Your three favourite movies that none of your friends have seen (2885 hits)
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Submitted by DonovanMD (View user info) at 2006-11-08 17:42:03 EST
Everyone has a movie they love but no one they know has seen. Maybe its an obscure sci-fi movie ala Tron, or a low budget piece of crap, whatever, we all have a few and you've all tried telling a buddy about it only to have them roll their eyes and say "sure I'll be sure to see it."
Anyway, what are your 3 favs. And I dont want to hear "Apocolypse Now" and "The Last Starfighter" LOLZ! Everyones heard of those. I want something a little less main stream.
And....GO!
1. Cube
This was a Canadian made sci-fi movie thats gotten a bit of a cult following. Its about a group of strangers who awaken inside a giant cube shaped maze comprised of smaller cube shaped rooms, many of which are filled with traps, and work together to try to get out. The premise sounds like crap, but this was a fantastic movie, both in special effects, plot twists and storyline. I was shocked when I heard it was Canadian, because lets face it 99% of all Canadian made TV or movies is utter horseshit. It has the gore of Saw in a sci-fi mystery. A friend forced me to watch it a while back, thankfully. The sequels were pretty average, though the third, Cube Zero was pretty decent.
2. Fail-Safe
This was a made for TV movie that aired in 2000 starring some huge names, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, to name a few. It was black and white and aired live in prime time. It was a cold war nuclear standoff movie with Clooney playing a pilot who was accidentally sent to Moscow to drop the bomb, but who is ordered to ignore all orders for fear of the evil commies being able to alter voices. The ending is terrific. One of the best movies I've seen period, but the fact it was filmed live was great and gave it that special something. Check it out.
3. The Cincinnati Kid
The original poker movie. Everyones seen Rounders and Maverick, but this was the granddaddy of them all. It starred that badass from our parents generation Steve McQueen as a great poker player who goes down to New Orleans to play "the Man", everyones general concensus as the best player around. If you like poker, or just good older movies, this is a must see. Despite the fact they play the worlds worst version of poker, 5 card stud, the poker scenes are very entertaining.
And now, my favourite movie of all time:
User Reviews
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-11-16 12:22:58 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2006-11-14 06:31:33 (#)
Ranking: -2
every movie metioned is shit
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I know I don't know you but I can only assume you serve no purpose in life
Submitted by Yougotthatright (user info) at 2006-11-14 10:50:42 EST (#)
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1. Stir Crazy - Probably Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder's BEST movie hook-up.
2. Wit - with Emma Thompson
3. The Thing - John Carpenter's version
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2006-11-14 09:36:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ScarfaceMN (user info) at 2006-11-10 17:09:46 (#)
Ranking: 1
Meet the Feebles - A twisted take on the Muppets
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Meet the Feebles was fantastic. A junkie frog, a hippo with a machine gun, a queer fox singing about sodomy, and a walrus fucking a cat. great stuff.
Dirtysomething - this was a 'made for t.v' movie, but funny as fuck none-the-less.
Funny Man - This was twisted beyond all reason. I watched it whilst sober 3 or 4 times and didn't get it. Then I watched it after eating a shit load of mushrooms and it all made sense.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-14 07:15:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:46:19 (#)
Ranking: 2
the Proposition
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Awesome movie. It practically went straight to DVD here though, a fucking travesty. The flies alone make this movie worth watching.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-14 06:55:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:05:48 (#)
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Any of Buster Keaton's early movies kick ass. He was doing shit in the silent era that blew people's minds. These days it's called action move set pieces and stunt choreography. Back then, he just set up a camera and did it. He should have died doing some of that shit.
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Too fucking right.
To the unconverted: Check out Cops, Sherlock Jr. and the General, while keeping in mind there are no camera tricks or anything going on.
There's one shot in the General where he gets blasted from a water tank onto a train track by a big rush of water. He broke his leg doing that shot.
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2006-11-14 06:31:33 EST (#)
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every movie metioned is shit.
Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2006-11-14 06:17:03 EST (#)
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well Ray shot down my other list, so let's try these
Time Bandits-A little British kid gets gaught up in the adventures of a bunch of midgets who stole a map of time holes from God. Directed by Terry Gilliam and guest starring John Cleese.
The Explorers-Three young boys, one of them played by River Phoenix, discover a computer program that can project force fields, so they construct a space ship out of a tilt-a-whirl car and meet aliens.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind-Originally released as "Warriors of the Wind," this was one of Miyazaki's first animated features. The new updated version includes deleted scenes, and voices provided by Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, and Edward James Olmos.
Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2006-11-14 06:04:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:28:39 (#)
Ranking: 2
-Irreversible
-Uncle Buck
-this cowboy film i watched time ago with my grandad. It was about a bunch of cowboy kids who 'become men' with this old cowboy who eventually gets shot by a baddie. (Anyone know what it was called? (it wasnt a gay film))
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that was "The Cowboys" with John Wayne
Submitted by Evil_Morg (user info) at 2006-11-14 05:24:47 EST (#)
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d'oh
umm, a hell bound heart.
Submitted by Evil_Morg (user info) at 2006-11-14 05:23:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Nightbreed: A community of mutant outcasts of varying types and abilities attempts to escape the attentions of a psychotic serial killer and redneck vigilantes with the help of a brooding young man who discovers them. Based on the novel "Cabal" by Clive Barker. Clive barker also wrote such classics as "a hell bowned heart" that was later turned into "hellraiser" and "lord of illusion" with a movie of the same name.
The Cold Equations: made for TV movie. Lt. John Barton is sent on a special mission to deliver a special vaccine to a distant mining colony. He is infuriated to find Lee, a stowaway aboard his spacecraft. Barton has only enough fuel to carry himself and his precious cargo, and Lee's added weight insures that they will crash if she stays on board. They have gone too far to turn back, and Barton's superiors make it clear: the mission takes precedence and Lee has to be dumped into space. But she won't go quietly.
What I liked about the movie was basically the whole thing was two actors in a small room with a few props. The movie relied almost completely the ability of the actors to make a good story. despite the low review on IMDB I still think its a good movie.
Without Warning: another made for TV movie. A television program is interrupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more meteors are coming and the various Earth governments combine forces to stop them. Freaky as all hell. After that, CNN news anchors were barred from playing rolls in fiction Also it has Q from star trek.
good luck finding any of them
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:53:56 EST (#)
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Oh...I don't know. I might watch "Dirty Young Girls"...provided it's legal.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:52:12 EST (#)
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I know for a fact not a single person who reads this is going to watch a movie on someone else's list.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:49:20 EST (#)
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1) The Magic Christian
2) O! Lucky Man
3) If...
