Name a great movie that we've never heard of

[NightWatcher]

I'll go first

[rurallib]

1. An oldie - The Pawn Broker

I am guessing it is old enough most folks here have never heard of it.

[Danger Mouse]

2. The anime 'Metropolis'.

:hi:

[kentauros]

62. I've heard of that, and seen it

and I thought it was wonderful! :D
Especially the music and the use of Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" towards the end ;)

[Danger Mouse]

94. Me too...absolutely beautiful sequence...and I can't listen to the song the same way again.

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Vampyr

[XemaSab]

4. Shallow Grave

It's the movie the Trainspotting crew did before Trainspotting.

[Orrex]

42. Fantastic film! Saw it in like 96 or so on a friend's recommendation

Delightfully grisly!

[Forkboy]

139. Delightfully wicked.

:)

[Auggie]

225. Holy cow... I just saw it this morning!

[rug]

5. if . . . .

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/

[Fire Walk With Me]

59. If, Oh Lucky Man, and Britannia Hospital.

:thumbsup:

[Bennyboy]

6. The Stunt Man

Great movie that parts of were filmed in my hometown. (the bridge is one of my favorite places). The movie opens with Peter O'Toole walking right where I lost my virginity.

[NightWatcher]

7. where you lost your virginity? I didnt know Peter O'Toole filmed anything at the boyscout camp

sounds like a story is in there somewhere

[Bennyboy]

40. The movie opens as he walks past an old oak tree....

on the bluffs above a bridge. That is the old Fair Oaks bridge and that tree is where I (a very long time ago)and my girl, Pat first made love.

In that time that was the place everyone went to party and to do that.

We watched them take the bridge apart so they could drive the car off of it...

[begin_within]

35. Parts of it were filmed in my town too, at La Jolla Cove and Hotel del Coronado

Great movie.

[edhopper]

8. not only have I heard of all these

I have seen them all.
"Hoppity Goes To Town"
Early Fleischer animated film, better than Disney.

[nuxvomica]

86. That used to be shown on TV every year around Christmas

I always looked forward to seeing that movie and the original "King Kong" around the holidays. That was when local broadcast stations used to show old movies all the time.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. A couple fantastic faves of mine...

Zatoichi



and Immortal

[kentauros]

63. I've never seen the new Zatoichi

but I love the old ones :D

[timtom]

167. The new one is great.

One of the most memorable finales I've ever seen!

[K Gardner]

10. Wild Women of Wongo

Pic won't post but here's a link to the unforgettable movie poster, lol

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2178718976/tt0052394

[mcctatas]

11. Has to be this one!

[blueraven95]

47. I love that movie

haven't seen it in awhile...

[YankeyMCC]

12. Himalaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himilaya_(film)

[Tikki]

13. "UFOria"....and from 1985, "The Boys Next Door"...

Tikki

[begin_within]

37. I've seen UFOria

don't remember much of it though, so it must have been unmemorable

[JohnnieGordon]

267. I like Boys Next Door...

But mostly for muscular Maxwell Caulfield in his prime. Did you catch that Maxwell's character was a closet-case secretly in love with Charlie Sheen's character?

[Lionel Mandrake]

14. El Norte

[begin_within]

34. I LOVE that movie

[PaddyBlueEyes]

15. These Two..

The second one is a hockey movie called Youngblood...

[AwakeAtLast]

44. Oh man, I've seen Youngblood

MANY times......:loveya:

;)

[PaddyBlueEyes]

57. Good Flick

Tea with Miss McGill..

[coyotespaw]

262. My name is Gunnery Sergeant Highway...

and I've drunk more beer and pissed more blood, banged more quiff and busted more ass, than all you numbnuts put together.

[Stuart G]

16. The Arrival..1996

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/

Charlie Sheen..very underrated Sci Fi.

[DarkTirade]

18. Did you ever see the direct-to-video sequel though?

Jesus Christ that was bad. :P

[Orrex]

43. A surprisingly good film

Lots of clever choices, and I love that "clean-up" device!

[Stuart G]

17. I suppose most have heard of this...It Happend One Night..1934

Frank Capra's first great hit..With this film, he more or less invented the "Romantic Comedy"

Clark Gable, Claudett Colbert

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/

If you haven't seen it..great fun...Gable, Colbert, Capra, and Best Picture..all Academy Awards..

[Lydia Leftcoast]

128. You'd never think a 75-year-old (!) film could be this funny

but it is.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

130. Removed: wrong place

n/t

[intheflow]

188. I made a friend of mine watch that movie a few years ago.

She's the type that usually can't watch a movie unless it has explosions and chase scenes, and/or never anything that was filmed before 1990.

but since she was my guest and I chose the movie, she had no choice but to sit and watch it. And she loved it!

[Flaxbee]

19. I really liked "The Matador" - Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear

were great!

Not in the great category, but funny: "What Planet Are You From?" with Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley, Annette Bening, John Goodman, and Gary Shandling.

I also really liked "Les Invasions barbares" - It's not nearly as bleak as it sounds: "Having a difficult time accepting the reality of death and feeling regretful of his past, a man dying of cancer tries to find peace in his last moments. His estranged son, ex-wife, ex-lovers and old friends will all come to him to share his last breath."

[undeterred]

20. The Best Intentions (1992)

Bergman's Family Story Of Life Before Ingmar

"The Best Intentions," the epic-length story of a Swedish couple's courtship and marriage, is dominated by an unborn child. The baby whose arrival is imminent as the film concludes will be Ingmar Bergman, whose screenplay looks back at the social, economic and personal forces that turned his parents' early years together into a tug of war.

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CEFDF123BF933A25754C0A964958260

If you're a Bergman fan, you have to see this. The most memorable characters I've ever watched. Subtitles, though.

[lightningandsnow]

21. The Velvet Devil.

http://www.criticalmassfilmhouse.com/reviews/velvetdevil.html

Such a good movie, but the only way to watch it is if you're in Canada and manage to catch it on CBC or APTN.

[Initech]

22. If you like spoofs check out National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I.

It was a take off on Lethal Weapon starring Samuel L. Jackson (in one of his first roles) and Emilio Estevez.

[NewJeffCT]

23. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Not too many have heard of them, despite them being fairly recent movies.

[dysfunctional press]

121. huh? "Not too many have heard of them..."

what kind of people do you hang around with? i don't know anyone that hasn't heard of them.

[NewJeffCT]

138. That was sarcasm

sorry, thought it would have been obvious.

