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Favorite films that no-one else has ever heard of

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  • #32
    b12mearse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 283 ✭✭b12mearse


    raw head rex


  • #33
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭rednik


    Two days in the valley. Excellent comedy thriller with James Spader, Charlize Theron, Eric Stoltz and Danny Aiello. For me an absolute classic.
    To live and Die in LA. William Petersen of CSI fame, Willem Dafoe and John Turturro. One of the best action films of the eighties with one of the biggest shock endings I've ever seen. Directed by William Friedkin another classic.


  • #34
    MonicaBing
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    Tombstone. That is all.


  • #35
    liah
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    Breakfast on Pluto, now that I think of it. No idea about its popularity in Ireland since it was made here, but nobody anywhere else seems to have heard of it.

    Absolutely fantastically funny film with a lot of heart, one of my most favourite movies ever.


  • #36
    Esmeralda34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭Esmeralda34


    Hi there

    I'm searching for the name of a French horror film that was reviewed this week on TV3 AM. I thought the name was along the lines of The Churned, but I'm obviously wrong! Granted I was half asleep but I believe the story line was in the general gist of three girls that had been in care (could be wrong here!) and that murder a family...? It got a pretty good review (by the way, anyone seen Let The Right One In? - excellent in my opinion)...

    I think it may now be on dvd. Actually, I really should have checked dvd releases before I started typing this! But hey, I've started this, so if someone out there has the answer for me, I'd be most grateful!

    Es


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  • #37
    thebullkf
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    heres my tuppenceworth... some well known(sorry!)

    oldboy-(whole trilogy actually-new one coming soon:D)
    frailty-matthewmc connaughy-brill
    the orphanage/anything by guillermo del toro
    harsh times-christianbale/magic.
    Fateless-think its hungarian about the holocaust-savage
    a bittersweet life-korean-tarantino eat your heart out!!
    Zatoichi-(the remake) with takeshi kitano,
    ichi the killer----all out nuts!!!!
    thesis-spanish film v v good.
    the sea inside-one of the best of all time. also spanish


  • #38
    Esmeralda34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭Esmeralda34


    Hi

    Well two of my favourite films couldn't be more different! One is a Jimmy Stewart black & white classic, Harvey... The other is Brain Damage - check it out, not or the faint-hearted mind! Also far from gore for the sake of it though. Thought-provoking...


  • #39
    niallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭niallon


    thebullkf wrote: »
    frailty-matthewmc connaughy-brill

    +1 on Frailty, discussed it here somewhere before, criminally underrated. And very easily forgotten that it's also Bill Paxton's directorial debut


  • #40
    bnt
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    One that's only partly obscure, since the book is quite well-known, and it won an Oscar (for Geena Davis): The Accidental Tourist. I like it for its quiet humanism, the way it explores what people need from each other, and the surprising ways in which you can connect with them.

    If you want a really obscure one, though, it has to be King Frat: I saw this when I was about 12, which (if you read the details) is way too young, apparently. It's like Animal House without the common sense, taste, or morals. :cool:

    In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character.

    ― Wilhelm Reich



  • #41
    The Pontiac
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    Bad Boy Bubby, see a review on boards a few months back. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055529775&highlight=bubby.

    Most people I meet never heard of it. Cult classic.


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  • #42
    deereidy
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    Ghost World is a good one, stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannson in her nymphy days.
    Also Deathproof, pretty recent but hardly anyone seems to know it..


  • #43
    dontcallmerosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭dontcallmerosie


    Definately the nines, just picked it up random and turned out to be amazin, also eden log, oldboy and lady vegence havent seen sympathy, pi, dune, life aquatic, my bf recommends julian po.


  • #44
    grames_bond
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    id have to say lords of dogtown. Brilliant movie even if you are not interested in the Z boys/skate scene! and heath ledgers performance was brilliant, joker-esque at times! defo reccomended strongly!


  • #45
    merlie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭merlie


    Cheers to the OP for getting the obscure movie names out of the woodwork...always a good thing ...thanks :)

    Some of the ones below may be known but are some of my favourite movies.

    Napoleon (1927) - Although Napoleon has been played by various actors over the years, this movie by Abel Gance,has to be among the contenders. Not only for its visual and before time imagery and the main actor, Albert Dieudonne, who not only bore that likeness to the man and because of that stirred some french people (whilst on location ) to cheer the man they thought was Napoleon, they thought had come back from the dead. Sadly though in later years the actor who played Napoleon, believed he was him and had become fixated with the man.

    Apart from that a little obscure television version of Napoleon dating from 1972. It is hardly ever mentioned and sadly there are no dvd or vhs copies of it available. It was called 'Napoleon and Love' and starred Ian Holm as Napoleon and Billie Whitelaw as Josephine. I vaguely recount seeing a copy of a TV guide that time and there was a black and white photo of Ian Holm standing in profile beside a bust of the emperor and it was considered in the article, he had similarities in appearance to Napoleon. The series was an excellent one. The BBC/ITV excelled in period drama around the 70's.


  • #46
    Magic Eight Ball
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    Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi. Amazing movie, the swordplay alone is worth parting with cash.


