What film that some may not have seen, should everybody rush out and rent now!

A.S.H.

The Hitcher - great horror from the 80's with Rutguer Hauer
Evil Dead Trilogy - hopefully most have seen it but still many I mention it to haven't

evad_lhorg

ichi the killer
battle royale

kinkstr

pickarooney wrote:

Glengarry Glen Ross

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC FILM

Raoul Duke

Ikiru
I'll second the vote for The Killing and Paths of Glory which was mentioned earlier

A sh!tload of film noir (anyone else a big fan of this genre) like:
The Asphalt Jungle
The Big Sleep
D.O.A.
Double Indemnity
Out of the past
The Set-Up
Sunset Boulevard
Sweet Smell of Success

And some more modern films:

Bang Bang, You are Dead - like Elephant but better
Dirty Pretty Things
F#cking Åmål
The Iron Giant
Lantana
Memories of Murder
Network
Roger Dodger
Sleuth
Dead Man

Buster Keaton - The General
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights


I'd better stop there before I just basically list my favourite seldom seen films.

keano442

Miles wrote:

Exorcist the directors cut.

I see it's on TG4 tonight (Wednesday).

Anyone know what the differences are between the original and this cut?

missy me

i've heard of ferris bueller,i remember watching it when a few years after it came out(i think i was like 9) and wanting to marry him.
my films are as follows:
the princess bride
dazed and confused
and starsky & hutch (purely for the owen wilson,ben stiller, vince vaughan affect)

Akira
Bad Taste
Baseketball
The Boondock Saints
Braindead
The Breed
Brother
Bubba Ho-Tep
Chopper
Christie Malry's Own Double Entry
The City of Lost Children
Dark City
Dead or Alive
The Devils Backbone
Drive
Ed Wood
Frailty
Gridlocked
Hana-Bi
Igby Goes Down
The Killer
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Max
Metropolis
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Once Upon a Time in China
The Panic in Needle PArk
Phantasm
Phoenix
PPlan 9 From Outer Space
Police Story
Ravenous
Re-Animator
Repo Man
The Salton Sea
Shot in the Heart
The Thing
Versus
Way of the Gun
Willard
Whitnail and I
Witchfinder General
Wonderland

ijc

I really felt that About Schmidt starring Jack Nicholson deserved more attention. Much of the criticism I heard was along the lines of:

God, that was awful depressing!

or

He was still Jack, I suppose, but he wasn't being his usual Jack the Lad...

There is humour in this film in spades. And Nicholson is brilliant.

Also, check out Sexy Beast, starring Ray Winstone. It was directed by Jonathan Glazer who I think directed Radiohead's "Street Spirit" vid. The film is:

Fandabadozee- tastic

greglo23

O Brother Where Art Thou. outstanding Coen Brothers film.

Reef

HacksawEddie wrote:

it seems that women need to be notified about a certain little movie called:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off!!!

i say this as only one girl i have ever mentioned it to has seen it (and she was american so doesn't really count)

Excellent movie, it's an absolute classic.


Em...
the ones I'd recommend seeing that most haven't would be;

Crazy / Beautiful
The Breakfast Club

And recently, the Garden State, bit different but I really liked it.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

is_that_so

The Straight Story - David Lynch, a gem of a film
Freaks - 1932 film, if you can find it - disturbing but excellent

EDIT: and of course Narc ,superb film
plus most of the lists people have come up with so far.

Ms Beanbag

"this boy's life" is brill. it was on rte1 last fri.
released over 10 yrs ago- '93. excellent film. DeNiro is a legend!

jonnybadd

Just watched the 25th hour, recommend it muchly, hope it fits into this list

Jonathanpbk

The film "happiness" is brilliant... although slightly disturbing!
Also "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" is great (though it may have already been mentioned)...
The rest of mine have already been recommended!

jonnybadd

Didnt see it on the list and it arrived on my doorstep just now, Life is Beautiful, an absolute masterpiece in my opinion, truely one of the most bittersweet films ever made

BolBill

Reef wrote:

Excellent movie, it's an absolute classic.


Em...
the ones I'd recommend seeing that most haven't would be;

Crazy / Beautiful
The Breakfast Club

And recently, the Garden State, bit different but I really liked it.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

Garden State?, and WHERE are we going to rent that?

bopper

Well for those, like me, who like sexy tanned men having it off with one another, presque rien is a must

Reef

BolBill wrote:

Garden State?, and WHERE are we going to rent that?

Sorry forgot it stated 'rent' in the title. As you can guess I didn't rent it! :rolleyes:

Do when it comes out though

Eternal Sunshine was good...a bit over rated though, i think anyway.

tSubh Dearg

Some Like It Hot - Rent it now. It's just such a Classic film.

fade2black

Add serial Mom in there....haha hilarious

Blisterman

trotter_inc wrote:

The Royal Tenanbaums - seen this months ago and thought it was hilarious, but hardly anyone Ive mentioned it to have seen it!!

My 3rd favourite movie of all time. My old sig used to be "Life Moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Which I would have kept, but I wanted a family guy one.


Anyway, Underrated movie- Detroit Rock City- If you like 70s rock, this is the movie for you. Great movie. Could have been funnier, but other thasn that it's great.

Anton17

Some more good films some of you may have not seen...

Y tu mama tambien (brilliant mexican coming of age film)
Fast times at ridgemont high (Sean Penn at his finest)
You can count on me (isnt Laura Linney great)
Warriors ('come out to play eee aay')
Sixteen candles (angsty girl version of Ferris Buellers...)
Labrynth (Bowies codpiece, muppets and the very pretty Jennifer Connelly)
Hard 8 (P.T Andersons debut)

Thats all I can think of that has'nt been mentioned already

Mr_Man

Stand and deliver
Animal House
Shawshank Redemption
Field Of Dreams

and believe it or not Convoy

M.

Reef

Blisterman wrote:

My 3rd favourite movie of all time. My old sig used to be "Life Moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Which I would have kept, but I wanted a family guy one.


Anyway, Underrated movie- Detroit Rock City- If you like 70s rock, this is the movie for you. Great movie. Could have been funnier, but other thasn that it's great.

God I thought the Royal Tenanbaums was bloody awful. Good cast wasted. What a waste of my time.

Tiriel

Amelie.. loved it!

kinkstr

"In the company of men"
This film is an experience, thats the only way i can describe it

Reef

What About Bob

The Burbs

bringitdown

kinkstr wrote:

"In the company of men"
This film is an experience, thats the only way i can describe it

Excellent Film

I would add anything by Jim Jaramusch.
Dancer in the Dark (opinions on this film divided by I hate / I love camps generally)
The Sweet Hereafter.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
Anything Hitchcock.

Once watched To Kill a Mockingbird and Rear Window double header in an old-timey style cinema down under and it was such a treat.

Dac51

Requiem for a dream. Highly recommended to those who haven't seen it.

kinkstr

Dac51 wrote:

Requiem for a dream. Highly recommended to those who haven't seen it.

It was disturbing enough watching it on dvd, certainly a film, i wouldnt like to see again