Name some films you like, that you don't think others are aware of

[Fire Walk With Me]

Just to see if there are any other fans out there.

Big Meat Eater, The Dark Backward, The Quiet Earth

[XemaSab]

1. Shallow Grave

:bounce:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

6. That's one of my faves

On edit:
Ever seen The Young Poisoner's Handbook? If you like Shallow Grave, you'd probably like it.

[grace0418]

36. Does that have Ewan McYummy in it?

I think that's on my Netflix queue.

[Scarlett17]

62. Speaking of Ewan McYummy -- "A Life Less Ordinary"

[Patiod]

131. I liked that when it was called "Blood Simple"

:D

[ellacott]

2. Simon Birch n/t

[Patiod]

132. Saw that on TV recently

and my S.O. walked by and said "Isn't that Owen Meany?"

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. "Songs From the Second Floor" and "Hate."

[PVnRT]

4. There's this sci-fi flick called "Star Wars"

Kinda hokey, but I like it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Whazzat?

[jpgray]

7. Viridiana, Cache, Le Corbeau

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. I've seen Cache- pretty good, but not amazing.

[jpgray]

11. The OP said "like"

:P

The last film I saw that was amazing would probably be the Virgin Spring, but that's not very obscure. I figured "hidden" would be more appropriate for that.

:dunce:

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. I weep, I cry, I am ashamed.

Not. List some more movies :-)

[jpgray]

15. Let's go French again

Les Diaboliques, La Ceremonie

[zingaro]

9. Waking Life.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. I love that film.

[raccoon]

10. Shock Waves. (grade B horror but it sure creeped me out).

Hud

Places in the Heart

[edbermac]

14. Koyaanisqatsi, Powwaqatsi, Naqoyqatsi, Baraka.

Great head films.

[Radical Activist]

26. Yeah

I've got the first two on DVD.

[stuntcat]

46. yes

I have them but I haven't seen them in years, they drain me to watch. Thy're beautiful though.

[jobycom]

16. A Dream of Passion-- I think I'm the only one who has ever seen it.

[dropkickpa]

17. The War of the Buttons

[HuffleClaw]

76. what a great film!

funny, heart-warming, great scenery... its all good.

[Tikki]

18. These.....

The Runnin' Kind
UFOria
Slam Dance
Rikky and Pete
Track 29
Starstruck




Tikki

[myrna minx]

49. I've seen Track 29 w/dreamy Gary Oldman and Starstruck

(if you mean the 1980's Aussie musical.) :hi: My friend still plays the vinyl soundtrack to that. :hi:

[Tikki]

70. Yes, Starstruck and Rikky and Pete are Australian....and...

Track 29... Gary Oldman
UFOria... Cindy Williams
Slam Dance...the currently very busy Virginia Madsen
The Runnin' Kind....Juliette Lewis




Tikki

[darkstar]

19. CQ, The Second Coming of Suzanne, Mr. Freedom, Chappaqua

Would love to talk to anyone who's seen these. So weird, isn't it, that so many of us have so many titles that get so little notice. That's lots of movies making little to no money.

[AlCzervik]

20. The Butcher Boy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. The Road to Wellville, Sole Survivor

http://imdb.com/title/tt0111001/

http://imdb.com/title/tt0065007/

[Hugin]

25. "Road to Wellville" was great...

Probably went over most people's heads, tho.

[momophile]

22. Window to Paris - Russian/French

kinda cute. I should see it again now that I'm mostly grown up.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

91. Tovarishchi, my v Parise!

:-)

[bif]

23. "Where Green Ants Dream"

Herzog.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

Queen Margot.

I loved that flick. Whenever I mention it, people just give me a 'huh?' look.

[Glorfindel]

74. Splendid movie! I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves it.

n/t

[fudge stripe cookays]

122. Any movie with Vincent Perez gets my vote!

:9

[Patiod]

133. I'm straight, but I'd probably switch over for Isabelle Adjani

She was beautiful in that movie, and probably well over 40 at the time...

