Good movies that aren't commonly spoken about

[QUOTE="Lyphe2k"]

I can name a hundred movies that aren't commenly spoken about today. But most of them maybe from 30+ years back so they've lost their cool and maybe they were more talked about during their time.

Here are a few from around recent years -

(Mostly anything with Christian Bale)

The Machinist, The Prestige, Equilibrium etc...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (VERY funny movie), Donnie Brasco, Magnolia, Memento, Children of Men, Little Miss Sunshine, Wonderboys, Zodiac, American History X, The Big Lebwoski, Se7en, Traffic, Requiem for a Dream...

Obviously there's a lot more but I'm too lazy to type more of them up. But I hardly hear anyone talking about these movies. All I'm hearing is "Oh that new Ben Stiller movie was so good!"

B05T0N

Mostly about my peers (17 year olds and such). Most of the people I talk to have never seen these movies. They may have heard about them but the've never actually seen them so they never talk about them.

[QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"][QUOTE="B05T0N"][QUOTE="Lyphe2k"]

I can name a hundred movies that aren't commenly spoken about today. But most of them maybe from 30+ years back so they've lost their cool and maybe they were more talked about during their time.

Here are a few from around recent years -

(Mostly anything with Christian Bale)

The Machinist, The Prestige, Equilibrium etc...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (VERY funny movie), Donnie Brasco, Magnolia, Memento, Children of Men, Little Miss Sunshine, Wonderboys, Zodiac, American History X, The Big Lebwoski, Se7en, Traffic, Requiem for a Dream...

Obviously there's a lot more but I'm too lazy to type more of them up. But I hardly hear anyone talking about these movies. All I'm hearing is "Oh that new Ben Stiller movie was so good!"

B05T0N

Yeah, same thing with Donnie Brasco, Magnolia, Children of Men, Little Miss Sunshine, and American History X, and Traffic.

I live in a fraternity house, a decent sized one with a lot of guys who have varying tastes in movies. The movies I mentioned were unknown by pretty much everyone, but after people saw them, most enjoyed them.

Thats how movies like the Big Lebowski and the Boondock Saints were originally. Only a few people knew about them, before those people showed them to their friends, who showed them to their friends, who showed them to their friends, and on and on and on...

yeah I know, that was my point. Hell, some of those movies were nominated for academy awards...

[QUOTE="B05T0N"][QUOTE="NavigatorsGhost"][QUOTE="B05T0N"][QUOTE="Lyphe2k"]

I can name a hundred movies that aren't commenly spoken about today. But most of them maybe from 30+ years back so they've lost their cool and maybe they were more talked about during their time.

Here are a few from around recent years -

(Mostly anything with Christian Bale)

The Machinist, The Prestige, Equilibrium etc...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (VERY funny movie), Donnie Brasco, Magnolia, Memento, Children of Men, Little Miss Sunshine, Wonderboys, Zodiac, American History X, The Big Lebwoski, Se7en, Traffic, Requiem for a Dream...

Obviously there's a lot more but I'm too lazy to type more of them up. But I hardly hear anyone talking about these movies. All I'm hearing is "Oh that new Ben Stiller movie was so good!"

NavigatorsGhost

Yeah, same thing with Donnie Brasco, Magnolia, Children of Men, Little Miss Sunshine, and American History X, and Traffic.

I live in a fraternity house, a decent sized one with a lot of guys who have varying tastes in movies. The movies I mentioned were unknown by pretty much everyone, but after people saw them, most enjoyed them.

Thats how movies like the Big Lebowski and the Boondock Saints were originally. Only a few people knew about them, before those people showed them to their friends, who showed them to their friends, who showed them to their friends, and on and on and on...

yeah I know, that was my point. Hell, some of those movies were nominated for academy awards...

"blow" was a good movie

"goodfellas" it's talked about a lot i guess, but it kinda gets overshadowed by other gang flicks like the godfather, or scarface

I think his point was that even though they were nominated for an Acadamy Award, they still aren't commonly spoken about. Lyphe2k

I thought the point of this thread was to mention movies that have pretty much gone unnoticed by everyone. Your peers, critics, everybody. Movies that are actually good and eventually might become cult classics, like Big Trouble in Little China.