So I like British cinema.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:46:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
the Proposition
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-11-13 20:28:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
-Irreversible
-Uncle Buck
-this cowboy film i watched time ago with my grandad. It was about a bunch of cowboy kids who 'become men' with this old cowboy who eventually gets shot by a baddie. (Anyone know what it was called? (it wasnt a gay film))
Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2006-11-13 19:09:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
A few underrated movies that Ive always loved:
Ravenous
Following
Way of the Gun
Miller's Crossing
Empire of the Sun
Undertow
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-11-13 13:46:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:53:29 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:52:22 (#)
Ranking: 1
Donovan Does Dallas (Donovan is so fucking hot)
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What the hell?
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Go on, act like you don't know.
Submitted by richsghostdog (user info) at 2006-11-13 12:49:33 EST (#)
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1) Requiem for a Dream
2) Spun
3) It's the Rage
Basic naked truth(s)..no matter how ugly or funny.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2006-11-13 04:49:09 EST (#)
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Two of these are pornos, so most of you pervs probably HAVE seen them.
1. Dirty young girls (by Pussyprovider)
Watch this movie just for the scene where the girl asks the guy for a lift to her math test then he bangs her and says
"What does 8 inches of red hot cock in your wet pussy equal?"
and she answers "A hot load all over my face"
It's awesome
2. Krull. Can't believe other people said it first. It's awesome.
3. Pirates.
Come on. The line "My cock feels like a 3 masted Spanish galleon" is unbeatable.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2006-11-13 00:46:51 EST (#)
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I can only think of one.
1. Gone With the Wind
Everyone thinks it's so goddamned long, but it's really an excellent classic. Cliched and overrated as it may be...
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-11-12 12:24:05 EST (#)
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"At Play In The Fields Of The Lord" (1991)
A freaky flick about religious fundamentalists who whack out in the jungle.
Daryl Hannah is nude. :)
Kathy Bates is jumping around topless.... It was a 13 on the Richter scale....
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-11-12 11:59:48 EST (#)
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1. Pi
2. Angela's Ashes
3. EXTREME MILITARY GAY PORN!!!
I love the movie Tron, good example!
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-11-12 07:24:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Dazed and Confused - Richard Linklater, great slacker movie.
Kids - Larry Clark, disturbing as hell, but very clever film making.
Mallrats - The least well known/recieved of Kevin Smith's movies, but my personal favourite.
-Dave
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2006-11-12 05:14:48 EST (#)
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there was this movie with david carradine and he played a flute and some dude was on a quest to find the answer to the universe.... he came a cross this guy that was sitting in a barrel of oil, simply to have his nads erode away..... that movie was nuts, wish i could remember what it was called
.twin warriors was also a kick ass movie... jet li rules
and i definately need to force frank, and our girlfriends to watch shaun of the dead
i am aware i already responded earlier
Submitted by garudave (user info) at 2006-11-11 17:13:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Dead Alive - One of Peter Jackson's first films. Owns the record for most fake blood used on a movie set ever. A gore masterpiece.
Scanners - Badass movie with Michael Ironside. It's about psychics that make a habit of telekinetically blowing peoples' heads up. Awesome.
Surf Ninjas - Leslie Nielsen plays a cybernetic samurai and speaks like two words in the entire film, which automatically makes this the most awesome movie of all time.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2006-11-11 16:51:29 EST (#)
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Oh, I forgot Lucky Number Sleven.
I wish more of my friends had seen that movie because it kicks ass.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-11 16:39:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ScarfaceMN (user info) at 2006-11-10 17:09:46 (#)
Ranking: 1
Gift (1993) - Perry Ferrel.
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It warms my heart to see someone mentioned this besides me.
I see a lot of mentions of Man Bites Dog, too. That was very good.
And not that it ranks as a favorite, per se, but check out "Spanking the Monkey". It's fucked. And Morphine does the soundtrack.
Submitted by Fungah (user info) at 2006-11-11 15:48:34 EST (#)
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All of cube was filmed in one room.
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-11 15:30:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
merlin's apprentice is absolute shite
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2006-11-11 05:38:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2006-11-11 02:48:58 (#)
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1) Captain America (1992)-Starring Mark Salinger, son of reclusive author J.D. Salinger
2) The Guyver- Mark Hamil turns into a giant grasshopper and dies
3) Stealing Beauty- Liv Tyler naked. That's pretty much it.
liar.... ive seen all those......
1 demonicus (more campy than evil dead)
2 merlin's apprentice (sequal to "Merlin")
3 carnosaur (roger corman is the man)
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-11-11 04:55:10 EST (#)
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the red balloon
Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2006-11-11 02:48:58 EST (#)
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1) Captain America (1992)-Starring Mark Salinger, son of reclusive author J.D. Salinger
2) The Guyver- Mark Hamil turns into a giant grasshopper and dies
3) Stealing Beauty- Liv Tyler naked. That's pretty much it.
Submitted by ELG (user info) at 2006-11-10 17:47:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. Oldboy- Korean made- Great story, lots of blood and sweet as hell ending.
2. Run Lola Run- German made- So cool, it's not a lateral storyline and it changes with every movement.
3. Three Extremes- It's one long movie composed of three short films, Dumplings, Cut and Box, each directed by a different Asian hot-shot director. Dumplings is easily the best of the lot and could very well be an uber recommended movie, it's about eating fetuses(sp?) it's the shit. Cut is crazy cool, and Box sucks, ignore it's existence.
4. Have to add Ichi the Killer it's Japanese and possibly the greatest movie ever. Blood, gore, rape, S&M, self-mutilation. It's awesome. WATCH THIS MOVIE!
Submitted by ScarfaceMN (user info) at 2006-11-10 17:09:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Meet the Feebles - A twisted take on the Muppets.
Gift (1993) - Perry Ferrel.
Cemetary Man - The movie that made me pursue my dream job of cemetary groundskeeper.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-10 16:19:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:22:21 (#)
Ranking: 2
strange brew
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Bob and Doug MacKenzie are awesome, and no one outside of Canada seems to know who they are.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2006-11-10 12:52:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2006-11-10 09:09:33 (#)
Ranking: 1
Brazil--- Brilliant post Python film.
