Recommend some good unknown films

[joy_division]

The idea of this thread is to make people aware of films that they would probably never see and are missing out on.

Walter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383046/) is a magnificent film that was the first film to mbe made for channel 4 and is directed by Stepehn Frears. it is all about a man who has a disablity and how he is treated.

If you thought you knew everything about Sir Ian Mckellen, this film will make you see him in a whole new light. There is nothing this guy can't do!

[scott]

"Man bites dog" A french film about a thug who has a film crew follows him around. Very odd and funny in a sick kinda way. If you do not mind subtitles or can speak french it's not bad.

[patrickwm68]

"Dominick & Eugene" (1988) w/ Ray Liotta, Tom Hulce, & Jamie Lee Curtis.

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.

[JLM]

Rosencratz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Gary Oldman and Tim Roth lark about as two minor characters from Hamlet, unaware of what's going on, engaging in banter and discovering the laws of physics.

[patrickwm68]

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

Seventh-grade is no fun. Especially for Dawn Weiner when everyone at school calls you 'Dog-Face' or 'Wiener-Dog.' Not to mention if your older brother is 'King of the Nerds' and your younger sister is a cutesy ballerina who gets you in trouble but is your parents' favorite. And that's just the beginning--her life seems to be falling apart when she faces rejection from the older guy in her brother's band that she has a crush on, her parents want to tear down her 'Special People's Club' clubhouse, and her sister is abducted.

[patrickwm68]

Quills (2000) w/ Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, and Joaquin Phoenix.

The infamous writer, The Marquis de Sade of 18th Century France, is imprisoned for unmentionable activities at Charanton Insane Asylumn. He manages to befriend the young Abbe de Coulmier, who run's the asylumn, along with a beautiful laundress named Madeline. Things go terribly wrong when the Abbe finds out that the Marquis' books are being secretly published. Emperor Napolean contemplates sending Dr. Royer-Collard to oversee the asylumn, a man famed for his torturous punishments. It could mean the end of Charanton and possibly the Marquis himself.

[JLM]

Hell Drivers

Features Stanley Baker, Partick McGoohan, Sid James, Sean Connery, Doctor Who number 1 William Hartnell and a bunch of other great British actors.

It's about ex con Stanley Baker who gets a job driving for a corrupt haulage company that forces its drivers to make a hazardous number of daily runs.

[patrickwm68]

Lady In White (1988) w/ Lukas Haas

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

[snappahead]

I would, but I don't know them buddabumbumtssshh!

[patrickwm68]

The Station Agent (2003) w/ Peter Dinklage

When his only friend and co-worker dies, a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural New Jersey. Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly friendly Cuban hot-dog vendor. Written by Anonymous

The passion of the lonely and quiet dwarf Finbar McBride is trains. Fin inherits some land with an old depot in the middle of nowhere in Newfoundland, New Jersey, when his partner, also a fanatic for trains and unique friend Henry Styles, dies. He moves to the train station, where his neighbor is the Cuban Joe Oramas, who is manning his sick father's hot-dog trailer. He also meets Olivia Harris, a clumsy divorced woman who grieves the death of her beloved son Sam. After some days, the weird trio becomes friends.

[patrickwm68]

Simon Birch (1998) w/ Ashley Judd & Oliver Platt

Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put to the test when some unfortunate events happen.

[patrickwm68]

Now You Know (2002) Directed by Jeff Anderson (Randal from Clerks)

On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their relationship.

Jeff Anderson shows that he is not only one of the funniest unknown actors, but also a talented director and writer with this movie about a man trying to figure out why he's been left at the altar. I saw an early screening of the movie and must say that it was funny, heartfelt, and innovative. Not just a Kevin Smith knock-off, Jeff has taken his own direction making a romantic comedy for people sick of romantic comedies with simple solutions.

[JM28Cardiff]

Tampopo (1985, Japan)

(from IMDB) In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.

[JM28Cardiff]

Cold Comfort (1989, Canada) starring Maury Chaykin and Paul Gross.

(From IMDB) Three lonely people depend on each other when they get stranded at a deserted gas station in a blizzard. Floyd is a truck driver balancing on the edge of lunacy. He is the caring father of 16-year old Dolores, but is also torn up by sexual feelings for his daughter. Sales rep. Steven also ends up in the blizzard with his car in a ditch. Floyd rescued Steven and brings him along as a birthday present for Dolores. In all the confusion Steven doesn't realize at first how he has become a prisoner. He is the pawn in a chess game between father and daughter which evolves in a matter of life and death.

