Films you like which nobody else seems to have heard of

First topic message reminder :

This has probably been done before, but has anyone got an example of a little known film which is never discussed but you think is brilliant?

For me, it is the Ninth Configuration; written and directed by William Peter Blattey, who wrote the Exorcist. Lot's of good character actors in it and with wonderful quotable lines. I must have watched it 30 times over a couple of years back in the late 80s and have only ever seen it referred to once in an article. It probably doesn't date well, but still worth a couple of hours of anyone's time.

Any other examples?

into the wild directed by Sean Penn . true story about a boy who goes out to live in Alaska wilderness . really good well made film . all about his journey and what happened in time he lived there .

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:into the wild       directed by Sean Penn .  true story about a boy who goes out to live in Alaska wilderness . really good well made film . all about his journey  and what happened in time he lived there .

I enjoyed Into The Wild as well but Chris McCandless has to be one of the thickest people ever to have warranted a biographical film.  Dumb and Dumber could just as easily have been about him.

Galted wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:into the wild       directed by Sean Penn .  true story about a boy who goes out to live in Alaska wilderness . really good well made film . all about his journey  and what happened in time he lived there .

I enjoyed Into The Wild as well but Chris McCandless has to be one of the thickest people ever to have warranted a biographical film.  Dumb and Dumber could just as easily have been about him.

I like the film, but yes, it was ultimately a story about someone committing a very long accidental suicide!

Cyril wrote:The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen)

Brilliant Norwegian film about a dystopian future.

Just "found" it. That was weird even by my standards (and I liked Tetsuo). Great acting throughout, so low key it was brilliant!! Cheers Cyril for putting me on to that one.

I know this one is too well known for this thread, but I kept thinking of Leningrad Cowboys go America while watching this. Totally different type of film, but I suppose it was the minimalist approach that resonates.

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:into the wild       directed by Sean Penn .  true story about a boy who goes out to live in Alaska wilderness . really good well made film . all about his journey  and what happened in time he lived there .

I've seen that. Amazing film with a lovely soundtrack too if I remember rightly. The book by Jon Krakauer on which the film is based about Christopher McCandless (the dude who lived in the wilderness) is very good too.

Cari wrote:

jimmyinthewell68 wrote:into the wild       directed by Sean Penn .  true story about a boy who goes out to live in Alaska wilderness . really good well made film . all about his journey  and what happened in time he lived there .

I've seen that.  Amazing film with a lovely soundtrack too if I remember rightly.  The book by Jon Krakauer on which the film is based about Christopher McCandless (the dude who lived in the wilderness) is very good

it was one of those films u give it a go because nothing else was on . really enjoyed it but like the other two posters said how dull was he . rich parents too if i remember right . should have just went to Miami on spring break

Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

Adam D wrote:Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

I love that film , it was a pain in backside to try and get the dvd i had to order it from Asia in the end as it had been deleted everywhere else

To be fair to McCandless, he would've done all right had he not eaten the wrong thing which is the sort of mistake even the most experienced explorer could make.  His journey wasn't as careless as it seemed.  He was a strong willed individual and actually very fit having been a cross country runner since adolescence. Although he was brought up in a middle-upper class home, he wanted to reject what he saw as the empty materialism of society, hence he embarked on the journey living simplistically in the open.

Kenny wrote:

Adam D wrote:Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

I love that film , it was a pain in backside to try and get the dvd i had to order it from Asia in the end as it had been deleted everywhere else

The scene where the horse winks at the end of the movie gets me everytime  

Adam D wrote:Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

Sounds a bit like the plot from a Bilko episode where it was his day and he couldn't lose. This is where it will differ. He only realised it a couple of minutes before the end of the day so never got to capitalise on it.

bhb001 wrote:

Adam D wrote:Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

Sounds a bit like the plot from a Bilko episode where it was his day and he couldn't lose. This is where it will differ. He only realised it a couple of minutes before the end of the day so never got to capitalise on it.

I remember that epsiode - they tried to bet on a race where the day hadnt yet ended due to time zones. As the race went on the horse was leading but as it turned midnight, it started falling back.

Bilko was awesome.

bhb001 wrote:

Cyril wrote:The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen)

Brilliant Norwegian film about a dystopian future.

Just "found" it. That was weird even by my standards (and I liked Tetsuo). Great acting throughout, so low key it was brilliant!! Cheers Cyril for putting me on to that one.

Glad you enjoyed it  

Adam D wrote:

Kenny wrote:

Adam D wrote:Let it ride - a film about a hopeless gambler (Richard Dreyfuss) who has a day at the track where he cant lose.

Awful film but makes me smile every time (I think it was called Hot to Trot in America)

I love that film , it was a pain in backside to try and get the dvd i had to order it from Asia in the end as it had been deleted everywhere else

The scene where the horse winks at the end of the movie gets me everytime  

I like the bit were Dreyfuss is trying to select his pick so he asks everyone else who they are backing and then goes for the horse no-one else picked . It is usually my method of betting and is why i'm no good at it !

I watched another film that i love that no-one else seems to of heard of last night ... Gleaming the Cube

Kenny wrote:I watched another film that i love that no-one else seems to of heard of last night ... Gleaming the Cube

Skate boarding film if I remember right. From the 80s

bhb001 wrote:

Kenny wrote:I watched another film that i love that no-one else seems to of heard of last night ... Gleaming the Cube

Skate boarding film if I remember right. From the 80s

yes that's the one , young Christian Slater film . It's bad but good

21 Grams, Brick, Babel, Manic, Boy A and Wristcutters: A Love Story are all films that I've picked up recently that don't seem to be that well known. All pretty decent!

