10 movies i love that you've ( probably) never heard of

[tschock]

Some great lists so far. Not sure about the "probably never heard of aspect", as I've heard (or seen) many of the movies from many of the lists, but I'm a movie junkie so there's that. Also the 10-ish list below contains some I'm sure many have heard of, but 1 or 2 obscure ones. Hey, they're just off the top of my head. BUT, none of the ones below have been mentioned yet. We might need to start breaking these down by decade.

Snatch - Ya like daags?
The Commitments - I'm black and I'm proud.
Fight Club - Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.
It Happened One Night - Lessons on how to hitchhike.
King of Hearts - Which crazy world would you rather live in?
King of Comedy - Robert DeNiro and Jerry Lewis?
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World / Rat Race (a remake that's not a remake) - Zany slapstick anyone?
Life is Beautiful - Buon giorno, Principessa! ("No spiders and Visigoths allowed.")
Barry Lyndon, Lolita, or almost anything by Kubrick
Tapeheads - "But first, I'm going to need to you do something for me... on spec."
Repo Man - "let's go do some crimes. Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay."

[Sean]

Originally Posted by tschock

Some great lists so far. Not sure about the "probably never heard of aspect", as I've heard (or seen) many of the movies from many of the lists, but I'm a movie junkie so there's that. Also the 10-ish list below contains some I'm sure many have heard of, but 1 or 2 obscure ones. Hey, they're just off the top of my head. BUT, none of the ones below have been mentioned yet. We might need to start breaking these down by decade.

Snatch - Ya like daags?
The Commitments - I'm black and I'm proud.
Fight Club - Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.
It Happened One Night - Lessons on how to hitchhike.
King of Hearts - Which crazy world would you rather live in?
King of Comedy - Robert DeNiro and Jerry Lewis?
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World / Rat Race (a remake that's not a remake) - Zany slapstick anyone?
Life is Beautiful - Buon giorno, Principessa! ("No spiders and Visigoths allowed.")
Barry Lyndon, Lolita, or almost anything by Kubrick
Tapeheads - "But first, I'm going to need to you do something for me... on spec."
Repo Man - "let's go do some crimes. Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay."

Taylor, you beat me to most of my favorites:
Fight Club
Snatch
King of Hearts
Repo Man

Great thread. Brings back some great memories. I saw The Ghost and Mr Chicken in the theater when I was a kid. And I watched Charade with my mom. It was one of her favorites, along with Rear Window.

Speaking of mom, I remember watching a really bad '50s horror movie with her. I think it was called "The Thing That Couldn't Die." It scarred the hell out of me (I was seven or eight). Years later I saw the movie being ridiculed on Mystery Science Theater. Now that was a great show....but that's a topic for another thread.

PS- When you say almost anything by Kubrick, I have to mention Clockwork Orange, though it is hardly obscure.

[clydepepper]

Prisoners is a movie that will affect your life if you let it.

VERY disturbing!


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[Prof_Plum]

Have watched a lot of movies so have seen many on these lists. Hard to come up with 'never heard of' stuff...

A couple already listed...
1) The World's Fastest Indian
2) Grosse Pointe Blank

A few unlisted...
3) Croupier
4) The Warriors
5) Run Silent, Run Deep
6) Streets of Fire
7) The Professionals - B Lancaster (not to be confused with the also excellent movie Leon: The Professional)

A couple most have probably heard of...
8) Silverado
9) Tombstone

Lastly...
10) just about any movie by the Coen brothers (e.g. Blood Simple, Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, etc)

[JustCollectVP]

Prince of the City was a great flick that never seemed to get the due that it deserved.

Ex Machina is a film from 2015 that I found compelling and one that should've made a few lists and not one person that I've ever mentioned it to has heard of it, let alone seen it. Oh, and Alicia Vikander has a significant role in it, too...

[the 'stache]

Another superlative film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975). dir. Chantal Ackerman. Starring Delphine Seyrig.

I found this film enthralling, but I'm betting 99.9% of today's movie goers would walk out on the film before it finished. It requires an extraordinary level of patience.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Another superlative film, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975). dir. Chantal Ackerman. Starring Delphine Seyrig.

I found this film enthralling, but I'm betting 99.9% of today's movie goers would walk out on the film before it finished. It requires an extraordinary level of patience

Try watching Last Year At Marienbad, although it does have a nifty card trick that gets repeated a few times. (Yes, I made it through it all).