Best Movies No Ones Seen

[The Professional]

What Do You think The Best movies that have been lost on the rental shelf over the years are. heres my list:

Romeo Is Bleeding
Red Rock West
Panic
Open Your Eyes
The Limey
Jacob's Ladder
Following
The Falcon And The Snowman
Sorcerer
To Live And Die In L.A.
Southern Comfort
Assault on Precinct 13
Videodrome
One False Move
True Believer
The Beast
Gallipoli
Fearless
Salvador
Retroactive
Blow Out
House of Games
Homicide
Ghost Dog
Badlands
Eye of the Needle
Ravenous
Kill Me Again
The Thing
The Spanish Prisoner
The Last Seduction
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Breakheart Pass
The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3

Theres More but i cant think of them right now.

[bskutle]

Allow me to add:
"Kafka"
"King of the Hill"
"Stalker"
"The Frighteners"
"Clay Pigeons"

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[ColinM]

The Professional? You don't mean the movie with Gary Oldman and Jean Reno, do you? Lots of people THAT one. It's even on the IMDb Top 250 list.

I'd like to add Watch on the Rhine (9/10), and splendid 1943 movie that I am pretty sure is not very well known.

I'd like to second Retroactive (7/10). It was only by luck that I saw it, and I really enjoyed it.

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[meccajay]

House of Games and The Last Seduction were good choices....My choice-

Once Were Warrior's

[SIREN30]

THE WOMEN (1939) overshadowed by Gone With the Wind and superior in many ways, including female performance. ( God bless Norma Shearer!)

THE IRON GIANT- An animated classic that suffered from bad marketing. Wonderful movie!

LOLA MONTES-French classic tells the tale of a famous French Courtesan in an almost surreal way that draws you in immediately

JANE AUSTEN'S EMMA- A & E miniseries starring Kate Beckinsale far surpasses it's Paltrow competition. Absolutely great.

these are the only ones I can think of off hand.

[SIREN30]

Oh! and Professional I definitely approve of your suggestions GALLIPOLI and FEARLESS. Peter Weir is my favorite director and has NEVER made a bad movie!

[chandler_bing905]

i'd also like to add Boondock Saints, great little movie starring willem Dafoe and sean patrick flannery, got the dvd yesterday for jesus's b-day!

[SatchVaiPez]

I'm quite partial to a movie called "Run," starring Patrick Dempsey and Kelly Preston. It's an action/thriller/mob movie with the typical wrong place/wrong time story, but I still really enjoy it. Anybody else see this flick?

[dreamsofsea]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Portrait of Jennie
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
All About Eve (VERY good)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Little Women (the version with Liz Taylor)
The Bishops Wife
South Pacific
Showboat
Love is a Many Spendored Thing
Brigadoon (spelling???, had Gene Kelly in it)
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (light and enjoyable comedy)
Home Coming (Clark Gable and Lana Turner, BEST kiss in a movie I have EVER seen)

I know there are ton out there, but my mind is tired for now. Plus I am trying to remember another one that had Liz Taylor in it and I cannot, so I am going to go and try to figure it out.

[jibber]

Spanish Prisoner
Crossing the Bridge
Heavenly Creatures
Smoke
Blood in Blood Out

Agree - Once Were Warriors is a great movie

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Professional:
What Do You think The Best movies that have been lost on the rental shelf over the years are. heres my list:

The Limey
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I totally agree with your choice of "The Limey" that movie is an outstanding peice of art. I have a story about the movie as well, Ok? here goes: Well, about a week ago I went to Best Buy to buy The Limey on DVD but I didn't see it anywhere so I asked someone and the clerk said "What's a Limey" I looked at him dumbfounded that he never heard of it then I told him that "It's a movie that Steven Soderbergh directed" he looked at me and asked "Who's Steven Soderbergh?" ok now I was getting mad so I said in a very nasty manner "He Directed Traffic and won an Oscar for it last year!" then this idiot says to me "No Steven Spielbergh directed Traffic, there is no one named Steven Soderbergh" Now I'm totally pissed at this guy who cleary knows NOTHING about movies and I'm ready to strangle him but instead I left the store, went home, went to Amazon.com and ordered The Limey on DVD, now me and The Limey are living happily ever after . Pretty fucked up story huh? and the best part is that it's ALL TRUE. I don't think i'll be forgetting that one day anytime soon.

