Do you have a favorite "little-known" movie?

[red dog 1]

'Little-known' means "not widely known or recognized by many people. It refers to something or someone that is not famous or popular.
It's the opposite of being well-known or famous."

[essaynnc]

1. The Cobbler

With Adam Sandler

[leftieNanner]

2. Putney Swope

From 1969.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

196. I used to get all the news via the drum.

Now, I get the news via DU. And the drum.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PTo1DWVCUNY

[sorcrow]

201. Excellent movie.

[dpibel]

3. Rancho Deluxe

Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston, and script by Thomas McGuane. Hard to beat.

Hope it's sufficiently obscure.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

104. I just bought the DVD of that at the Goodwill last Thursday.

I’ve it before, but I sat down and watched chef again.

Although the disc is physically in good shape, the transition from film to DVD was poorly executed.

[Sneederbunk]

4. The Red Tent.

[bamagal62]

24. I had no idea this

Was a movie! Loved the book.

[yellowdogintexas]

166. Same here! Now to find it. nt

[DUgosh]

5. Ruthless People - 1986

Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judd Reinhold, Helen Slater

[JoseBalow]

17. I love wrong numbers!

[OldBaldy1701E]

212. "GOD, I hate that woman. I hate the way she licks stamps!"

[Raven123]

6. Keeping Mum

?feature=shared

[yellowdogintexas]

167. we have this. We got the DVD because of Maggie Smith and Rowan Atkinson. It is a lovely movie nt

[Enter stage left]

7. Yes, three of them...

Hidden Figures,
About the 3 black women who were responsible for the early success of NASA, based on a true story!

Secondhand Lions,
Fictional, but fun. It captures you over the whole show.

And Bottle Shock.
The true story of the huge success of the Napa Valley in the 1970's against the French wine industry. Very entertaining and if you like excellent wines, a true wake up call to the brilliance of the US wine industry.

[Jeebo]

41. Hidden Figures doesn't fit in this thread.

It shows up on cable TV all the time.

— Ron

[Enter stage left]

75. Sorry, I didn't know that. We don't have cable or watch much TV.

[brush]

83. So? Many don't have/watch cable.

[Harker]

152. I'd never heard of it, but I don't stream anything or have access to cable television.

Thus, it's unknown to me.

[brush]

82. "Hidden Figures" for sure. It's hidden history of NASA, early space flight and three genius Black women.

[FalloutShelter]

8. Local Hero

https://m.

&pp=ygURTG9jYWwgaGVybyBlbmRvbmc%3D

[Paladin]

56. Absolutely love "Local Hero."

I've seen it often enough to recognize the scene you posted: in lonely, loud Houston at the conclusion of the movie---right before the phone starts ringing in the little coastal village, perfectly ending the film. Gives me goosebumps, just thinking about it...

[FalloutShelter]

58. Me too.

And the Mark Knopfler score… and a dream cast.
Local Hero is one of my five desert island movies.
Glad someone recognized that scene and it gives me goose bumps too.

[Rustynaerduwell]

69. There should be a word that is defined as 'nostalgia for a place you've never been to'.

That is the effect 'Local Hero' has on me.

[FalloutShelter]

70. The German word is fernweh...

Also known as farsickness ( sounds like the flip side of homesickness): longing for or being drawn to a place you’ve never been.

[Paladin]

150. Count on the Germans to come up with such a useful word.

Reminds me of their schadenfreude (taking pleasure in someone's bad fortune).

[NowsTheTime]

148. Burt Lancaster really excellent, Everyrthing about this movie I like!!!

[FalloutShelter]

149. Not to mention Peter Capaldi...

Future Dr. Who

[VGNonly]

210. I'll make a good Gordon...Gordon.

A true gem, may be my favorite movie of all time, certainly top 5.

[FalloutShelter]

213. Me too...

One of my Desert Island Movies.

[underpants]

9. Happy Texas is a good movie. I'd say "Garden State" and "Logan Lucky"

Both have all star casts.

Garden State has a great soundtrack.

[LastDemocratInSC]

10. Brazil by Terry Gilliam.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

106. Agree. NT

[Alsteen]

11. Mystery Train

By Jim Jarmoush (sp) with Joe Strummer, Screaming Jay Hawkins and a special appearance by Elvis.

[OrwellwasRight]

30. Love Mystery Train

Night on Earth is good too! Jim Jarmusch is a favorite.

