Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

yogi37

I Went Down

Brendan Gleeson classic line "no guts, no black pudding"

Kenny B

Kenny B wrote: »

The Castle (1997) - Australian film with the uncle from Sullivan's and Eric Bana's 1st film, one of the funniest I've seen, brilliant writing and acting.

Just discovered this recently, absolutely brilliant ... so much serenity

the purple tin

Open Range is an excellent western from 2003 with great turns by Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall.

Not obscure really, but I would highly recommend Duel. Senor Spielbergo's first feature film.

Exclamation Marc

What Maisie Knew is a great film

the purple tin

Dead Man starring Johnny Depp. A trippy western from about 20 years ago. Very atmospheric and a great supporting cast.


Bad Company, another western set during the civil war featuring a very young Jeff Bridges.

Ironman76

Men of Honour - DeNiros last great performance and a brilliant movie IMO. This is the one I always think of when i think of movies that seem to go unnoticed.

Snowpiercer - Last of humanity having to survive and co-exist on board a globe spanning train.

The Island - Michael Bay (I know,I know) yarn that got lost in the shuffle. Thought it was surprisingly good.

blackwave

Once upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone's last film was a box office flop at the time. Because it originally meant to be close to four hours run time but it was edited to little over two hours with huge amounts of cuts made and ended up having massive plotholes. If you can get a copy of the European release it is well worth a look at

Padraig Mor

yogi37 wrote: »

I Went Down

Brendan Gleeson classic line "no guts, no black pudding"

Funniest Irish film ever!

Optimus Prime

Predestination is a good sci-fi film that I don’t think is well known with a good story.

I also thought “I don’t feel at home this world anymore “ was good. Elijah Wood is in that , it’s on Netflix I think.

RichT

blackwave wrote: »

Once upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone's last film was a box office flop at the time. Because it originally meant to be close to four hours run time but it was edited to little over two hours with huge amounts of cuts made and ended up having massive plotholes. If you can get a copy of the European release it is well worth a look at

Absolutely brilliant film, with the absolutely brilliant score by Ennio Morricone!

Ironman76

Optimus Prime wrote: »

Predestination is a good sci-fi film that I don’t think is well known with a good story.

I also thought “I don’t feel at home this world anymore “ was good. Elijah Wood is in that , it’s on Netflix I think.

Good call. Very good movie and very different. The plot is insane but executed nicely.

ShaunC

50 dead men walking. A very good film about the NI conflict.

the purple tin

Under the Skin


Slackers


Deathrace 2000


They Live


God's Pocket


Free State of Jones

Buckfast W

ShaunC wrote:

50 dead men walking. A very good film about the NI conflict.

The book is also very good.

Death to smoochy is a great film with Edward Norton and a Robin Williams.

Brother is very good.

Churchill the Hollywood years.

judeboy101

Snowpiercer. Weird Korean American movie. One part under siege 2, one part raid, one part Tilda swinton.

yogi37

Une Prophet

French movie so you need to be ok with subtitles (or able to understand French). Really cool film though.

the purple tin

Super. A dark comedy about a loser who decides to become a super hero. Sounds familiar? A much film better than Kick-Ass for my money.

Jimbob1977

People slag off Kevin Costner for the Waterworld flop. But he's been in many good movies.

One of them was '13 Days'. About the Cuban missile crisis. Most people have never seen it or never heard of it.

He was brilliant as Kenny O'Donnell.

jbt123

Bitter Moon 1992

I enjoyed this at the time, but haven't seen it since. I thought it may fit in here. I don't think I've met too many people that have seen it.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bitter_moon?


The legend of 1900

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legend_of_1900/

apologies if these dont meet the obscurity requirements or have been mentioned

gattaca- as good as drama-led 90's scifi got imo

once upon a time in the west- if 'america' qualifies, then we have to make room for this, the greatest western ever made for my money and three of the finest turns ever given in one movie from henry fonda, charles bronson and especially the incredible jason robards

bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans- the movie nic cage was born to make, genius direction from herzog, absolutely mental and so, so, so unexpectedly hilarious

dog soldiers- very nicely made werewolf vs squaddies cult british movie from mid 90s

if youve seen and enjoyed the french connection (and you really should have, obv) then the majority of the crew and a good few of the cast made a very decent cops and robbers flick called "the seven ups" that has style, pacing and what is genuinely a top 5 of all time car chase. roy scheider stars, this is never a bad thing (except jaws sequels)

hardly obscure but seldom referenced these days, the sting is an absolute beaut of a movie, a cracking story expertly told and the cast is a dream- and if you dont know the story going in do yourself a favour and watch it cold. even if you somehow guess it youll still have lots of fun.

rtron

Great idea for a thread hope to find some gems from it.