[graywarrior]

24. That was a great movie

[graywarrior]

25. Speaking of Pierce Brosnan

Seraphim Falls

[Ikonoklast]

26. Oh! What a Lovely War

Golden Globe winner, directed by Richard Attenborough. Grim, but in a music hall sort of way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_What_a_Lovely_War

[ellaydubya]

27. Daddy's Dying, Whose Got the Will?

This movie is a hoot,as we say down here in Texas. A great soundtrack!, a great cast!, and well-written- What else can I say!?!?!?!?

If you want to laugh- give it a try. I do not think you will be disappointed.:toast: :bounce: :hippie: :kick: :fistbump: :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

97. Yeah, I love that one! nt

[SeattleGirl]

228. That was a great movie.

Loved it!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

28. 8 1/2.

[ghostsofgiants]

71. A fucking masterpiece if there ever was one.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

107. And one that actually lives up to the hype.

All the film people mention "Citizen Kane" and "Breathless," but I think they conflated their clear influence on cinema with the actual execution of the movies, which was less than great.

[ghostsofgiants]

116. Agreed.

Though I'm a Godard fanboy so I love Breathless. Not my favourite of his films though.

[LBJDemocrat]

253. I disagree

8 1/2 is when Fellini's films started going downhill, when he figured he didn't need to tell a story anymore, just fill the screen with quirky images.

I think How Green Was My Valley deserved the Best Picture Oscar that it got ahead of Citizen Kane, but Citizen is still a profoundly moving film. 8 1/2 is a film that relies on the context of its time and the director's oeuvre to be appreciated.

And it bored me to tears.

[Oeditpus Rex]

73. I got that from Netflix awhile back

along with "Boccaccio '70." They didn't have "La Dolce Vita," though. :(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

109. See it if you haven't.

Also, check out Fellini's "La Strada" and "Nights of Cabiria."

[Felix Mala]

174. That's my all time favorite movie...

I savor every minute of that film.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

175. One of mine, too.

For me, it's hard to pick just one film as the absolute best, though. :hi:

[tigereye]

204. but that's not exactly unknown, is it?

well, if you're a film or Fellini junkie, you have.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

218. To non-film geeks, it is.

;)

[tigereye]

220. yeah, I forget that most folks avoid the international section of the movie

store like the plague. Unfortunate.


I could watch Satyricon pretty much anytime. It's just gorgeous.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

231. Don't get me started on the habits of the moviegoing majority.

"Why does this DVD have black bars? It cuts off the picture!"

"I don't want to read subtitles when I watch a movie."

"These characters are too complicated."

:banghead:

[tigereye]

232. he- he

I have loved subtitles since I first saw Jules and Jim....


We always went to our local Film-makers screenings, even when we were in college (when it was still one floor of a tiny building - it now has a fairly large complex). Plus h was a film student. So I've seen all kinds of films, and I am grateful for those experiences.


"These characters are too complicated. ' :rofl: Well, hell, those are the best kind!


Did you see Persepolis? That was amazing. I still think about how I felt when I saw it. I'm a little behind this year, there are still a lot of cool international films I haven't had a chance to see yet. We live near the Uni districts, so we usually have at least one theater screening recent international films.

Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader are on my list to see... Just saw Benjamin Button with some friends (I would rather have seen Synecdoche NY, MIlk or Slumdog, though.)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

233. Persepolis is on my Netflix queue.

I rarely go to the theater, though, because tickets for those types of movies are around $12 a pop in NYC (no matinees), so I just wait for the DVD.

[tigereye]

234. living in the boonies has it's advantages - you can still see movies early

in the day for 5-6 bucks.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

235. Good Lord, cigarettes cost more than that here.

:rofl:

Though this is my favorite theater:

http://www.filmforum.org/

[tigereye]

247. yeah, but you live in NYC! That looks so great- you guys get to see movies

that people in other cities rarely see! And a non-profit, too!


I shudder to think of the cost of food there, knowing the costs of housing, transport and movies! :scared:

[cemaphonic]

236. My impression is that the DVD era has changed quite a few minds on the :dreaded Black Bars

Maybe it's that a bunch of movie come with both formats, or maybe it's just that lots of people have really freakin' big TVs now.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

237. Yeah, widescreen TVs help the cause.

But for the longest time, I heard those complaints.

[derby378]

29. WAX: Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

First movie ever broadcast on the Internet. I kid you not.

Google "Waxweb" to discover the movie for yourself.

[ghostsofgiants]

72. Wow, someone else who's seen Wax?

Never thought I'd live to see the day, haha.

[derby378]

89. "That's the power of love"

Hey, one of these days I'm going to have to see if there's any way I can get a DVD of that film. Too many distractions abound.

[intheflow]

30. Crossing Delancy

1988.

Hip 30-ish Jewish woman tries to break free from family pressure to find a nice Jewish boy to settle down with. Funny and whimsical by turns, Amy Irving and Peter Riegert are great, and there are also great bit parts by Rosemary Harris and David Hyde Pierce.

[CBHagman]

178. Wonderful, wonderful movie.

Reizl Bozyk, an actress from the Yiddish theater, is great as Irving's bubbie, and so is Sylvia Miles as the matchmaker she hires.

[intheflow]

187. "Come, Children. Put the bubbie to bed."

You're right on about Reizl Bozyk--she was absolutely delightful as Bubbie. And Sylvia Miles was really hysterical as the matchmaker. I also loved Suzy Roche as Irving's dateless friend, she was great in that role and I don't understand why she hasn't acted more.

[CBHagman]

215. Great music, great chemistry.

Bozyk had great chemistry with Peter Riegert too, and of course we all know from opinionated immigrant grandmothers around here on DU.

Suzzy Roche had good comic timing and some great dialogue -- and she and her sisters contributed music to the movie as well.

[intheflow]

227. The Roches are one of my favorite folk groups.

Which made it all the cooler to see Suzy in the film. :) She can be really funny on stage, too.

[Xipe Totec]

31. Macario

[bikebloke]

32. The Best of Youth

Or in the orginal Italian - La Meglio Gioventù

Pretty much a history of contemporary Italy from the late 60's to the present through two brothers, their circle of friends and family. A six hour epic, but well worth the time. (I saw it over two nights.)

See it. You'll be tested on Friday.

[applegrove]

33. "My Brilliant Career".

[DainBramaged]

36. Near Dark

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by Steven-Charles Jaffe
Written by Eric Red
Kathryn Bigelow
Starring Adrian Pasdar
Jenny Wright
Lance Henriksen
Jenette Goldstein
Bill Paxton
Music by Tangerine Dream
Cinematography Adam Greenberg
Editing by Howard E. Smith
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date(s) October 2, 1987
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $5,000,000
Gross revenue $3,369,307



A TREMENDOUS movie. Saw it on HBO in 1989, and never saw it again. JUST bought it on Ebay for $3.64 + $3 shipping new.