[mobeau69]

12. Tie: Sibling Rivalry and Blast from the Past.

[ms liberty]

13. Saving Grace and The Nephew.

[no_hypocrisy]

38. OMG! Saving Grace with Tom Conti about the reluctant Pope!

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I love it.

[ms liberty]

71. No, I'm referring to a film with Brenda Blethyn and Colin Ferguson from 2000.

Saving Grace https://share.google/q1nzC1TuhEIdAa3j4

[no_hypocrisy]

74. OK, got it. I posted my Saving Grace in a sequential post.

[no_hypocrisy]

49. Saving Grace -- MUST SEE!!!

[ms liberty]

73. No, I am referring to the 2000 comedy with Brenda Blethyn and Colin Ferguson

It also has Martin Clunes in the role of a local doctor. A role that became the springboard for the Doc Martin series, according to interviews with the principals involved. Clunes' doctor in Saving Grace is less awkward than Doc Martin, but once you know, you can see the germ of the idea in the movie.

[Easterncedar]

89. I just adore that movie

[jmbar2]

215. Just watched this movie tonite

I bookmarked this post and trolled through it tonite looking for something interesting. Really enjoyed this movie. Thanks for recommending it.

[rickyhall]

14. A Boy and His Dog, 1975

w/Don Johnson

[rurallib]

53. recommended to me by a friend - just loved it

[KitFox]

15. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

Christopher Walken, Carlos Riqueime, Sonia Braga, Chick Vennera. From the book by John Nichols.

[El Supremo]

159. "Thank you God, for letting me have another day."

I say that every morning since I first saw the movie.

[KitFox]

160. Hi El Supremo! So do I ! 😊

[DBoon]

16. Repo Man

Repo Man is a 1984 American science fiction black comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox in his directorial debut. It stars Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez, with Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Vonetta McGee, Fox Harris, and Dick Rude among the supporting cast. Set in Los Angeles, the plot concerns a young punk rocker (Estevez) who is recruited by a car repossession agency and gets caught up in the pursuit of a mysterious Chevrolet Malibu that might be connected to extraterrestrials.

- wikipedia

[callous taoboy]

42. I second Repo Man.

The vibe of this movie is as perfect as a weird little gem like it can get. Produced by Michael Nesmith.

“Repo man never sleeps!"

[Easterncedar]

90. Great movie

[red dog 1]

94. I wouldn't call Repo Man a "little-known' movie

"Rotten Tomatoes" gave the film a 98% approval rating based on 51 reviews.

We have a copy of it, and I've watched it at least a dozen times over the years.

[ProfessorGAC]

122. Very Good Movie

My band adopted "plate of shrimp" as a substitute for "coincidence" because of the movie.

[hatrack]

176. "We've got nothing better to do . . . than sit around and have another brew!!"

[Squeaky41]

18. Little Known

Carole Lombard and Jack Benny in "To Be or Not To Be" (1942)

[NBachers]

19. Three:

1. Breakheart Pass with Charles Bronson

2. American Hot Wax, about Alan Freed, with Jay Leno and Fran Drescher in early-career roles.

3. Tuff Turf with a young James Spader and Kim Richards

[mucifer]

55. Great movie. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft's only movie together was a remake of this.

[LogDog75]

20. Four movies

1. People Will Talk starring Cary Grant and Jean Craig

2. While You Were Sleeping starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman

3. Streets of Fire starring Dianne Lane and Michael Pare

4. It Happened to Jane starring Doris Day and Jack Lemon

[OrwellwasRight]

31. Streets of Fire is awesome

I have the DVD. Saw it in the theaters with one of mz high school boyfriends and never understood why it wasn't a hit. It was a huge flop.
While you were sleeping was pretty big hit though -- I wouldn't call it little known...

[ProfessorGAC]

123. Agree

It's allegorical so a lot of people disliked it because things didn't fit together like a normal story.

[genxlib]

48. Love 'While you Were Sleeping'.

One of my favorite romantic comedies of all time

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains'

It's a true cult classic in that it was a cult classic even before it was released.
Only those of us who saw it on the old USA Night Flight were/are fans.

[applegrove]

22. "My Brilliant Career" by Gillian Armstrong

[Bayard]

23. "Benny & Joon," and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"

Two of my very favorites. Johnny Depp is outstanding in both. A very young Leonardo deCaprio in Gilbert--I personally think its his best career role.

[Easterncedar]

91. Benny and Joon is one I have watched many times

Great cast altogether. Oliver Platt. CCH Pounder. Dan Hedaya. Julianne Moore is wonderful. Aiden Quinn is very sweet in it, too.

