Good unknown movies

big brother 9 · 16/04/12 - 21:59

What unknown movies do you know of that are good?

Let's all share our little secret movies here.

Body shots
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Shots

Idiocracy

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

[Deleted User] · 16/04/12 - 22:07

Last Dance with Sharon Stone is hardly known these days brilliant film.

treefr0g · 16/04/12 - 22:10

The Silent Partner
Great thriller with Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer.

Innocent Blood
One of my favourite John Landis movies with the beautiful Anne Parillaud.

The Dove

All 3 are unfortunately rarely seen on TV and difficult to obtain on dvd/blu-ray

big brother 9 · 16/04/12 - 22:11

Ooh thanks they both look good

trayhop123 · 16/04/12 - 23:55

saints n sinners ,,,,,,, for a no star low budget affair , it puts a lot of big budget action movies to shame

treefr0g · 17/04/12 - 00:04

Poison_Ivan wrote: »

Last Dance with Sharon Stone is hardly known these days brilliant film.

I posted this in the disturbing movies thread.

I thought it was a great movie but I would find it hard to watch again.

RaptureRider · 17/04/12 - 00:30

Shy People
Chicago Cab
The River Rat
Paper Man
Slums of Beverly Hills

[Deleted User] · 17/04/12 - 01:12

The Mighty

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119670/

Ned Huntum · 17/04/12 - 01:17

Photographing Fairies (1997)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119893/

One Of My Wives Is Missing (1976)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075015/

Habit (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113241/

Letter Never Sent (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053106/

Confession (1937)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028737/

Heaven (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120697/

Daisies In December (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112781/

[Deleted User] · 17/04/12 - 09:43

treefr0g wrote: »

I posted this in the disturbing movies thread.

I thought it was a great movie but I would find it hard to watch again.

Really? I find some scenes are edgy but the end is so emotional and i actually cried. Just me then world

Rorschach · 17/04/12 - 09:57

War of the Buttons, a charming and very funny film about kids set in Ireland (which in a rare reversal seems to have just been remade last year as a French film).

treefr0g · 17/04/12 - 10:18

Poison_Ivan wrote: »

Really? I find some scenes are edgy but the end is so emotional and i actually cried. Just me then world

Don't get me wrong, it's not because I didn't think it was good.

I would highly recommend the movie to anybody.

I just thought the

aborted execution

was one of the most harrowing scenes I've ever seen, magnified by Sharon Stone's incredible acting.

ruddiger · 17/04/12 - 11:10

Lake Mungo http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0816556/

Jackassfan · 17/04/12 - 11:38

Ned Huntum wrote: »

Letter Never Sent (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053106/

Thanks to youtube i saw that in January and it was superb

Heres the link for anyone who would like to see it (click cc button for english subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-_rgB30gs&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1

gerry d · 17/04/12 - 12:03

There's a film called "The Wrong Guy" (1997),it's a Canadian comedy with Dave Foley & Jennifer Tilly.It's never been released on region 2 dvd it's only available on region 1.

mike65 · 17/04/12 - 12:16

not sure what the definition of unknown is but these are generally overlooked/forgotten.

Fat City (1972) John Hustons last great film
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068575/

The Man Who Haunted Himself - Roger Moore as actor!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066053/

The Assassination Bureau - Pre great war super spy adventures used to be on the telly, now not

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064045/

gemma-the-husky · 17/04/12 - 12:50

not necessarily unknown

identity
evolution
frequency
the natural
spy game
pleasantville
breaking away
rounders

all worth a watch

[Deleted User] · 17/04/12 - 13:15

Mentioned it many times on here, but you could do worse than take a look at Miracle Mile (1988) directed by Steve de Jarnatt, starring Anthony Edwards (pre-ER), as a guy who arranges to meet the newly found love of his life, played by Mare Winningham, in a diner. While waiting outside the diner, he hears a phone ringing in the call-box nearby. He answers it, only to find it's a frantic worker calling from a nuclear missile facility...the nukes have been launched, and the Russians have retaliated...there's an hour to go till annihalation...but is the phone call for real, or a fake?

Played out in real time, features excellent turns from Denise Crosby. Mykelti Williamson and John Agar - it never gets shown on terrestrial TV. Cool score by Tangerine Dream too !

Johnny Clay · 17/04/12 - 13:17

^ Fat City - Good call.

70s to early 80s always worth mining for lost gems:

Prince of the City

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082945/

Strangers Kiss

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088185/

Rolling Thunder

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076637/

California Split

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071269/

treefr0g · 17/04/12 - 14:46

RayRidley wrote: »

Mentioned it many times on here, but you could do worse than take a look at Miracle Mile (1988)

My brother has mentioned this movie to me on more than one occasion.

I'm always on the lookout for it.

Ambrose · 17/04/12 - 16:11

Rorschach wrote: »

War of the Buttons, a charming and very funny film about kids set in Ireland (which in a rare reversal seems to have just been remade last year as a French film).

The 1994 film set in Ireland was a remake of the 1962 French film La Guerre Des Boutons.

DubDub · 17/04/12 - 23:15

treefr0g wrote: »

Innocent Blood
One of my favourite John Landis movies with the beautiful Anne Parillaud.

ooosh :cool:

Miami Blues

Slap Shot (1977)

The Hill

treefr0g · 17/04/12 - 23:41

The Last Shot (Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin)

Quite a recent one, this. I saw it on late night TV a couple of years ago. I'd never heard of it before but I thought it was hysterical.

I assume that it went straight to DVD or in the case of UK, straight to TV as the DVD does not appear to have come out here.

Hopefully it will make it to blu-ray one day.

DubDub · 17/04/12 - 23:49

treefr0g wrote: »

The Last Shot (Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin)

Quite a recent one, this. I saw it on late night TV a couple of years ago. I'd never heard of it before but I thought it was hysterical.

I assume that it went straight to DVD or in the case of UK, straight to TV as the DVD does not appear to have come out here.

Hopefully it will make it to blu-ray one day.

Knew i recognised the title haha yeah seen this [must've been on terrestial tv] an its not bad

treefr0g · 17/04/12 - 23:58

DubDub wrote: »

Knew i recognised the title haha yeah seen this [must've been on terrestial tv] an its not bad

It was you posting Miami Blues that reminded me.

Gulftastic · 18/04/12 - 06:24

DubDub wrote: »

The Hill

That was my first thought. I hadn't heard of it myself, until I stumbled across it a couple of years ago on TCM. It's an excellent film, with some fantastic performances, especially Sean Connery.

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