Vampire's Kiss - An early Nicolas Cage film about a man who thinks he's turning into a vampire. Extraordinary performance from Cage and a very sexy lady vampire Jennifer Beals.

STC wrote:Vampire's Kiss - An early Nicolas Cage film about a man who thinks he's turning into a vampire. Extraordinary performance from Cage and a very sexy lady vampire Jennifer Beals.

   that's not something you see every day

Kenny wrote:I watched another film that i love that no-one else seems to of heard of last night ... Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the cube was class, had a really young Tony Hawks in it too

Quite liked from the same era, "the wizard of speed and Time"

I also quite like "waterworld" unlike the rest of humanity apparently

Anybody else think Gleaming the cube sounds like a porn film?

it depends what you are into Tina i guess...

if you have the right mind any film title sounds like a porn film

Galted wrote:

STC wrote:Vampire's Kiss - An early Nicolas Cage film about a man who thinks he's turning into a vampire. Extraordinary performance from Cage and a very sexy lady vampire Jennifer Beals.

   that's not something you see every day

I know.

I don't think many people have seen much of his early stuff. Raising Arizona is another stand out performance from Cage. He's a fine actor. Leaving Las Vegas another example.

rick_dagless wrote:it depends what you are into Tina i guess...

if you have the right mind any film title sounds like a porn film

Even The Sound of Music?

I can feel a thread coming on...

Mind the windows Tino wrote:Even The Sound of Music?

I can feel a thread coming on...

It does now worringly  

though in my head i may be inserting "pound"

 

I've mentioned this in another thread but "Citizen X" is a very good film that nobody has heard of.

It's a made-for-TV film about Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo who raped, murdered and mutilated 53 young men, women and children.

He was a deeply disturbed individual, who could only reach full sexual satisfaction by stabbing his victims while he raped them (that part's not in the film) and he would stab out their eyes as he thought that the last thing they saw before they died was permanently imprinted on them (that bit is in the film).

He's brilliantly brought to life by Jeffrey DeMunn. You almost end up felling sorry for him in the end.

Buffalo 66 - Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci
Black Snake Moan - Samuel L Jackson and a naked Christina Ricci

DAVE667 wrote:
Black Snake Moan - Samuel L Jackson and a naked Christina Ricci

Good film that one, David. Ricci naked or not.

Enjoyed it immensely.

DAVE667 wrote:Black Snake Moan - Samuel L Jackson and a naked Christina Ricci

Yeah I like this one too. Didn't care much for the ending but I liked the idea of a slutty Christina Ricci chained to a radiator in her undies.

Just started watching Synedoche, New York with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Weird as hell but I'm enjoying it immensely

STC wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:Black Snake Moan - Samuel L Jackson and a naked Christina Ricci

Yeah I like this one too. Didn't care much for the ending but I liked the idea of a slutty Christina Ricci chained to a radiator in her undies.

If you like it too...It can't be a film which nobody has heard of..........

Debbie does didsbury...Now that's a movie..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

STC wrote:

DAVE667 wrote:Black Snake Moan - Samuel L Jackson and a naked Christina Ricci

Yeah I like this one too. Didn't care much for the ending but I liked the idea of a slutty Christina Ricci chained to a radiator in her undies.

If you like it too...It can't be a film which nobody has heard of..........
Debbie does didsbury...Now that's a movie..

"SEEMS to have heard of...." the clue's is in there if you look hard enough.

Nice of your wife to go by the non de plume of Debbie as I suppose "Celia Imrie look-a-like does Didsbury (with a frown on her face as she can't stop think what a pig her husband is)" would be a tough sell.

Seems to have heard of ...and ...Yes I've heard of is completely different..

My Wife only makes home movies...and she doesn't drink pints..

STC wrote:

Galted wrote:

STC wrote:Vampire's Kiss - An early Nicolas Cage film about a man who thinks he's turning into a vampire. Extraordinary performance from Cage and a very sexy lady vampire Jennifer Beals.

   that's not something you see every day

I know.

I don't think many people have seen much of his early stuff. Raising Arizona is another stand out performance from Cage. He's a fine actor. Leaving Las Vegas another example.

Don't think he was overly good in Raising Arizona - was a brilliant script and the fact he played a bit of an imbecile that saved him. The scene when he gets back to the car without a baby exposes his lack of ability.

DAVE667 wrote:Just started watching Synedoche, New York with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Weird as hell but I'm enjoying it immensely

 
Watched that a while back, is a bit of a mind-f**k but enjoyed it.  If that kind of weirdness is up your street you might want to watch Palindromes if you haven't already.

Someone Else starring Stephen Mangan.

Caught it on TV a couple of years back and I ashamedly enjoyed it.

The Nature of the Beast (1995)

Stars Lance Henriksen.  I caught in on TV one year.  I didn't know anything about the film, as I'd not heard of it before, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Bulworth.

"The Salton Sea" with Val Kilmer. People tend to be put off when I start with the opening line "Val Kilmer player a jazz trumpet player" However whilst it's (sort of) relevant it's not essential to the plot. Anyway, give it a whirl. Mate of mine recommended it years ago and I caught it on Sky Movies. Really enjoyable (at least I thought so)

Beautiful Girls - amazing cast and a great film where nothing really happens (sounds like the premise for Seinfeld!).

Just an amazing movie.

I dont know whether pleasantville falls in this. Certainly none of my mates have heard of it but I think its brilliant and Jeff Daniels is quality in it

i always seem to get a blank look when i mention Heathers which is a great film

rick_dagless wrote:i always seem to get a blank look when i mention Heathers which is a great film

Loved the film back in the day, which may or may not have something to do with my disturbing Winona Ryder obsession, don't think it really holds up to repeat viewings but it is a step above the recent flurry of quirky teen movies.