[bamagal62]

99. Great movies!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

170. Love both those movies

[bamagal62]

25. After Hours

[OrwellwasRight]

32. Hard agree. NT

[dpibel]

88. A great one

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

26. Closely Watched Trains

Academy Award foreign film. At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity, oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him.

[ZZenith]

27. Big Night

I don’t think it’s ever gotten the credit it deserves.

It’s about food. And family. And dreams. It’s real good.

?si=6mGg2R5E8XUIsPc6

[OrwellwasRight]

33. Love this.

I recommended it to a lot of people and made some people watch it with me.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society.

[markodochartaigh]

29. Cyberworld 3D,

it is apparently lost media now.

?si=OIYw35ExNbrYTC6S

Also, "Glass Bottom Boat" and "Hopscotch". And "Pedro Páramo", the old black and white one, not the new one. Maybe it isn't so unknown, but it doesn't get the respect that it deserves.

[ultralite001]

34. Shooting Fish... Dan Futterman +

Stuart Townsend + Cate Beckinsale

A Boy Ten Feet Tall a/k/a Sammy Going South… w/ Edward G Robinson… this was available on YouTube for a while…

Fortress w/ Rachel Ward…

Ffolks!… w/ Don Ameche + Tom Selleck…

+ too many more to mention…

[OrwellwasRight]

35. Twenty Bucks

The Dao of Steve (also an excellent sound track)
Von Ryan's Express

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108410/

[LearnedHand]

103. Loved the Dao of Steve

[cayugafalls]

36. Bottle Rocket

[fierywoman]

37. Until the End of the World -- Wim Wenders

[PufPuf23]

39. Skidoo.

First saw and became aware of at The Metaphysical Film Society in Berkeley in mid 70s.

Commercial flop with Otto Preminger as director and many famous stars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidoo_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063612/

Trailer

Film (only watched the first several minutes but link works and I saved for later)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8yfh88

[Jeebo]

40. The Wall, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Millennium

The Wall and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly are foreign films. Millennium is a Hollywood science fiction film with Cheryl Ladd and Kris Kristofferson. I read the John Varley novel before I knew they were going to make a movie out of it. These three films never show up on the cable movie channels I get on Mediacom cable. That is the criterion I am using to determine whether they fit in this category. Also the fact that nobody I know has ever seen or even heard of these three films. The first two films are among the best foreign-language films I've ever seen. Millennium is an attempt to make an intelligent science fiction film. I applaud it for the effort, but apparently a lot of people think it doesn't succeed. I disagree with them profoundly.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745686/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_9_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_The%2520Wall

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_The%2520Div

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Millennium

— Ron

[red dog 1]

95. I saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

I liked it.

(I thought it would be like a "Diving Bell" amusement ride like the one they had at San Francisco's Playland at the Beach)


Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 94% based on reviews from 176 critics.

[B.See]

43. "The Keep"

one badass lil movie....Scott Glenn, Gabriel Byrne, Jürgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson, Ian McKellen.

Early Michael Mann. music by Tangerine Dream.

[RazorbackExpat]

44. The Magic Sword (1962)

with Basil Rathbone (1940s Sherlock Holmes) in one of his last roles, as a movie bad guy.

[Emile]

45. The Gods Must Be Crazy

?si=rChhOV8edotSlws_

[ScoutHikerDad]

51. One of the funniest movies ever made!

[rurallib]

54. Yes!

[HeartsCanHope]

185. Love this movie so much!

I'll have to find it in my DVDs and watch it!

[IcyPeas]

46. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, director)

[nonaa]

47. Three in the Attic

Wild in the Streets
Dersu Uzala
Evil Roy Slade
The Southerner
The 1931 version of 'Waterloo Bridge'

[genxlib]

50. Not sure if it qualifies

But ‘JoJo Rabbit’ is one of my favorite movies of all time.

A comedy about Hitler seen through the eyes of a young boy sounds like a risky idea. But it is brilliantly written and acted. Both funny and heartbreaking.

[red dog 1]

96. That one sounds good...I'd like to see it.

It was nominated for 6 Academy Awards, including for Best Picture (It won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay)

[Chasstev365]

52. Repo Man, Goodbye Lenin

[Ritabert]

57. "The Commitments" bringing soul to Dublin

[red dog 1]

143. The Commitments is one of my all-time favorites which has gained "cult status."

(All the musicians were real and actually played their instruments, except for Joey the Lips)

Jimmy's sister, Sharon, was played by Andrea Corr, and the lead guitarist in the "Avant Garde a Clue Band" (skating rink band) was her brother Jim Corr,.
Both of them are members of the Irish band, The Corrs.

