Recommend a lesser known film!

[JRS03]

Paris Texas (1984)

great little film

[repete66211]

In no particular order:

Night on Earth - Great Jim Jarmusch multi-star international cast
Johnny Stecchino - Screwball romance with Roberto Benigni & wife
Big Night - GREAT movie about food. I really love this movie.
Jesus of Montreal - Powerful movie
Flirting - My favorite coming of age movie with Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts. GREAT movie.
Tootsie - Pretty mainstream, but still one of the funniest movies ever made.
Belle Epoque - Sexy, fun romp in Spain. Penelope Cruz.
Arthur - Also mainstream (and unavailable in letterbox), but still one of the greatest.
Fresh - Someone else said this one already, but it deserves a second mention.
Shallow Grave - Another great thriller with Ewan McGregor.
Trouble in Paradise - The greatness of Lubitsch. Way ahead of its time.
Nikita - Hot French assassin.
In the Name of the Rose - Sean Connery as a monk detective.
Day of the Jackal - Great assassination thriller.
The Aristocrats - Hilarious documentary about...a joke.
The Wanderers - Interesting movie about New York street gangs of the early 60s.
Frantic - Roman Polanski, Harrison Ford, sexy French woman. What's not to love?
The Last Picture Show
The Killing Fields - Great war movie.
The Pope of Greenwich Village - From when Mickey Rourke was king.
Gallipoli - Fantastic war movie from Australia featuring Mel Gibson before he went wacko.
Breaker Morant - Another war/drama movie from our Aussie friends.
The Year of Living Dangerously - Another Australian mainstream movie with Mel Gibson often overlooked.

Can you tell I like Australian movies?

[FreddieFerric]

Four of my favs:

Fearless Vampire Killers; Or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are In My Neck
Bitter Moon
Love Serenade
The Coca Cola Kid

[child of the sun]

Slam starring Saul Williams. It won a Sundance award when it came out and I loveeeee this movie. I hope it comes out on Blu.

[Blu Myers]

Dog Soldiers - damn good little indie film about werewolves. It was directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday).

[fupduk2]

Powder

[child of the sun]

Originally Posted by fupduk2

Powder

lesser known to who? the kids i work with that weren't born when it came out?

[Mr.White]

"The Stunt Man" ,"Scum" (early Ray Winstone)"The Firm"(early Gary Oldman) "Made In Britain" (early Tim Roth) "Cockfighter"(classic Warren Oates),"The Loveless"(Willem Dafoe's debut!)"Melvin And Howard","The Double McGuffin"(Ernest Borgnine,George Kennedy,Elke Sommer "Kingdom Of The Spiders"(William Shatner)"The Toolbox Murders","They Call Me Trinity" and "Trinity Is Still My Name"(Terence Hill and Bud Spencer."Jacknife"(Robert DeNiro,Ed Harris,Kathy Baker)"Gates Of Heaven","Vernon Florida","Suddenly" and The Man With The Golden Arm"(both w/ Frank Sinatra)

[Dogslyf]

Man Bites Dog. Absolutely hilarious French film about a documentary filmmaker's relationship with a serial killer about who he is making a documentary. You just have to see it to understand.

[clrb15]

How about:

FUBAR - Mockumentary about 2 headbangers. Pretty funy and had a lot of heart. You forget that you're watching a documentary and think that it's a home movie!

Last Night - Canadian film a film about strangers and what they do before the world ends. (released in '98 before the whole crazy Y2K started)

Waydowntown - Several office employees decide to make a bet on who can stay the longest without going outside of the building.

Things You Can Tell Just By looking At Her - Five different stories interwoven about 7 different women. (stars Cameron Diaz, Glenn Close, Holly Hunter to name a few)

Timecode - Mike Fggis directed this film where the movie is presented in FOUR separate qaudrants on the screen. I LOVED IT! You can watch it more than once and every viewing is different b/c you witness something new in each screen!

Series 7 - A TV reality movie where the contestants are given guns to kill off each other for money and fame. a Comedy Thriller.

Titus - William Shakespeares MOST controversial play. Mixed with both beautiful and brutal images! Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange star; Directed by Julie Taymor.

My Kid Could Paint That - A documentary about a 4 year old girl gaining success and selling her paintings for thousands of dollars but people are curious if the parents have something to do with how the painting are made. VERY VERY good documentary!