[Critters2]

149. My home congregation is a Huguenot church. It was so nice to see the story on the screen

Nice, and sad, and beautiful. I loved that film.

[Monk06]

158. The closing theme by Ofra Haza 'Elo Hi' was magic. Two Youtubes here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjU3BR3lgeA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCbXeZFhU6Y&mode=related&search=

[AlCzervik]

24. The sweet hereafter

[CBHagman]

30. That one I've seen.

It's criminal that Ian Holm wasn't so much as nominated for Best Actor for his performance in The Sweet Hereafter The Academy was too busy renominating previously honored actors that year.

Things I've seen and enjoyed that I don't hear much talk about:

Born Romantic

Hobson's Choice

Matewan

Hi-Life

Cradle Will Rock

Silver City

Shooting Fish

La Buche

Cold Comfort Farm

Others are bound to come to mind shortly...

[u4ic]

53. Fantastic film n/t

[Patiod]

134. That's also one of the most beautiful books I've ever read

Russell Banks is the real deal

[Hugin]

27. 'Silent Running'

It was mostly stifled by Kubrick's '2001:A Space Odyssey'.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/

I met the other 'Silent Running' fan once... We had a reunion. ;)

[bif]

29. One of my favorite sci-fi movies ever

I love that movie! I must be the third person to see that one.We should start a club!

[Hugin]

31. Great idea!

We could meet up on an American Airlines flight wearing primary colored jumpsuits with various
patches sewn on them!

:thumbsup:

I named my first three computers Huey, Dewey, and Louie with respect to 'Silent Running'...
*sigh* Everyone assumed it was after the Duck triplets.

[jpgray]

32. I like it! Except for the folk songs. It helped inspire MST3K

[Hugin]

37. BTW... How'd that '2001' pan out?

I'd say 'Silent Running' was far more prescient in it's view of things to come.

[TheBaldyMan]

125. I like it but prefer Darkstar n/t

[haf216]

28. One Hour Photo

Robin Williams gives one of his best performances.

[blueraven95]

33. that one was great!

He was also really good in Final Cut.

Others (not with Robin Williams), Igby Goes Down (just beautiful, but sad) and Children of Paradise (old French film, can't remember the French name, just the translation).

There's another old French film (like 1920s old) called Le Round (sp?) about syphilis. I remember it being extraordinarily funny, but it's really hard to find.

[haf216]

35. I have never seen Final Cut,

I will have top Netflex it. He was so good in One Hour Photo, I don't know how more people did not see that movie.

[Maccagirl]

114. Great choice

Robin Williams was excellent in a one-note (written) part and hampered by a very weak ending. I found the film disturbing because in some way we can all relate to Sy's isolation.

My pick would be "Feed" (a doc about the 1992 Presidential campaign-way better than "War Room").

[CBHagman]

38. Is that La Ronde, based on the Arthur Schnitzler play Reigen?

It's about a chain of people linked by sexual contact but motivated and driven in differing ways. There are a couple of remakes, including Chain of Desire, if I'm not mistaken.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042906/fullcredits#writers

[blueraven95]

126. I'm not sure

to be honest, I saw it in a film class about 6 years ago, and at the time was pretty sick with the flu, so most of the details of the lecture about it are incredibly hazy. sorry. I do remember that it was basically a safe sex movie - comparing the way the Parisians were having sex with the people riding a merry-go-round. It had a bit of a cautionary tale to it, ie Reefer Madness, but it was so tongue in cheek that it was fun rather than terrible.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

97. Les Enfants du Paradis

Wonderful flim, long but worthwhile. (Frankly, I think Garance was an idiot for not going for Baptiste right away.)

[blueraven95]

129. Definitely and awesome film

also really interesting because of its beautiful cinematography - breathtaking!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

34. The Keeper:The Legend of Omar Khayyam

Indie, 2005, directed by Kayvan Mashayekh.
Available on beautifully packaged DVD at www.greatomar.com

The best movie I have ever seen, and a mere 95 minutes. Gorgeous history of Omar Khayyam's time and science and religious fanaticism, intertwined with his modern day descendants.

