list lesser known films that are worthy of a look
I'll start,

Pandorum: really great movie, was captivating from start to finish, deserves a sequal in my opinion

9/24/2010 12:55:25 PM

star wars
shawshank redemption
pulp fiction
titanic
avatar

9/24/2010 12:58:57 PM

Robocop

9/24/2010 1:02:31 PM

ok i hope that satisfies the troll urges for the rest of this thread

9/24/2010 1:03:18 PM

Titus
Dark City
In the Mouth of Madnesss
begotten (really weird)

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9/24/2010 1:03:57 PM

greenberg is the best movie i've seen in the past couple years

9/24/2010 1:09:46 PM

An American Werewolf in London

Horror snobs like myself probably know of this movie way too much but most people I talk to have never even heard of it.

9/24/2010 1:46:31 PM

Breaking Away
12 Angry Men
Hairspray
Let the Right One In
Brazil
Time Bandits
Rock & Roll High School
Paper Moon
What's Up, Doc?

9/24/2010 1:55:29 PM

just watched Insomnia, good but not great

9/29/2010 2:37:42 AM

Equilibrium
Good Sci Fi flick that probably was over looked by a lot of people. If you liked stuff like A Brave New World, or 1984, or even the Matrix then I would check this out.

9/29/2010 9:58:36 AM

Shark Attack 3:Megalodon

9/29/2010 10:13:56 AM

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"Equilibrium"

Equilibrium is one of the most derivative movies ever made. It's like a Girl Talk album sampled from dystopian sci-fi, except nothing new, unexpected, or interesting emerges.

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"just watched Insomnia, good but not great"

I pretty much agree, but if you're talking about the American remake, I think it gets bonus points for being just as good as the original.

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"An American Werewolf in London"

My friend @giantpengy's tweet from a few days ago: "Nurse Alex is hot! An American Werewolf in London? More like An American Boner in my Underpants."


Couple of things I'd recommend off the top of my head:
The Best of Youth - tells the story of a family over the course of forty years. Kind of like The Godfather without crime. Six hours long (!).
Primer - More people have seen this since it's come out, but if you haven't, do yourself a favor and watch it. Awesome heady low-budget sci-fi. See: http://xkcd.com/657/large/
The Fog of War - My favorite documentary, hands down. Watch Robert S. McNamara speak completely openly about his history of orchestrating US military conflicts. Horrifying.
The Dreamers - Not particularly obscure, but one of my favorite movies. Required viewing for people obsessed with movies and/or tits.
The Proposition - Australian Western written by Nick Cave. Bleak. As. Fuck. So good.
Solaris and Sunshine - Two awesome examples of contemplative science fiction.

That's a start.

9/29/2010 11:14:08 AM

Sunshine was fucking horrible

9/29/2010 11:20:18 AM

^^

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"ok i hope that satisfies the troll movie snobbery urges for the rest of this thread"

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9/29/2010 11:20:45 AM

It's a thread about "lesser known films that are worthy of a look."

You want me to recommend Die Hard? I like Die Hard. I think everybody's seen it, though.

9/29/2010 12:08:15 PM

Cidade de Deus / City of God

It's a Brazilian movie, so it's in Portuguese and subtitled, but it it's probably in my top ten list of favorite movies. I'm sure some of you've seen it, the rest probably never heard of it.

9/29/2010 12:15:41 PM

Cashback
Brick
Stardust
Macgruber
Wet Hot American Summer
Donnie Darko
The Fountain
No Country for Old Men
The Dark Knight

9/29/2010 12:28:21 PM

Legend of Bagger Vance

9/29/2010 1:02:26 PM

^^haha I'm going to assume that was a trolling attempt, otherwise please kill yourself.

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9/29/2010 1:03:53 PM

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"greenberg is the best movie i've seen in the past couple years"

C'mon, it was solid but not that great.

As far as this topic goes, I'll say most of the critically acclaimed animated movies: Toy Story series, Shrek series, Up, Wall E, etc......I'm not trying to be tough, I've enjoyed the few I've scene.

Fuck: I totally misread the topic.


Okay I'll say Very Bad Things because Christian Slater is hilarious in it.

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9/29/2010 1:07:21 PM

American Kickboxer 2

mostly for the epic well-acted final fight

9/29/2010 1:08:46 PM

Smiley Face- trippy stoner flick starring Anna Faris

Shallow Grave- Danny Boyle's first feature, about a group of roommates/friends who discover a suitcase full of cash and eventually turn on each other, good mix of comedy with some darker themes.

Jacob's Ladder- excellent psychological thriller about a Vietnam vet struggling with mental illness (or is he?)

Clockers- really good drug dealing film from Spike Lee, with a screenplay written by acclaimed author Richard Price (who later wrote for The Wire)

King of New York- vastly underrated gangster flick starring Larry Fishbourne and Christopher Walken (I am hesitant to list it since Craig Lindsey just wrote a column about how awesome it is).

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9/29/2010 1:40:26 PM

The Crow - epic revenge movie

9/29/2010 2:19:04 PM

Punch Drunk Love was great, and not too many of my friends of seen it.

9/29/2010 3:03:50 PM

Franklyn was pretty neat

9/29/2010 3:23:02 PM

I second Punch Drunk Love

9/29/2010 3:56:08 PM

did not like punch drunk love.