Alyce kills - thought it was class psychological thriller bit like black swan.

rtron

80s Child wrote: »

Did Whiplash go under the radar?

Only seen it last week - brilliant.

Remouad

Tremors - Excellent monster movie with just the right amount of comedy
Starring Kevin Bacon

Dark man - Mad scientist on a quest for revenge - and love!
Directed by Sam Raimi and staring (a very young) Liam Neeson

kunst nugget

I don't know how something like Whiplash could be considered under the radar.

Sad Professor

kunst nugget wrote: »

I don't know how something like Whiplash could be considered under the radar.

I'd say the same for at least half the films listed in the thread, especially the older films.

gargargar

Relatively recent but Bone Tomahawk is great, and totally unexpected.

stormthecastle

Stardust - great movie in the princess bride vein.

gargargar

Another good one from the last few years is Kill List.

Also would Dead Man's Shoes count as unnoticed?

Lorelli!

blackwave wrote: »

Once upon a Time in America, Sergio Leone's last film was a box office flop at the time. Because it originally meant to be close to four hours run time but it was edited to little over two hours with huge amounts of cuts made and ended up having massive plotholes. If you can get a copy of the European release it is well worth a look at

I love most of that film especially when they were all kids but I thought the ending lost it a bit.

pixelburp

To take another angle, I'd suggest some forgotten films from mainstream auteurs; particularly those directors with larger than average CVs, where films in their back catalogue have become lost among the more famous / better remembered features. So for example:

Empire of the Sun, Steven Spielberg; In the mid-80s, Spielberg made his first stab at directing less crowdpleasing, blockbuster entertainment - this and 'The Colour Purple' stand out between the ETs, Indiana Jones & Jurassic Parks. With the lead played by a young Christian Bale, it's a gritty POW story in WW2 Singapore, yet being early Spielberg still has that starry-eyed quality of his other early work.

THX-1138, George Lucas; it's crazy to think that before Star Wars, Lucas was known as a plucky, creative indie director. THX-1138 is a dystopian tale that's very typical of the 1970s, bursting with pessimistic energy.

Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick; A fantastic anti-war, courtroom drama from Kubrick. A lot more 'standard' than his more famous, more genre specific work such as Shining or 2001, but still a gripping watch. Brilliant central performance from Kirk Douglas, and film itself opens with a spectacular battle scene.

The King of Comedy, Martin Scorsese; a forgotten film that loses out against the likes of Raging Bull or Tax Driver. Jerry Lewis in a rare dramatic role, while DeNiro returns to the 'dangerous psycho' well of acting.

Miller's Crossing, Coen Brothers; When the 'best of' Coen lists pop up, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Big Lebowski get the plaudits - but for me this is up there with Coen's best work, with a career best performance from Gabriel Byrne. The soundtrack remains quite beautiful.

Insomnia, Christopher Nolan; compared with the grandeur and epic scale of Nolan's later movies, this dark psychological thriller feels positively quaint in comparison. Noteworthy too for occurring during a phase of Robin Williams' career when he was taking on dramatic roles (which reminds me, One Hour Photo is a genuinely forgotten gem from that phase, Williams playing a disturbed shop clerk stalking a normal family).

Herlihy82

Some movies that I really like that are underrated or somewhat forgotten about:

Rives's Edge (1987)
Blowout (1981) Travolta is superb
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

p to the e

A great film I saw a few years ago was "Citadel". Genuinely creepy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_(film)

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Out of the furnace, Bale stars inbetween filming Batman movies. Went seriously under the radar at the time, the movie and soundtrack are amazing.

fxotoole

chatticusfinch wrote: »

Chef, the Jon Favreau movie was pretty good, and the food looked class. I'd also have a soft spot for Begin Again, the John Carney movie with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo.

