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

[irv]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I love movies...classics to goofy. I wanted to list a few movies i love that are not on the obvious list ( Casablanca, Butch Cassidy..., Young Frankenstein etc). You've likely not heard of them...but they are soo good!

1) We're No Angels ( Comedy,1955). Put me on a desert island island and I can
only have 1 movie...this may be it. Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo
Ray as 3 19th century escape convicts from "Devil's Island" take refuge in the
shop of a bumbling storekeeper and his family on Xmas Eve. I can't say
enough about how much I love this one
2) The last of Sheila ( Thriller,1973) . All star cast ( including Raquel Welch, Dyan
Cannon and Richard Benjamin ) are invited by host James Coburn to his yacht
where a thrilling scavenger hunt takes place to reveal his wife's killer. Creepy
suspense
3) Ensign Pulver ( comedy, 1964). Twice a year I'd feign illness to stay home from
school to catch this on TV. Campy sequel to " Mr. Roberts" starring Robert
Walker Jr. ,Walter Mathau and Burl Ives. I'm the only person on Earth who
owned this on Blue Ray. It doesn't hold up to when I was a kid, but still love it.
4) The Great Race ( Comedy,1965) Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Natalie Wood. This
movie was introduced to me by my dad. My kids love it as will my grandkids.
This movie is just great fun. Also contains, without question, the greatest pie
fight scene in cinematic history. Google " Great Race pie fight"- hilarious!
5) The Getaway (action,1972) Steve McQueen, Ali Macgraw. Bank robbers on the
run with tons of gunfire, sexual tension. If you don't think Steve McQueen is
the coolest due on the big screen, you're either a Paul Newman fan or
delusional
6) Man's Favorite Sport (comedy,1964) Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss. A sporting
goods and fishing author is forced by his publisher to represent them in a large
fishing contest....but he's never even fished. Campy, 60's movie. I love this
one....and did I mention Paula Prentiss...huge crush
7) Phantasm ( horror,1979) "BOY!!!!!!"
8) Shakiest Gun in the West ( comedy,1968) Don knots and a nervous old West
dentist turned gunfighter. Childhood fav still funny as hell.
9) The Vanishing ( thriller,1988) Dutch film!!! ( Not the crappy remake). About
disappearance of young Dutch woman at a Hwy rest stop and her lover's
obsessive search fro her. Heart wrenching film...I haven't seen it in 20 years
but it still haunts me. Don't mistake this with the Kieffer Sutherland remake.
10) Return of the Living Dead ( comedy,1985) Black comedy in Living Dead
setting. Hilarious movie.Even funnier than it tries to be.

I know a lot of these are 60s-70s...but they are fantastic movies, at least I think
so. I'd like to see some of your obscure, or off the radar movies that you think are classics but we've likely not seen.

#4, 5, 8 and 9.

Don Knotts movie I remember the best and also loved "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" Lots of laughs as a kid. "attaboy Luther"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzZ0XO4ly1g

I remember "The Vanishing" too and it still creeps me out as well. Also watched the Keiffer version with my wife and told her the original Dutch version was much better.

[clydepepper]

I really enjoyed all of these and they are in my permanent DVD collection:

Clay Pigeons
Leon: The Professional
Prince of the City
The Lost Battalion
Zulu Dawn
Reign of Fire
Ravenous
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Dead Man
The Jack Bull
Tom Horn
First Men in the Moon
Nobody's Fool
Zelig
The World's Fastest Indian
Talent for the Game
Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

[drcy]

Panic in the Streets (1950) -- Elia Kazan film about the hunt for a man with the plague in New Orleans. Jack Palance's first film

Odd Man Out (1948) Carol Reed Irish thriller about a mortally wounded IRA rebel (James Mason) trying to evade the police in winter Belfast

Who Done It (1941) One of Abbot and Costello best films, as script writers pretending to be detectives in a murder mystery. They think if they can solve the murder, it will help sell their script. Tightly written and with their best gags.

[darwinbulldog]

The Professional and Zelig are two of my favorites. Everybody likes Annie Hall so much, and I do too, but there are about 15 or 20 other Woody Allen movies that I think are even better. Take the Money and Run is maybe the funniest movie I've ever seen.

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I really enjoyed all of these and they are in my permanent DVD collection:

Clay Pigeons
Leon: The Professional
Prince of the City
The Lost Battalion
Zulu Dawn
Reign of Fire
Ravenous
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Dead Man
The Jack Bull
Tom Horn
First Men in the Moon
Nobody's Fool
Zelig
The World's Fastest Indian
Talent for the Game
Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings

[brian1961]

Bill, I adore CHARADE as well. In particular, I love the scene when Audrey Hepburn, her friend and little son rush to visit Monsieur Felix, the honest stamp dealer, who knew there must have been some mistake when he was able to trade a jumbo packet of stamps worth 10 francs to the little boy for "only three" stamps. I can watch that scene a dozen times, as Monsieur Felix lovingly describes those rare priceless stamps in words that mirror how I feel about the elite of my own baseball card and coin collection.