[Rhythm]

261. Favorite.Vampire.Flick.EVER.

And stars half the cast of Cameron's "Aliens"...

This is one of my absolute favorite films, and it's one that almost none of my friends have seen, or even heard of.

[begin_within]

38. Tokyo Story, The Bicycle Thief, Au Hasard Balthazar, Soy Cuba, Salt of the Earth

Tokyo Story (1953) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046438/
The Bicycle Thief (1948) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060138/
Soy Cuba (1964) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058604/
Salt of the Earth (1954) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047443/
The Americanization of Emily (1964) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057840/

The first 4 listed are landmarks of cinema that EVERYONE serious about films must see.

[NMDemDist2]

39. Baghdad Cafe

one of my favorite little cult films

[Oeditpus Rex]

48. GREAT film!

Someone recced it to me a year or so ago and I got it from Netflix. :thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

229. I LOVE Baghdad Cafe!

Initially saw it at the Seattle International Film Festival. What a great movie!

[Bennyboy]

41. Movie, Movie....

A movie inside a movie...weird but I loved it.

[AwakeAtLast]

45. Hudsucker Proxy

Paul Newman is HIL-AR-I-OUS in this.

And Bob Roberts



And, yes, I have a thing for Tim Robbins! :loveya:

[Kat45]

46. The Search for One-Eye Jimmy

And BTW, I've not only heard of "The Matador," I've seen it.

[bicentennial_baby]

120. OMG!!! I was going to post that one!

:rofl: I LOVE that movie!

[Kat45]

158. Wow! I don't know anyone else that saw it.

Cool! That movie is such a riot. I wish I could find it on DVD. :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

173. "If I hadn't got my dick shot off in 'Nam, I'd whip it out

and piss in your face!!"

:rofl:

"No beer....No beer..."

:rofl:

[fishwax]

222. that's a funny one

haven't seen it in quite a while, but it was quite funny :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains'

Possibly the definitive cult film, as it was never even released by the studio.



I hear it's just been released on DVD, though — but I already have a bootleg of it. :D

[pokerfan]

50. the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance (2004)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)">

[MrCoffee]

176. That movie was so weird

I still don't get it.

[pokerfan]

182. like Twelve Monkeys, only weird

:)

It helps if you have the road map:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

51. Here's a great one.......

Lonely are the Brave

Cast (Complete credited cast)

Kirk Douglas ... John W. "Jack" Burns

Gena Rowlands ... Jerry Bondi

Walter Matthau ... Sheriff Morey Johnson
Michael Kane ... Paul Bondi

Carroll O'Connor ... Hinton (truck driver)
William Schallert ... Harry (soft-spoken radio operator)
George Kennedy ... Deputy Sheriff Gutierrez
Karl Swenson ... Rev. Hoskins (prison inmate)
William Mims ... First deputy arraigning Burns (as Bill Mims)
Martin Garralaga ... Old man (observer in Latin bar)
Lalo Rios ... Prisoner

[A-Schwarzenegger]

52. Princess Caraboo.

Mysteriously hilarious.

[gmoney]

115. The Sarah Palin story?

:hide:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

243. NO, MUCH FUNNIER!

:*

[peruban]

53. "Layer Cake"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/

It stars a pre-007 Daniel Craig in a hands down impeccable performance. I have no idea why this movie didn't get more press here in the states.

Also, "Total Eclipse":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/

Leonardo DiCaprio's only tolerable performance, IMO. He plays the revered french poet Arthur Rimbaud and does so brilliantly in reference to the biographies I've read about the poet himself.

Lastly, "Thirteen":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328538/

I don't know why this one didn't get more press but it's a great dark coming of age story about a young girl and the temptations of adulthood all around her. Kind of like "Kids" but with less emotional and violent trauma.

[tigereye]

205. hmm, 13 got a lot of press - at least that I saw

it is very intense...

[Witchy_Dem]

54. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097108/

Dark, great use of color, intriguing plot.

[Fire Walk With Me]

60. Stunning film; amazing soundtrack.

[JCMach1]

76. 'The Pillowbook ' by Greenaway makes my list for this subject

plus if you ever wanted to see Ewan McGregor's willy... now I know you want to see it...!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114134/

[tigereye]

206. beautiful but interminable

even with naked McGregor...

[Nikia]

135. I found it kind of disturbing

Yes, I heard that it has deeper meaning, but the end is really disturbing regardless.

[intheflow]

203. Is that like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice?

:silly:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064100/

[Rhythm]

263. The little 'artsy' theater near my apartment played it, so i got to see it on the big screen. n/t

[NanceGreggs]

55. "Berlin Affair" (1985)

Wife of a high-ranking party official embarks on an affair with the daughter of a Japanese diplomat in Nazi Germany. A FABULOUS film, IMHO.

[Chan790]

56. Eulogy

[ghostsofgiants]

74. Good call.

Even Ray Romano is good in it.

[intheflow]

189. "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"

This was a really funny movie! All the actors gave great performances, and the plot's twists and turns were unexpected and compelling. :thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. **Lone Star**

A complex tale of murder and cross-family intrigue...

Set in modern-day Texas.

I didn't look it up on the movie reference thing, but it's outstanding!

Just looked it up...a John Sayles movie. Cast includes Kris Kristofferson, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Matthew McConaughey.

They are all superb!

[jobycom]

80. One of my faves, and the last line is the greatest commentary on Texas ever.

[derby378]

90. True Stories

The last line in that movie really drove home the wonder of travel for me.

I also like David Byrne's quirky take on the out-of-state tourist in Texas, trying his best to fit in.

[jobycom]

104. I have the odd distinction (if it is distinct) of having two different cult classics filmed

just outside places I would later work, so that you can almost see my place of employment, but not quite. True Stories is one of those--the fashion show in the mall was filmed just downstairs from my store, and you can see the top of the storefront when the camera pans upwards. The other is Blood Simple, which had one scene filmed in a fake phone booth set up a few yards from my current job.

Not relevant. Just thought I'd mention it. :) I can't remember the last line of True Stories, I have to admit. :(

[derby378]

108. Here it is

Well, I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks, the color of white paper, the way people walk, doorknobs - everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.

[jobycom]

111. That's good, but it's not "Lone Star" good.

"Forget the Alamo." Not many lines make me gasp, but that one did.

[cemaphonic]

238. Yeah, there are tons of great oddball movies set in Texas

those two, Bottle Rocket, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Office Space, etc

[timtom]

169. I can never grow tired of this movie.

[Arugula Latte]

194. Wait, was Nick Cage in that one?

If so, I saw it, and liked it.