What did you with his body ?...
Submitted by fuzzy_buzz (user info) at 2006-11-10 11:19:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Man bites dog
No one I know has seen it, Its fecking awesom.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2006-11-10 09:09:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Brazil--- Brilliant post Python film.
Quadrophenia--- Teen angst and violence in 1960's England with a soundtrack by the Who.
Things to do in Denver when you're dead--- All star cast to include Chistopher Walken, Andy Garcia, William Forsythe, Steve Buscemi, Treat Williams, about ex-mobsters and a plan gone wrong.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-11-10 03:26:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
big jake
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2006-11-10 03:23:01 EST (#)
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once upon a time in the west
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:23:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-10 00:11:46 (#)
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Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-11-09 18:04:35 (#)
Ranking: 2
Fantasia 2000 - The only good thing that the scumhole Nazi-funding, propoganda-writing, Jew-hating, money-grubbing, ultraconservative fuckface known as Walt Disney ever made. Especially since it was released thirty-four years posthumously. I saw it when I was ten, and it still blows my mind to this day.
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You saw Fantasia 2000 when you were ten?
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he claims to be 17
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:22:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
bullitt
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:22:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
kentucky fried movie
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:22:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
strange brew
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2006-11-10 02:21:44 EST (#)
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2. Fail-Safe
This was a made for TV movie that aired in 2000 starring some huge names, George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, to name a few. It was black and white and aired live in prime time. It was a cold war nuclear standoff movie with Clooney playing a pilot who was accidentally sent to Moscow to drop the bomb, but who is ordered to ignore all orders for fear of the evil commies being able to alter voices. The ending is terrific. One of the best movies I've seen period, but the fact it was filmed live was great and gave it that special something. Check it out.
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dude, when i was watching this I was waiting for slim pickens to ride the bomb down.
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Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2006-11-10 01:54:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by Kracka (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:55:40 (#)
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red
white
blue
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I am fucking amazed that anyone else has seen these. Woooooooo Kracka.
Waydowntown
Heavenly Creatures
Waking Life (a little more mainstream)
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-10 00:11:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-11-09 18:04:35 (#)
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Fantasia 2000 - The only good thing that the scumhole Nazi-funding, propoganda-writing, Jew-hating, money-grubbing, ultraconservative fuckface known as Walt Disney ever made. Especially since it was released thirty-four years posthumously. I saw it when I was ten, and it still blows my mind to this day.
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You saw Fantasia 2000 when you were ten?
Submitted by Thored (user info) at 2006-11-09 23:49:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
3. The Cincinnati Kid
The original poker movie. Everyones seen Rounders and Maverick, but this was the granddaddy of them all. It starred that badass from our parents generation Steve McQueen as a great poker player who goes down to New Orleans to play "the Man", everyones general concensus as the best player around. If you like poker, or just good older movies, this is a must see. Despite the fact they play the worlds worst version of poker, 5 card stud, the poker scenes are very entertaining.
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I saw this is Northern Canada with a guy who couldn't speak english and owned a pizza shop in Toronto, along side a Veit family from Kentucky. Clearly the best movie ever made. Steve MeQueen makes me happy in the pants.
Submitted by marginwalker (user info) at 2006-11-09 18:37:29 EST (#)
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>The Big Lebowski
>Requiem for a Dream
>Tie b/w Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels & American Beauty
Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-11-09 18:04:35 EST (#)
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Alright, here is my definite list:
Citizen Kane - About the life of Charles Foster Kane, an industrial multimillionaire. Truly the best film ever made. EVER.
Three O'Clock High - A teen movie released in the 1980s. Jerry Mitchell, a skinny nerdy kid, attempts to do whatever he can to escape a fight with Buddy Revell (the bully) at three o'clock. It is fucking HILARIOUS.
The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane - About a teenage girl named Ren, and how a creepy pedophile tries to get at her. One of the best psychological movies.
Last Action Hero - Cheesy, but oh so awesome. Made on a $125 million budget, it bombed at the box office, nearly killing the studio. But it's really good. It has Arnold Schwarzenegger and magic. What more could you fucking want?
Fantasia 2000 - The only good thing that the scumhole Nazi-funding, propoganda-writing, Jew-hating, money-grubbing, ultraconservative fuckface known as Walt Disney ever made. Especially since it was released thirty-four years posthumously. I saw it when I was ten, and it still blows my mind to this day.
The Excorcist III - Nobody wanted to go see it, because of the colossal shitbag the second one was. That's a shame, because this one is SO FUCKING SCARY, it's even better than the original.
Hoop Dreams - A little-known 1994 documentary about basketball. I only saw it once, and it was really good. Roger Ebert calls it "the finest movie made in the history of cinema". No shit.
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2006-11-09 16:14:39 EST (#)
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like clock work mice- WATCH IT! its so moving
can't think of any others
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-11-09 13:40:08 EST (#)
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Living in oblivion: What a fucking mind bender about making movies. Do NOT watch this while eating psycholotropic substances. (Okay do it.)
The Isle: Asian movie with less than 500 words total dialect but will make you cringe, cry, and shit your pants.
CKY (2K, 3K), etc.: Before Jackass was around, Bam and his cohorts were fucking off. Vile, funny, and absolutely great.
Submitted by Ignore_the_Small_Print (user info) at 2006-11-09 12:25:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 22:06:53 (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:17:46 (#)
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Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:15:21 (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
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Ghost World
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is that the one with christina ricci too? I always wanted to know if it was good..looked funny in a dark way
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Its not her, its the other one thats a bit like her, the one from American Beauty.
And thats exactly what it is, funny but in a depressing sort of way.
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Mena Suvari, I think?
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haven't read the rest of the replies yet to know whether someone has actually corrected you yet, but it's Thora Birch (plus the legend that is Steve Buscemi as well as Scarlett Johansson). My favourite movie ever - you need to watch it :)
Submitted by mitchmarron (user info) at 2006-11-09 11:46:01 EST (#)
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- Nowhere in Africa - German Jews flee to Africa right before the 3rd Reich takes over. Husband and wife along with their young daughter. The wife's a ho and the guy has control issues. The little girl makes friends with the black kids. Basically it's a lot like living in the Bronx. Long movie with a slow pace, but the cinematography and landscapes of Africa are freaking phenomenal. I hate leaving my couch even to go sit on a toilet, and that movie actually got me to consider visiting the birthplace of humanity.