City of God, one of the best movies i've ever seen.JJ_1

Thursday.

To my knowledge theres only one other person here who has heard of it. Not sure if they have seen it or not.

Thursday.

To my knowledge theres only one other person here who has heard of it. Not sure if they have seen it or not.

Apollo5000

Thursday.

To my knowledge theres only one other person here who has heard of it. Not sure if they have seen it or not.

Apollo5000

Poolhall Junkies- The acting and story are pretty mediocre, but damn is it a cool movie.

Green Street Hooligans- Awesome movie about football (as in the European one) hooliganism.

American History X- Great movie, probably Ed Norton's best.

I saw a movie called In America, and I thought it was superb. It was about an Irish family immigrating to America in the 80's it tried to show how immigrant families are still struggling as they were in the early 20th century.fidosim

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Igby Goes Down, one of my favourite films never really got the recognition it deserved.

More obscure the French film The City of Lost Children (Le Cite des Enfants Perdue) is brilliant but had one of the worst English dubs I have come across. Unfortunately the rare DVD release with French sound and English subtitles has thus far eluded me.

Also worth a mention is Near Dark - I love vampire movies and moving the genre away from the aristocratic to Redneck vamps was inspired. The casting of several ex-Aliens actors was also perfect. No one seems to know the film, although I hope that may have changed with the new DVD release a few years ago.

What about Mulholland Drive, pretty good movie that didn't receive too much attention.Yagr_Zero

That's my third favourite movie.

Old Boy

Ghost Dog

Ghost World

The Royal Tenenbaums

City of God

Another Day in Paradise

But I'm a Cheerleader

Laputa (Castle in the sky)

12 Monkeys

American History X

Being John Makovich

Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedmaccer101

Brick sucked balls. :|

Watch City of God

[QUOTE="maccer101"]Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedA_New_Life

Brick sucked balls. :|

Watch City of God

like i said, low impact. Btw, Brick does NOT contain the fallowing: high octane gun battles and chases, cars that transform into robots, explicit sex scenes

unfortunately, it does contain a good story, good acting, damn!

[QUOTE="A_New_Life"]

[QUOTE="maccer101"]Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedmaccer101

like i said, low impact. Btw, Brick does NOT contain the fallowing: high octane gun battles and chases, cars that transform into robots, explicit sex scenes

unfortunately, it does contain a good story, good acting, damn!

Brick sucked balls. :|

Watch City of God

Brick was too Mundane IMO, Tried too damn hard to be noir.

[QUOTE="maccer101"][QUOTE="A_New_Life"]

[QUOTE="maccer101"]Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedA_New_Life

like i said, low impact. Btw, Brick does NOT contain the fallowing: high octane gun battles and chases, cars that transform into robots, explicit sex scenes

unfortunately, it does contain a good story, good acting, damn!

Brick sucked balls. :|

Watch City of God

Brick was too Mundane IMO, Tried too damn hard to be noir.

because it is a noir movie?

[QUOTE="A_New_Life"][QUOTE="maccer101"][QUOTE="A_New_Life"]

[QUOTE="maccer101"]Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedmaccer101

like i said, low impact. Btw, Brick does NOT contain the fallowing: high octane gun battles and chases, cars that transform into robots, explicit sex scenes

unfortunately, it does contain a good story, good acting, damn!

Brick sucked balls. :|

Watch City of God

Brick was too Mundane IMO, Tried too damn hard to be noir.

because it is a noir movie?

I've recently enjoyed a movie called "match point", I don't know if it is famous or not, but it is a great movie.

There is two movies I liked also, one is called "manderlay" and the other one is "dogville".

"Freedom writers" is a great movie also.

If someone didn't see "usual suspects", he is missing one of the greatest movies in history.

I remembered "London", wow , that movie was so wonderful.

"Hard Candy" is brilliant.

"running scared"

They are all great movies to name a few.

Brick, a great movie, one of my faves, might be a bit low impact for some people hear though, from the movies being listedmaccer101

I loved the screenplay and enjoyed the movie.

Party Monster - Weird movie but loved it

Shawshank Redemption.

/thread.

Shawshank Redemption.

/thread.

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