[rucky]

210. I think you're thinking of Red Rock West

another good one.

[Arugula Latte]

212. Yep ... That's the one.

Good flick.

"It wouldn't be riiight."

[rucky]

209. Any John Sayles movie, for that matter

but Lone Star is my favorite

[Fire Walk With Me]

61. One I always recommend: "The Quiet Earth".

[kentauros]

66. Yeah, that was a thought-provoking movie...

my kind of movie! :D

What'd you think of the end?

[Fire Walk With Me]

67. Saw it in the theatre when it came out, and the ending was a stunner.

[JimGinPA]

64. The Pope Of Greenwich Village

[kentauros]

65. My Favorite Year

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084370 :D

and

Ticket to Heaven

[Lorien]

85. Loved that one

One of O'Toole's best.

[blondeatlast]

98. My Favorite Year--starts with Nat King Cole singing "Stardust"--and IMPROVES from there.

That's an amazing feat.

[eauclaireliberal]

68. Wonderwall

I'd look for a pic, but the stupid computer keep wanting to download it to picassa. I hate the program. My Mrs likes it.

[Beaverhausen]

69. The Station Agent and The Lives of Others

[Lindsey]

70. "Spanish Prisoner" stands out in my mind as does

"Central Station." I saw someone mentioned "The Matador and ithought it it was awesome as well. However, one of the movies that has stucke with me since the several years since I saw it (three times) is "The Lives of Others." It was brilliant.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

106. Watch "The Visitor" if you haven't yet.

Same writer/director as "The Station Agent."

[ccharles000]

75. Mambo Italiano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_Italiano_(film)

It is a gay comedy

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

77. "Thumbsucker"

Loved "The Matador", by the way.

[Fire Walk With Me]

164. If you enjoyed Thumbsucker, you might also enjoy The Chumscrubber.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

170. Yeah, I saw that one too......

....only watched it for Lauren Holly (who was in it for all of two minutes). It was alright.

[Fire Walk With Me]

171. Hence the "might" disclaimer :)

Thumbsucker was very very good.

[Fire Walk With Me]

172. Hence the "might" disclaimer :)

Thumbsucker was very very good.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

78. "Last Night" (1998)

An underappreciated gem from canada. Don McKeller is a genius.

Who needs an over-the-top effects showcase for an end-of-the world film when you can do a beautiful, moving, introspective and darkly funny take on the death of humanity?

[Misabel]

96. "Last Night" stars Sandra Oh, right?

I remember IFC (the Independent Film Channel) airing it. You're right, it's quite good.

[Broken_Hero]

79. A few....

Once Were Warriors...I just got this one on dvd

Muriels Wedding-just got this one as well

Rabbit Proof Fence...

[Broken_Hero]

162. Holy Jeebus!

There is a sequel of sorts for Once Were Warriors...holy cow...I need to get this one.

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197094/

[intheflow]

190. I really didn't care for

Muriel's Wedding, though of course Toni Collette was excellent as she is in every movie she's ever in.

Rabbit Proof Fence is a must-see for all progressive! Incredible performances by those girls who aren't even professional actors.

[Broken_Hero]

198. it took me two viewings to get into Muriels Wedding

I caught it twice on IFC, my wife, LOVES this movie....but during my third viewing it got me...

Same thing with Napoleon Dynamite...first time I watched it, I was drunk, and I thought it was dumb...

Second time, bleh...boring and slow

third time, I got into it, and actually watched it without distractions...and it got me

[intheflow]

201. Something similar happened to me with The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Though I was riding another substance than alcohol when I saw it the first time. :evilgrin: And probably the second, third, fourth... 20th times I saw it, too!

[MilesColtrane]

255. I second Rabbit Proof Fence.

A real tear jerker and an amazing true story.

:thumbsup:

[jobycom]

81. I always name "A Dream of Passion," and so far no one has said they've seen it.

Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn. Directed and written by Jules Dassin. About an expatriate Greek actress preparing to play Medea, and trying to understand the role by meeting an American woman who murdered her own children. Chilling, haunting, and the best you've never seen.

[peacefreak]

82. Mifune

Goodbye Lenin
Off the Map
Danny Deckchair
Red Violin
Still Crazy

[CreekDog]

83. Testament

from the early 1980's:

it's excellent.

[Oeditpus Rex]

141. IMO, it's the best of the post-nuclear films

I haven't seen "Threads," though.



Jane Alexander was spectacularly great in "Testament." And look for a young Kevin Costner.

[meegbear]

84. Crimes of Passion

[dysfunctional press]

122. "...the high-priced cuz, with a motor-driven ass"

tony perkins BEST role ever.

[Lorien]

87. Dangerous Beauty

the title was crap. It was based on the true story of Veronica Franco, a courtesan, author and feminist in 16th century Venice. It's the kind of film that makes Freeper heads explode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Beauty

[nuxvomica]

88. "Crime Spree"

French hoodlums fly to Chicago and burgle the wrong house by accident -- the owner is a mafioso. Stars Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel and Abe Vigoda. A very funny caper-gone-horribly-wrong movie.

[Deep13]

91. Below nt

[seemunkee]

92. Dersu Uzala

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071411/
By Akira Kurasawa
A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asiatic hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns at the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilisation.
Won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1976.

[Wetzelbill]

145. Hell yeah! I was going to post this

A perfect film. I like watching it and comparing and contrasting it with Dances With Wolves. You're looking at men at the center of a dying way of life, one in Siberia and the other in the American West.

[LiberalEsto]

93. Used Cars

It stars a young Kurt Russell and is absolutely hilarious. A wonderful satire about greed and corrupt politics.

[blondeatlast]

99. I was trying to think of that one. Very funny. nt

[kentauros]

101. "That's too fuckin' high!!!"

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwH5KEbAipY


(got it on DVD and saw it in the theater ;))

[unpossibles]

95. Tideland by Terry Gilliam

it is not for the faint of heart, but it is a visually beautiful and stunning movie, which manages to have a somehow innocent take on some very dark material.

[Forkboy]

160. I think it's one of his best movies.

Slid totally under the radar, but it's really good. And I'm not Gilliam's biggest fan at times.

[blondeatlast]

100. "Bedazzled" with Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore (hysterically funny) and

Mel Brook's "The Twelve Chairs."

Hope for the best, expect the worst;
The rich are blessed, the poor are cursed..."

[Bertha Venation]

102. Shirley Valentine n/t

[intheflow]

191. Great movie!

I saw it first on the stage where it was also great (Anita Gillette played Shirley). But Pauline Collins was nominated for an Academy Award for her on-screen portrayal as Shirley. That movie always makes me want to run away to Greece.