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[cheech]

Man Bites Dog

[FeverDog420]

SPOILERS

I was just about to post a new thread similar to this one. Barring all the softcore and exploitation flicks we all secretly love, here's some real movies that have slipped past the Blockbuster crowd:

The Collector. Made in the late '60s, this psychological drama features a very young Christopher Walken as a man who imprisons young women in his secluded basement to brainwash them into loving him. Or something like that; it's been awhile since I've popped it into the VCR.

Paperhouse. A critic on the video box likens it to a thinking person's Elm Street. A young girl is obsessed with her fever dreams concerning an isolated house, a crippled boy and her absent father. Last released by the now defunct Vestron Video, I picked this up at a Circuit City for three dollars - the bargain of the year.

Anguish. Weird, weird, weird. The diminutive psychic from Poltergeist forces her son (the Oscar-nominated actor from Barton Fink whose name I can't recall right now) to collect the eyes of visually-impaired women. At first. Turns out that storyline is actually a movie being watched by two teenage girls in the cinema who wind up being stalked in the movie palace by the killer they're watching on screen. I think. Again, it's been a while.

The Reflecting Skin. A boy in the wheat plains of '50s America believes his neighbor is a vampire. One of his confidants is an angel (in reality a dead baby). The exploding frog scene is an unsung classic.

Last Night. A group of Torontans experiences its final hours on earth as the planet winds down to its last moments. No big action hero is there to save the day. Who knew Arli$$'s Sandra Oh was capable of such emotional complexity? Last Night is to Armageddon as eXistenZ is to The Matrix.

Clean, Shaven. A schizophrenic searches for his daughter. A Canadian film (like Last Night and The Reflecting Skin; what's up with my Canuck fetish?) which is more concerned with mood than plot, Clean, Shaven devolves into a shootout, but up until then it's a perceptive, creepy, insightful glimpse into the mind of a man that doesn't register the world around him the same way we do.

I Like It Like That. A Bronx woman finds fulfillment in the record industry while her husband is jailed. Fans of HBO's "Oz" will be interested in seeing three of that show's cast members in significant roles in this comedy-drama overflowing with interesting subplots concerning community, family, ethnic women's expected passivity, and gender identity. And the soundtrack bubbles with effervescence and urgency.

Positive ID. A woman is raped and seeks retribution through a new identity. It's the type of movie where the viewer doesn't know what the character's motivation truly is until the surprise ending.

The Quiet Earth. After a scientific glitch in the cosmos, an Australian (New Zealand?) man finds himself the last man on Earth. The tension somewhat subsides towards the end, and the final scene is a headscratcher, but who hasn't fantasized about being the only human on the planet?

Schizopolis. Steven Soderbergh's least-known film concerns...well, who can say? Something about his character's travails at work and in marriage. Soderbergh himself plays two roles, and with dialogue consisting of Japanese (intentionally badly dubbed into English) and complete non-sequiturs, it surely deserves a look, if for no other reason than for the way the plot loops back into itself.

Blind Date. Not the one where Kim Basinger rips Bruce Willis's breastpocket, but a Euro-strange thriller about a blind man who has a computer chip inserted in his brain to be able to see Atari-era pixels of his world. Kirstie Alley plays either the doctor or the love interest. (Part of my copy I taped from HBO back in the day somehow has a scene of Back to the Future spliced in there.)

One More Saturday Night. Sort of a proto-Dazed and Confused/Fast Times at Ridgemont High hybrid, this teen comedy concerns a gaggle of Minnesotans looking for some weekend fun. Featuring Al Franken as a supercilious yet earnest and well-meaning rock-star wannabe, it's good for a few laughs. I especially admire its lack of a villain; every character has his/her flaws, but is essentially decent.

The Hanging Garden. Another Canadian flick, this one deals with a gay man coming home for his sister's wedding. The groom won't stop hitting on him. Skeletons ain't the only thing in the closet for this family at the dysfunction junction, and even if one doesn't quite understand why the protagonist can see his younger self hanging from a tree, this movie contains enough drama, humor and weirdness to satisfy the discerning movielover.

