Favorite lesser known movies? (1 Viewer)

[The Man With No Name]

Eating Raoul

Saw that 28 ish years ago.  Then I would tell new acquaintances that my name was Raoul. Became known by many people as Raoul, even a super hot girl I banged for 3-4 months.

 

[rustycolts]

A face in the crowd.I thought was very good.Made in 1957 with Andy Griffith different from anything he has ever done.

The Jack Bull was pretty good too.Western with John Cusazk,John Goodman.

 

[The Man With No Name]

A face in the crowd.I thought was very good.Made in 1957 with Andy Griffith different from anything he has ever done.

That was his first movie. His second, No Time for Sergeants was mentioned up thread. Both very good and very different from each other.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

A face in the crowd.I thought was very good.Made in 1957 with Andy Griffith different from anything he has ever done.

I just checked this out from the library the other day and is one of the next movies I'm planning on watching.

 

[Johnny Rock]

Fantastic movie and beautifully staged/shot.  Wonder if it's really underrated though?  Thought it was pretty much viewed a success.  Especially with it being subbed from Spanish.

I wouldn't say it's underrated either as it has excellent reviews. I do think it is still somewhat lesser known, especially since subtitles turns some off as a non-starter.

According to wiki it was only on 200 screens until it garnered nominations and then expanded to over 1,000, which is still not that many. It grossed $83M. 

 

[dmac37]

Here are some that come to mind that I have watched on Netflix over the years, many are indie non mainstream type.

Summer of Sam

Transsiberian

Somersault

Alexandra's Project

Man Woman and the Wall

Lower City

Copenhagen

Blue is the Warmest Color

Funny Games

 

[dhockster]

I think their first, more recent/post-Spinal Tap, mockumentary, Waiting for Guffman, is even better.  Both are great. A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration aren't quite as good, though.

I think A mighty wind is just a step down from Best in Show. The music is great.

 

[Scoresman]

A couple of recent ones that are really good. 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople - A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.

Captain Fantastic - In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.

 

[El Floppo]

I think their first, more recent/post-Spinal Tap, mockumentary, Waiting for Guffman, is even better.  Both are great. A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration aren't quite as good, though.

I think A mighty wind is just a step down from Best in Show. The music is great.

IMO, definitely behind the other two... but yeah- the music is great, and the movie is better if you have a familiarity with the music and bands it's satirizing. my parents were NCal brooklyn transplants- all that folk stuff was kicking around the house when I was growing up.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I think A mighty wind is just a step down from Best in Show. The music is great.

This (dont watch if you aint seen the movie yet) is one of the sweetest movie moments ever. Levy is as fierce & subtle as Brando as a musical genius half of whose brain's been blown away trippin'

 

[The General]

Recently viewed: Mr. Holmes

 

[saintfool]

Recently viewed: Mr. Holmes

I liked it even if it wasn't much anything close to novel. 

 

[roadkill1292]

Recently viewed: Mr. Holmes

Oh. Sherlock Holmes.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Killer Joe

 

[higgins]

A recent one that not many people may know of (because it was an HBO original?) is 'All The Way' with Bryan Cranston playing LBJ. Very well done and (as you may guess) very well acted by Cranston. Highly recommend...

 

[JoeSteeler]

Oh. Sherlock Holmes.

wow...you went a long way for that joke

 

[JoeSteeler]

The Homesman

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Frost/Nixon...you wouldn't think a movie that features two guys sitting opposite each other and talking for two hours would be interesting. But it is. Really good performances.

 

[The Man With No Name]

36 Hours - James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor. Released in 1964, it takes place in June 1944 just before the Allied Normandy Invasion. Garner is a American Military Intelligence Officer that gets drugged then kidnapped in Europe by Germans. 
wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_Hours_(1965_film)

100 Rifles - Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds

Boss starring Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

Lady Beware - Diane Lane

 

[roadkill1292]

wow...you went a long way for that joke

No joke too small. Or too bad.

 

[The Man With No Name]

36 Hours - James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor. Released in 1964, it takes place in June 1944 just before the Allied Normandy Invasion. Garner is a American Military Intelligence Officer that gets drugged then kidnapped in Europe by Germans. 
 

One cool thing in this movie is that Sig Ruman (Sgt Shulz in Stalag 17) has a great scene with John Banner (Sgt Shultz on Hogan's Heroes).

 

[JoeSteeler]

Cedar Rapids - great casting

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477837/

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Reading about Bill Paxton reminded me of Frailty.  Absolutely love that movie...highly underrated.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I watched a film on Netflix today called "Stretch" that I enjoyed

"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is another one I like

 

[JoeSteeler]

Reading about Bill Paxton reminded me of Frailty.  Absolutely love that movie...highly underrated.

never heard of this. Added to my watchlist after looking into it...Thanks!

 

[whiskey7]

Here are some that come to mind that I have watched on Netflix over the years, many are indie non mainstream type.

Summer of Sam

Transsiberian

Somersault

Alexandra's Project

Man Woman and the Wall

Lower City

Copenhagen

Blue is the Warmest Color

Funny Games

Sneaking suspicion I know at least part of the appeal of that one.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Reading about Bill Paxton reminded me of Frailty.  Absolutely love that movie...highly underrated.

This is on Netflix by the way...going to watch it this weekend.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

Starter for 10

 

[KarmaPolice]

never heard of this. Added to my watchlist after looking into it...Thanks!

It would be a great double feature with A Simple Plan.