best movie you wouldnt know about
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Im looking for movies you just wouldnt really know about. Ones that are good just not had any press or buzz about them. Not fussed if its 10yrs old or the genre.
I came across Starred up by chance a month ago and loved it.
So any thoughts would be great
I came across Starred up by chance a month ago and loved it.
So any thoughts would be great
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London To Brighton (2006)
Red (2008)
One False Move (1992)
Bound (1996)
Blue Ruin (2014)
Super (2010)
Stuck (2007)
11:14 (2003)
King of the Ants (2002)
The Believer (2001)
Will be keeping an eye on this thread for some good suggestions...
Miracle Mile
Matango
The Last Valley
Dark Country
The Calling
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102757/
Mild spoilers ahead...
Anthony Edwards stars as a guy who is supposed to meet a girl on a date, oversleeps and gets there very late, he hears a phone ringing in a call box, answers it and the guy on the other end is calling from a missile silo, thinking he has called his father, to say war has started and they are launching the missiles...the rest of the film plays out in real time, and it's a kind of 'what would YOU do' in that last-few-hours-on-earth scenario.
It's somewhat dated now, with the nuclear missile/Russia aspect, and a synth score (though being a fan of Tangerine Dream I still like it).
But it's the sheer quirkiness and invention of the whole thing that impresses...it manages to convey a very realistic sense of panic and devastation on a very small budget. The love story angle is also very well handled, and it also focuses on secondary characters and their reaction to and solutions to the problem. Early roles for Denise Crosby, Mykelti Williamson, Jenettte Goldstein, Eddie Bunker, and Brian Thompson.
The set design and camerawork also really make the movie, director Steve De Jarnatt focuses on the more unusual, lesser known aspects of Los Angeles.
Well worth checking out.
Funny Bones (1995) - In Las Vegas the son of a famous comedian 'dies' on stage, flees to his early childhood home of Blackpool in an attempt to find a new act, but finds out a load of stuff about his family. The film is set in 1995, but this Blackpool is a bit surreal, and seems to be partly stuck in the 1960s. Great cast. Not really a comedy, but more a film about comedy and comedians. It doesn't all work, but that hasn't stopped me from re-watching it god knows how many times. Some good music, too. Hell, it's worth seeing just for the sequence where the amateur performers demonstrate their acts.
Last Night (1998)
A group of people contemplate the end of the world on the last night on earth
Sounds weird but it's a great feelgood film.
Or if you want something dark try Frailty (2001) in which Bill Paxton plays a father of two boys who believes God has given him the power to see demons in human form so he can destroy them.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/
seance on a wet afternoon
photographing faries
telstar
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Kung Fu Hustle
Shaolin Soccer
Big Fish (Tim Burton movie without Johnny Depp, amazing right?)
Thumb Sucker
After Hours (1985)
And The Band Played On (1993)
Black Book (2006)
Dante 01 (2008)
Dead Presidents (1995)
Jeff, Who Lives At Home (2011)
Killing Zoe (1993)
Last Night (1998)
Max Manus: Man Of War (2008)
Nightbreaker (1989)
Saigon (1988)
On The Beach (2000)
Robot & Frank (2012)
Smoke Signals (1998)
Splice (2009)
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
The Fall (2006)
The Majestic (2001)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
The Waterdance (1992)
From IMDB:
A Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Rutger Hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of "Juggers" to one of the remaining Nine Cities for glory and redemption
It had a theatrical release in the US under the name of "Blood of Heroes" and had about 10 minutes cut I believe so try and catch the full release if possible.
Office Space
Threesome (1994)
1973, Directed by Hal Ashby, starring Jack Nicholson (literally at his peak here), Otis Young and very young Randy Quaid.
Nicholson (playing the colourfully named Badass Budusky) and Young are Navy MP's detailed to transport Quaid across the state to jail. Quaid's 'crime' was to steal 40 dollars from a charity box, and gets 8 years and dishonourable discharge. Unluckily for him the charity was the Admirals wife's favourite charity.
What transpires next is basically a road-movie, with Young and Nicholson determined to shown the naïve young Quaid a good time before he gets sent down.
It was notable at the time for the amount of excessive swearing, but though it has moments of bleakness and cynicism, it also has moments of great pathos and above all humour.
And it's a role Nicholson was simply born to play - he just oozes that natural charm and charisma. But Quaid is no slouch either in one of his first roles.
Dead Mans Curve
Idle Hands
Frailty
The Illusionist
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
King and Country (1964) - British (watch this to see why Tom Courtenay was one of the best in his generation. Dirk Borgade was good, too.)
Crossfire (1947) - American
A Soldier's Story (1984) - American
Breaker Morant (1980) - Australian
The Address (a.k.a. Melvilasam) (2011) - Indian
Carrington V.C. (a.k.a. Court Martial) (1954) - British
Paths of Glory (1957) - French
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971) - Italian
The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) - American
Maybes:
JSA: Joint Security Area (2000) - South Korean (it's now badly dated)
The Guard Post (2008) - South Korean (messy, but the structure of the mystery aspect is quite intriguing)
Body Double
Harold And Maude
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Timecrimes
13 Tzameti
The last two are subtitled (Do not watch the dubbed nor the Hollywood remake versions whatever you do - they are very bad).
The Incredible Shrinking Man starts off and you will think it is a routine 50s Bmovie, but then you will change that opinion, a lot.
These films, like all others, are far better watched knowing nothing about them and forming your own views. This is particularly true of 13 Tzameti which anyone telling you about it will wreck with major spoilers - this is even true if you buy the DVD and look at the cover, rather like Planet Of The Apes.