But then I remembered indoor plumbing and I logged out of Orbitz.
- Matchpoint - Calm down, I know it's a semi-popular movie (due to scarlett johannsen, that ho), but trust me, none of my testosterone-laden friends have seen this movie. Amazing movie, the lead character eventually does what I've thought of doing to every single one of the girls I cheated with. Sad, but true, and definitely hits home. The movie ends with the family talking about a newborn: "I don't care if he's successful, just as long as he's lucky in life."
Everything about that movie rocked.
- Hot Pursuit - I'm always amazed at how many people don't mention this when they talk about classic John Cusack movies. One of his best. Plus it's got a psycho-rapist Ben Stiller character in it. Stiller is always much better when he doesn't try so hard to be funny.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-11-09 11:16:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Switchblade Romance - French, psychologically fucked up lesbian and her friend get gory. Features a man getting his head cut off with a cupboard. Excellent.
Scum - A young Ray Winstone and that 'Parklife' guy from that Blur song. Child prisoners, beatings with socks full of snooker balls, rape, suicide. Gripping.
The Convent - It's got Coolio in it, and some kids getting fucked up by speedy neon Zombies. Buckets of blood and cheesy as fuck. Mental.
Submitted by jade_digitalmedia (user info) at 2006-11-09 11:04:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
RAD RACING - BMX movie from the 80s, almost impossible to find on VHS, they dont have it on DVD yet. They dance to that song 'send me an angel' on bikes, teh awesomeness.
STAY - This movie was beautiful and artistic and had a wonderful message, oh and ryan gosling didn't hurt either.
THE LIFE OF DAVID GAIL - tearjerker. A man proving that the justice system doesn't work by sacrificing himself to the death penalty.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-11-09 11:02:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2006-11-09 10:59:49 (#)
Ranking: 1
Kentucky Fried Movie (You'd be surprised)
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+2 for that movie, it was the first time I saw boobs against glass in a shower.
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2006-11-09 10:59:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Shock 'Em Dead
Kentucky Fried Movie (You'd be surprised)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-09 10:55:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:40:15 (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:17:46 (#)
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Its not her, its the other one thats a bit like her, the one from American Beauty.
And thats exactly what it is, funny but in a depressing sort of way.
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Sorta like Berty.
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OOOH good joke. Too bad it's not an insult since I like things (and people) that fit that description.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-11-09 09:49:53 EST (#)
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1. The Wraith. Think The Fast & The Furious, but not as gay, and from the 1980s.
2. High Noon. John Ford is a great cinematographer.
3. Hang Em High Old school Eastwood western. I have this weird affection for western movies lately.
Submitted by mitchmarron (user info) at 2006-11-09 09:44:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-11-09 07:11:09 (#)
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:15:00 (#)
Ranking: 2
Annapolis
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Holy shit...
This has got to be a joke. I have family videos that are better than this. I could crap a batter movie than this. I could crap onto a camera and my shit would make a better movie.
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I've seen him do it.
And it's true.
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2006-11-09 09:18:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Man Bites Dog
The Bad Lieutenant
State of Grace
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2006-11-09 08:56:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Cube is so mainstream they've named home game consoles after it.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-09 08:55:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Any Aussies out there seen an 80's flick called Bliss? It's a whacked out comedy-romance that is very good, and has great characters.
Main Guy to his favorite waiter at restaurant: "How are you?"
Waiter: "We eat, we shit, we die. I myself have cancer."
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2006-11-09 08:51:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
uber is the only place i ever heard somebody say they could stomach ' cube' . me personally
,i enjoyed 'hypercube' , (the 2nd) also .
Another gem hardly spoken of is 'videodrome' . appears to be cult aswell .
the kevin mitnick movie , forgot the name .(breakout ,maybe?)
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2006-11-09 08:36:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. The Wraith - It starred Charlie Sheen as a ghost that comes back and kills the people that killed him with a magical super-fast car. Randy Quaid plays the chief of police. Fuckin' badass movie, but I seem to be the only one in the world that likes it.
2. The Dog That Stopped The War - A bunch of kids get together and have a season-long snowball fight. Consists of building-size snow forts, ambushes, and the dreaded "paint in the snowball, oh no, my mom's gonna kill me for ruining my new jacket" attack. This movie was a fucking amazing concept in that it was a simple childhood theme taken to the max. The war ends when the snow fort collapses on everyone's favorite Saint Bernard.
3. 12 Angry Men - Henry Fonda's character is part of a jury. In the beginning everyone on the jury is convinced this punk kid killed someone simply because he's a punk kid from the bad part of town with a shady past. After pointing out some not-too-obvious holes in the prosecution's case, the main character convinces the rest of the jury one-by-one that the kid may be innocent. The movie as a whole deals with the prejudices of society and the importance of the American legal system. You never find out if the kid did it or not, but the prosecution can't prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that he's guilty so he goes free.
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2006-11-09 08:11:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Lagaan. It's an Indian movie that was nominated for the foreign language Oscar the same year that Amelie came out. Neither film won the award, but Lagaan left Amelie in the dust. It's the story of how a 19th century Indian village in a British protectorate bands together to kick the oppressive British out by non-violent means. It's incredible and inspiring.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2006-11-09 07:50:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
A BOY AND HIS DOG.
I WIN.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-11-09 07:17:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:35:50 (#)
Ranking: 2
2. Basquiat (just look at the cast)
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I would rather get another hole in my head than watch this movie again.
Okay I am done berating the movies I hated that are on here. The only ones I really like that aren't popular and not on this list are Evil Dead, Evil dead 2 and Army of darkness (evil dead 3). All low budget horror cult classics. The third one actually made it to the theatre, as the series progresses they realize it is more funny than scary and roll with it. It has some of the best lines ever.
"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-11-09 07:11:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
That shit wasn't even filmed at annapolis, it was in philly.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-11-09 07:11:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:15:00 (#)
Ranking: 2
Annapolis
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Holy shit...
This has got to be a joke. I have family videos that are better than this. I could crap a batter movie than this. I could crap onto a camera and my shit would make a better movie.
Submitted by mynameisandy (user info) at 2006-11-09 06:41:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The Quiet Earth
Last man on Earth crazyness, with a man in a dress, threating to kill Jesus. One player, schizophrenic snooker. "If you don't come out I'll shoot the kid!"
The Idiots
Sick bastards pretending to be retards. "SPAZ FUCK!"