[Ritabert]

145. Interesting.

[ScoutHikerDad]

59. I Have Three!

#1. Quest for Fire with Ron Perlman as a Caveman

#2. My Bodyguard with Christopher Makepeace. I used to show it to classes after we were done for the semester, generally after exam review

#3. KPAX with Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. I would sometimes show this one in a creative writing class with some prompts; very thought-provoking!

[Emile]

72. Quest for Fire is a good one!

[red dog 1]

144. I liked My Bodyguard & have seen it several times.

Adam Baldwin later played Animal Mother in "Platoon" & Chris Makepeace (the kid) was also in "Meatballs" (1979)

[Paladin]

60. "The Lives of Others" (2006)

An absolutely flawless German movie. It concerns an utterly vicious Stasi police agent in E. Berlin, and how his life is redeemed by the humane qualities of the people he's surveilling. Too many great scenes to recount, but one that sticks with me is when a room-full of Stasi operatives hear that the Berlin wall is coming down (after a few seconds of considering the enormity of what's happening, they all just put down their listening devices, stand up, and silently walk out of the room). One of those rare movies that makes you feel like a better human being, after you've watched it.

[10 Turtle Day]

86. Agreed, it is an outstanding movie

One that sticks with you for a long time after watching it.

[Upthevibe]

161. Paladin...........

This is the movie I was going to say. It remains in my top 10 favorite movies of all time.

It's an amazing film.

[Paladin]

164. I've seen it several times. An astoundingly well-done film.

So glad to hear you appreciate it, as I do. Definitely in my "Top 10" list.

[mwmisses4289]

61. Two that I have mentioned on other threads

Earth Girls are Easy with Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum and others who became stars in Hollywood

and

Hudson Hawk with Bruce Willis.

Both are comedies and have no redeeming value except to make you laugh.

[betsuni]

138. "Earth Girls are Easy" is fabulous! I need to watch it again.

[PJMcK]

62. Into The Night

It's a comedy/thriller starring very young Michelle Pfeiffer and an equally young Jeff Goldblum with a title song by B.B. King. John Landis directed the film and is featured as an Iranian terrorist. The film was released in the mid-1980s. I still have a VHS copy!

[global1]

205. I Was Traveling On A Business Trip And In LA When They Were Filming......

I happened to be on Rodeo Dr. and watched them filming some of the scenes.

I like you came to really enjoy that movie and I became a big Goldblum fan since.

A fond memory!!!!

[samplegirl]

63. I'll have to look these up

So many to chose from!

[Vadergator]

64. Dead Man

Dead Man starring Johnny Depp with music by Neil Young. "Stupid fucking white man"

[red dog 1]

140. I've seen it and liked it.

Welcome to DU!

[Vadergator]

191. Thanks

Actually visit here daily since around 2002 just don't post much. Had a few posts under a different name years ago but didn't update my account when the site updated years ago.

[KT2000]

65. Housewife, 49

I just watched it on Prime and have been telling my friends to watch it since.

True story. In England, during WWII, a research group asked people to keep diaries of their lives and send them to the group. Five hundred people did, including Nella Last. This 90 minute film from 2006, is from her diary during the war. Rich is the only way I can describe this film.

[Wiz Imp]

66. Melody (1971)

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Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible. The story is told from the children's point of view.

Great Soundtrack by the Bee Gees along with Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Teach Your Children Well" in the closing scene.

[catbyte]

67. Club Paradise or Best in Show

[bamagal62]

100. Best in Show is one of my favorite movies!!!

Soooo funny.

[Rustynaerduwell]

68. Not a big fan of romances, but I loved 'A Walk in the Clouds', a 1995 film with Keanu Reeves,

perfectly cast as the perfect gentleman. But the greatest pleasure comes from watching Anthony Quinn and Giancarlo Giannini in support. Full of people and a place that is easy to fall in love with.

[USAF Brat]

76. Scaramouche

A fabulous swash buckler with, still today, the longest sword fight on the big screen at over 18 minutes long! My family loves this movie just as much as The Princess Bride.

https://share.google/IoYsiMExD1p0IYElp|

Cast:
The film stars Stewart Granger as Andre Moreau, Eleanor Parker as Lenore, Janet Leigh as Aline, and Mel Ferrer as the Marquis de Maynes

Release date: June 27, 1952 (USA)

[The Blue Flower]

77. Robin and Marian

Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery star. Supporting are Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw, Denholm Elliot, and Richard Harris. 1976. Directed by Richard Lester.