[kentauros]

103. Das Testament des Dr Mabuse

"The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" by Fritz Lang

trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bLMRPpSToI

Brilliant movie! :D

[InvisibleTouch]

146. Wow - there really is a "Dr. Mabuse"??

I only know the name from a song by one of my favorite bands:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7SN46qplE

Maybe they based the song on the movie, though from what I saw of the movie trailer, the themes have no relation to one another. I always took the song "Dr. Mabuse" to be about a vampire hunter of sorts. Couldn't really tell what the movie was about.

[kentauros]

155. There are some similarities to what is sung and what the movie is about

plus some elements that show up in the video. The big 'M' seems to be referencing the movie "M" also by Fritz Lang and featuring the same Inspector Lohmann. The beginning of the video sounds like they were partially sampling the machine sounds that open the film.

Here's a synopsis from http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1225mabu.html

A rash of perfectly-executed crimes hits Berlin. The crafty Kriminalkomissar inspector Lohmann (Otto Wernicke) thinks that the sudden madness of an ex- policeman Hofmeister (Karl Meixner) is part of it. The clue "Mabuse" keeps coming up but the few who remember that master criminal know that he's been confined to a madhouse for ten years. In reality, Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) is concocting what he calls an "empire of crime" from his asylum cell, on reams of scribbled paper. The asylum director Doctor Baum (Oscar Beregi Sr.) is carrying out Mabuse's orders by hypnotic command, leading his criminal organization by remote control. One of Mabuse's lieutenants is Thomas Kent (Gustav Diessl), an honest man driven to crime by unemployment. The love of his girlfriend Lilli (Wera Liessem) inspires Kent to defect from Mabuse's service even though that carries the underworld kiss of death from Mabuse's internal hit squad.

I've only ever seen this movie and not the first one. Still, like many of Lang's films, it's twisted and thought-provoking :)

[InvisibleTouch]

213. Cool - thanks for the synopsis!

It does sound like the song was inspired by the movie, then. For my own listening pleasure I'll still go with my "vampire hunter" interpretation, but the great thing about this band's lyrics is that they're often so vague you can read a lot into them according to your own preference. Neat to know some of the history behind it, though!

[kentauros]

224. Yeah, I can see how the lyrics can be interpreted different ways.

I read that link later on and now I'm going to have to buy the Criterion Collection version and see it again :D

I'd love to sample that machinery sound in the beginning; would make a great Halloween loop for scaring off the kiddies

[charlie and algernon]

105. Death at a Funeral

Brilliantly funny movie

[Burma Jones]

110. The Funeral - Juzo Itami

or Tampopo by the same director

[tigereye]

207. all of those films are fun

I love Tampopo and A Taxing Woman. Hilarious.

[Whoa_Nelly]

112. The Red Shoes (1948)

Started dancing when I was very young, and always loved ballet.
Saw this film when I was about 9-10 years old.
Loved it! Surrealistic and intriguing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(film)



Moira Shearer (originally a soloist for the Royal Ballet)


This is where she sees the red shoes standing, waiting for her.
She runs to them jumps up and lands neatly inside them.
Then, they lace themselves up around her ankles.

[redqueen]

113. Naked

I've seen most of the movies mentioned in this thread. I think this means I watch too many movies.

[tigereye]

211. that's how I felt

being married to a film geek probably was my downfall in that department... ;)


Babette's Feast is great, Big Night, Night on Earth (hilarious) and pretty much any Jim Jarmisch film, Paris je-taime (sp)



Woman in the Dunes if you are in an intense mood.

[gmoney]

114. "Rubin & Ed" and "How to Get Ahead in Advertising"

"Rubin & Ed" features Krispin Glover from the time of his infamous Letterman appearance (I think he was in the Rubin character on the show) and Howard Hesseman as an unlikely sort of Don Quixote/Sancho Panza kind of thing. Available on DVD direct from the director! http://www.echocave.net/rubin_ed.html

"I'll be quiet. Quiet as a well-digger's ass."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102817/


------

"How to Get Ahead in Advertising" is an amazing British film about advertising and its insidious effects on its creators. The early monologue along is worth the price of admission. Brilliant performance from Richard E. Grant, and for my money, much better and funnier than "Withnail & I"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097531/

It actually got the "Criterion Collection" treatment a few years back, so you know it's good... but maybe you've already heard of it.

[fishwax]

223. "My Cat can eat a whole watermelon"

:rofl:

[Z_I_Peevey]

117. House of Cards

With Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones.

[Fire Walk With Me]

118. "The Saddest Music In The World" starring Isabella Rosellini.

Fevered, melodramatic, creative, wonderful.

[ghostsofgiants]

126. Anything by Guy Maddin is worth watching. The man is a genius.

[Forkboy]

140. I love that movie.

Highly recommended to anyone who can get into "odd". :thumbsup:

[dysfunctional press]

119. the zero effect.

[dysfunctional press]

123. personal services

w/julie walters.

"...lovely, lilly.."

[bicentennial_baby]

124. La Regle de Jeu (The Rules of the Game)

[PassingFair]

125. "Le Chevre" (The Goat)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082183/

Hilarious movie.

It was remade for American audiences, starring
Martin Short and called "Pure Luck", which was a
total bomb, as these remakes usually are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Luck

[peruban]

127. I thought of another few.

"Stardust"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486655/

A fantasy/comedy/romance with Ian McKellen narrating, Claire Danes, and Robert Deniro as a comically emotional pirate flying ship captain. Deniro plays this role hilaiously well and you can tell he really enjoyed the part.

"Akira"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/

A seminal example of the potency of potential in Japanese animation released in 1988 - way beyond its time. We were nowhere near the level of intellectual imagery, complexity of storyline, and philosophical introspection this movie showed at that time.

"Spirited Away"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/

Another brilliant example of Japanese imagery and grasp of the imaginary fantastic in intensely detailed animation. It involves a young girl finding herself lost in a fantasy land where she must conquer many trials of character to make her way back home to her parents.

[MineralMan]

129. "Jane White is Sick And Twisted"

And it's even available on NetFlix.

Just order it and watch it, then report back, eh?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

131. I bet most people have never seen these

1. Clockwise: John Cleese plays (what else?) a pompous ass of a school headmaster who becomes nationally famous for his highly regimented school. He is invited to speak at a national conference, but he takes a wrong turn in a train station and after that, his whole life falls apart in every way possible...to great hilarity. I showed this movie to a bunch of friends and they LOVED it.

2. The Fringe Dwellers: Racism in other countries is much like racism anywhere, as this Australian film shows. The Comeaway family are Aborigines living in a squatters' camp on the edge of a small town, but they get a chance to move into public housing. While the racism of the white residents is ever-present, the real focus of the film is on how different family members respond to it: by internalizing the stereotypes, by developing a chip on one's shoulder, or by trying to regain lost traditions.