  • #47
    uncleoswald
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    Denerick wrote: »
    Yea, I think I know what your on about. Called Green Street was it? Starring Elijah Wood?

    Not sure but it had Danny Dyer in it...

    Another of mine:
    Ikiru
    Its Kurosawa so maybe not that obscure but its definitely one of his lesser known ones. Perhaps the most poignant movie I have ever seen and its beautiful to look at. Better then Its A Wonderful Life in My Opinion, and I love Its A Wonderful Life.


  • #48
    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,485 ✭✭✭Denerick


    There's a French film called C.R.A.Z.Y, a 'coming of age tale' about a French teen in a Catholic family who is forced to reconcile himself to the fact that he's gay. The plot sounds a little cliched but its done very well, along with all the trademark French moral conundrums and emotional depth. Not sure how obscure it is though, saw it on Film Four late one night...


  • #49
    S.M.B.
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    Last Life in the Universe

    The only Thai films that most people seem to be aware of are either the mainstream horror or martial arts films but this is a beautiful drama directed by one of Thailands finest directors, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

    Kind of like a dreamier version of Lost in Translation set in rural Thailand starring Tadanobu Asano from Zatoichi which others have mentioned.

    There is even an odd cameo from Takashi Miike.

    Highly recommended if you're into slowly paced character driven dramas.


  • #50
    mike65
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    Can't belive know many of these films are considered "hardly heard of"! :)

    The Accidental Tourist? One of the best reviewed films in the mid 80s, Harvey is a bona fide classic, Tombstone? Thats the modest hit Kurt Russell/Val Kilmer western I take it?
    Deathproof? C'mon you're taking the pish!


  • #51
    Magic Eight Ball
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Magic Eight Ball


    uncleoswald wrote: »
    Not sure but it had Danny Dyer in it...

    Your thinking of 'The Football Factory' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Factory_(film)


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  • #52
    Joycey
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    Heres three just off the top of my head, plenty more in there, if I think of any esp worth recommending il post again

    The Addiction - Abel Ferrara (thought it was massively pretentious when I was watching it but I realised that the inconsistent and somewhat retarded philosophising actually reflects the mental state of the main character, definitely the wierdest and possibly best take of the vampire genre ive ever come across, gotta love the use of Cypress Hill vs modernist classical music in there too)

    Close-up - Abbas Kiarostami (probably not that obscure, Kiarostami is making waves in France and places. Anything by him is worth watching, "A Taste of Cherry" is possibly my favourite film)

    Ordet - Dreyer (again not that obscure, this is an absolute masterpiece, interesting comparison to be made between it and A Taste of Cherry)


  • #53
    uncleoswald
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Can't belive know many of these films are considered "hardly heard of"! :)

    Well its all relative really. For some people anything with even a whiff of a foreign accent, is in black and white, or doesn't have Kate Hudson in it is obscure.

    I recently heard someone on TV refer to The Simpsons as a cult TV show!


  • #54
    Rowley Birkin QC
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    The Escapist. Saw it by chance one night and have watched it a few times since. Brian Cox gives a great performance in a movie which finally convinced me to stop watching the tripe that is Prison Break. Filmed in Kilmainham too so you can go visit the set after seeing the film.


  • #55
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Freeway
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116361/

    Perdita Durango
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119879/
    (Bardem is sofaking good in this)

    SherryBaby
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423169/

    El Topo
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067866/

    Boss ******
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072725/

    Street Trash
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094057/

    Thriller : A Cruel Picture
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072285/

    Deadbeat At Dawn
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099377/

    My Sweet Satan
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110616/

    Clean,Shaven
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106579/
    (Green is outstanding)

    Cutting Moments
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159391/


  • #56
    Caprica
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    Lovers of the Artic Circle
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133363/

    Secrets and Lies
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117589/

    All about my Mother
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185125/

    Bridge to Terrabithia
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398808/

    The Wave
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/

    The Orphanage
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/

    Russian Ark
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/

    Hero
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/


  • #57
    grimm2005
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    A film i loved which i'm not sure many have heard of is Cannibal: The Musical
    Trey Parker's first film long before south park was made. funny stuff


  • #58
    speedboatchase
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    American Psycho. New York Matinee called it a playful but mysterious little film


  • #59
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    speedboatchase wrote: »
    American Psycho. New York Matinee called it a playful but mysterious little film

    Im pretty sure that there are quite a few that have heard of it.:pac:

    Thursday is another I forgot to mention.Such a great movie.


  • #60
    Joycey
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    Caprica wrote: »
    Russian Ark
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/

    +1


    Not mad about All About My Mother though. And I flat out didnt like hero...
    American Psycho. New York Matinee called it a playful but mysterious little film

    Theres nothing mysterious or unheard of about American Psycho ;)


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  • #61
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,876 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Joycey wrote: »
    +1


    Not mad about All About My Mother though. And I flat out didnt like hero...



    Theres nothing mysterious or unheard of about American Psycho ;)

    Too artsy? Too intellectual? I think American Psycho was the Christian Bale's undisputed masterpiece.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861739/

    This is Tropa De Elite, a great, great film, a personal favorite


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