12 am : link
Also known as The Ninth(??) Configuration. Also like the Breaker Morant reference above
Extract from Mike Judge  
Overseer : 8/18/2017 8:58 am : link




Goon (which actually seems to get some love on BBI given the hockey fan presence).

I Love You Phillip Morris.

The Vanishing, dutch version (Actually not positive this is lesser known)

Any Todd Solondz film - start with Happiness if you haven't seen any of his.

Nocturnal Animals I feel really flew under the radar last year which is a shame since it's great with some killer acting.
We Bought a Zoo  
Old Dirty : 8/18/2017 9:27 am : link
might not be too obscure, but I love that damn movie.

Drag Me to Hell is another. Scares the bejeesus out of me every time.
Osama  
bc4life : 8/18/2017 9:31 am : link
a movie about a girl in Afghanistan.

And on a lighter side - "Goliath" a movie about a cat kind of sort of. Pretty funny whatever it was about
yatqb  
bc4life : 8/18/2017 9:34 am : link
Agree about Son of Saul - IMO a must see movie
Honorable mentions  
bc4life : 8/18/2017 9:36 am : link
Johnny Handsome and Runaway Train
Wow, Jean de Florette, haven't heard that title in quite some time  
Greg from LI : 8/18/2017 9:46 am : link
I remember we watched it in French class in 7th grade.
RE: Eric  
djm : 8/18/2017 9:53 am : link
In comment 13563855 UConn4523 said:
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the Way Way Back is a great call, I know like 3 people who have seen it but it's excellent.

Dope, Blue Ruin, Dredd (remake), and Mudd are a few from the last 5 years or so.


I have seen way way back too. Loved it. Love movies like that.
RE: RE: In Bruges  
djm : 8/18/2017 9:57 am : link
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a couple of hit men sent to chill in a beautiful Belgian city that I don't think I'd ever heard of before.




Both Bruges and In Bruges are definitely worth knowing about. That movie really surprised me -- I wasn't expecting it to be as emotional as it was.


Agreed. In Bruges is probably in my top ten. It's a classic in my book.
In Bruges was excellent  
Greg from LI : 8/18/2017 11:08 am : link
The brother of that film's director made a very good movie himself, The Guard, also starring Brendan Gleeson.
Willing to bet that barely any of you have seen this one  
NYGIANTS86 : 8/18/2017 11:18 am : link
A Matter of Life and Death (Was known in the US as Stairway to Heaven) with David Nivin and Kim Novak.

British Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is on his way home to England from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane into the ocean, he contacts June (Kim Hunter), an Allied radio operator with whom he shares what he believes to be his final moments on Earth. But Peter survives, finds June and they fall in love. A problem arises when a divine messenger (Marius Goring) arrives to escort Peter to heaven to rectify his wrongful survival.

RE: In Bruges was excellent  
yatqb : 8/18/2017 11:45 am : link
In comment 13564475 Greg from LI said:
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The brother of that film's director made a very good movie himself, The Guard, also starring Brendan Gleeson.


I really liked The Guard too, Greg. Gleason played quite a character.
Jean de Florette is one of my top ten movies of all time...  
Dan in the Springs : 8/18/2017 11:45 am : link
but you cannot just watch this film. You must pair it with the sequel (Manon of the Spring) starring the unbelievably beautiful Emmanuelle Beart or it's just another French movie.

It's interesting to see what some consider little known films. There are a few here I'll comment on.

In Bruges is definitely a top movie.

Miracle Mile gets a lot of praise, but I didn't care for it at all. I get what they were trying to do, but the production quality is terrible and the acting sucks. Not recommended.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a great movie - probably the best I've seen in the past 18 months or so.

The Gods Must be Crazy is a very fun film. Very different.

The Drop - well done, more recent release so not sure how little known it really is.

The Matador - absolutely a favorite of mine. Love this show, watch it regularly.

I really liked the Dream Team when it first came out, same with Quick Change. Neither film held up well though imo.

Extract is excellent - love this movie. Silly but fun. Can't tell you how much I hate the neighbor (David Koechner) - hits too close to home for me.

So I guess my pick is Misunderstood (1984). Gene Hackman, Rip Torn, and an unbelievably great job done by young Henry Thomas. I'm not really a guy who cries at films, but this one opens at the funeral of the mother of two little boys and focuses on the relationship between father and son. Really hits close to home for me and is a serious tear-jerker. I have a love/hate relationship with it because of how it impacts me emotionally. Anyway - not a big hit and is very difficult to find now. I've got a VHS copy and have watched for it from time to time, can't find it anywhere in digital format. Really wish I could get it.
Get Out and  
Bubba : 8/18/2017 12:30 pm : link
The Room. Obscure but could not stop watching.
This is a great thread  
mavric : 8/18/2017 1:17 pm : link
I've written down 6 or 7 movies that I've never seen that I now will watch (based on comments as well as avoiding horror, war, and tear jerkers - can't handle them). "The Matador", "Let it Ride", "In Bruges", etc.