3. Supermarket Woman: A little-known film by Juzo Itami, the director of Tampopo, this starts his wife Nobuko Miyamoto as a housewife who helps a struggling neighborhood grocery store compete against a national supermarket chain. Lots of slapstick and other comedy, too.

4. Peking Opera Blues: One of the funniest films ever shown at the Portland International Film Festival, this Cantonese comedy has some of the most original sight gags and slapstick I've ever seen. The plot is just an excuse for the jokes, which are intensified by the off-kilter English in the subtitles.

[blondeatlast]

133. I remember Clockwise; I need to check it out again, it was hilarious

and I could use some hilarity right now.

Thanks--I need to get a hold of a copy, I'd completely forgotten it!.

[muriel_volestrangler]

258. Clockwise - excellent choice - written by Michael Frayn

which is what really makes it (he's also written many books, and plays; eg 'Noises Off' - the film of which is apparently a travesty, so I haven't bothered with it, but it's probably the funniest play I've ever seen performed; or 'Copenhagen' - an excellent play/film on the possible collaboration of German scientists in a Nazi nuclear bomb program). And since I was at an British school at the time it came out, and some of the lines could have come word from word from the school - and the final scene was filmed in a doppelganger of our school hall, I've always remembered it.

"I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand."

[peruban]

132. This'll prolly get deleted but please read if u can.

Here is some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_(protocol)

Here a few links to safe torrent software I can say work well:

http://www.utorrent.com/
http://www.bittorrent.com/
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Here are websites where you can search for torrents themselves:

http://www.torrentz.com/
http://www.demonoid.com/files/
http://isohunt.com/

With this you can find any movie, t.v. show, band, or any other other media you want to find with relatively fast download speeds. It's probably not entirely legal so I'm not saying you, myself, or anyone else should do this but it's a good thing to be aware of what you're not supposed to do.

[blondeatlast]

134. "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack and Ione Skye, best "brat-packish" film

of the '80s.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

144. Wasnt it "Say Anything" ?

I dug it too.

[blondeatlast]

147. Got the two confused; both were good--The Sure Thing was a comedy with Daphne Zuniga--

(my mistake) and Cusack ride-sharing with Zuniga and the most annoying collegiate couple ever to cali to meet Nicollette Sheridan, the "sure thing."

I was in a mom-and-pop vid store back in the day, looking for something funny to watch while I suffered with flu and the kid suggested it. I LOVED it.

[intheflow]

192. "The most annoying collegiate couple ever."

Half of that couple was Tim Robbins in one of his first film roles. The movie was also one of Rob Reiner's first forrays into directing. Really good movie, strong performances all around.

[Wetzelbill]

151. I think so, I own it, it's directed by Cameron Crowe, outstanding work

[Nikia]

136. Equilibrium

[BulletproofLandshark]

143. Christian Bale rocks the shit out of that one. n/t

[Forkboy]

161. Bale is excellent in The Machinist, too.

No special effects here. Quite a different look from Batman!



Trevor Reznik is a lathe-operator who suffers from insomnia and hasn't slept in a year. Slowly, he begins to doubt his sanity as increasingly bizarre things start happening at work and at home. Haunted by a deformed co-worker who no one seems to think exists, and an ongoing stream of indecipherable Post-It notes he keeps finding on his fridge, he attempts to investigate what appears to be a mysterious plot against him and, in the process, embroils two women in his madness.

http://www.ihttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/plotsummarymdb.com/title/tt0361862/

[BulletproofLandshark]

166. Yeah, that's a good one too. n/t

[cemaphonic]

239. Other than the gunkata scenes (which *were* cool), I thought that movie wasn't very good

Cliche ridden, unbelievable setting and plot, cheap-looking sets, and pretty mediocre acting (Bale excepted of course)

[DS1]

249. It wasn't, it was garbage

[Inchworm]

254. A favorite of mine

Gunfights that are like ballet rock! :D

:thumbsup:

[recoveringdittohed]

137. Housekeeping & Freeway

Housekeeping (1987)featuring Christine Lahti an an eccentric aunt in a quirky coming of age tale.

Freeway (1996)with Reese Witherspoon in a twisted version of the Little Red Riding Hood fable.

[Forkboy]

142. Oldboy, Clean Shaven, Sorcerer, Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Oldboy: A man gets kidnapped for 15 years without ever knowing who is behind it or why. One day he suddenly gets released, is given fresh clothes, money and a cell phone...and 5 days to work it all out. Roger Ebert said in his review, "Oldboy is a powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare."




Clean Shaven: Lodge Kerrigan began his succession of utterly unique, visually and aurally dazzling character studies with the raw, ravaging Clean, Shaven. A compelling headfirst dive into the mindscape of a schizophrenic (played by the remarkable Peter Greene) as he tries to track down his daughter after he is released from an institution, Kerrigan’s film brilliantly uses sound and image to lead audiences into a terrifying subjectivity. No one is left unscathed.



Sorcerer: William Friedkin's remake of the 50's movie, The Wages Of Fear. A group of outcasts from different backgrounds/nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control, the outcasts are given the opportunity to earn enough money to get out by transporting two crates of unstable nitroglycerin through miles of jungle in ancient trucks. Will they succeed and regain their honor and citizenship, or get blown up for their efforts? Features one of the most intense scenes I've ever watched, as a truck tries to cross a rather treacherous bridge, as pictured on the cover. :)



Leningrad Cowboys Go America: At the beginning, the Leningrad Cowboys, a band with foot-long pompadour hairstyles, are in Siberia, where nobody likes their polka music. Due to their seemingly complete lack of talent, a move to America comes as a natural choice, as they say people will listen to "anything" there. Before they leave for America, one band member goes outside to practice and freezes. An agent in New York offers them a gig at a wedding in Mexico, and recommends that they change their musical style to rock and roll. They buy a car and set off to earn their way through the Deep South, carrying the coffin containing the frozen band member on the roof of their car. All the while they are being driven on and exploited by their manager Vladimir (Matti Pellonpää), who keeps his beer in the coffin, and pursued by the village idiot, Igor (Kari Väänänen), who tries to become a band member.

[semillama]

259. I love Leningrad Cowboys Go America

My contribution to the thread:

Black Cat White Cat - a tale of gypsy love. One of the funniest movies I've seen. My favorite line from the film: "Shut up when you are talking to me!"

