Recommend a great movie thats not well known

[clash]

As it says on the tin.

Heres my contribution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven's_Soldiers

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Heaven%27s_Soldiers_film_poster.jpg

I found this to be an extremely enjoyable movie. Bit of humour mixed with action and it actually gives you a surpisingly meaningful understanding of Korean culture in the process.

Its basically a science fiction/fantasy movie.

[kostkon]

The Godless Girl (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019935/). Too old to have a poster...

[lisati]

The original 1960 version of "Little shop of horrors" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054033/)

[RedPandaFox]

"The Dope" :)

Good stuff!
http://www.worldmovies.com.au/?page=movie&movie=1171

Also to all you people who want to see an A+ Aussi movie.
"The Castle" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(film))

[p_quarles]

"The Girl from Monday."

[worx101]

"Money No Enough" :)

[lumix700i]

Without Warning (CBS,1994). Not actually a theater movie though. I like this movie because its being presented as news program (some of the actor in this movie is real CBS reporter). Some people doesnt know about this and start panicking. It simulates what happen if aliens attack the earth with meteor rain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_Warning_(1994_film)

[LaRoza]

Without Warning (CBS,1994). Not actually a theater movie though. I like this movie because its being presented as news program (some of the actor in this movie is real CBS reporter). Some people doesnt know about this and start panicking. It simulates what happen if aliens attack the earth with meteor rain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without_Warning_(1994_film)

Doesn't sound too original...

[iitywygms]

Run lola run

[grossaffe]

UHF- Wierd Al Yankovic on the big screen. also starring Michael Richards, aka. Cosmo Kramer. awesome movie.

Idiocracy- From Mike Judge, the maker of Office Space, King of the Hill, and Beavis and Butthead. A comedy about how the world will be in five hunderd years (I think its five hundred) because of the accelerated reproductive rates of stupid people. A social commentary of sorts.

Grandma's Boy- A Video game tester who has to move in with his grandmother after being evicted. I really don't know what else to say about this movie other than that its friggin hilarious.

[handy]

Harold & Maude (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_and_Maude)

A sub-culture pic from 1971.

Steppenwolf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel)) a movie released in 1974, DVD released recently. From the book by Nobel prize winning author Herman Hesse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse), book released in 1927.

[darthmob]

I Kina spiser de hunde
(link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180748/)
http://www.dvd-film.dk/billeder/forsidealm/46685.jpg

what can I say about that movie: there is lots of black humor, violence and those really different brothers who come along together killing people to basically just do the right thing.

[clash]

brothers who come along together killing people to basically just do the right thing.

Sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondock_Saints

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Movie_poster_the_boondock_saints.jpg

2 bothers going around Boston killing mafia because 'God told them to'. No relations to George W as far as I'm aware.

[cavrep]

Princess Mononoke a classic Miyazaki anime also
Princess Nausica another Miyazaki classic.

[rune0077]

Sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondock_Saints

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Movie_poster_the_boondock_saints.jpg

2 bothers going around Boston killing mafia because 'God told them to'. No relations to George W as far as I'm aware.

It's nothing like it. Both a really great movies, but very different. I Kina Spiser De Hunde is much more a comedy, and actually kicked off a long line of similar Danish movies.

[odiseo77]

I could name some of them, but the only one I can remember now is Songs from the Second Floor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_from_the_Second_Floor) (bizarre and awesome).

[billgoldberg]

Aha. My favorite kind of thread.

I'm a huge movie fan.

Must see movies:

- Donnie Darko
- Legend of the Pitfighter (rare one)
- Lionheart (JCVD)
- The Wanderers
- American Me
- Spun
- Strange Days
- Fright Night
- Alien Abduction: The incedent at lake county
- Night and Day Watch (russian movies)
- The Thirteenth Floor
- The Man From Earth
- Swimming Pool
- True Romance

I could go on for a while, but I would also like to add a TV series to this list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2J9WawZYGg Mathrioski

[rune0077]

- Night and Day Watch (russian movies)


+1. They're really great. Absolute must sees.

