OT: Favorite Movie/Best Under Radar Movie
Some Favorite Under The Radar Films
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The Conversation (Gene Hackman as Private Investigator Harry Caul plus John "Fredo" Cazale and a young Harrison Ford)
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The List Of Adrian Messenger (George C. Scott and campy cameos from Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra)
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Don’t Look Now (1973 thriller directed by Nicholas Roeg featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, the canals of Venice, Italy, a memorable love scene and a shocking ending)
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House Of Games (1987 feature that David Mamet wrote and directed, with Joe Mantegna and Lindsay Crouse, Mamet’s wife at the time, plus a great supporting cast in a memorable con game)
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Festival Express (documentary of the musical caravan from Toronto to Winnipeg to Calgary on a train in 1970 with The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band and others)
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The Kids Are Alright (The Who’s on first in this 1979 documentary of their career)
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Where's Poppa? (a.k.a Going Ape) (Ruth Gordon and George Segal as mother and son, Lucky Charms and Pepsi for breakfast, Rob Reiner before he became Michael "Meathead" Stivic and a memorable chase through Central Park)
- The Station Agent (Peter Dinklage before he became Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, Bobby Cannavale before he became Gyp Rosetti in Boardwalk Empire and Patricia Clarkson before she became Patti "Mrs. Herb" Brooks in Miracle)
Donnie Darko
Brick
The Descent
Midnight Meat Train
John Dies at the End
"Memento" Christopher Nolan. Highly recommend.
I think Hot Fuzz is funnier because we grew up with the action films that it satirizes/pays homage to, but the premise of Shaun of the Dead is better.
I'm a huge fan of Gangs of New York. That Bill the Butcher is one hell of a character.
Seriously though, any movie with Daniel Day-Lewis is phenomenal.
"I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE"
...ending of There Will Be Blood.
Hans Klopek... excellent movie to throw out there!
I have seen it so many times, I know most of the lines. (Drives my wife crazy). Other favorites: Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Forrest Gump, The Wedding Singer, The Usual Suspects, Shrek, The Bridesmaids, Crimson Tide, Tombstone, The Unforgiven, Scent of a Woman, School of Rock, Silence of The Lambs. I could go on.
A Korean horror film, "Thirst," directed by Park Chan-wook, who also directed "Old Boy." It's a vampire film, but one that grapples with the morality of it, and it is darkly funny at times.
Another underrated Korean film is "Memories of Murder," about a rural detective who tries to solve a serial murder - a slow-paced but satisfying mystery thriller.
"Tell No One" is another great mystery-thriller (French), heavy on the thrills.
The BBC serial adaptation of "Wallander" starring Kenneth Branaugh is very good; really great atmosphere. I think most people will like it better than the Swedish adaptation ("Henning Mankell's Wallander"), which is also very good but focuses more on the day-to-day job of being a police detective and less on the psychological toil that being immersed in murder cases puts on one's emotional state.
Gummo. The disturbing nature of it keeps your interest, but you end up wishing you could undo seeing it.
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3 UTR movies everyone should watch (foreign, but impressive):
1. Lives of Others
2. The Counterfeiters
3. Tell No One
A last movie I'll throw in that's great is The Debt (with Hellen Mirren and Jessica Chastain before she hit it big).
The Prestige and The Illusionist were both great movies that a lot of people I've talked to haven't seen.
Saving Private Ryan has to be one of the greatest of all time for me. Also, cant pick favorites without the movies Blow, A Beautiful Mind, and Ferris Beuler's Day Off.
For an under the radar type movie, Zoolander is halarious.
The Big Chill and No Country For Old Men.
a terrible movie. It is the pinnacle of the action comedy genre. You can like or dislike that genre in general, but it is one of the best of it's kind.
"China is here? I don't even know what the hell that means!"
- I Saw The Devil (2010) - A voilent South Korean thriller. It's crazy and super intense.
- In Bruges (2008) - Black comedy with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes
- RocknRolla (2008) - Guy Rtiche crime comedy caper film like Snatch. Big cast list with Gerard Butler, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Jermey Piven, Ludacris, Toby Kebbell, Thandie Newton, and Tom WIlkinson. It's a fun ride.
- Dead Man's Shoes (2004) - British psychological revenge thriller. Army vet returns home to help his brother deal with the local gang. The ending brings it all together
but my choice for under-the-radar movie is Chronicles of Riddick. I'm a huge fan of good sci-fi, and I think it's one of best of that genre ever made.
This probably doesn't qualify as under-the-radar, but Reservoir Dogs is awesome.
Also Amores Perros, The Devil's Backbone, and Pan's Labyrinth.
It is one of the funniest and more original movies have ever seen without knowing anything about it going in. I recommend it to everyone.
I second this. Worthy addition to the list of underrated films. At the forefront of the new genre of comedic horror films.
Great movie.
"Officer, we've had a doozy of a day."
One of my favorite underrated movies is Law Abiding Citizen. Highly recommend that one.
All time favorites are Godfather I and II, The Empire Strikes Back, and the Dark Knight.
I have watched all of his movies that are on instant stream. Have to say I recommend all of them. They are all darker than most U.S. movies, esp the revenge trilogy.
Terrific mystery/suspense film with great dialogue. Thug George Kennedy tells Peck, "I owe you some pain, Mr. Stillwell" just before beating the shit out of him.
Christmas Vacation