Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

Lorelli! · 04-07-2018 1:28am

spookwoman wrote: »

Romper Stomper - Skinkheads in Australia with Russell Crowe
Chopper - Story of Mark "Chopper" Read based on his book From the Inside. Eric Bana
The Hidden - Sci Fi Kyle MacLachlan is chasing an alien parasite that taken of human bodies and goes on a crime spree
Society - Just weird

Never saw The Hidden but the other 3 are all very good.

I vaguely remember watching the comedy horror The People Under The Stairs as a kid and being creeped out. Not sure if it went under the radar but I must watch it again.

tomofson · 04-07-2018 1:55am

Lorelli! wrote: »

I watched that film years ago and loved it. I can't remember much of it now. I think it was a bit like grease but had a much darker element to it? The soundtrack of it was amazing.

I seen that film the wanderers when I was like 9 or 10, and I couldn't stop saying, "nobody ****s with the baldies".

The duckie boys terrified me as a kid, I had no idea they where based off a real life Irish american street gang.

I also loved another gang movie called The Warriors from the same year.

Lorelli! · 04-07-2018 2:08am

tomofson wrote: »

I seen that film the wanderers when I was like 9 or 10, and I couldn't stop saying, "nobody ****s with the baldies"..

I can't remember that part. I must say that to my brother though cause he's a baldy

could have also been a line from Romper Stomper!

turbot · 04-07-2018 2:14am

Old Boy (original) was amazing.
Spirited Away & Howls Moving Castle - great films too.

tomofson · 04-07-2018 2:14am

Lorelli! wrote: »

I can't remember that part. I must say that to my brother though cause he's a baldy could have also been a line from Romper Stomper!

No it was definitely from the wanderers, I seen it recently, I loved romper stomper too.

Lorelli! · 04-07-2018 2:22am

tomofson wrote: »

No it was definitely from the wanderers, I seen it recently, I loved romper stomper too.

I know. I was joking.

tricky D · 04-07-2018 1:56pm

I'll throw in Parents with Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt, Dir Bob Balaban. Creepy with a great soundtrack. Beware spoilers.

spookwoman · 04-07-2018 2:15pm

Lorelli! wrote: »

Never saw The Hidden but the other 3 are all very good.

I vaguely remember watching the comedy horror The People Under The Stairs as a kid and being creeped out. Not sure if it went under the radar but I must watch it again.

I remember that one as well same guy who played the priest in silver bullet was in it.

Few others are
Moon 44 - sci fi with Michael Pare
Dark Angel - Sci Fi with Dolf Lundgren
Wasabi - Action with Jean Reno
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone - sci fi with Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwold

PlaneSpeeking · 04-07-2018 2:23pm

Probably banned nowadays given the Me too nonsense but The Life of David Gale should be mandatory to watch.

Winslet is meh as per but Spacey I don't think has been finer.

Kenny B · 04-07-2018 2:45pm

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,

Management - Jenifer Aniston/Steve Zahn, simple and easy to watch with great music all through it,

Ma ma - Spanish film with Penelope Cruz, best film I watched this year, by far,

Sleep Tight - The male actor from Ma ma did another great Spanish Film, a mad storyline but very enjoyable.

and lastly because I just lover Penelope Cruz.

Volver - Spanish again but so good you don't notice the subtitles.

Wottle · 04-07-2018 2:54pm

Rudderless - stays with you for a while, great soundtrack

SimonTemplar · 04-07-2018 2:58pm

The Survivalist was one of my favorite films from 2016. Very taunt and raw film making and dripping in tension.

Donatron · 04-07-2018 2:58pm

Mud (2013) - An excellent film with shades of Stand By Me. Stars Matthew McConaughey and was one of the first films of his recent renaissance, before Dallas Byers Club, Interstellar etc.

hgfj · 04-07-2018 2:58pm

Lucky starring Harry Dean Stanton. Released in USA in October, 2017 so maybe too soon to be under the radar. He died two days before the offical release. Played a 91 year old atheist. A very personal film based on his own philosphy on life.

sicknotexi · 04-07-2018 3:20pm

Drugstore Cowboy.

Mrcaramelchoc · 04-07-2018 3:21pm

Tresspass

Hard rain

Surviving the game.

cnocbui · 04-07-2018 6:28pm

After Hours (1985)

A Good Year (2006)

GreNoLi · 04-07-2018 6:29pm

Exorcist 3

sinnerboy0 · 04-07-2018 7:03pm

"The 25th Hour" starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson.

04-07-2018 11:53pm

"A Most Violent Year" Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, not an original story in that it's someone with a shady past trying to go legit but it's a new telling, location, and era

chatticusfinch · 05-07-2018 12:15am

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.

tomofson · 05-07-2018 3:36am

sicknotexi wrote: »

Drugstore Cowboy.

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Oh I love that film, another good one is My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Night of the comet (1984) is another good one, particularly if you are like me and love 80's horror movies.

The Funhouse (1981) I really loved this one too.

Clownhouse (1989)

Rebel Rebel · 05-07-2018 8:40pm

Carnage 2011

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692486/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPX6-4Bo7XU

bnt · 05-07-2018 9:43pm

chatticusfinch wrote: »

Chef, the Jon Favreau movie was pretty good, and the food looked class.

Which reminds me of another great food-themed movie that seems to have dropped off the radar: Big Night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkaaUuQwRZY

Technocentral · 05-07-2018 10:18pm

Deleted User wrote: »

"A Most Violent Year" Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, not an original story in that it's someone with a shady past trying to go legit but it's a new telling, location, and era

Happened upon that on TV a while back, didn't know anything about it bit it was fantastic.

kuntboy · 05-07-2018 11:12pm

Sorcerer
Ran
Amour
Blue Ruin
Castaway (Oliver Reed version)
Ironclad
Last Train Home
Salaam Bombay
Snow on tha Bluff
Starred Up
The Experiment
Another Year

Ipso · 06-07-2018 1:06am

What about The Grey, I don't think it was a hit.

EagererBeaver · 06-07-2018 8:13am

Ipso wrote: »

What about The Grey, I don't think it was a hit.

Yeah, really enjoyed that one.

The 3.10 to Yuma remake had Christian Bale and Russell Crowd but I don't remember it being a bit either. Loved it.

06-07-2018 8:53am

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Yeah, really enjoyed that one.

The 3.10 to Yuma remake had Christian Bale and Russell Crowd but I don't remember it being a bit either. Loved it.

Watched that recently, it was great, Russell Crowe was really warm and charming which I enjoyed

Ipso · 07-07-2018 9:18pm

Adventureland. I seem to remember the trailer making it out to be a comedy like American Pie.

Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

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