[Forkboy]

39. Stalingrad...the most depressing movie I've ever watched

and When The Wind Blows,also very depressing.

[u4ic]

54. Do you like depressing movies, too?

:hi:

[Forkboy]

60. They seem to be the ones that resonate the most with me

Let's face it,most comedies are just throw away movies,good for the moment but with no meat to chew on afterwards.I also like that they go away from the annoying habit of movie studios thinking people need an "upbeat" ending to make a movie enjoying.

Another great depressing movie is Grave of the Fireflies




""Powerful", "moving", "touching", and "great" are words frequently used by people to describe movies, but this is one of the very few cases where they are most sincerely deserved. Roger Ebert, hardly known as one to heap undue praise on any movie, called Grave of the Fireflies "one of the greatest war movies ever made," and far from hyperbole, that's exactly the level of praise that accurately describes it. Simultaneously an allegory of human failings and a quiet but unflinching look at two children caught in the peripheral effects of a war, Grave of the Fireflies is one of the most painful and affecting movies you're ever likely to see, animated or otherwise. In many cases, the fact that it is animated gives simple actions and scenes a beauty and innocence that would not have existed otherwise, creating all the more contrast with the harsh and painful realities experienced by the characters."


Just thinking of this movie makes me sad :(

A lot of people will shy away from animation that isn't Disney cute,but both Grave of the Fireflies and When The Wind Blows can be appreciated by anyone with a heart and soul,and are great examples of powerful and moving the medium can be.

[u4ic]

84. I will look for them

Thanks for the recommendations. :hi:

[schmuls]

40. The Enchanted Cottage

[cmkramer]

94. Oh I love that movie!

I could so see someone doing a remake.

How about "The Big Street" ?

[Rob H.]

41. A few of mine...

The Limey, starring Terence Stamp and Peter Fonda, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Tunes of Glory, starring Sir Alec Guinness and Sir John Mills.

Her Majesty Mrs. Brown, starring Dame Judi Dench and Billy Connolly. (Yeah, yeah, I know people are probably aware of this one, but I still like it.)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

98. Good choices!

:thumbsup:

[dysfunctional press]

42. Near Dark is the best vampire flick going, and The Hidden ROCKS...

mostly due to the preponderance of concrete blonde tunes in the soundtrack.

[AngryAmish]

85. Near Dark is, as far as I can tell, is the best vampire movie

And Still In Hollywood is the best concrete blonde song

[AngryAmish]

86. Near Dark is, as far as I can tell, is the best vampire movie

And Still In Hollywood is the best concrete blonde song

[Zookeeper]

105. I like that movie a lot....

'Just watched it again recently....:thumbsup:

[Zavulon]

43. Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Quebec-based movie about a partnership between a prim and proper Ontario cop and a rulebreaking Quebec cop. Hilarious, full of action, and mostly overlooked outside of Quebec.

[HuffleClaw]

77. hilarious film

somewhat cheesy of course, but cheese is good. or should i say fromage? i'd love to see a sequel. some of the scenes had me laughing soooo hard.

[Zavulon]

88. A sequel has been pledged...

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/arts_life/story.html?id=a074b8b2-311e-4bc9-b4ae-d1dea6c7dd95

I especially loved the scene where Bouchard was giving the language lesson to Ward as he was stuffing Therrien into the trunk. Also, even though it has been done, before I couldn't stop laughing at the scene when Bouchard and Ward are stoned in front of Bouchard's boss.

Best of all, even though you and I aren't on the same side of the coin on hockey, picking out all of those references to the game and to real people (Lindros, Gretzky, etc) was a blast.

I read that Patrick Huard wants the sequel to involve American cops because he wants to make fun of the idea of putting up a wall: http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/180993

[HuffleClaw]

89. the hockey stuff was hilarious

'gary buttman' especially.

[Ramsey]

44. Breaking the Waves

Kind of an obscure film, and highly depressing, but amazingly well acted by Emily Watson. One of the best character films ever.

