Lesser Know Movies that are Great

rockerrockstar

rockerrockstar

I was thinking of a movie I really liked that I don't think many have seen. Lets start this thread to be about movies we have seen that we like that others may not have seen and should check out.

Here is one that comes to my mind The Brothers Bloom. I really enjoyed this film. Not sure if many have seen it or not.
 
Brothers Bloom is flipping fantastic.

Wedding Daze and Outsourced are great romantic comedies, good date night stuff. Well, outsourced is a comedy, but more just inspiring and about a romance with all of India as a whole as much as the one girl. Good stuff.
 
Don't know how lesser know you wanna go, but a few of the the standout great aussie films i've seen, that may or may not be lesser known to non-aussies:

Shine - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117631/
The Tracker - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212132/
Ten Canoes - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466399/

Then there's: "Last Train to Freo" which is interesting for filmmakers as it's relatively low budget with very very limited locations (set in 1 carriage of a train) and it's not too bad either - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848592/

Probably not as well known as it was before the american remake, the korean romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl" I found to be really really enjoyable (the only romantic comedy I like besides Hitch)

Appologies if this is not what your intend for this thread, rockerrockstar.
 
Actually this is what I intended. The thread is open to all films that people enjoy that we may have not see yet. Because I was thinking I need ideas on what to watch. Plus I like to share my favorites.

I enjoyed Wedding Daze too Paul.
 
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This sounds like a fun game! Not all of them are probably "lesser known", but all of these I recommend with confidence that many probably haven't seen them or have thought about seeing them, but passed for some reason:

MicMacs - 2010
Elephant - 2003
Kids - 1995
Small Change - 1976
Wish You Were Here - 1987
Romanzo Criminale - 2005
Import Export - 2007
Love Me If You Dare - 2003
Zatoichi - 2003
Accidents Happen - 2010
Malena - 2000
Educating Rita - 1983
First Time Felon - 1997
Any Human Heart - 2010 (miniseries)
Secrets and Lies - 1996
The Cement Garden - 1993
Wait Until Dark - 1967
Tony - 2009
The Last Metro - 1980
Vera Drake - 2004
Grave Of The Fireflies - 1988
Tokyo Sonata - 2008


I can't think of anymore right now, but those are some films I love, that I suspect not everybody has heard of.
 
The two E. Elias Merhige movies I've seen I loved.

Begotten (1990) - A silent, black and white experimental film that depicts God's suicide and Mother Earth's creation from his carcass and the creation of Man.
Bleak, powerful, pretentious and, well, I loved it

Shadow The Vampire (2000) - A film that dramatises the shooting of 'Nosferatu' where Max Schreck (sp?) who is played brilliantly by Willem Dafoe, is actually a vampire. Slightly campy in places, but standout performances from Dafoe and John Malkovich as F.W Marnau make it a good watch :)
 
A lesser known vampire movie that I love is The Addiction. It held the viewpoint and showed vampires as more of drug addicts that looked for victims when they were coming down off of their last fix

And Danjama, Kids was the first real movie that moved me and made me want to write - I actually had to sneak into the theater to see it (I was 15 or 16 at the time of its release). Elephant was real good as well, though I am a huge van Sant fan. And Wait Until Dark, if I am not mistaken, gave Audrey Hepburn an Oscar nod
 
Don't know if Waking Life counts-but most of my friends haven't heard of it-I own the DVD and watched it a couple dozen times so far-love how it makes me think and inspires :)
 
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Pups. If you haven't seen it, find it and watch it.

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This one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185101/


The non-aussies might not have heard of The Castle: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118826/ - but I'm not sure if the humour would be understood.

Beneath Clouds was another one I enjoyed a alot: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295876/

I also enjoyed "Boxing Day" quite a bit, something fresh and different (Made in real time and they tried to do it in 1 cut, but there are some sneaky cuts if you're quick, still quite seamless) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970922/

Not so not well known (huh?) is another great Aussie film that everyone should see, Samson and Delilah: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340123/

All aussie films....



Popping over to Argentina, I really really liked The Secret In There Eyes, for some reason it completely captivated me from start to finish, more so than any other movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305806/
 
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Great thread! I've just added "The brothers Bloom" and "Outsourced" to my Netflix queue.

Two recommendations, both from film director Damien O'Donnell:

Heartlands (2002)
Road trip in the UK. Amazing performance by Michael Sheen (it's hard to believe it's the same guy who played the cunning David Frost). Beautiful melancholy music from Kate Rusby. Some moments of transcendent quiet poetry.

Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
Not your average movie about disabled people in wheelchairs. This one is fun and energetic but also deeply moving. Astonishing performance by James McAvoy. Unforgettable movie.
 
I would have to say this 1970s film(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072285/) which was banned from sweden due to its high capacity in violence, a film which inspired director quentin tarantino to write and direct kill bill vol: 1 & 2. "They Call Her One Eye!!"
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MAY with Angela Bettis. Magnificent performance by Bettis.

CAMILLE with Sienna Miller

EXPIRED with Samantha Morton and Jason Patric

10 Items or Less with Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega. Never has a movie where nothing happens been so enjoyable.
 
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