[bane]

Simon Birch (1998) w/ Ashley Judd & Oliver Platt

Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way for a reason and highly believes in God. Together, Joe and Simon go on a journey of trust and friendship to find the answers to many things. Their friendship is put to the test when some unfortunate events happen.

Good movie !!

I know it's actualy a well known movie but I think a lot of people still haven't seen BIlly Elliot , highly recommended and one of my all time favorite movies

[JM28Cardiff]

Conspiracy (2001, UK/USA)

(from Amazon) Based on the only surviving record of the infamous 1942 Wannsee Conference, the BBC/HBO produced Conspiracy reconstructs the two-hour meeting during which leading members of the SS and the Nazi government made definitive plans for the genocide of Europe's Jews. Sixteen men sit around a table and politely discuss the mechanics and ramifications of murdering millions. As SS General Reinhard Heydrich, overall architect of the Final Solution, Kenneth Branagh is brilliant, charming, manipulative and threatening, a cultured man seemingly without a soul. As his aid, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, Stanley Tucci is the incarnation of the banality of evil, an efficient and self-effacing bureaucrat in a fine performance marred only by a hint of the actor's American accent. Colin Firth is a powerful foil for Branagh as Dr Wilhelm Stuckart, author of Nazi Germany's race laws and a stickler for the rule of law, no matter how insane the law may have become; while David Threlfall makes a striking impression as the one man who comes closest to taking a moral stand, Dr Wilhelm Kritzinger.

[JM28Cardiff]

Cohen & Tate (1987, USA) Starring Roy Scheider and Adam Baldwin, written and directed by Eric Red (the guy who wrote the Hitcher and Near Dark).

(from Amazon) Roy Scheider stars as an ice-cold professional hitman who always works alone. Adam Baldwin appears as a young, bloodthirsty psychopath on a hair-trigger. Together, they are paid to kidnap young Travis Knight and take him on a long ride to Houston (Travis is an eye witness to a Mafia killing). But Travis has only his mind as a weapon to set the psycho against the professional. He soon finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle, from which there can only be one survivor.....

[snappahead]

Conspiracy (2001, UK/USA)

(from Amazon) Based on the only surviving record of the infamous 1942 Wannsee Conference, the BBC/HBO produced Conspiracy reconstructs the two-hour meeting during which leading members of the SS and the Nazi government made definitive plans for the genocide of Europe's Jews. Sixteen men sit around a table and politely discuss the mechanics and ramifications of murdering millions. As SS General Reinhard Heydrich, overall architect of the Final Solution, Kenneth Branagh is brilliant, charming, manipulative and threatening, a cultured man seemingly without a soul. As his aid, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, Stanley Tucci is the incarnation of the banality of evil, an efficient and self-effacing bureaucrat in a fine performance marred only by a hint of the actor's American accent. Colin Firth is a powerful foil for Branagh as Dr Wilhelm Stuckart, author of Nazi Germany's race laws and a stickler for the rule of law, no matter how insane the law may have become; while David Threlfall makes a striking impression as the one man who comes closest to taking a moral stand, Dr Wilhelm Kritzinger.

This movie rocked!

[MrYac]

Hideous Mutant Freaks (or simply "Freaked") really funny movie, too lazy to type up a real desription so heres it's IMDB :p
http://imdb.com/title/tt0109838/

[Primal]

A major influence on the creation of Batman.
http://www.statueforum.com/showthread.php?t=14464

http://www.oldies.com/images/boxart/large/4/089218447098.jpg

[patrickwm68]

Good movie !!

I know it's actualy a well known movie but I think a lot of people still haven't seen BIlly Elliot , highly recommended and one of my all time favorite movies

Exactly, I didn't see it until recently and it came out almost 10 years ago. Excellent film.

[patrickwm68]

Angus (1995)

Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool-kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him.

Great film, in the vain of "Lucas" with Corey Haim.

[Argonus]

Two movies that come to mind that seem to have passed under a lot of radars are "The Descent" and "Ravenous".

"The Descent" deals with spelunking that "goes wrong".. hahah.. it's very well-written, and the all female cast (all unknowns, as far as I know) do a superb job.

"Ravenous" stars Guy Pearce. It's a period war peace, but it deals more with what happens to one soldier in particular when his isolated fort is visited by an "interesting individual". Dark movie, but it has some comedic genius in it, courtesy of the villain.
The soundtrack is hilarious, and builds throughout the movie.

Both are suspense/adventure/horror. Both are excellent.

[spenca7]

"Cashback"

When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.