If any of you guys watch a movie with a girlfriend or wife, watch "Return to Me" - women melt and men are touched. I can't say enough about the movie and have watched it at least once a year for years. It's also the last movie that Carroll O'Connor played in before he died and he was a remarkable actor and even more of a remarkable human being, even if most people can only think of his role as Archie Bunker, the antithesis of man he played.
The Matador  
santacruzom : 8/18/2017 1:38 pm : link
is entertaining as all hell. Everyone I've recommended it too has loved and been surprised by it.
also  
santacruzom : 8/18/2017 1:39 pm : link
I thought Election wouldn't qualify for "little known," but just in case it is I'll mention it. Great film with characters who will resonate.
RE: Scott  
NNJ Tom : 8/18/2017 1:42 pm : link
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I love Moonrise Kingdom, and Grand Budapest Hotel (same people made both).


2 great films. Although, I though the perspective thing seemed forced in Hotel.
I haven't seen any recent Wes Anderson movies  
santacruzom : 8/18/2017 1:54 pm : link
I've enjoyed moments of his earlier films, but his whole aesthetic bothers me now. His characters don't really develop much beyond "the stoic guy who always hears a chef hat," or "the stoic girl whose glasses are funny," or, "The neurotic guy who always wears a yellow shirt."
er  
santacruzom : 8/18/2017 1:54 pm : link
wears a chef's hat
Dan, regarding Quick Change - why do you think it doesn't hold up?  
Greg from LI : 8/18/2017 2:23 pm : link
Because the perception of living in NYC is much different now than it was in 1993?
Layer Cake and Valhalla Rising  
JonC : 8/18/2017 2:26 pm : link
Ride With the Devil is a good call, some of you guys should definitely get familiar with the Criterion Collection.
Not trying to be THAT  
pjcas18 : 8/18/2017 2:31 pm : link
asshole, but In Bruges is definitely not "little known" IMO, it may not have had wide cinematic release (though it grossed over 33M in the box office which is probably higher than almost any other film mentioned), and it was nominated and received many awards including an Oscar nomination for best screenplay and Golden Globe win for best actor for Farrell.


yeah there are a few movies listed here  
djm : 8/18/2017 2:47 pm : link
including in bruges that aren't really obscure or hidden. But whatever works.
Love Punch  
mavric : 8/18/2017 3:09 pm : link
is a comedy that I found fun to watch. I don't know if it's that obscure. Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson going through a divorce. Brosnan a successful businessman then finds his company has been taken by a hostile take over freezing all his assets and his ex-wife's. So they work together to steal a mulit-million dollar diamond from the asshole who hijacked their company. They decide to steal it back with the help of their long time neighbors, one who is ex-CIA that even his wife didn't know about.
RE: Dan, regarding Quick Change - why do you think it doesn't hold up?  
Dan in the Springs : 8/18/2017 3:12 pm : link
In comment 13564802 Greg from LI said:
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Because the perception of living in NYC is much different now than it was in 1993?


I don't know, was just one of those folks I found really funny when it came out, then didn't see it for 20 years or so. Upon rewatching I didn't find it very funny. Could have been my mood, maybe will have to give it another shot.
A world-class comedy:  
manh george : 8/18/2017 3:22 pm : link
The Gods Must Be Crazy, 1980 from South Africa. Who knew they had a sense of humor? Had a few of the funniest scenes I have ever seen.
Hackers  
Vin R : 8/19/2017 9:27 am : link
"Mess with the best, die like the rest."
RE: Comedy old one Hollywood Knights.  
Jimmy Googs : 8/19/2017 9:43 am : link
In comment 13563789 LauderdaleMatty said:
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Not sure have to ponder other genre's


great, great flick...
Some good ones listed, I'd add The Proposition  
j_rud : 8/19/2017 11:35 am : link
Written by Nick Cave (he of the Bad Seeds fame), stars Guy Pierce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, and has a great cameo by the legendary John Hurt. Takes place in 1880s Australia, aesthetically it's similar to a western. Pierce plays the middle brother in a family of outlaws who is give a difficult choice by a local law man: he has a week to hunt down and kill his older brother or his younger brother will be hung. It's a well written story, features beautiful cinematography, and has a great score written and performed by Cave.

I really don't know how this movie isn't more popular. It really is *that* good.
Proposition  
bc4life : 8/19/2017 11:47 am : link
very good pick
Did anyone mention  
bc4life : 8/19/2017 3:40 pm : link
Assassination of Richard Nixon?
Some good ones listed here  
jdf : 8/19/2017 5:11 pm : link
including the Proposition, and Hackers.

A couple of others that flew under the radar: Spartan, and White Sands
There are also some British comedies...  
manh george : 8/19/2017 5:40 pm : link
that aren't necessarily "little known," but are well before the current generation. I would put "The Wrong Box" in that category-- a very funny 1966 screwball comedy.
Didn't read through thread but one movie I usually never see mentioned  
steve in ky : 8/19/2017 6:26 pm : link
is Things Change with Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna.
Eating  
XBRONX : 8/19/2017 6:39 pm : link
Raoul
Rock & Rule  
flapjack : 8/19/2017 8:08 pm : link
Animated movie - Cheap Trick, Lou Reed, and Debbie Harry.
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