[Sibelius Fan]

78. Holiday Affair, starring Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum and Wendell Corey.

[HeartsCanHope]

186. Love watching this at Christmas. Robert Mitchum was so good in this!

[the_liberal_grandpa]

79. ERASERHEAD

[Ocelot II]

129. The creepiest movie ever! Gave me nightmares.

[brush]

80. "Watch on the Rhine" from 1943 starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. Dashiell Hammett screen play based on a...

theactrical production of the same name.

Also "Limitless", a 2010 film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro. Explores the possibilities of using the entire brain capacities.

[justaprogressive]

81. 2 Come to Mind

First Monday in October

Critical Condition

[cbabe]

84. Brother from another planet

The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 low-budget American science fiction film, with a legacy as a cult classic, written and directed by John Sayles. The film stars Joe Morton as an escaped extraterrestrial slave trying to find a new life on Earth.

Full movie

https://m.

[red dog 1]

98. Looks good to me and the price is right (free).

Thanks for posting

[subterranean]

175. I was going to post this one, too.

It's been a few decades since I last saw it, so I just might watch it again with the link you provided.

One interesting thing about this film is that the main character, played by Joe Morton, did not speak a single word in the entire movie. Morton is best known for his role as Miles Dyson in Terminator 2.

[Devilsun]

85. "A Face in the Crowd "

[some_of_us_are_sane]

113. Oooooooooooooo GOOD one, Devilsun!

Andy Griffith as a CREEPY celebrity TV rising in politics. Hard to watch Andy as a villain. (Remind you of anyone??? )

[Cloudhopper]

87. Drowning Mona from 2000

A comedy w/Danny DeVito, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Afflect, and others. I thought it was very funny.

[WhiteTara]

92. The Hours

totally a woman's film.

[3catwoman3]

93. Starman with Jeff Bridges. 1984

Not sure if it is exactly little known, but I don’t remember hearing about it when it was released.

I totally love this movie, and sappily wished the story could have ended with Jenny and Starman being able to stay together.

[red dog 1]

97. I like Jeff Bridges, and I'd like to see Starman.

[bamagal62]

101. The Bad Seed (1956 version)

"Oh, I've got the prettiest mother. I've got the nicest mother."

[some_of_us_are_sane]

114. Gives me shivers, that creepy murderous little girl!

Great choice!

[vanlassie]

102. Lars and the Real Girl.

[bamagal62]

118. Another terrific movie!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

120. Quietly perfect and heartwarming

I LOVED that one.

[jmbar2]

183. I just finished watching that movie, then found this thread

Loved it.

For some reason, it really reminds me of Trump's meeting with the European contingent tomorrow. They are all pretending that Trump is sane, and coming together as a community to try to help him not screw up the whole world. Putin is Bianca.

[Sequoia]

105. Leningrad Cowboys Go America

Cover rock band from Russia invited to play at a wedding in Mexico but first travel and play their songs through several USA cities to get there. Hair styles and shoes are super cool.

[cachukis]

107. De Duva, The Dove.

Short spoof on Ingmar Bergman. Nominated in late 60's.
A revist of Seventh Seal if I remember. Only about 15 minutes. Some made up language.

[yorkster]

126. De Duva was very funny. Saw it eons ago.

[getagrip_already]

108. Tank Girl

Off beat sci fi flick. Love it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

109. Twelve Monkeys.

It is, as far as I'm concerned, the most purely science-fictional movie ever.

[Godot51]

110. Brewster McCloud...

Harold and Maude...

Five...

Raising Arizona...

As several of these, and so many others, have become "cult" movies because of video, DVD, and streaming it's difficult to say what movies are "little known" any longer.

I simply recall liking these. People whom I exhorted them to usually had blank faces.

There were many on this list I have seen and many of them were and are excellent films.

[yellow dahlia]

111. Magic with Anthony hopkins, Ann Margret, and Burgess Meredith.

It plays out psychology aspects and perhaps a parable - elements of film which draw me in.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

112. "Prince of Players" - Richard Burton, 1955

One of my FAVORITES since I was 14. Tells the story of John Wilkes Booth's brother Edwin, a fine Shakespearean actor, whose career almost ends after his brother shoots President Lincoln. MARVELOUS!

You can watch the whole movie for free right on YouTube.

