OT: Favorite Movie/Best Under Radar Movie

Submitted by DirkMcGurk on
Since the Denard voting fest is done and it is going to be a grind till 4 pm tomorrow I thought this would help pass the time. Simple thing just post your favorite movie(s) or maybe a lesser known movie you found to be a great under the radar movie, or hell just a good recent movie you seen lately.

Thorin

March 9th, 2013 at 9:17 AM ^

Not really answering your question, but I've been watching a lot of BBC documentaries recently. They're typically well written, the cinematography is first-rate and there's no reason to be paranoid about downloading them. It's easy to find them on YouTube too.

Waldorf Wolverine

March 9th, 2013 at 11:24 AM ^

I happened to be doing work on a Norwegian securities fraud case, so it hit the spot.  It's a great satire on provincial attitudes and the haplessness of Norwegian bureaucracy, as well as being a decent action film.  If you like Scandinavian movies, I also recommend "Rare Exports," set in Finland - a little gory, but fun.

michfan4borw

March 9th, 2013 at 8:48 AM ^

Mea Maxima Culpa

It's a documentary, but it's very revealing and shocking--to the point of being almost unbelievable.

mGrowOld

March 9th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^

Patton is favorite movie.  My dad served under him durring WWII (the part at the very start when Patton first takes command of the American troops) so needless to  say when he took me to see it when it came out I got to hear just how historically accurate it was.  And George C. Scott delivered probably one of the greatest if not THE greatest performances in the history of cinema in the lead role.

Under the radar?  Probably either Miracle Mile (crazy concept - nuiclear war has begun and it shows what civilization would be like in the hours before the missles hit) or Groundhog Day believe it or not.  I've seen that movie like 100 times and it makes me laugh everytime I do.  Bill Murray is fantastic.

Best 10 minutes EVER of film?  Alex Baldwn delivering the "pep talk" in Glengarry Glenn Ross  I have worked my entire life in sales and nothing gives me chills more than watching him address the broken down, sad-sack sales team before the evening "sit".

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MGoGrendel

March 9th, 2013 at 9:39 AM ^

in "Catch Me If You Can".  He's an FBI* agent and very serious.  Another agent is busting his ballz about not getting their jokes.

Hanks: Knock Knock

Agent: Who's there?

Hanks: Go eff yourself

 

*IIRC

BigBlue4U2NV

March 9th, 2013 at 8:50 AM ^

Was a very entertaining watch and great acting all around. I'm curious to see how Bradley Cooper follows up this performance in Hangover 3 (final chapter) coming out Memorial Day weekend.

corundum

March 9th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^

Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest movies ever made. As far as under the radar films go, I'd agree with Jacob's Ladder and also throw in Sunshine. I also really like There Will be Blood, The Professional, and Primal Fear.

LSAClassOf2000

March 9th, 2013 at 8:56 AM ^

I've always liked some of Sidney Lumet's films in particular, so count "The Verdict", "Serpico", "Network" and "Dog Day Afternoon" among some of my favorites.

As for a movie that I thought was good and didn't get a whole lot of attention, at least in the US, it would have to be the German film "Goodbye, Lenin!" - very clever film, I thought. Another one that was obscure but a decent adaptation, in my opinion, was HBO's adaptation of "Barbarians At The Gate" from the early 1990s, based on the Bryan Burrough and John Heylar work about the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.