[AlCzervik]

47. thats a good one! thats on tonight on IFC i think or Sundance.

[u4ic]

55. Superb film n/t

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

45. Here's a couple

Paths of Glory- Stanley Kubrik directs Burt Lancaster, in black and white no less
Lonely are the Brave- Kirk Douglas
The Informer- Victor McLaglen
Invaders from Mars - I think that's the title. It's the one where the kid falls asleep and has a dream, then wakes up and we see the 'dream' start all over again.

[HuffleClaw]

78. the original 'invaders from mars' is a true classic imo

a great 'fear of the commies' 50s sci-fi film. far creepier than the remake.

[Zookeeper]

107. Invaders from Mars....

I saw that movie on TV quite often as a kid and it made more of an impression on me than most Sci-Fi films.

I had it on DVD (until my DH lent it to a friend...:( ) and it held up very well. For a low-budget film, it's pretty artfully directed and designed.

[hellbound-liberal]

48. Here are two from USA Up all Night with Rhonda Sheer and Gilbert Gottfried

Motel Hell was really good. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out!

[RedStateShame]

117. "Meat's meat, and man's gott eat!"

Oh, that film is priceless. And John Ratzenberger(sp), a.k.a. Cliff Clavin, as a rock band drummer!!

[Lautremont]

151. I've not only seen Motel Hell, I own it!

And I watched "Sorority Babes..." in high school and enjoyed it immensely. Now the director is a friend of mine, and he's imparted some of that movie's secrets (which are many and mind-breaking).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. My dear Peake.......

The one film that I thought of was because the main actor in it has got a new one out now......

Lone Star with Chris Cooper.

This is a multi-generational film set in Texas, and it is just plain great story-telling!

It is not to be missed...

He is an incredibly good actor, and should be much better known than he is....

:hi:

[fishwax]

58. That is a fantastic movie. Anything by John Sayles is usually good

My favorite Sayles movie is Men With Guns, but Lone Star is definitely up there too :)

[CBHagman]

65. Lots of John Sayles love in the lounge tonight!

:loveya:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000626/

[Scarlett17]

64. Chris Cooper rocked in that movie. It had an amazing ensemble cast.

Matthew McConaghey. . .:)

[Fire Walk With Me]

87. Cooper rocks in "Breach". 2006 was the year of Hugh Jackman,

2007 is the year of Chris Cooper.

[martymar64]

141. It's one of my favorites

I own a copy so I get to watch it every couple of months.

The storytelling is excellent. The use of pans to transition across time was so much fun, I loved it!!!
It did a pretty good job at showing Texas culture in microscosm, this native Texan found it believable.
The music provided a nice touch to it as well. The acting was tour de force. My personal favorite is Kris K. as Sheriff Charlie Wade. One of the better villians in recent memory.

On Edit: A big honorable mention to Frances McD as Cooper's ex-wife. She had that role nailed!

Joe Bob says check it out!

[dixiechik]

51. Name some films you like, that you don't think others are aware of

Shirley Valentine
Blowout with John Travolta
Starman with Jeff Bridges
I am Sam with Sean Penn
Nuts with Babs

[u4ic]

52. Shirley Valentine was great

:-)

[peacefreak]

111. It's finally coming out on DVD.

In May, I believe. Love her talking to the wall.

[LSK]

56. His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby

Hilarious black and whites from the late 30s/early 40s staring Cary Grant.

[MassLiberal]

67. yep...classics

Love that Cary Grant!

[u4ic]

57. Here are some:

Skyggen auf Emma (Emma's Shadow)
Handerna (The Hands)
No Man's Land
Den goda viljan (The Best Intentions)
Vor (The Thief)
My Life as a Dog

[unsavedtrash]

59. Mildred Pierce, Barton Fink

Babbette's Feast, Oranges Aren't The Only Fruit, and The Butcher Boy

[Zookeeper]

106. Mildred Pierce is one of my favorites...

I can never really explain why....it's just "perfect" for the kind of film it is.