[Thunderbeast]

115. "King of Hearts", "Dersu Uzala"

Both from the mid-70s.

[Figarosmom]

116. The Man in a Glass Booth ....nt

?si=kCi9mTRzO5XOn9ze


Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

?si=kPamlW9ybTeXkLTm

[some_of_us_are_sane]

121. Maximillian Schell was a brilliant actor!

Soooooooooooo great in the Man in the Glass Booth!

[Coventina]

117. Secret of Roan Inish

?si=EJ_UuXaZy5_fLjIu

[Marthe48]

119. Waking Ned Devine

About someone in a small Irish village who wins a lottery.

[Xavier Breath]

124. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Sitting in the theater, as the credits rolled, I was very tempted to sit through it again. I have it on DVD and have watched it countless times, but if I run across it on tv, I always stop and watch it again. It's a great mash-up of sci-fi, farce, drama, romance, and fantasy.

Through the years I've recommended it to anyone that will listen.

[Upthevibe]

162. Xavier Breath............

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is exceptional!

I don't care for Jim Carey's comedies but I think his serious work has been excellent in at least two cases: Eternal Sunshine....., The Truman Show.

[CTyankee]

125. "A Room with a View" is a wonderful, "little" movie (not long). British,, great cast ....

and a wonderful story based on an E.M. Forster novel. It is a Merchant-Ivory film.

The music running through it is "O Mio Babbio Caro," a lovely aria by Puccini.

It is a love story set in late 19th century and tells the story of a young, upper class British woman on a 19th century visit to Florence and finding love.

This film is gentle on your nerves and feeds your soul with its charm. See it or see it AGAIN. (I've seen it about 10 times since its release in the late 1980s). The kiss in the cornfield scene is passionate and elegant at the same time.

[Chemical Bill]

127. Breakfast With Curtis

?si=0RYyXR1BhFXqzr5-

[Chemical Bill]

131. imdb

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2062497/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

[MLAA]

128. Searching for Sugar Man. Wonderful true story with great music.

[Ocelot II]

130. The Year of Living Dangerously

I know, Mel Gibson is in it, but it was made before he went nuts, and anyhow the main character is Linda Hunt playing a male Chinese dwarf and she's brilliant. Also, it's how I discovered Kiri Te Kanawa and Strauss' Four Last Songs.

[gordianot]

132. El Topo

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

[Jilly_in_VA]

133. Delancey Street

with Carol Kane as the matchmaker and Amy Irving. Also The Gods Must Be Crazy, which had even our kids (teenagers at the time) rolling on the floor.

[yorkster]

134. Rapture - 1965 film with Patricia Gozzi,

Dean Stockwell and Melvyn Douglas.
Beautiful film.
Saw it when I was 19 and found it not long ago on TCM.

[Emile]

135. Isle of Dogs

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[NoNewTexas]

136. Creator and Tapeheads

Old and unavailable on Blu-ray
Creator with Peter O'Toole
Tapeheads with John Cusack and Tim Robbins
If you know, you know.

[red dog 1]

195. Welcome to DU!

[odins folly]

137. There was a crooked man... 1970

Kirk Douglas
Henry Fonda
Whole bunch of other folks

Also, My Favorite Year
Peter O’Toole
Mark Linn-Baker

[bottomofthehill]

139. The Guard

Very funny. Dry humor.

[Borogove]

141. Europa Report

A very well-made sci-fi flick that practically no one went to see.

[haele]

142. The Apple War, a Swedish (I think) film from the 1970's.

About a small, previously neutral fairy tale island between Sweden and Germany "claimed" by a German industrialist to be turned into "Deutchneland" resort. And what the natives try to do to push back ...
Hilarious to a 12 year old book nerd in a "Mouse that Roared" way.

Other somewhat obscure/hard to find favorites - "The Fearless Vampire Killers".
Mel Brooks "Silent Movie" - a lot of people didn't like it.
Any of the old Alec Guinness comedies.

I also liked "The Last Starfighter" and "Warriors". Cheesy fun.

[Auggie]

146. 99 River Street:

1953 film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring John Payne and Evelyn Keyes. I love it.

The Slient Partner:

1978 Canadian thriller film directed by Daryl Duke and starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, and Susannah York. A Toronto bank teller, Miles Cullen (Gould), discovers a discarded holdup note during the Christmas holiday season revealing an imminent robbery. Suspecting the mall Santa, Harry Reikle (Plummer), Miles secretly hides $48,300 from his transactions in a lunchbox, giving Reikle only a small amount during the robbery. Realizing he's been shorted, Reikle stalks and threatens Miles.