I sincerely hope and pray you're able to get away from "the knife", and back on with your life, my friend.

Best wishes and regards, Brian Powell

[Stonepony]

[QUOTE=irv;1531416]#4, 5, 8 and 9.

Don Knotts movie I remember the best and also loved "The Ghost and Mr Chicken" Lots of laughs as a kid. "attaboy Luther"

" And they even used Bon Ami"

[EvilKing00]

Heres a movie many people never heard of that i liked


Swimming with sharks, is a dark comedy kevin spacey

[clydepepper]

Here's a few more (that have not be mentioned yet):

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Cannery Row (1982)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Se7en (1995)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Collateral (2004)
Man on Fire (2004)
Untraceable (2008)


These are all G-R-E-A-T - worth spending your time on IMO - check them out!


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[clydepepper]

I tried to get it down to only 10 movies I thought were mostly unknown, but could not get lower than eighteen...all of which I love and highly recommend.

Leon: The Professional
Prince of the City
The Lost Battalion
Zulu Dawn
Reign of Fire
Ravenous
Dead Man
Tom Horn
Zelig
Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
61*
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robin and Marian
Cannery Row
The Life of David Gale
Being There
The Prestige
Cool Hand Luke






There are others, of course, that I also cherish, but they are much more well known.

[TheBig6]

Being an old Sailor, I thought I would mention a few Navy flicks I like.
In no Particular order.

1. The Last Detail (underrated Jack Nicholson Movie.

2. In Harms way (John Wayne)

3. The Enemy Below (Robert Mitchum)

4. Corvette K-225 (Randolph Scott)

5. They were Expendable (Another John Wayne)

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

I tried to get it down to only 10 movies I thought were mostly unknown, but could not get lower than eighteen...all of which I love and highly recommend.

Leon: The Professional
Prince of the City
The Lost Battalion
Zulu Dawn
Reign of Fire
Ravenous
Dead Man
Tom Horn
Zelig
Bingo Long and the Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
61*
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Robin and Marian
Cannery Row
The Life of David Gale
Being There
The Prestige
Cool Hand Luke






There are others, of course, that I also cherish, but they are much more well known.

Cool Hand Luke ??? How is that an unknown? That's a CLASSIC.

[TUM301]

Just came across another "somewhat" hidden gem last nite, Glen Gary Glen Ross. Excellent cast, always been an Ed Harris fan, with a classic Baldwin pep talk scene. The entire movie is shot in only 3 or 4 different places and just seems to touch a nerve about the working man and being under the gun. Give it a chance if you can !

[VoodooChild]

I'm not into the old B&W movies or foreign films. My go-to timeframe is the late 90's/early 2000's. Here's 10 of my favorites from then that I consider somewhat obscure:

1. Grosse Pointe Blank
2. Zero Effect
3. Falling Down
4. Mumford
5. Permanent Midnight
6. Bulworth
7. Go
8. Stigmata
9. The Thirteenth Floor
10. Standing in the Shadows of Motown

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Cool Hand Luke ??? How is that an unknown? That's a CLASSIC.

True - but I'd bet a lot of you youngsters never saw it.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

True - but I'd bet a lot of you youngsters never saw it.

Well we sure did. Our dad had us watch that when we were young(er). I to this day still watch it every once in a while

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Cool Hand Luke ??? How is that an unknown? That's a CLASSIC.

Sweatiest movie of all time.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Sean

Sweatiest movie of all time.

"Just shakin' the bush, boss"

[RollieFingers]

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by RollieFingers

Ahhhh " Rollerball"- saw it in the theater when it came out

[Jantz]

Since no one has mentioned them yet, I'll throw in these two movies.

Frailty

Valhalla Rising

Both have interesting storylines.

[FourStrikes]

[/QUOTE]

one of the most f***ed up "shock value" movies I recall renting from Tower Records in the early 1980's.

[packs]

This one is an obscure one and may be hard to find, but if you can track it down do yourself a favor and watch WAKE IN FRIGHT. 70s Australian movie set in the outback. A school teacher on his way to the big city for vacation gets stranded in the "Yabba" when his train breaks down. From there he gets into it with locals and eventually is nearly driven mad by how harsh the people and land is in the outback. There is a classic and controversial scene where the director films an actual Kangaroo hunt to demonstrate how barbaric the pastime was.

[TUM301]

A couple more flix worth a shot, Lock Stock and Both Smoking Barrels, The Boondock Saints, House of Games.

[ALR-bishop]

A Boy and His Dog

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