[darrenn]

Let me think about it... Here is a start to the topic.


My summer of love

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382189/

Kissed

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116783/

Lost and Delirious

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245238/

[finer recliner]

http://www.glovka.com/Public%5CMovie%5CBottle%20Rocket.jpg

if you like other wes anderson films (the royal tenenbaums, rushmore) you will like this.

[hkgonra]

Sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondock_Saints

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Movie_poster_the_boondock_saints.jpg

2 bothers going around Boston killing mafia because 'God told them to'. No relations to George W as far as I'm aware.


One of the best movies of all time !!!!

I would also recommend The Jack Bull (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171410/)

[BobLand]

Any of the original Zatoichi movies
Burnt by the Sun
Freaks
Eraser Head
Blue Velvet
Grapes of Wrath - original with Henry Fonda
Oxbow Incident
Space Cowboys
Gatteca
Buckaroo Banzai
El Topo
The Boy with Green Hair
Bill and Coo
Bound
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf (Taylor/Burton)
On the Waterfront
Streetcar Named Desire (Brando)
Maltese Falcon
Ipcress File
Diaboliques
Brazil

Better stop now...
bobland

[jviscosi]

- Donnie Darko
- Strange Days
- Fright Night


Three of my favorites right there. (The original cut of Donnie Darko is better than the director's cut in my opinion.)

Check out A Shock to the System (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100602/), one of my favorite black comedies.

[linuxlizard]

Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity

[DeadSuperHero]

I only have one movie to speak of.

Fido: A Boy and His Zombie.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Fido_newposter.jpg/405px-Fido_newposter.jpg

Plot: In the early 1940's, radiation from space causes the dead to rise. However, this goes against conventional zombie films in one simple way: anyone who dies becomes a zombie. Characters can be bitten by zombies and live perfectly normal, healthy lives.
Twenty years after the event, mankind has isolated itself in small towns with huge fences. Children learn how to kill zombies in school, and a special device is used to make captured zombies into harmless workers in the service industry, all run by a corporation called Zomcom.

It is by far my favorite comedy movie, my favorite romance story, and my favorite gorefest film.

[chucky chuckaluck]

all about lily chou-chou is my favorite movie. it's a pretty mesmerizing film with great music and really beautiful photography. it is, at times, a pretty brutal look at adolescence.

http://www.bloggang.com/data/sputniksweetheart/picture/1108243408.jpg

http://www.dailygusto.com/blog/archives/opening%20field.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/432293068_906b271e66.jpg?v=0

[KIAaze]

The twilight samurai (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/)

And two others which might be considered as "well-known":
Ran (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/)
Seven Samurai (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/)

Very interesting thread! :)

[cprofitt]

One of my favorites is Gallipoli (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082432/)
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2NDgyNDEzNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDExNTI3MQ@@._ V1._SX276_SY399_.jpg

I also am fond of Hawk the Slayer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080846/)
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc4ODM1NTc3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwOTU1NzQ5._V1._ SX279_SY400_.jpg

And then there is Per un pugno di dollari (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/)
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BOTI4NDA5ODA3M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDA2Mjc4._V1._ SX225_SY315_.jpg

[casperlingus]

PRIMER

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/

It's an amazing movie, and it will blow your mind the first 12 times you watch it. It's the first movie of it's kind, that I've seen, that avoids the usual paradoxes.

The history of the movie is fascinating and how it was shot on a budget of $7000 and then went on to win all sorts of film festival awards.

