Top 5 films that most of your friends have never heard of

[Blu Myers]

These would be those movies that you've recommended and your friend says "what's that?" Mine would be:

1. Sexy Beast
2. Control
3. To Live and Die in LA
4. The Weatherman
5. Skin Deep

[Josh B]

1. God told me to Kill
2. Super Fuzz
3. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
4. We're Going to Eat You
5. i Come in Peace ( lulz but you'll leave in pieces )

Great thread, op.

[Blu Myers]

Originally Posted by Josh B

1. God told me to Kill
2. Super Fuzz
3. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
4. We're Going to Eat You
5. i Come in Peace ( lulz but you'll leave in pieces )

Great thread, op.

Kung Pow! Love that one. I forgot to add Return of the Living Dead too.

[cinemaphile]

While most people here have heard of everything, most of my "real world" friends are unfamiliar with a lot of films. Here's some of my favorites that I push on them:

The Fisher King
In Bruges
Murder By Death
Erik the Viking
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Runners-up:
Orgazmo
Sunrise
Tapeheads
Lost in La Mancha
Kung Fu Hustle
Kuffs
The Raid
I Give It a Year
Son of Rambow

[The Great Owl]

Le Samourai
Army of Shadows
Le Cercle Rouge
Rififi
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi

[SilentDawn]

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. The Tree Of Life
4. Paris, Texas
5. Zodiac

Most of my friends are film-illiterate.

[NYGiants Fan]

Come and See
Thief
Tetsuo the Iron Man (NO, it's not "Iron Man"!!!!)
The Dark Backward
Gimme Shelter

This was tougher than I thought. Could have listed 25 easily. But these are probably my favorites in this category.

[NYGiants Fan]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. The Tree Of Life
4. Paris, Texas
5. Zodiac

Most of my friends are film-illiterate.

Wow. No kidding. Time to find new friends!

[NYGiants Fan]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

While most people here have heard of everything, most of my "real world" friends are unfamiliar with a lot of films. Here's some of my favorites that I push on them:

The Fisher King
In Bruges
Murder By Death
Erik the Viking
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Runners-up:
Orgazmo
Sunrise
Tapeheads
Lost in La Mancha
Kung Fu Hustle
Kuffs
The Raid
I Give It a Year
Son of Rambow

Gotta love that commercial for Roscoes Chicken and Waffles. Still hilarious!

[KingRad]

1. Seven Samurai
2. Memories of Murder
3. Stalker
4. The Apartment
5. City of God

Those are five specific films that I can recall trying to talk about and no one having a clue as to what these films are.

[Samus Aran]

I've shown movies like Red Rock West and In America to friends who had no idea of their existence until they saw them.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by NYGiants Fan

Wow. No kidding. Time to find new friends!

They may be dumb, but they can be taught!

[leey]

1) Never Let Me Go
2) Mr Nobody
3) Hot Fuzz
4) Children of Men
5) The Tree of Life

[recS-12]

1. Swimming Pool
2. Passion in the Desert
3. The Zodiac
4. Lovers of the arctic Circle
5. Whale Rider

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Blade Runner
3. The Tree Of Life
4. Paris, Texas
5. Zodiac

Most of my friends are film-illiterate.

Haha. Yeah. I could just post my personal top five because we're in the same boat.

[JimDiGriz]

Good thread!

Of the ones I own -

Strange Days
Red Rock West
Melancholia
Downfall
Agora

[Scottie]

If it's not overrated, mainstream garbage, most people I know have not heard of it.

[demonknight]

Cherry 2000
Dogma
Near Dark
Slither
Videodrome

[Kevin Holly]

My own personal top 5.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by iScottie

If it's not overrated, mainstream garbage, most people I know have not heard of it.

So true!

One of my "friends" came up to me and said: "you're into movies, are you going to see The Legend Of Hercules?"