Student Affairs. I can't decide if this movie, about the making of a movie, sucks for its terrible acting or triumphs as a portrayal of terrible acting.

Miracle Mile. Anthony Edwards picks up a ringing payphone and hears of a nuclear bomb heading his way. He struggles to get his girlfriend and himself out of harm's way before it drops. A surreal farce that's sadly overlooked for its dark humor and soothing yet urgent Tangerine Dream score.

Whew! Thanks to JoBlo for letting me spew pop-culture minutae with little use. Is anyone else familiar with any of these fine films?

FeverDog420

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[cheech]

Miracle Mile and The Quiet Earth are both great movies.
But Anguish was crap. It builds up to be a great film, but turns into something that leaves you disapointed for days. The ending was the worst I've seen. It's been a while since I first saw it, but I won't give it another chance. Ever.

[bluntman86]

nobody at my school have seen these classics...

Celtic Pride
The Sixth Man
The Bogus Witch Project
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
O Brother Where Art Thou
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Snatch


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[Gandalf the Grey]

Hard to find ones:
1. Assault on Precinct 13
2. Masters of the Universe

[idealdiscountdude]

Citizen Ruth, a very funny black comedy that stars Laura Dern as a druggie who becomes pregnant and the center of an abortion debate.

Lost and Delirious, a beautifully crafted story about love, loss and jealousy starring Piper Perabo

[QUENTIN]

For being movies supposedly no one's seen, I've certainly seen a nice majority of them, I've caught:

Romeo Is Bleeding
Red Rock West
Panic
Open Your Eyes
The Limey
Jacob's Ladder
The Falcon And The Snowman
Sorcerer
To Live And Die In L.A.
Assault on Precinct 13
Videodrome
One False Move
The Beast
Gallipoli
Fearless
Salvador
Retroactive
Blow Out
House of Games
Homicide
Ghost Dog
Badlands
Ravenous
Kill Me Again
The Thing
The Spanish Prisoner
The Last Seduction
The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3
Kafka
King of the Hill
The Frighteners
Clay Pigeons
Once Were Warriors
The Boondock Saints
All About Eve (this won Best Picture and is considered one of the greatest films of all time... unseen???)
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane (See above, very well-known and respected)
South Pacific
Spanish Prisoner
Heavenly Creatures
Smoke
Blood In Blood Out (Bound by Honor)
Man Bites Dog
Paperhouse
Last Night
Clean, Shaven
Celtic Pride
The Sixth Man (wouldn't consider this classic)
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
O Brother Where Art Thou
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Snatch
Citizen Ruth


Some really, REALLY unseen flicks (less than 300 votes at IMDb, hard to find, etc...) I'd reccomend would have to be:

Streetwise (1984)
Cutter's Way (1981)
Fat City (1972)
Sweet Sweetback's BaadAssss Song (1971) [before there was Shaft, there was Sweetback]
The Big Shave (1967)
Shock Corridor (1963)

[FeverDog420]

The Big Shave? Is that the early Scorsese short about the guy slashing his face to shreds in front of the mirror? I have that on tape somewhere.

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by QUENTIN:
For being movies supposedly no one's seen, I've certainly seen a nice majority of them, I've caught:

Rushmore
The Big Lebowski
O Brother Where Art Thou
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back</font>

HUH?

Lots of people I know have seen these.

[BettyLouisePlotnick]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by meccajay:

Once Were Warrior's

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This movie is AMAZING! I caught it a few years ago on Showcase. I was glued to the television the whole time it was on. I wish I could find it for sale...

[Fergus]

Three excellent movies that have not been seen by many people:

Moonlighting
The Dresser
The Tree of Wooden Clogs

[TheAngryJew]

Mute Witness
Near Dark
Jane White is Sick and Twisted
Diggstown
Sneakers
Runaway Train
Lawn Dogs
Shallow Grave

I'm sure that several Schmoes have seen some of these ones, but they're the titles I always recommend when people ask for something they "haven't seen".