C.R.A.Z.Y. - Canadian French film about a young man coming to terms with his sexuality and dealing with his family and his father. AMAZING performances!

I'm sure I have more.

[repete66211]

Originally Posted by clrb15

Timecode - Mike Fggis directed this film where the movie is presented in FOUR separate qaudrants on the screen. I LOVED IT! You can watch it more than once and every viewing is different b/c you witness something new in each screen!

Timecode is a fun movie. It has a great cast and, as you say, it's actually four sometimes intersecting story lines taking place at the same time. The really interesting bit is that there are no cuts. All four movies are one continuous shot, running exactly as long (~96 minutes) as the digital video tape they were shot on.

The logistical requirements of shooting this movie are mind-boggling--blocking one continuous shot for four scripts running continually. Great recommendation.

[Vincent Vega82]

Killing Zoe. I belive it was written by Roger Avary who co-wote some scenes for Pulp Fiction.

[CMM]

Originally Posted by carpaltonnel

My Word of Mouth film you should check out is "Filmgeek."

That was a good movie! Just watched it now.

[phlydude]

"Bad Boy Bubby" - a sick movie but you have to watch it for the beginning to see how sick it can get...

"Blood In, Blood Out" - a movie about L.A. chicano gangs from the 70's to prison to current day and the struggles the old crew goes through when one of them chooses military over prison and becomes a cop

[clrb15]

Originally Posted by repete66211

Timecode is a fun movie. It has a great cast and, as you say, it's actually four sometimes intersecting story lines taking place at the same time. The really interesting bit is that there are no cuts. All four movies are one continuous shot, running exactly as long (~96 minutes) as the digital video tape they were shot on.

The logistical requirements of shooting this movie are mind-boggling--blocking one continuous shot for four scripts running continually. Great recommendation.

They also did 15 tries of the movie until they got to the final version (which was the 15th try) They have the VERY FIRST go of the movie, on the DVD...things changed over the 15 versions but still the same improvised story.

[Mannyfresh84]

In my opinion, I think Strange Days is an extremely underrated film. It was produced and co-written by James Cameron but was completely overlooked upon being released in 95. Police corruption, murder, illegal cyber erotic recordings, civil unrest, and Tom Sizemore. How can you go wrong with this?

[wormraper]

A movie that never hit DVD,

Viva Max, great slapstick comedy of the olden days with Jonathon winters

[Quad]

Day of the Dolphin- Thriller starring George C. Scott about talking dolphins.

Paper Lion- Based on a true story about writer George Plimpton going undercover as a backup quarterback at the Detroit Lions training camp. Starring Alan Alda and also starring former NFL greats.

Red Sun- Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune star as a Cowboy and a Samurai trying to retrieve a lost sword in the old west. Pretty much Shanghai Noon before Shanghai Noon.

Crossroads- No, not the Britney Spears movie. This one is about a Julliard guitar prodigy who wants to be a blues man. Starring Ralph Macchio and also starring Joe Seneca (who steals the show) and Steve Vai in a great guitar battle.

Tender Mercies- Won some Oscars but it still isn't very well known today. Its about a has been,
alcoholic, country music singer who winds up in the middle of nowhere in Texas and tried to turn
his life around. Very moving film. Starring Robert Duvall and Tess Harper.

[Mr.White]

"Blindman" a spaghetti western starring Ringo Starr as baddie! Very hard to find,never released on DVD! , "That'll Be The Day" with David Essex,Ringo Starr and Keith Moon! or "Zachariah" an "electric western" with Don Johnson,John Rubenstien,Country Joe and The Fish,Doug Kershaw and jazz drummer Elvin Jones(his drum solo alone is worth the price of admission!)

[Vincent Vega82]

Originally Posted by Mr.White

"Blindman" a spaghetti western starring Ringo Starr as baddie! Very hard to find,never released on DVD! , "That'll Be The Day" with David Essex,Ringo Starr and Keith Moon! or "Zachariah" an "electric western" with Don Johnson,John Rubenstien,Country Joe and The Fish,Doug Kershaw and jazz drummer Elvin Jones(his drum solo alone is worth the price of admission!)

Mr.White is that associated w/ Reservoir Dogs or am I just projecting opinions onto that name?