-Casper

[hvac3901]

Chok-Dee (thai cinema, movie in french and thai eng subs) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402102/
Muay Thai Chaiya (thai cinema, no subs :) ) http://www.muaythaichaiyathemovie.com/eng/maineng.html
Invisible Target (hong kong cinema) http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/invisibletarget.php
Assembly (new chinese movie) http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/assembly-hong-kong-bluray-p-14110.html
Dark Water (the original Japanese version OK) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Water_(2002_film)
TAEGUKGI (this movie was freakin sad (emotionally moving), korean drama) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_(film)


One might think i am addicted to Asian cinema, however if you follow the path of Hollywood history, i am merely watching movies 2 years earlier than you are, in another language, so in fact i am more efficiently watching American movies.

[KIAaze]

Infernal affairs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/)
which I happened to see before the american remake "The Departed". (I also preferred it to the remake.)

[L815]

These are on my long list of favorites:

Ruang rak noi nid mahasan ("Last life in the Universe")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345549/

Cha no aji ("The taste of tea")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413893/


Oldboy (I think it's well known but worth the mention!)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/

Yes, I am an asian movie fan :lolflag:

[tact]

Bad Boy Bubby. Must see.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106341/

[hvac3901]

Ruang rak noi nid mahasan ("Last life in the Universe")
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0345549/

I just found a new one to look for, Thank you, thank you a lot.

[DogDragonsm31]

tunnel vision 1976
Yeah golden oldie :lolflag:
http://www.videodetective.com/movies/TUNNEL_VISION/trailer/P00362500.htm

[KWM987]

Cannibal: The Musical

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a9/CannibalTheMusical.jpg


Directed by Trey Parker, what else could you want?

Granted, it is over the head of most people, but watch it a couple times and you should be laughing your head off.

The move has some classic quotes in it that should amuse just about anyone.

[FlyingIsFun1217]

High Anxiety (Mel Brooks). Just the right amount of cheesey-humor to make it good, with a decent plot to go along with it.

FlyingIsFun1217

[vikramaditya]

Topaze, a 1933 satire starring John Barrymore & Myrna Loy.

[hyper_ch]

Wag the Dog - a must-see for everybody.

Synopsis:


Less than two weeks before election day, a scandal erupts that threatens to cripple the President's bid for a second term. But before the incident can cause irreparable damage, a mysterious fixer is called to the White House. The ultimate spin doctor, Conrad Brean (Robert DeNiro) has the uncanny ability to manipulate politics, the press and most importantly, the American people.


Anticipating the reaction of a frenzied press corps, Brean deftly deflects attention from the President by creating a bigger and better story - a war. With the help of Stanley Motss (the "t" is silent) (Dustin Hoffman), a famed Hollywood producer and his irreverent entourage, Brean assembles an unlikely crisis team who orchestrate a global conflict unlike any ever seen on CNN.




Wickedly fictional with historical overtones truer than many care to admit, Wag The Dog examines the blurred lines between politics, the media and show business.

Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro lead an all-star cast in Barry Levinson's Wag The Dog. Written by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, this comedy focuses on the machinations of power as a presidential spin doctor (DeNiro) teams with a celebrated Hollywood producer (Hoffman) to manufacture a fake war. The film also stars Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin and Kirsten Dunst, and features William H. Macy, Craig T. Nelson and Suzie Plakson. Produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert DeNiro and Barry Levinson, Wag The Dog will be distributed nationwide on January 9, 1998

[schauerlich]

Cannibal: The Musical

Directed by Trey Parker, what else could you want?

Granted, it is over the head of most people, but watch it a couple times and you should be laughing your head off.

The move has some classic quotes in it that should amuse just about anyone.

The sky is blue, and all the leaves are green...

[zxscooby]

81518

Strange Brew , an interesting interpretation of Hamlet.

[hakimaki]

"No Mans Land" Serbian flick with english subtitles. You will not be dissapointed.

[Bachstelze]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_(2004_film)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Innocence_DVD.jpg

This one will be kind of a hit or miss. People usually love it or hate it, but there is not much in-betweens. The main problem people have with this movie is its (self-admitted) absolute lack of narrative or plot, because its value is almost exclusively aesthetic, symbolic and metaphorical. Still worth a watch IMO, so you can make your own opinion about it.