Close to Eden - great movie, just great. The scene with the girl playing the accordion will blow you away!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

148. Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085295/

An Australian movie exploring issues of class, adoption and society in the early 1930s. Very good and very underrated IMO

[Wetzelbill]

149. Try: "West Beirut", "Journey of Hope", "The Killing", "El Norte", "DiG!" and "Miller's Crossing"

West Beirut

West Beirut is a 1998 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Ziad Doueiri.


In April, 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. At first the war is a lark: school has closed, the violence is fascinating, getting from West to East is a game. His mother wants to leave; his father refuses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Beirut

Journey of Hope

Journey of Hope is a 1990 film directed by Xavier Koller. It tells the story of a Kurdish family from Turkey who try to illegally emigrate to Switzerland, a country they know only from a postcard. The film is a co-production between companies in Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.

The film won the 1990 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was submitted to the Academy by the Swiss government, resulting in that nation's second Oscar win.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_of_Hope_(film)

The Killing

The Killing (1956) is the second feature length film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick

Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) is a veteran criminal planning one last heist before settling down and marrying Fay (Colleen Gray). He assembles a team and masterminds a racetrack robbery that, in the end, goes very wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing


El Norte

El Norte (1983) is an American and British film, directed by Gregory Nava.

The drama features Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, in their first film roles, as two indigenous youths who flee Guatemala in the early 1980s due to ethnic and political persecution. They head north and travel through Mexico to the United States, arriving in Los Angeles, California, after an arduous journey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Norte_(film)

DiG!

DiG! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Ondi Timoner, Vasco Nunes and David Timoner. Compiled from seven years of footage, it contrasts the developing careers of the bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the bands' respective frontmen Courtney Taylor and Anton Newcombe. It won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.

Compiled from 2,000 hours of footage and narrated by Courtney Taylor, DiG! follows the underground artist Anton Newcombe, revealing him to be one of the more important (during the film, Newcombe claims to be able to play over eighty musical instruments) yet comparatively unnoticed artists of our time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiG!

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing (1990) is a film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, and John Turturro. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist (Byrne) plays both sides off each other. In 2005, Time magazine chose Miller's Crossing as one of the 100 greatest movies ever made since the inception of the periodical. Time movie critic Richard Corliss called the movie a "noir with a touch so light, the film seems to float on the breeze like the Frisbee of a fedora sailing through the forest".

Tom Reagan is the long-time advisor and confidant of Leo O'Bannon, a gangster political boss who runs his Prohibition-era city. When Leo's Italian rival Johnny Caspar announces his intentions to kill the crooked bookie Bernie Bernbaum, Leo goes against Tom's advice and extends his protection to Bernie. Bernie is the brother of Verna Bernbaum, an opportunistic gun moll who shares a longtime relationship with Leo as well as a secret affair with Tom. Leo goes to war with Johnny to appease Verna.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%27s_Crossing

[Wetzelbill]

150. Also: "Yi Yi"" Wolf Creek: and "The Business of Fancydancing"

Yi Yi: A One and a Two (traditional Chinese: 一一; pinyin: yīyī; literally "one one") is an acclaimed Taiwanese film directed by Edward Yang about the emotional struggles of a business man and the lives of his middle class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen though three generations. The English title refers to how two Chinese characters for "one" (一) written in vertical alignment can be viewed as meaning "A One" or as a single character meaning "Two" (二).

Yi Yi is an epic story about the Jiang family seen through three different perspectives: the father NJ (Nien-Jen Wu), the son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang), and the daughter, Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee). The three-hour piece starts with a wedding, concludes with a funeral, and contemplates all areas of human life in-between with profound humour, beauty and poignancy. The other Taiwanese cast members include Elaine Jin as NJ's wife, Min-Min, Su-Yun Ko as NJ's former love Sherry, Hsi-Sheng Chen as Ah-Di, and Pang Chang Yu as Fatty. The film also stars Japanese comedian Issei Ogata as a Japanese software mogul, Ota.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Yi_(2000_film)


Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean. It has strong themes of torture and murder. The film is based on real events as stated at the beginning of the film.

Two British tourists, Liz Hunter (Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Morassi), meet with an Australian man, Ben Mitchell (Phillips), at a party, and they decide to spend the rest of their holiday with him. The young trio plans to drive to Wolf Creek, a large crater formed by a 50,000 ton meteorite, and explore the area.

Upon returning to their car after hiking down to the crater, the group discovers that the car won't start and, unable to discover the problem, prepare themselves to sit out the night. After dark, a "Crocodile Dundee"-like character named Mick Taylor (Jarratt) comes upon them and offers to show them to his camp to repair the car...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_(film)


The Business of Fancydancing is a 2002 film written and directed by Sherman Alexie.

The film follows the tension between two Spokane men who had grown up together on the Spokane Reservation in eastern Washington state: Seymour Polatkin (Evan Adams) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban). Seymour's internal conflict between his heritage and his lifestyle as a homosexual man are highlighted through his literary success as a famed American Indian poet. Seymour returns to the reservation for the funeral of his friend Mouse (Swil Kanim), a violinist, and Seymour's internal conflict becomes external as his acquaintances on the reservation question his motivation for writing Indian-themed poems and selling them to the mainstream public. The film examines several issues that contemporary American Indians face, including cultural assimilation (both on the reservation and in urban areas), difficult stereotypes, and substance abuse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Business_of_Fancydancing_(film)

[baldguy]

152. See You Next Wednesday

[Zavulon]

153. Night Watch, Day Watch

That's where my username comes from.

[Fire Walk With Me]

163. I saw Nightwatch but read Daywatch

and of course, find that the film is an adaptation (to a fair degree) and that there isn't a vast amount of coherence between them. Oh well...great stuff, and Twighlightwatch shall grace my fingertips within a few day's time.

I usually get a grin when I see your forum name. Ever mess with Fafnir's talon? :)

[Zavulon]

208. No, I tend to leave that alone.

Gesser keeps me pretty busy. :)

[Ahpook]

154. Fairly sure most of you have seen this classic..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066993/

No matter:)

Oh, what we do to each other?

[Lost-in-FL]

156. Don't tempt me

[SarahB]

157. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (nt)

[FloridaJudy]

200. Great movie.

Depressing as hell, though.

[Lethe]

159. The Collector w/ Terance Stamp

great movie, Stamp is awesome.

(YOU WILL KNEEL BEFORE ME, SON OF JOR-EL!)

[Indi Guy]

165. "The First Nudie Musical" if friggin' hillarious...

[SecularMotion]

168. Here's two

Paris, I Love You

The Monster

[Felix Mala]

177. Northfork... The closest an American film has ever come to being sheer poetry...

It's like watching Wings of Desire and there are similarities between the two. The film is about existence, redemption and how fantasy, real or not, eases life's rough turns.