Winner of three Canadian Film Awards including Best Feature Film and Best Direction.

[LoisB]

153. You beat me to it. That was my choice too.

[LeftInTX]

147. Soapdish....All star cast, but little-known, overlooked movie.

1991 parody of the "soap craze"

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[NowsTheTime]

151. The Couch Trip

[LoisB]

154. 99 River Street and (made for television) The Last Brickmaker in America.

[Bok_Tukalo]

155. Primer

Greatest movie about time travel ever.

And it cost around 7000$ to make.

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[Coloradan4Truth]

156. The Straight Story

Funny and heartwarming. Directed David Lynch

[Laffy Kat]

157. "My Sweet Little Village"

It's a Czech film from the eighties. Precious. You can get it on youtube.

[El Supremo]

158. A Boy Ten Feet Tall (Sammy Going South) with Edward G. Robinson 1963-1965

Oh dear, what can the matter be,
seven old ladies stuck in the lavatory
they were there from Sunday to Saturday,
and nobody knew they were there.

[soldierant]

163. I'll never forget "Il Generale Della Rovere."

Saw it when was in high school (graduated in 62) It was a WWII movie, mostly in Italian but some German bit with subtitles. Triple-A list European actors from both countries for the title character (sort of) and the German commander.

It's about a con man whose income, like everyone's, has been negatively affected by the war. He bears a resemblance to the General, and is arrested by Germans as being the General. He is coerced into pretending to be the General (since con men can pretend to be anything). His German captors want to use him to identify another important figure in the resistance whom they believe to be in the prison they put him in. His demeanor, behavior, and words help give confidence to other Italian POWs, and seeing the difference he can make makes a difference in him. . In the end, he takes it all the way, is shot by a firing squad after being allowed to speak some inspiring last words and requesting a photo be given to "his" family. If this reminds you of Sydney Carton in "Tale of Two Cities," it did me too. But so many details are different and peculiar to the time make it a very different experience.

It may not be "little-known" in Europe, but it surely is little known here in the States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Della_Rovere

[betsuni]

165. "Meeting Venus" -- Glenn Close, about a dysfunctional European opera company.

[yellowdogintexas]

168. I have a few actually

"Undercover Blues" It's uproarious fun as Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner, ex-U.S. spies turned new parents, are persuaded to take on a case that soon has them juggling dangerous world affairs with diapers and 3 a.m. feedings. Our introduction to Stanley Tucci (he steals every scene he is in)

"Feast of the Seven Fishes" A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes. Big Italian family in West Virginia, featuring an evil-eye casting Grandmother, the uncles who take over the cooking, the bickering, the wine and a sweet love story.

"American Dreamer" 1984 This is a gem. We sat through it twice in the theater (back when you could still do that) Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and awakens in the hospital believing she IS Rebecca Ryan. Much craziness ensues as she meets the writer of the Rebecca Ryan books, thwarts real international spies, and eventually gets her memory back. starring Tom Conti and JoBeth Williams I would love to find a DVD of this one.

[red dog 1]

169. Dreamer (2013)

[SharonAnn]

171. Donovan's Reef - John Wayne, Lee Marvin , Dorothy Lamour - Kind of a Rom-com

Takes place on a Polynesian island post-WWII. Good story line, beautiful scenery, good music.

[Jeebo]

172. I don't remember the name, but ...

... about 10 or 15 years ago on one of the cable movie channels I get I saw a WWII movie set in a city in Poland about a city sanitation worker who had access to the underground sewers in the city. The man hid about a couple dozen Jews in the sewers, along with the rats, trash and sewage. Those people were down there for several years until the war ended. The sanitation worker looked out for them, did what he could to protect them, keep them hidden, bring them fresh water and food. That man was a hero, an Oscar Schindler-like hero. I would love to see it again and I keep hoping it will show up somewhere on cable again.

— Ron

[AllaN01Bear]

173. i have too many to print here,but ill give it a stab

paper planes : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Planes_(film)

[GoCubsGo]

174. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension

It's a "cult" film, but outside of die-hard sci-fi fans, I don't think most people have ever heard of it. The cast is full of "just before he/she became famous" actors. It's a fun, goofy movie.

[kerouac2]

177. Neighbors

With John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd

[red dog 1]

199. "Ramona & I haven't eaten all day. We could eat a baby's butt through a park bench."