[Rabrrrrrr]

61. BIG BIG BIG fan of Fuji Velvia 100 speed in 220 format.

[toadzilla]

63. I prefer Fuji NPC 160 myself.

4 x 5 sheets of course.

[MassLiberal]

66. "The Castle"

an Australian comedy--very funny and sweet. One of my favorite movies.

[u4ic]

82. I LOVED the Castle!

:thumbsup:

[nytemare]

68. Everything is Illuminated, Tae Guk Gi

One, a very quirky, heartwarming, tearjerking flick

The second, a great Korean War movie. Very realistic.

[Burma Jones]

69. Jean de Florette and Manon Of The Spring

See both of them together and DO NOT GO TO WIKIPEDIA TO LOOK THEM UP, you really need to not know plot before you watch these two films, if you read the spoilers the gut wrenching impact will be lost.

[philosophie_en_rose]

80. I love those movies.

We watched them every year in French class.

[u4ic]

83. They were brilliant

Manon of the Spring was the sequel.

[Lost-in-FL]

71. "Talk to her" - Pedro Almodovar

"All about my mother" -Pedro Almodovar

"Amores Perros" - Alejandro González Iñárritu (director of "Babel")

"9 Queens" (Las Nueve Reinas) - Fabián Bielinsky


"Lola Run Lola"

[k_jerome]

72. clash of the titans. nt.

[dolo amber]

73. Naked - Mike Leigh

:thumbsup:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107653/

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

75. Closet Land

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101597/

I actually posted a well-received review thread about it last year. Here's a link to the archived thread for those interested. It may not fit your exact criteria as others have heard about it, but it remains an important (and virtually unknown) film.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=655386

[NanceGreggs]

110. Until seeing your post ...

... I was beginning to believe I'd made up this entire film in my head -- because I've never met another soul who saw it. Brilliant film - and even more relevant today than it was back when it was made.

My personal favourite from the past few years is "Monsoon Wedding". It's not unknown, but has been dismissed by many as a yet another Bollywood romantic comedy. It is actually about very well fleshed-out characters who step outside of what is perceived as their 'traditional' roles in society to stand up for what is morally just, especially when it comes to the women who are the true foundation of their lives.

[HuffleClaw]

79. Parents

a nice suburban couple whose fondness for 'leftovers' leaves a bad taste in yer mouth. creepinees combined with populuxe = a unique film indeed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098068/

[philosophie_en_rose]

81. Millions

It's a movie about two brothers that discover a large bag of pounds, but need to spend the money before the country converts to the Euro.

[Zookeeper]

108. Yes! Very good movie and directed by ...

the same person who directed 28 Days Later. (If I'm remembering correctly...)

[mitchum]

90. "Claire Dolan"

[w8liftinglady]

92. King Of Masks

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115669/
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art. A famous master performer of the Sichuan Opera offers to bring him into his act, thus giving Wang fame and possible fortune, but Wang opts for staying the simple street performer. Then, one night after a performance he is sold a young boy by a slave trader posing as the boy's parent. "Grandpa" finds new joy in life as he plans to teach "Doggie" (an affectionate term often used for young children in China) his art. All is well until Doggie is found out to really be a girl.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

96. Wonderful film!

:7

[w8liftinglady]

99. I am SO into Asian films...

I loved Hero

[w8liftinglady]

100. also.. "Farewell,My Concubine"

[Esra Star]

130. Have you seen "Rashomon"

equal to the most significant movie ever made

[opiate69]

93. "Killing Words" (Palabras encadenadas )

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339489/

[Lydia Leftcoast]

95. Lots of them. Have you seen these? You might enjoy them

Hamsun Max von Sydow is superb in a biopic about Norway's only Nobel Prize winning author--who turned into a Nazi (literally) later in life.

Upswing Finnish yuppies are talked into taking an unusual vacation in a low-income housing project. What starts off as a clash-of-cultures comedy takes an interesting twist in the middle.

Edelweiss Pirates True story of anti-Nazi youth living literally underground in the last days of World War II

Man without a Past A Finnish man loses his memory after he's mugged, and with no name or identity is forced to live among the homeless

Les Voyageurs A medieval knight and his servant are magically transported to modern-day France, where they meet up with one of the knight's descendants.