How's Your News?
Retards pretending to be reporters. "Howdeeeeey pardenner!"
Harold and Maude
Strange kid invariably fakes suicide to wind up his mother, fucks an old lady. "Do you... enjoy... knives?"
A Boy and His Dog
A young Don Johnson and his psychic dog 'Blood' in a post apocolyptic future, go in search of women to rape. Great ending! "We coulda used her three more times!"
Bad Taste
Low budget gore fest from Peter Jackson when he was good. Consumption of vomit, exploding sheep. "I'm a Derek, and Dereks don't run!"
Submitted by sworn (user info) at 2006-11-09 05:17:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Only because the cube is a wicked film! Good choice!
Submitted by peckerhead (user info) at 2006-11-09 03:58:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:08:32 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by peckerhead (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:27:57 (#)
Ranking: 1
I'll play even though I take exception to this: "...lets face it 99% of all Canadian made TV or movies is utter horseshit."
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I'm Canadian too, from Edmonton, I know as well as anyone how bad our TV/Movie industry is.
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Well, I'm not quite the statistician that you proclaim to be but I'm going to go way out on a limb and say that over 90% of the movies - and they barely fall into the definition - that have come out of Hollywood in the past 10-15 yrs are as bad or worse than Canadian made TV or movies.
You've already acknowledged one good Canadian movie = the Cube. Go watch "Black Robe" then come back and list me 198 Canadian movies (99%) that are worse. I'm pretty sure you get "hockey night in Canada" out west; how about "the Nature of Things" by David Suzuki. There are many more excellent and high quality Canadian TV productions.
But you have a point; most of what comes out of the idiot box, er TV, is garbage and anyone who spends more than an hour a day (avg) watching gets what he/she deserves.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:44:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
As opposed to when bull gorings go right?
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:40:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:17:46 (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:15:21 (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
Ranking: 1
Ghost World
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is that the one with christina ricci too? I always wanted to know if it was good..looked funny in a dark way
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Its not her, its the other one thats a bit like her, the one from American Beauty.
And thats exactly what it is, funny but in a depressing sort of way.
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Sorta like Berty.
Submitted by garudave (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:27:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fail-Safe is a remake. Haven't seen the remake, but the original was great.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:11:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Death for dinner. A low production value horror movie.
The Animation Show. By Don Hertzfelt.
The Great Escape.
When bull goreings (fuck spellcheck) go wrong.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-09 02:08:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by peckerhead (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:27:57 (#)
Ranking: 1
I'll play even though I take exception to this: "...lets face it 99% of all Canadian made TV or movies is utter horseshit."
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I'm Canadian too, from Edmonton, I know as well as anyone how bad our TV/Movie industry is.
Submitted by GnarlsBarkley (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:21:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
oh and garden state
Submitted by GnarlsBarkley (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:20:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Orgasmo, baseketball, and belly
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:15:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i just looked through some of the reviews to help me remember what they were.
Bandits
Memoirs of a Geisha
Basic (although I have made everybody I know watch it--still though)
Annapolis
The Manchurian Candidate (the new one)
thats all i care to think of for now. i might come back with more when im finished with my run.
Submitted by phauna (user info) at 2006-11-09 01:11:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
It depends how old you are but 'Brazil' is an awesome unknown movie. Weird plot, strange continuity and great ending.
Submitted by griffsrgr8 (user info) at 2006-11-09 00:29:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Freeway you fucking assholes.
Submitted by nyxmar (user info) at 2006-11-09 00:22:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
(1) The Hustler - the prequel to Color of money, with Paul Newman as fast Eddie Felson and Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. Many people havent seen this movie since it is fairly old and in black in white, it is however one of the best movies ever made, watching Newman and Gleason chew up the scenery is utterly amazing.
(2) Formula 51 - Samuel Jackson with cornrows and a kilt with Meatloaf playin the Lizard Man. How could you not like a movie with Jackson walking around in a kilt with Golf clubs, its got everything: Drugs, a shag in the bath tub with a hot ass babe (Emily Mortimer), Dirty Cops, More drugs, and spontaneous human combustion.
(3)True Romance - Hardly anyone ever remembers this movie even though it has Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer, Michael Rappaport, Tom Sizemore, James Gandolfini, and Samuel Jackson. The best part of the movie is the confrontation between Hopper and Walken, where Hopper tells him that italians are basically greasy niggers, then bam, Walken empties his whole clip into him. During that entire scene i was just waiting for one of thier skulls to split open and demon fly out.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:58:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Nope, but if you simple go and re-rate all of your hockey posts my -2s dissapear.
Submitted by peckerhead (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:27:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I'll play even though I take exception to this: "...lets face it 99% of all Canadian made TV or movies is utter horseshit."
You were open minded enough to view "the Cube". You might try "Black Robe" starring Lothaire Bluteau. I'm pretty sure this is a Canadian production and damned sure that the movie is shot in Quebec, Canada. (In passing, "the Unforgiven" was filmed entirely in Alberta, Canada.)
More in the spirit of the post, "the Lost Weekend" would be of interest to anyone who has an alcohol problem or more generally an addiction problem. It stars Ray Milland. not for the faint hearted.
3. Star Trek IV: the voyage home ... is possibly the best of the original Star Trek movies, starring William Shatner (oh wait, another Canadian actor... heaven forbid). I won't spoil things further by listing any more Canadian actors like Jim Carrey or Dan Ackroyd or...
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:23:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I got one.
The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
hilariously stupid french movie from the 70s
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:17:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"Dancer in the Dark" - Not one I can watch over andd over, but the saddest movie I've ever seen so I always call it to mind.
I liked this movie.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:12:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Another bizarre and very rare flick, The Woman in the Dunes. From Japan, the mid sixties, black and white. It's like some fucked up dream.
http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/w/womaninthedunes.htm
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 23:05:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Any of Buster Keaton's early movies kick ass. He was doing shit in the silent era that blew people's minds. These days it's called action move set pieces and stunt choreography. Back then, he just set up a camera and did it. He should have died doing some of that shit.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-11-08 22:21:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Shag
The Thin Man
The BBC's "Casanova"
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 22:06:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:17:46 (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:15:21 (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
Ranking: 1
Ghost World
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is that the one with christina ricci too? I always wanted to know if it was good..looked funny in a dark way
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Its not her, its the other one thats a bit like her, the one from American Beauty.
And thats exactly what it is, funny but in a depressing sort of way.