It features a handful of big stars playing roles that big stars rarely play. Darryl Hannah and Anthony Edwards are almost unrecognizable. Nick Nolte and James Woods are the leads.

[PfcHammer]

179. "The Conversation" Prolly some people have seen it, but it's good

and not everyone knows about. Has Harrison Ford and
Gene Hackman.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

219. Great movie.

:thumbsup:

[skypilot]

180. "Happy Accidents"

A great independent romantic comedy starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'Onofrio. The September 11 attacks pretty much guaranteed that no one was paying attention when this movie was released. Everyone I've recommended it to has liked it. Except my lesbian friends, for some reason.

[MrCoffee]

181. The Castle

A brilliant Australian comedy about eminent domain.

"Tell 'em he's dreamin'"

[geardaddy]

183. Hedd Wyn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedd_Wyn_(film)

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 1992 Oscars.

[Richardo]

184. "The Brother From Another Planet" and "Choose Me"

[Rhythm]

260. "Brother", i've seen... but it was years ago...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

185. The Keeper:The Legend of Omar Khayyam

The true story of Omar Khayyam, of Naishapur, mathematician, scientist, astronomer and poet.
Khayyam is friends with Hassan, who grows up to found the Hashashin and becomes a religious fanatic.

Also traces his modern day descendants from Persian to Houston.





Vanessa Redgrave with director Kayvan Mashayekh:


A gorgeous and wonderful movie. We get so much bad news out of the Middle East. This reminds us of the great scientific achievements of Persia, and the continual war between reason and fanaticism.


Order the movie at: www.greatomar.com

The best movie I've seen in years.

[KansDem]

186. "The Hairdresser's Husband"

IMDB-Mari de la coiffeuse, Le



Perhaps the most erotic film I've ever seen (notice I didn't say "porn?" This movie is "erotic!")



:loveya:

[FloridaJudy]

193. Bagdad Cafe

Wonderful, quirky little German film about an unlikely friendship between two very different women. It's all about the magic.

[Dinger]

195. Lost In The Barrens

From a book by Farley Mowat:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100058/

[MnFats]

196. Any Joel Hodgson episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000"

"Cave Dwellers" is one of the best.

[MnFats]

197. Oh, and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"

If Lena Olin appeared at my door and asked me to run off't with her, I'd just have to go.

[jrandom421]

199. Here's a couple

1) The Great Santini

One of the best movies on life in a military family in the 60's. Robert Duvall was inspiring as Lt. Col. Wilber P. "Bull" Meacham. The opening scene with the mushroom soup was a classic. Still wonder why this film lost to Kramer vs Kramer for best picture.

2) Marty

Didn't realize Ernest Borgnine won an Oscar for this film. Not a big flashy production, but a great movie of its time.

[intheflow]

202. Greatest movie when I was twelve:

Harry and Walter Go to New York



Of course, when I watched it again a couple years ago I couldn't even sit through it, it sucked so bad. LOL

[Ivan Sputnik]

214. The Saragossa Manuscript

If you've heard of this one and think it's great, you might be a little weird (like me).

"Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Luis Buñuel, Lars von Trier, Harvey Keitel and Jerry Garcia have at various times described The Saragossa Manuscript as their favorite film." --Wikipedia

[cemaphonic]

241. Oh yeah, that is a good one.

The book is neat too, it's even weirder and more complicated, with many nested levels of narrative frame going on at any one time.

Plus, it was written by an eccentric Polish nobleman who was one of the first persons ever to fly (in a hot-air balloon), and who committed suicide with a silver bullet because he was afraid he was a werewolf.

[harmonicon]

216. Fishing with Gandhi

Man, it's hilarious - "Fishing with Gandhi" is a wrestling move discussed in the film.... god, that movie is too funny.

[leftyclimber]

217. Cradle Will Rock.

Every liberal acting person on the planet in it. Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Cherry Jones, John and Jane Cusack, and on and on and on.

The Depression, the WPA, Unions, McCarthyism, and The Theatre. All in one movie.

If you haven't seen it, see it.

If you are near me and you haven't seen it, come to my house so I can make you watch it.

Edit: alcohol and typing = bad.

[Connonym]

221. Fido

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457572/

[Auggie]

226. The Silent Partner

Elliot Gould, Susannah York and Christopher Plummer. From 1978.

[Frank Cannon]

230. The Whole Wide World (1996)

True story about a budding young writer's friendship and romance with the creator of Conan the Barbarian.

Terrific acting by Renee Zellweger and Vincent D'Onofrio. Great script full of ideas. Gorgeous use of the Central Texas locations where the story really took place.

My wife and I liked this movie so much, we watched it twice in one sitting.

[hedgehog]

240. Joyeux Noel - based on a series of actual incidents the first

winter in WWI when for a brief moment the entire 20th Century could have taken a different path...

[cemaphonic]

242. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Yeah, it's not really that obscure, being directed by Peckinpah, and with a pretty memorable name, but most people who aren't really into film haven't heard of it, let alone seen it.

[AngryAmish]

244. Disorderlies

[progressivejazz]

245. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970)

Set in modern times, good plot, bad acting, great ending.

[Hanse]

246. Over The Edge

Enjoy while stoned.

[Heidi]

248. "Grey Gardens," one of my favorite documentaries ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Gardens

http://www.mayslesfilms.com/companypages/films/films/greygardens.htm

[Rhythm]

250. "The Dogs of Hell"

http://www.earlowensby.com/rott.html
Also released as "Rottweiler"... an Earl Owensby production.

Owensby is something of a legend in North Carolina... our own, home-grown Ed Wood, as it were.
And always, ALWAYS managed to get local celebs (local TV personalities especially) into his schlock pictures.

[LibDemAlways]

251. Days of Heaven

If you've never seen this Terrence Malick oldie, you should - if only for the camerawork.

[Rob H.]

252. The Limey

Directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Terence Stamp, Leslie Anne Warren, Luis Guzman, and Peter Fonda.

[MilesColtrane]

256. I know....it's based on an Edith Wharton novel, but don't hold that against it.

Gillian Anderson is great in it.

[gizmonic]

257. I saw 'The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser' some 20+ yrs ago

and was never able to get it out of my head.

I watched it again a few weeks ago and it still sucks me in. The story fascinates me.


http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/REVIEWS08/71117001/1023

[coyotespaw]

264. Talk Radio

[6000eliot]

265. In the Realm of the Senses

But only if you're in the mood for on-screen castration!:scared:

[JohnnieGordon]

266. Retroactive (1997), an action/comedy using a time-loop premise like Groundhog Day

Just a really fun movie. I hope my post inspires someone to rent it.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

268. Indian Summer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107212/