Awesome movie

In the same vain, I’d throw Burnt out there. Starring Bradley Cooper as an a**hole chef

Ipso

Deleted User wrote: »

apologies if these dont meet the obscurity requirements or have been mentioned

gattaca- as good as drama-led 90's scifi got imo

once upon a time in the west- if 'america' qualifies, then we have to make room for this, the greatest western ever made for my money and three of the finest turns ever given in one movie from henry fonda, charles bronson and especially the incredible jason robards

bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans- the movie nic cage was born to make, genius direction from herzog, absolutely mental and so, so, so unexpectedly hilarious

dog soldiers- very nicely made werewolf vs squaddies cult british movie from mid 90s

if youve seen and enjoyed the french connection (and you really should have, obv) then the majority of the crew and a good few of the cast made a very decent cops and robbers flick called "the seven ups" that has style, pacing and what is genuinely a top 5 of all time car chase. roy scheider stars, this is never a bad thing (except jaws sequels)

hardly obscure but seldom referenced these days, the sting is an absolute beaut of a movie, a cracking story expertly told and the cast is a dream- and if you dont know the story going in do yourself a favour and watch it cold. even if you somehow guess it youll still have lots of fun.

"pedant voice" It was 2002.

Southern Comfort, a National Guard squad pisses of some southerners. Probably gets overshadowed by Deliverance.

fxotoole

Some of my personal favourite sc-if/mindf*ck movies:

Equilibrium
Predestination
Primer
Cube
Almanac (good premise, although poorly executed)
The Jacket

Some unexpectedly great sport movies:

The Fighter
Warrior

The Gift

Written, directed, produced, and starred by Joel Edgerton, with Jason Bateman.

Really enjoyed it, think it's on Netflix. Oodles of talent that lad (loved him in Warrior) and a lot more to come from him.

pleas advice

Love, 2011 by Angels and Airwaves, "It starts in the Civil War and you travel through time and space. There's a couple of different storylines. The main one is, a guy gets sent up to the International Space Station."


full movie is up on youtube,

some random youtube comment under the trailer:

Alex Castro
4 years ago
Movie is not deep and it does not require brain power as some hipsters are claiming... its just a lame movie that has a msg that humans need to connect or we loose our ****, I for one love being alone. My chihuahua is a better companion than most humans I meet. This flick could havr being better if it was 15mins long.

Joue-la comme Lodoss
5 months ago
Still better than Interstellar. 

I enjoyed it anyway.

edit: i think i under sold it, its ****ing good sci-fi, on youtube, less than 90 mins, check it out,

Pidae.m

Kevin and Perry go large

Gonad

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

People slag off Kevin Costner for the Waterworld flop. But he's been in many good movies.

One of them was '13 Days'. About the Cuban missile crisis. Most people have never seen it or never heard of it.

He was brilliant as Kenny O'Donnell.

Great movie

Ipso

Did anyone see the Dennis Quaid film called Saviour? It's set during the Balkans conflict, not an easy watch but very good.

Infernum

The Punisher (1989) starring Dolph Lundgren.
A sadly overlooked gem.

pleas advice

Pidae.m wrote: »

Kevin and Perry go large

top soundtrack mate :):)

Ipso

pleas advice wrote: »

top soundtrack mate :):)

All I want to do is do it, play the soundtrack that is.

Ironman76

Ipso wrote: »

Did anyone see the Dennis Quaid film called Saviour? It's set during the Balkans conflict, not an easy watch but very good.

Yeah saw that about 20 years ago. It’s a rough watch alright but very good.

the scene when he and the baby are hiding from the soldiers and he covers her mouth to muffle her cries accidentally smothering her is heart breaking.

mad m

One movie always sticks in my mind. Not just for the riding at start but the music and story was great..

Betty blue

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090563/?ref_=nv_sr_1

gingergirl

Rudderless starring Billy Crudup directed by William h Mac, on Netflix I think

Mariac

Tucker and Dale vs Evil - Hilarious comedy in the vein of Shaun of the Dead

The Man from Nowhere - Top Quality South Korean action thriller which nobody has seen

porsche boy

Event Horizon. Just brilliant.

porsche boy

mad m wrote:

One movie always sticks in my mind. Not just for the riding at start but the music and story was great..

mad m wrote:

Betty blue

I still love the soundtrack to this.