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Mena Suvari, I think?
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2006-11-08 21:31:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
1) cool hand luke
2) one flew over the cuckoo's nest
thats it.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:56:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Which one of youse has seen "They Might Be Giants" with George C. Scott?
No one? Just as I thought....
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:39:36 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Yeah...I watch a lot of sports. What's wrong with that?
I leave the shows like "Queer Eye" and the Lifetime Movies of the Week for you, Fruitcup.
Submitted by RPharazon (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:12:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. Cube
Good choice!
2. Hypercube
Even better, now with crazy math!
3. End of Evangelion
So fucked up...
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:10:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:59:08 (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm not friends with any of you but I've seen a solid 31.7% of the "secret" movies listed here.
And a lot of them fucking stink.
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You probably have a close group of semi-heterosexual friends who get together and watch sports and/or build things with.
And most people couldnt get past the "dont post mainstream bullshit everyone has seen" part.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:10:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
The Dinner Game is hilarious. Also see "Tais-Toi" with Depardieu and that other guy who I think is called Jean someone.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:09:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:45:40 (#)
Ranking: 2
By the way, I've looked around for "The Cincinnati Kid" before. I can never find it.
Damn I need Netflix or something. Most of these titles would be in my queue by now.
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I've looked for it as well and was only able to get it from a friend of mine in the office who's on the super-secret-private Something Awful torrent site. She just d/l it and sent it to me on MSN, which is very quick when you're on the same connection.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-11-08 20:00:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:35:50 (#)
Ranking: 2
...
3. The Dinner Game
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/
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This is one of the funniest fucking movies, EVAR.
It is so awesome, you won't even care that it's in French, with English subtitles.
JonnyX says check it out.
For another cool movie, try 'Colossus: The Forbin Project', crazy computers before Skynet, or eve HAL 9000.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:56:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Zoot Suit
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:52:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"The General" - Buster Keaton
"The Big Store" - The Marx Brothers, tossup between that and Night at the Opera.
"The Dish" - Aussie movie about the satellite receiving dish which received the moon landing video.
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:45:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
By the way, I've looked around for "The Cincinnati Kid" before. I can never find it.
Damn I need Netflix or something. Most of these titles would be in my queue by now.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:44:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by MadameDestrukt (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:39:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Splendor (1999) and Nowhere (1997)Both from the same writer and director as Doom Generation, but I'm pretty sure these two are much less known that it. Nowhere is from wtf land just like DG, but I like it better, and Splendor is actually a comprehendable movie that's funny, sexy, and heart warming. What do you do when you fall in love with two guys at once? Keep them both!
Battle Royale is the shit, thank you lsd420. Release a classfull of students on a island with weapons, only 1 can come out alive!!!!
Interstate 60 (2002) This movie will make you happy. Which normally would make me hate it, but damn it, it's like the movie Big Fish, if Big Fish didn't make you cry at the end. It's awesome.
Yeah, I'm doing 5, go suck an egg.
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby. Ok, if you haven't seen Freeway (Reese Witherspoon and Keifer Sutherland) you need to get on that. Now. NOW. These are modern fractured fairy tales. Most people would like #1 and not #2, 2 is obviously on a much smaller budget, strays farther from reality, and pushes the lines of decency a bit more. Maybe I just think Natasha Lyonne is hot in a beanie. I dunno. I'll stop now.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:25:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
solid +1
Submitted by cshape (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:25:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
"Dancer in the Dark" - Not one I can watch over andd over, but the saddest movie I've ever seen so I always call it to mind.
OMG best / saddest movie = correct.
fucking bjork.
see her other movie though, drawing restraint 9.
that shit is insane.
plotline = her and her man are on some huge japanese tanker boat. they eat eachothers legs. they turn into whales and swim away.
Submitted by cshape (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:23:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Suicide club - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/
The Lives of Others - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
Suicide club is cool and has an insanely weird storyline.
The lives of others is just a good, solid movie.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:17:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:15:21 (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
Ranking: 1
Ghost World
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is that the one with christina ricci too? I always wanted to know if it was good..looked funny in a dark way
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Its not her, its the other one thats a bit like her, the one from American Beauty.
And thats exactly what it is, funny but in a depressing sort of way.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:15:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
Ranking: 1
Ghost World
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is that the one with christina ricci too? I always wanted to know if it was good..looked funny in a dark way
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:12:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 (#)
Ranking: 1
Split Second (Cos Im a sucker for Rutger Hauer B movies)
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Ditto!
One of my favs: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094764/
Christopher Lambert is one of my guilty enjoyments as well.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:10:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"Gift" - Super-low-budget Jane's Addiction BioFiction. People probably love it or hate it.
"Waking Life" - Animated dreamscape/vignettes by Richard Linklater
"Dancer in the Dark" - Not one I can watch over andd over, but the saddest movie I've ever seen so I always call it to mind.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:07:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The Man with the Golden Arm. (Only film with Sinatra in that didnt make me want to vomit shit.)
Split Second (Cos Im a sucker for Rutger Hauer B movies)
Ghost World (Based on a comic, Scarlett Johansen just before she got super hot)
Submitted by ahumblefool (user info) at 2006-11-08 19:02:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The Geek - A Bigfoot does a hippie chick dogstyle
EverClearly - Great horror film, no blood, no gore, just scary shit
Sunrise - Vampire flick, great because it is so damn bad
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:59:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm not friends with any of you but I've seen a solid 31.7% of the "secret" movies listed here.
And a lot of them fucking stink.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:50:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
The Fly... the original 50's version.
(I'm an adult now. I've seen a lot of weird things in my life. But that shit at the end with the tiny white-headed fly caught in the spider-web and calling 'Helllllp meeeee....' That still fucking FREAKS ME OUT! Highly recommended. Very dated, but story-wise much better than the Cronenberg gorefest remake.
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This was great. I saw this as late night once as a kid.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:48:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Taxi (Original, not the remake. Dont let the fact its French put you off)
The Killer (John Woo's best film by a country mile)
Metropolis (Original and Osamu Tezuka Anime remake)
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:47:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Here's some fun old shit, Donovan...
Others from memory...
Five Million Years to Earth aka Quatermass and the Pit 1968 I think.
