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#1 optimus_prime

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 06:00 AM

have you seen a really good movie that you would like to recommend to others that is a movie that few know about?

whether the film is an older lost classic that never reached its prime potential, a b-side or indie film, or a film that never garnered much publicity and/or commercial hype,..this is the forum to give your recommendations

some films i would like to recommend are:

Rollercoaster
Xiu Xiu-The Sent Down Girl
Heavens Burning
China Girl
Attack Force Z
Cruel Horizons
IndoChine
Buffalo 66
Hard Candy
Double Happiness
Foxfire
Gymkata
Rapa Nui
Gleaming the Cube
Happy Times
Love, Lies & Murder
Christopher Columbus-1492
The Girl Who Came Between Them
Snow Falling on Cedars

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 08:02 AM

The Time Machine (2002) -- It's actually pretty good.

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) -- Freakin' hilarious!

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Posted 06 September 2007 - 12:48 PM

Dark Crystal

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It seems like everyone is over the nitpicking. Too bad.

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Posted 06 September 2007 - 02:00 PM

Woot for the Dark Crystal! I'd like to add Cube and Cube Zero to the list. I don't know how "lost" or obscure they are, but they are good times, and I usually don't like psychological thriller/horror movies in the slightest.

Hmm...

Kung Fu Hustle
Time Bandits
Lost Highway
Six-String Samurai
Toxic Avenger (I don't think there has been a more terribly B-movie B-movie comedy/horror film than this one)
That's about all I can think of right now.

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Posted 06 September 2007 - 02:18 PM

two-lane blacktop
cinema verite drag racing dark comedy
http://en.wikipedia....o_lane_blacktop

the sweet smell of success
qauzi-shakespearian noir about a desperate pr man. set in the 50s it makes Madmen look hollow and trite
http://en.wikipedia....mell_of_Success

judgement at nuremburg
an absolutely astounding movie about who knew what in post war germany, with spencer tracy, mongomery clift and william shatner for no reason...
http://en.wikipedia....nt_at_Nuremberg

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 05:45 AM

QUOTE (Bond @ Aug 30 2007, 09:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The Time Machine (2002) -- It's actually pretty good.

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) -- Freakin' hilarious!

How are those obscure or unknown? They were both heavily promoted box office failures.

Few people are aware of a pretty sweet little indie film I found once called "Running Time". It stars Bruce Campbell as a bank robber who has just been released from prison, and the events surrounding his "comeback" heist. What I like about it is that it's shot in a similar style as Hitchcock's "Rope". It's made to seem as though it's just one long continuous shot with no cuts. Brilliant, and remarkably underrated movie.

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 05:58 AM

Run Lola Run - pretty neat twist, if I may say so myself...

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 07:08 AM

QUOTE (georgelucas4greedo @ Sep 6 2007, 12:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dark Crystal

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Dark Crystal?, that Jim Henson flic?..everytime I go to walmart i see that in the $5.00 dvd bargain bin

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Posted 11 September 2007 - 07:57 AM

QUOTE (sesame_street_hustler @ Sep 11 2007, 08:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Dark Crystal?, that Jim Henson flic?..everytime I go to walmart i see that in the $5.00 dvd bargain bin

Trust me, it's a lost classic.

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Posted 25 September 2007 - 06:11 AM

It's a classic, but not exactly lost. This thread should be for movies you really lilke that you doubt many people have heard of, not just for movies that came out a few years ago and your video store might not have 300 copies of anymore.

But seriously dude, stop going to WalMart. That place is fucked.

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Posted 25 September 2007 - 07:55 AM

All righty, then...

Well, Metropolis; it's the first silent film I ever watched, and I loved every damn minute of it.

You only live twice:
Once when you're born
And once when you look death in the face.

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Posted 02 October 2007 - 10:15 AM

For some reason, hardly anyone I reccomend Duel to has heard of the flick. So here...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0067023/

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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:26 PM

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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:35 PM

^^Slacker. Nice... Love the crazy nagging bitch in the cafe. What does she say again? something about being a doctor or something... and women.

QUOTE (georgelucas4greedo @ Sep 6 2007, 12:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Motorama

Holy shit I forgot all about that movie. EVERYONE was in that. How did it not be remebered by the movie going public?

I loved Flea as the chef.

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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:39 PM

For my own... I'd like to add:

Highway 61

If you haven't seen this movie, you suck. It's not your fault or anything, it's just one of those things that'll you'll have to live with. If you find this on DVD somewhere and post a link, you'll seize to suck.

I really need a copy.