[TimD82]

178. Deal of the Century

[hatrack]

179. 84 Charing Cross Road - 1987 Anne Bancroft And Anthony Hopkins

Based on actual correspondence between a New York bibliophile (Bancroft) and the gentlemanly London bookstore owner (Hopkins) who finds what she's looking for. Sweet and sad and a love letter to reading.

Ran - 1984 - Akira Kurosawa's last big movie. Overwhelming - "King Lear" set in feudal Japan. Pride, greed, arrogance and filial duty meet up at the castle and immolate themselves, featuring one of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed. Cool trivia - Nakadai Tatsuya, who plays the Lear character, is the protagonist in "Hara-Kiri" from 1962, one of the greatest demolitions of samurai mythology ever.

The Decline of Civilization Part II - The Metal Years - Penelope Spheeris takes on the LA metal scene in the mid-to-late 1980s. A scabrous, dark and funny documentary.

[HeartsCanHope]

190. The book of the same name was so good, I was afraid to watch the movie.

I was pleasantly surprised to find the movie was fantastic and everything wonderful in the book came alive on the screen. Truly one of the best performances for both actors.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

180. I'm not sure how "known" this movie is

but it's clever and hilarious and I love it!

What We Do In the Shadows

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[Humboldt Sage]

181. Red Rock West

[Zackzzzz]

182. Babette's Feast

[Easterncedar]

184. Malcolm

1986 Australian film starring Colin Friels.

[HeartsCanHope]

187. Bachelor Mother with David Niven and Ginger Rogers, great Christmas and New Years movie!

[Easterncedar]

188. David Niven was always wonderful.

I will look for that!

[HeartsCanHope]

189. There's a scene at a party where David Niven laughs.

I just love his laugh--truly infectious!

[Doc_Technical]

192. Little Murders

[LogDog75]

193. Time After Time

Starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, and David Warner.

McDowell play H. G. Wells who hosts a dinner for his friends at the end of 1893. A late guest arrives, Warner playing Dr. John Leslie Stevenson, and Wells shows his guest his invention of the Time Machine and how it works. The police come to Well's house stating Jack the Ripper has killed again and is in the area and they want to search his house. The police find Dr. Stevenson's medical bag with evidence that he's the Ripper. After the police leave, Wells discovers in Time Machine is gone and he realizes Dr. Stevenson used it to escape. The machine returned to it's original location in Well's house and he uses it to travel to where Stevenson ended up, in 1979 San Francisco to terrorize the city. Wells uses his machine to travel to 1979 San Francisco to capture Stevenson and return him to 1893 London. While in San Francisco, he meets Steenburgen and falls in love with her complicating his mission.

This is one of my favorite movies because it blends scifi, drama, comedy, and a love story into one movie.

[red dog 1]

194. It sounds worth watching.

(I just ordered it online from our local library)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

197. The Tenant

Very creepy. Instead of seeing someone go insane, you get to go along for the ride.

And, yeah, it's Polanski, but it's still good.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

198. Macunaima

It's about two hours that you will never get back

[red dog 1]

200. The Matchmaker (1997)

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[global1]

202. The Eddie Duchin Story......nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

203. Ondine

[sorcrow]

204. Dersu Uzala

A Soviet film made by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, his only non-Japanese-language film.
Won the Academy Award for best international feature film in 1976.
Here is someone's overview

Overview
"Dersu Uzala" is epic in form yet intimate in scope. Set in the forests of Eastern Siberia at the turn of the century, it is a portrait of the friendship that grows between an aging hunter and a Russian surveyor. A romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit, it boasts a performance by Maxim Munzuk as the wise and wizened old man of the Taiga

The movie is very interesting as well as the story of the movie. Look it up on Wikipedia.

Think about it, a Soviet film about Czarist Russia made by a Japanese director.

Watch it if you can,
Sorghum Crow

[Dem2theMax]

206. The Station Agent.

From 2003, starring Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson and Bobby Cannavale.

It's my favorite movie of all time.

I know two people who have seen it. Myself, and a friend. I told him to watch it, and he loved it as well.

Highly recommended it.
You can rent or buy it on Amazon Prime.

[red dog 1]

207. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

[Heidi]

208. Down by Law (1986)

https://m.

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[oasis]

209. "After the Fox" w/Peter Sellers, Victor Mature.

[VGNonly]

211. Lonely are the Brave

It was based on the novel The Brave Cowboy written by Edward Abbey, screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau. Douglas plays an old-time cowboy stuck in modern times.

[red dog 1]

214. MY Blue Heaven