The Fringe Dwellers Australian aborigines living on the edge of a small town respond to racism in different ways, some constructive, some destructive.

Strangers in Good Company A group of women from a Canadian senior center are stranded in the middle of nowhere when their bus breaks down. The characters and stories are based on the real lives of the actresses.

Supermarket Woman A mom-and-pop supermarket in Japan is almost going under due to cutthroat competition from a national chain until a neighborhood woman volunteers to help them understand their customers and their competitors.

Clockwise John Cleese plays (what else?) a pompous ass whose life falls apart in every possible way after he takes a wrong turn in a train station.

The Interview An Australian man (Hugo Weaving, in an early role) is rousted out of bed and dragged down to the police station, for what, we don't know at first. Is he guilty or are the police trying to frame him? You'll go back and forth on this.

[Buddyblazon]

101. Europa, Europa...

A true story about a Jewish boy who gets separated from his family when the Nazi's invade Poland.

He somehow gets mistaken for a German orphan and over several years, has to survive amongst other young German youth in Aryan schools.

Really a touching movie...one of my favorites.

[enigmatic]

102. Gates Of Heaven (1978)

I mentioned it once this week on another thread but I'll give it some more love here:

http://www.errolmorris.com/content/review/gates_ebert.html

I can't say enough about this film or how profound it is; I need to watch it again...

[enigmatic]

103. Man Facing Southeast (1986)

The plot was later stolen to make the infinitely inferior "K-Pax":

http://www.prairienet.org/ejahiel/manfacin.htm

The scene where Rantes "steps in" as conductor at a concert is pure magic...

[Fire Walk With Me]

118. Ooh, good one, I'd somehow forgotten about it!

Thanks for pinging my memory!

[enigmatic]

153. I haven't seen it in years

And I really need to; I want my wife to watch it...

[w8liftinglady]

104. I love this thread!

there are so many films I've never heard of!

[SKKY]

109. "Talk to Her" by Pedro Almodovar is a film that didn't make it in the States...

...and I don't know why. It's his best film by a country mile.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

112. Burn

From way back when Marlon Brando's speech could actually be understood. sorta.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

113. Lydia's advice for finding great but obscure movies

If there is an international film festival anywhere near where you live, attend as many screenings as you can!

You will see many wonderful films, full of fascinating stories that Hollywood has never dreamed of, and great actors whom you've never heard of. You also get to see glimpses of life in countries that you will probably never visit (or want to visit in some cases, e.g. Kazakhstan).

Most of them will never find a U.S. distributor, thanks to the dumbing down of America. (In the early 1960s, it was trendy to go see the latest French or Italiian film.)

I'll just throw out some names here: Hear My Song (Ireland), The Other Side of Sunday (Norway), The Thief (Russia), Yana's Friends (Israel), Peking Opera Blues (Hong Kong), Peppermint Candy (Korea), The Blue Kite (China), Toto the Hero (Belgium), Angi Vera (Hungary), Emil and the Detectives (Germany), Water Boys (Japan), The Lizard (Iran).

All wonderful films that never found a U.S. distributor.

Film festivals can be your only chance to catch some great cinema.

[Patiod]

135. Or they will re-make them, badly

I'm thinking about "Lost in Transit", which was made into a movie with Tom Hanks, and completely missed the point of the original French film.

[Patiod]

137. deleted - posted in wrong place

[u4ic]

154. And Insomnia n/t

[GumboYaYa]

115. Total Self Promotion - My film Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?

It shows on PBS nationwide on Feburuary 27th and DVDs go an sale from our website, www.mrsmithmovie.com, the next day.

Please support independent filmmakers and help spread the word about our film.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

120. Thanks for the heads up!

:-)

[RedStateShame]

116. "Kicking and Screaming," 1995

Not the Will Ferrell mess. The Noah Baumbach masterpiece starring Eric Stoltz, Parker Posey, and a handload of recogizeable actors whose names I can't remember. Chock full of great quotes.