9/29/2010 4:13:08 PM

I saw Equilibrium last week, it was one of the most unintentionally funny & biggest ripoff movies i've ever seen

"look he's got a cute dog, kill him"

i cant believe anyone seriously like it, although i'd still recommend people to watch it just for the funny

9/29/2010 4:22:06 PM

Well fine. Since nobody liked my suggestion of Equilibrium, then I'll throw out the movie Unthinkable with Samuel L Jackson and Carrie Ann Moss. It's a new movie but most of the people I've talked to have never heard of it.

9/30/2010 1:14:40 PM

A Town Called Panic

Stop-motion french film on Netflix Instant Watch. It was hilarious. Kind of like Wallace & Gromit on a sugar high.

9/30/2010 1:34:07 PM

Moon - not bad, interesting psychological sci-fi movie

10/18/2010 4:10:01 PM

i was serious about robocop

most of the knobs on here have no idea the line "goodnight, sweet prince" was hilariously used during the murphy kill scene

10/18/2010 4:17:39 PM

Hot Fuzz
Fever Pitch
Catch me if you can
The departed
Snatch
Inside Man

10/18/2010 4:57:51 PM

pandorum was suggested to me by netflix after watching serenity. serenity ruled, pandorum has dennis quaid...nuff said.

10/18/2010 5:03:01 PM

You trying to tell me Innerspace didn't rock your world?

10/18/2010 5:08:42 PM

I watched an indie comedy called The Wedding Weekend last night. It was surprisingly decent. It reminds me of my group of friends and how awkwardly close we all are, minus the whole a capella group.

10/18/2010 5:25:25 PM

There's a pretty decent horror movie on instant watch called The House of the Devil that came out last year but I hadn't heard of it. Definitely recommend to fans of Satanic cults.

10/18/2010 5:33:32 PM

Also holy shit Troll 2 is on instant watch. Do yoselfs a favor.

10/20/2010 11:17:28 AM

LA Confidential
North Country
Orgazmo
The Queen

10/20/2010 11:49:38 AM

I didn't really like The Queen...I dunno, it was fine, but it was one of those things that was just inexplicably super popular (as indie releases go).

Still haven't seen North Country, I'll have to check that out.

10/20/2010 12:10:06 PM

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"LA Confidential"

This could probably be said about a lot of movies in this thread, but I don't think many people missed L.A. Confidential it won 2 oscars for christs sake.

10/20/2010 12:19:03 PM

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"As far as this topic goes, I'll say most of the critically acclaimed animated movies: Toy Story series, Shrek series, Up, Wall E, etc."

The support in for the Shrek films among critics is mediocre at best, and nowhere close to the positive response generated by Pixar films.

10/20/2010 1:02:08 PM

Gates of Heaven. Errol Morris' first documentary, about Pet Cemeteries and alive humans. Upon the movie's completion, Werner Herzog cooked, and ate, a leather shoe as he'd bet that Morris would never finish the project.

Melvin Goes to Dinner. 4 people sit in a restaurant and talk. Sample line of dialogue: "I came so hard I almost shit the bed."

The Weatherman. Nicolas Cage humorously plays a sad loser. But this time, he as a bow and arrow.

A Woman is a Woman. Foreign, meaning the character's speak French. Sexy, meaning there are tits. Funny, meaning smart-silly. Directed by Goddard, meaning nothing.

Mishima: a Life in Four Chapters. A movie show so engrossing I chose not to leave for the bathroom to masturbate. And there's ritualistic suicide and a Phillip Glass score.

Bridge to Terabithia. Your time would probably be better served reading the book, but the movie has made at least one grown man cry.

10/20/2010 1:04:28 PM

LIGHTS

CAAAAAAMERAAAAA

ACTION

10/20/2010 1:52:55 PM

Comedies
- Fanboys (a must for any Star Wars fan)
- I Love You, Man
- Be Kind Rewind

Good Stories
- Stranger than Fiction
- Green Street Hooligans
- Stardust
- Poolhall Junkies

Suspense
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- The Jacket

10/20/2010 2:19:13 PM

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"Poolhall Junkies "

The reason people might have missed this one is because it sucks, big time...it's unintentionally funny in some spots but that's about all it has going for it. There is a reason the dude who wrote/directed/starred in it hasn't worked since.

10/20/2010 4:45:37 PM

thank you for smoking

10/20/2010 9:23:30 PM

has anyone else seen the film The Freebie starring Katie Aselton (of The League) and Dax Shepard?

It clocks in at 75 minutes so it's easily watchable. It explores the relationship and subsequent downfall of a married couple who agree to give each other one freebie weekend to explore and engage in sexual activity with another partner. It's low budget, but I thought it was pretty spot on in regards to the effects those actions can have on what was seemingly a very strong relationship that was only in a slight lull.

1/26/2011 8:23:41 AM

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"King of New York- vastly underrated gangster flick starring Larry Fishbourne and Christopher Walken (I am hesitant to list it since Craig Lindsey just wrote a column about how awesome it is). "

I've always wanted to see this but pass it over because it honestly just looks like a shitty movie from the cover and I've never heard anybody say anything about it.

Now I have, so now I will probably watch it.

1/26/2011 8:50:07 AM

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"The Fog of War - My favorite documentary, hands down. Watch Robert S. McNamara speak completely openly about his history of orchestrating US military conflicts. Horrifying."

and

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"has anyone else seen the film The Freebie starring Katie Aselton (of The League) and Dax Shepard?"

this was pretty good, im still not sure if either of them actually followed through or not


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1/26/2011 11:59:37 AM