(This is a terribly outdated movie now, but this British horror flick KICKED ASS when it came out in the late 60's and continued to impress in the rare TV showing. Now on DVD. The storyline was WAY ahead of its time. It mixes scientific investigation with creepy shit when something very strange is found during work on the London underground. I'm amazed that the brain-dead remake crowd in Hollywood hasn't latched onto this. Just as well. I think it counts as part of the Quatermass series. Five fucking stars, man.)
Flight of the Phoenix- The Original Version. 1965, 66, somewhere around there.
(Fuck Quaid and those other guys and their fancy SFX. This one came out in the 60's and used real rebult planes. One crashed and killed the test pilot. Jimmy Stewart is the main character, playing against type as a gruff asshole, and the plane designer is played by Hardy Kruger. Kruger made a living playing Nazis in war movies through the fifties and sixties, and his fuck-you superior Aryan attitude in this version makes you HATE the fucker and also makes Giovanni Ribisi look lame as hell in the remake.)
The Creeping Flesh 1972?
(I saw this Hammer horror flick (in a shithouse theater that showed old flicks) as a little kid and it scared the finger-sniffing Jesus out of me. I bought the DVD a few years ago and watched it again, and wondered what the fuck... still, it's a fun first-time view if you can accept the VERY low gore factor. Plus, it stars Peter Cushing. Cushing was fucking COOL, man.)
Theatre of Blood. Starring Vincent Price, the 70's again.
(Price is a shitty Shakespearean actor who is savaged by the critics so he offs them one by one in ways taken from the Bard's plays. And if you've read your Shakespeare you know that shit ain't pretty.)
The Fly... the original 50's version.
(I'm an adult now. I've seen a lot of weird things in my life. But that shit at the end with the tiny white-headed fly caught in the spider-web and calling 'Helllllp meeeee....' That still fucking FREAKS ME OUT! Highly recommended. Very dated, but story-wise much better than the Cronenberg gorefest remake.
Gorgo. The Brits do Godzilla. Some time in the 50's.
(This is a great little flick. Outdated and forgotten.)
And since I'm on a British kick...
IT'S DOCTOR PHIBES, BABY!
The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Some time in the early 70's.
(Vincent Price stars as a disfigured skull-faced psychotic genius (my favorite kind of psychotic genuis) who uses old biblical curses as inspiration as he kills off everyone who every annoyed him in his search for eternal life. I think he is also trying to bring his dead wife back to life as well. People are skinned alive by bugs and sand-blasted down to bones and drained of -literally- every drop of blood. AWESOME! Once again, I can't believe they haven't been remade. They are a fucking riot. The effects are dated, but Phibes is such a merciless cunt that you can't help loving him. Plus, the name Phibes is really, really cool.)
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:45:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I loved Leon/The Professional.
Despite her horrible ears
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:43:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Boondock Saints was awesome, I saw it 2-3 years ago. It was a Snatch, Lock Stock sort of movie.
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:38:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Boondock Saints
Greenstreet Hooligans
Kung-Fu Hustle
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:36:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Some foreign flicks. Obscure because they are... foreign.
-Malena*
-The Star Maker*
-Haute Tension
*Deeply moving stories + naked Italian chicks = top notch drama.
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:35:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. The Boondock Saints (it used to be obscure, but gaining popularity now)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/
2. Basquiat (just look at the cast)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115632/
3. The Dinner Game
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119038/
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:32:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
By the way those aren't my favorites, just a few I thought off of the top of my head.
redskies, don't go ruining it now. The whole kinky scene with the plant is too good to give away.
You liked that movie didn't you.
PROOF AGAIN JAKE HAS GOOD TASTE
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:28:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
3. The Professional
probably also not obscure enough, has a young natalie portman in it (too young, boys) but is a great movie about her dysfunctional life and how a hitman becomes her mentor.
word
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It's called 'Leon' in the UK.
He fucks her you know
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:22:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Okay I read it and I still hated cube (redskies gains points here, bigmike loses ;) )
1. Hiding Out
from the early 90s, I think, with Jon Cryer and that kid from "Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead". I haven't seen it in a long time and it's probably not that great but hey I liked it and have watched it a few times. Plus I think Maxwell was teh hawt.
2. Pump Up the Volume
Half of you have probably seen this awesome Christian Slater movie about his secret identity as a supercool radio dj. Rules all over the place.
3. The Professional
probably also not obscure enough, has a young natalie portman in it (too young, boys) but is a great movie about her dysfunctional life and how a hitman becomes her mentor.
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Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:20:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by kwame_johnson (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:15:21 (#)
Ranking: -2
Star Wars
Terminator 2
Titanic
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Hahaha, ok, this was pretty funny. At least yours was intentional.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:15:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:05:32 (#)
Ranking: 1
It's surprising how many people haven't seen Pi.
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Pi kicks major ass! I didn't list it because I figured most people have seen it. Last time I looked, you could by the Pi/ Requiem for a Dream combo at Best Buy for $10. What a bargain!
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:15:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
OH MY GOD I HAVENT EVEN FINISHED READING THIS BUT CUBE WAS THE WORST MOVIE IVE EVER SEEN EVER EVER EVER
okay I will read it now
Submitted by laika (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:15:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Solaris- the old one. Do NOT watch the new one.
Cries and Whispers- by Bergman. That could be good or bad depending what you think of him.
the Mission- a little more popular, but Im pretty sure most of my friends havent seen it.
If anyone really likes one of these movies Id be interested to know what some of your
other favorites are.
Submitted by kwame_johnson (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:15:21 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Star Wars
Terminator 2
Titanic
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:14:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:54:59 (#)
Ranking: 2
Krull:
An indescribable monster and its army (the Slayers) attack the planet Krull. In order to stop the invaders, two hostile nations decide to join their forces by the marriage of Princess Lyssa and Prince Colwyn. During the ceremony, the Slayers attack the palace, kill both kings, wound Colwyn and kidnap Lyssa. The next morning, the wise Ynyr seeks and finds Colwyn. With Ynyr's help, Colwn gains possession of a magic weapon, a five bladed sword, and together they go on their quest for the indescribable monster's black fortress to free Lyssa.
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I've seen that movie so many times.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:12:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:10:50 (#)
Ranking: 2
Grosse Point Blank
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Very cool flick.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:10:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Grosse Point Blank
Orgazmo
and though it's not unknown... Heathers. I'll watch it anytime it's on.
Seen Krull... many times and LOVED Four Rooms.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:10:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
The Lion in Winter - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/
Dead Man - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/
Near Dark - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093605/
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:08:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still
Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:07:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071615/
IMDB reference - in english
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:07:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Pi was indeed good, as was 12 Monkeys.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:07:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Right you fuckers.