"Oh, me? I do nothing."

[Fire Walk With Me]

119. Hooray, Big Meat Eater out on DVD this April!

http://www.bigmeateater.com/

[Left Is Write]

121. The Girl Most Likely To... (1973, made-for-TV, starring Stockard Channing)

and The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (Jodie Foster).

[Patiod]

136. OMG - I love "The Girl Most Likely To"!

Stockard Channing rocks

[TheBaldyMan]

123. 9th Company, Russkie film with subtitles a.k.a. 9 Rota

[Common Sense Party]

124. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[terrya]

127. "The Saddest Music in the World"

A film by Canadian director Guy Maddin. One of the most unusual and interesting films I've ever seen. It's difficult to describe.

[Lautremont]

152. Great movie!

All his stuff is really good.

[billyskank]

128. Bend It Like Beckham

[elfrangel]

148. I forgot about that one...

another fave of mine.

[Patiod]

138. "Long Gone" - HBO movie with Wm Petersen & Virginia Madsen

Great little baseball movie.
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Gone-William-L-Petersen/dp/6301648838

[cmkramer]

139. Two choices

I was watching FOX MOVIE CHANNEL this morning and saw a movie I've always loved, "The Lion". Anyway, it caused me to remember another movie I loved as a kid called "Sammy Going South"; the alternate title is "A Boy Ten Feet Tall". It's about a young boy in Africa whose parents are killed and who has to walk to South Africa to live with his aunt. Edward G. Robinson is in it. "The Lion" is about a young girl (Pamela Franklin) who has a rather unsettling relationship with a lion. It's one of those movies where when you're a kid you think of it as a cool adventure movie but don't quite grasp what's really going on.

Anyone here remember "The Little Kidnappers" about two small boys who kidnap a baby when their stern grandpa won't let them have a puppy? It was re-made for television with Charlton Heston playing the granddad, but the original is still the best. In fact, the two little boys got Honorary Oscars for their performances.

[martymar64]

140. Cranes are Flying

This was an earlier effort by the director that did I am Cuba.

Come and See - a harsh Russian film about WW2

Ichi the Killer

The Zatoichi films

The Loved One - watch for Rod Steiger as Mr. Joyboy

A Soldiers Story - Denzel as the villian

[Lydia Leftcoast]

143. Cranes Are Flying

One of the best Soviet films of the post-Stalinist thaw. A sad but utlimately hopeful film about two young lovers separated by World War II.

The Loved One--Also watch for Liberace as an undertaker. Priceless!

[applegrove]

142. My Brilliant Career.

[Danger Mouse]

144. The Story of Ricky...notoriously awful and gory martial arts movie.

It's so disgustingly violent that it's a blast to watch.

[lost-in-nj]

145. There was one I watched on

the Independent film channel.
It was about a family searching their roots and end up in a graveyard where the father is telling the story from the beginning.
It was Italian and the movie was awesome.... I think the movie title was the name of the family....

lost

[Art_from_Ark]

146. S.O.S. Titanic

A much better but far less hyped version of the famous iceberg vs. ship tragedy.

[elfrangel]

147. Partial to these myself:

Gymkata
Blood Sport
The Conan movies (with the Governator)

Most folks wouldn't think I would like those films....but I LOVE them.

[Critters2]

150. Henry V with Branagh. I loved that film, but no one I talk to has seen it

And the score is breathtaking!

[u4ic]

155. Zentropa

[Broken_Hero]

156. I always push Once Were Warriors,

and Rabbit Proof Fence...but other notables, that I've seen in the past 6 months are:

Amelie

May

But, I'm a Cheerleader(just saw this one last week, the flick had me in stitches, constantly!)

[The Great Escape]

157. "Forget Paris"

Billy Crystal and Debra Winger.

[Rhiannon12866]

159. A Thousand Clowns (1965) and Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

Probably my two favorite films. Check them out... :-)

A Thousand Clowns:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0059798/

Everything Is Illuminated:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0404030/