What is your favourite unknown movie?
I’m thinking of an obscure film, probably but not necessarily low budget, little known but one you would like to see again some day.
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I am a big fan of small movies.
Cop Car.
Crawl.
Dark City.
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen.
Bad Times At The El Royale.
Until The End of The World
The Ralph Bakshi animation “Wizards”.
The Light at the Edge of the World
@zenvelo They’ve killed Fritz! Those lousy stinking yellow fairies!
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
“The Deceivers”. A movie from the 90s, I believe, about a British Officer in India in the 1840s, who goes undercover to exposé the Thugee Strangler cult. Loosely based on the true story of Sir William Sleeman, and also a John Masters novel of the same name. Great action film, but I haven’t seen it in years, or been able to find it on blue ray or dvd.
There is also an old movie I really enjoyed, that starred James Coburn, don’t recall the title. He plays an American expatriate beach bum slacker living in Tangier, Morocco, who unwillingly gets involved in a jewel robbery and some international intrigue. Funny flick with Coburn in his usual suave, “Meh, who gives a shit” persona. Jazzy theme song too. I’ll have to see if I can tack it down on some filmography of his.
Caveman, it’s hilarious.
Caveman is a 1981 American slapstick comedy film written and directed by Carl Gottlieb and starring Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long and Barbara Bach.
And another one I Know Where I’m Going. It’s an old British movie with Wendy Hiller as a very opinionated young Londoner who goes to an island off the Scottish coast and learns a thing or two. Delightful!
Three on a match head 1932.
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) Richard Dreyfuss stars in this black comedy as a sculptor who becomes paralyzed after an auto accident and fights the hospital administration for the right to die.
Never Cry Wolf (1983) Charles Martin Smith is a government researcher sent to research the “menace” of wolves in the north, and learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.
@janbb Yessss! My ex and I watched it a number of times.
The Man in the White Suit
I have a set of Alec Guinness movies from the Ealing Studios and for some reason that is my least favorite.
My favorite among them is Kind Hearts and Coronets.
One movie I loved which nobody I know saw is Sexy Beast with Ben Kingsley playing one of the best (because he’s the worst) bad guys I have seen.
How unknown it is is unknown to me, but I adore Earth Girls are Easy. It’s low budget and silly.
November. This is a very… strange movie. I find it really hard to say what it is about without spoiling anything all you need to know is that it involves a woman, a man and a death. This is one of those movies that you just have to see it for yourself.
Locke is very good. The film is gripping despite the entire movie being shot inside a car.
The Ghoul also is excellent, very dark and moody.
@Mimishu1995 November looks intriguing. I’ve put it on my watch list. ;)
I’m assuming you mean the one set in an Estonian village. There’s another one that’s a drama.
I would have a hard time picking one. It’s a toss up between “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The In-Laws” (the original with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk), “Superbad” and “Sideways.” All are funny in a quirky way, and each is one that if it happens to come on TV, I put it on, even though I’ve seen them all a bunch of times.
@Call_Me_Jay Yeah, I like Alec Guinness’ earlier films and IIRC all of the Ealing ones.
Mary and Max
The Long Goodbye ( Elliot Gould )
A Little Romance ( Diane Lane )
Paris, Texas
Exotica
Sorcerer ( Roy Scheider )
@mazingerz88 Sorcerer is a great movie, but the original was better. It’s called The Wages Of Fear, and it’s brilliant.
PARIS TEXAS WAS THE WORST MOVIE EVER!!
I’ve seen The Three Amigos.
^^My point was – it was bad, imo. ;)
I don’t think I’ve seen Paris, Texas.
My Life as a Dog. (Sweden) Just another Saturday. (Scotland)
^^Might check those out.
To the OP, “An Angel at my Table” is another.
@mazingerz88 oh, yes… that’s a New Zealand movie or an Australian movie? There was another Kiwi movie that was popular… The Piano. That was good. They played ‘Whale Rider’ for a class and I got a chance to see it. Really quite interesting.
@sorry I’ve loved a number of the little known Scottish movies like Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero and The Ice Cream Wars. I really liked The Piano and Whale Rider as well.
“Werner – Volles Rooäää!!!”
There is a great scene where Werner dresses up as Hitler, and tricks a bunch of Nazis into clogging the local sewer system with their shit.
@janbb00:58:38 How’s your roast beef?
00:58:40 It’s veal.
00:58:43 Veal? You know how they make veal?
00:58:45 They get the little baby calves…
00:58:47 and they hang ‘em upside-down…and then they slit their throats!
^^ I don’t remember which film that’s from.
@janbb it’s from Gregory’s Girl….he was trying to impress girl at lunch.
—@zenvelo. Thanks. It’s been a long time sinceI saw it.—
Don’t know how obscure it is, but it is a cult film – Dr. Strangelove, Or How Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
@Kardamom Wow, I thought I’d never see the day someone would mention the film Romantic Comedy from 1983. I
have a DVD copy and just saw it again a few days ago. It wasn’t really a good Dudley Moore film compared to his earlier success with Arthur but the film was from Hollywood in the 80s and I just love Hollywood movies from that decade.
Here is another favorite of mine with Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen. From 1979 but close enough.
Starting Over
Changing my answer to Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
@Caravanfan Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
I tried to show that movie to my wife years ago. She didn’t make it through the opening crawl. She got up and proclaimed “this movie is stupid!” about 30 seconds in.
@filmfann My wife was the same. And it’s my favorite movie in the history of ever.
What is that watermelon doing there?
I’ll tell you later.
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