La Sacra Montagna
http://www.amazon.com/Topo-Montagna-Sacra-Jodorowsky-Box/dp/8875840059
+2 Obscure bizarre film with Jesus breathing his own cooked shit.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:06:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. Shanghai Triad
2. The Day the Earth Stood Still
3. Stalingrad
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:06:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
OldBoy - I think it's korean and probably the most fucked up movie i've ever seen, some guy gets kidnapped and locked in a room for 20 years and doesnt get told why and then he gets released with the name of the guy who locked him up so he kills his way through whatever korean city to find him, it has an ending that literally made me spit out my drink. A Very cool movie.
The Big Lebowski - Best Movie Evar. I know every detail and line in this movie. The Dude is my inspiration in life.
"So racially he's cool?"
Submitted by foster (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:06:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. American Beauty
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3. Braveheart
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:05:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
All of my friends have seen my favorite movies, because I tell them they're good.
It's surprising how many people haven't seen Pi.
I enjoyed the hell out of "Dagon", which is a retelling of The Horror over Innsmouth set in modern-day spain (though the male lead is trying too hard to channel Bruce Campbell at times).
Man Bites Dog was awesome.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:05:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
As far as two others go...
Creep Show
Sleepaway Camp
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:03:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
But how could you forget Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter?
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-11-08 18:02:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I've seen both "Cube" and "The Cincinnati Kid."
Both movies are really good, "The Cincinnati Kid" is great.
My three.
1) "Four Rooms"
Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Willis, Madonna, Lily Taylor (I just love Lily Taylor), and a host of others.
2) "Marathon Man"
"Is it safe?"
3) "Telefon"
Lee Remick was my first boyhood crush for a movie star.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:59:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:58:01 (#)
Ranking: 0
It is amazing how people completely miss the point of the post and list movies everyone has seen.
Jesus Christ.
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No shit, I stated it right at the top to get the retard masses attention. Oh well, its Uber, I'm not surprised.
Submitted by COMountain (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:59:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
1. Gleaming the Cube
2. Blown Away (1992)
3. Prayer of the Rollerboys
WOO!
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:58:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
It is amazing how people completely miss the point of the post and list movies everyone has seen.
Jesus Christ.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:57:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Scotland, PA
Gattaca
Richard III (w/ Ian McKellan)
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Solaris
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:56:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love Krull. Love it.
Check out cameos by Robbie Coltrane and that bloke who played the AIDS guy from Eastenders. Mark Fowler
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:56:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:43:02 (#)
Ranking: 2
1. Citizen Kane
2. Road Trip
3. Three O'Clock High
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Three O'Clock High is an awesome, awesome movie.
As are: Jeremiah Johnson; A Man Called Horse; and Time Bandits.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:55:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You can shove Braveheart up your fucking arse.
Wank that. Wank.
Submitted by Kracka (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:55:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
red
white
blue
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:54:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Krull:
An indescribable monster and its army (the Slayers) attack the planet Krull. In order to stop the invaders, two hostile nations decide to join their forces by the marriage of Princess Lyssa and Prince Colwyn. During the ceremony, the Slayers attack the palace, kill both kings, wound Colwyn and kidnap Lyssa. The next morning, the wise Ynyr seeks and finds Colwyn. With Ynyr's help, Colwn gains possession of a magic weapon, a five bladed sword, and together they go on their quest for the indescribable monster's black fortress to free Lyssa.
Bullitt: (Not unknown to those with class, but surprisingly unknown to people my age)(26)
Johnny Ross works for Chicago mobster Peter Ross, his brother. In April 1968 Johnny Ross escapes two attempts on his life and flees to San Francisco, where he is placed in protective custody by politician Walter Chalmers, who hopes to use Ross to further his own national aspirations. To protect Ross, Chalmers asks the SFPD to assign Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt and his partners, Sergeants Don Delgetti and Carl Stanton, to guard him at a flophouse near an overhead freeway. It looks like a simple assignment, but at 1 AM the next day it all goes awry in a blast of a shotgun, leaving Stanton and Ross fighting for life at San Francisco General. Bullitt gets what information he can, but breathing down his neck is the angered Chalmers who vows to ruin Bullitt's career should Ross die. Bullitt gets a break when the gunman appears at the hospital to finish off Ross, and Bullitt gets a good look at him; now Bullitt must smoke out the gunman and his backup man before Chalmers carries out his threat, leading to a high-speed pursuit, a fiery crash at a gas station, and a fingerprint check that leads to a stunning discovery about Ross, and about a couple staying at a swanky hotel in San Mateo.
Anything by Akira Kurosawa. Once again he's someone almost completely lost to people of my generation. Can you imagine if hollywood had directors and creative talent like this still? We wouldn't be watching the 50th remake of a crappy 80's sequel come out every fucking year.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:53:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:52:22 (#)
Ranking: 1
Donovan Does Dallas (Donovan is so fucking hot)
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What the hell?
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:52:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
A Few Good Men
Braveheart
The Departed
Borat - I haven't seen that either though, sold out until next week in Jersey.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:52:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Some that I like:
Jacob's Ladder
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12 Monkeys
Donovan Does Dallas (Donovan is so fucking hot)
Submitted by LSD420 (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:52:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
The Big Lebowski
Withnail and I
Battle Royal(e?)
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:50:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh, and "Maverick" is NOT a poker movie. It a movie with poker.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:50:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Here are a few that I can come up with in no particular order. Some of these may not count, but I guess that depends on how obscure you're looking for them to be.
Swimming With Sharks
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Shattered Glass
Layer Cake
Lost in Translation
Submitted by Beer_bong (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:49:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
While it is pretty mainstream, none of my friends have seen "Memoirs of a Geisha" and I love that movie. The only other one I can think of is "My Big Fat Independant Movie", a hysterical spoof of Pulp Fiction, Memento, Pi, Amalie, and others.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:45:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:44:09 (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh, and Fail-Safe was a remake. Sad but true.
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I know but the original was crap. I just dont like most old movies.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:45:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
1. Transformers the Movie (perfect)
2. The Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan)
3. The Great Escape (Americans have not seen this)
Submitted by beauxjizzle (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:44:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Murder Set Pieces is the only non-mainstream movie that i can think of that i enjoyed
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-11-08 17:44:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 0