You can get it from Amazon (in French, with English subtitles).

[starcannon]

Tuesdays with Morrie

[LittleLORDevil]

21 Grams
[REC]
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Me and You and Everyone We Know

I loved all of them.

[LaRoza]

Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

A very funny funny movie some emotions (musical)

[hyper_ch]

A very funny funny movie some emotions (musical)
Borg don't have emotions. Borg don't know what emotions are ;)

[vikramaditya]

Danny Deckchair, a great Australian feel-good flick.

http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/danny_deckchair_ver2.jpg

[LaRoza]

Borg don't have emotions. Borg don't know what emotions are ;)

We know what they are, we just don't use them.

[cristo-father]

We know what they are, we just don't use them.

Why not?

[Rainstride]

American psycho (#1 favorite movie)
Falling down
the machine girl
donnie darko
sling blade
natural born killers(well known but still needs the be listed)
needful things(was also a book by steven king)
full metal jacket (classic)

[unoodles]

The Fountain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/

Requiem For a Dream
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/

Pi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/

[J.T.]

Everything is Illuminated
Billy Jack
High Road to China
Army of Darkness (the greatest B movie of all time)

[clueless]

I know these two are great movies and I also know that they are not very much known where I live:
Pi
Dr. Strangelove (it should be loved everywhere around the globe but many youngsters may not know about it)

[MeTylerDurden]

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (Hao xia) Directed by John Woo, this is a real treasure. http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4NjIzNzg5Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNjI4NTk4._V1._ SX273_SY399_.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=the+last+hurrah+for+chivalry&x=0&y=0

[MonctonJohn]

Evil Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/
Evil Dead II
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991/
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/
Cube
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/
Shaun of the Dead
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/

Those are my favorite horrors

[Covn]

The man from earth. Best 2 hours I spent in a long time.

[LowSky]

"Folks"

Magnum PI at his finest!


I saw, Billy Jack on the list.... That is my uncles favorite movie!

[Sealbhach]

Cinema Paradiso ( 1988 )

http://lyriccinemacafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cinema-paradiso.jpg

Marty (1955)

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/1/18/180px-Borgnine_as_marty.jpg

Brief Encounter (1945)

http://www.rentertainment.com/images/brief_encounter.jpg



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[lisati]

Just a few from my personal DVD collection:

Eagle vs Shark - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494222/ - filmed in and around the area where I live. Although not obvious when on the screen, part was in a park over my back fence.
Beyond Reasonable Doubt - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080432/ - based on a true story where the wrong guy was sent to prison.
Sleeping Dogs - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076725/ - One of Sam Neill's earliest films (He was in Evil Angels (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/) with Meryl Streep and a pile of others), and Warren Oates (Sgt Hulka from "Stripes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/)" has a role)

[dje]

earthed series (mountain biking films)
trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqFCEm_-mfk) of the latest (Earthed - Law of Fives)

[drubin]

August Rush --Amazing
Freedom Writers
Pay It Forward

[chucky chuckaluck]

dogfight with river phoenix. the 'dogfight' is a contest by a bunch of friends headed to fight in vietnam to see who can get the ugliest date. it turns out surprisingly for phoenix's character. very nice movie with a lot of touching scenes.

http://lili.net/lili/images/dogfight2.jpg

[darrenn]

The King of Kong
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/

[guildofghostwriters]

Close Up - an iranian film, true story about a guy who pretends to be an iranian film-maker and becomes close to a family who admire the film-maker. but is discovered and tried in an islamic court. All the people play themselves and it's a stunningly beautiful movie.

Kes - kid gets kestrel, trains kestrel, much about life discovered.

The Man Without A Past - a man arrives in Helsinki, is mugged, almost dies, loses all memory of his life. Lives in a container, falls in love, introduces a Salvation Army band to rock n roll and rediscovers his past.

[mips]

People might want to have a look at this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=464302

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