5 lesser known movies you want people to see.
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Can't think of 5 bet here is 4.
Run Lola Run (1998) Germany: Probably one of the fastest paced movies I have ever seen, and one of my favorites. Three different stories about a girl needing to get 100,000 dollars that she doesn't have to her boyfriend in 20 minutes or he will be killed. The movie is actually set in real time almost like the TV show 24.
The Last Seduction (1994): Linda Fiorentino plays a woman who pretty much steals 1 million dollars from her husband whom needs that money to pay off a loan shark. She tries to hide from her husband and the police that keep coming after her. It was released in the theaters but nobody saw it even though it got great reviews. (sound familiar?)
Audition (2000) Japan: Seven years after a mans wife is killed he seeks a new wife through a series of auditions set up by his friend staged to be for a movie. But the girl he picks isn't what she appears to be. Watching this movie is worth it just to see the last 15 minutes.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975): A robbery that was supposed to last only 4 minutes turns out to last 12 hours and become a media circus. Based on a true story.
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I like show biz movies. I'm wierd. It's a niche market, so these ain't real popular.
1. State and Main- Hollywood movie crew descends on a New England small town, corrupts everybody in sight.
2. Noises Off!- actors doing a British sex comedy gop off the deep end. Great cast, if small. THe middle ( second act) is from behind the scenes, so it's in mime, but it's the funniest long physical comedy sequence I've ever seen.
3. Topsy Turvey-- period piece Gilbert and Sullivan produce The Mikado.
4. Cradle Will Rock - 1930's --capitalism vs fascism vs communism.A mostly true story. The last half hour, when all the plots come together and the actors perform their play, are worth the price.
5. and a better known show-biz / sci fi mvoie, Galaxy Quest
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I see Equalibrium was brought up several times. This is the best movie ever made, period.
I have a top 10, but there are a lot of movies that aren't exactly un-well-known... even the cult classics that have become mainstream. Since that's not the point here I will forego mentioning Pulp Fiction, Clockwork Orange or Army of Darkness. Five lesser known movies that I can recommend are in no particular order of greatness:
1. "eXistenZ" - Freaking mind blowing. Virtual reality gone insane. No stupid "Tron" special effects here. Just a wild ride of murder, mystery and suspense from the moment they plug in to the very end. I talked with my friend for hours about this one afterwards. Makes you wonder if in a world where virtual reality is 100% believably real and more often than not it's much more enjoyable than life, how many would choose real life over the virtual. I'm pretty sure that I was high when I watched that too. This one has Jude Law in it before I've ever heard about him for the ladies who are smitten by him.
2. "Angela's Ashes" - Admitedly, not my usual movie fare. This movie follows a family living in extreme poverty in Ireland. Not sure of the time, but I think it was before WWI. I'm pretty sure that it was an autobiography too. My girlfriend spent half of the movie crying her eyes out watching it. Really pulls at your heart strings, this one. I think everyone should watch this movie once a year and maybe everyone in this country would stop bitching about stupid shit all the time. Watching this one really made me feel guilty about complaining about anything for at least a month afterwards.
3. "GO" - It's a fun comedy movie about drugs and raves which uses a very Tarintinoesque time jumping method where little by little you find out more about the plot. I've only seen it once and forgot a lot about it. I was probably high and drunk when I saw it. Katie Holmes is in this one for any Scientologists here that wanna let their Thetans hang loose.
4. "Swingers" - Not sure why I like this movie so damn much. I think I've seen it a billion times. It's probably because I want to be like Vince Vaughn when I'm really John Favreau. Not so money baby.....
5. "Love Honor & Obey" - Brit comedy isn't for everyone. Not that this is Monty Python (Although I think MP is great but has plenty of threads of its own in the webverse), but the accents can be a bit hard for some to get past. This is a gangster movie / dramedy with Angelina Jolie's boyfriend from Hackers and Jude Law again. Funny how he made it into two of my 5 here. He picks good scripts, I guess. Also had his ex wife Sadie Frost is in it who's dead sexy in that down-to-earth, obtainable, anti-supermodel kind of way. Anyone who enjoyed Trainspotting, Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels will enjoy this one.
Well that's my 5. Given a lot of time I'm pretty sure that only 2 of those 5 would make my list, but that's what I got now. 
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My five:
1. The City Of Lost Children (La Cité Des Enfants Perdus) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/
One of the most amazng films I've ever seen. Visually stunning, amazing acting, gripping (and ever-so-slightly creepy) story, great action sequences. Make sure you see the french version with subtitles, NOT the dubbed english version, and you will not be disappointed. Anyone who's seen a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film will know what to expect
2. Delicatessen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700/
Another Jeunet film, probably the funniest dark comedy I've seen. Shot almost entirely in sepia tones, the mood and atmosphere is excellent. And as usual, Dominique Pinon is amazing as the retired clown turned handyman
3. Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/
Another Jeunet film. Probably the most hart-warming film I ever saw. The truest definition of a 'feel good' movie. I'm normally not a fan of this kinda film, but it had me hooked
4. The Ugly http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120401/
A great, arty New Zealand horror movie. Along the lines of Silence Of The Lambs and Se7en. Very well acted, and a nice ending. One of the best horrors of the 90's
5. Taxi http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152930/
I'm talking about the original french film, not the shitty american re-make. Funnier, better acted, better action. A great film, with some excellent car chases, and in the finale, one of the best endings to a car chase I've ever seen
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There is one film I liked but can't remeber the name, It is like the Blair Witch Project crossed with Signs, A faimily record themselves as they are stalked by aliens. it is not a good film but I enjoyed it.
Also Clonus: The Parts Horror (The film they ripped off to make the island) it is a bad film but has a great idea at it's base.
In fact there are several films I saw on Mystery Science Theatre where the film was actually very interesting in concept and could be better with a larger budget.
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Apart from Serenity it would be...
#1 Wing Commander
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131646/
despite critics panning it its a excellent sci-fi movie adaption of the hit game,with a all star cast
#2Judge Dredd
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
brillant,sci-fi,witty,& action packed,one of the best comic adaptions to date with Sylvester Stallone fitting the character perfectly
#2 Slither
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439815/
not quite up to Firefly or Serenity standards but excellent nonetheless,of course our man Nathan Fillion
#4 eXistenZ
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
weird sci-fi/action/romance/horror/thriller with Jude Law when he was younger,Ian Holm,Willian Defoe,ect
#5 Battle Royale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
great japanese movie about a students being forced to kill each other in a deathmatch,violent but raises polictical questions
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..............Now you wanna watch some movies that are so unbelievably shitty that your brain shuts down before you can reach the remote and you find that it's impossible to stop watching them until their fruition in your deep hypnotic stupor:
Troll - Sonny Bono, the swinger, gets trapped in a cocoon in his swinger pad, gets drank by a troll through a straw... nuff said.
Troll 2 - No miraculous return of Bono here, but we learn that Nilbog spelled backwards is Goblin in one of the most over-acted scenes in B-Movie history. Also... If you only have 5 seconds to convince your family, who thinks you're annoyingly imaginative, not to eat food laced with Troll enzymes that will turn them into sludge for the Trolls to feed on, nothing works like getting up on the table and giving the kitchen a wall to wall golden shower.
Leprechaun 5: Lep in da Hood - Do I even need to explain the comedy here? Okay... Ice-T, with a fro, and bell bottoms, rapping Warwick. "A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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1) Equilibrium - Terrific Sci-fi
2) Last American Virgin - Terrific Drama/comedy
3) Severed - Terrific horror (zombies)
4) Hard Candy - Drama / Thriller...A lot of people have heard of this movie, I have yet to meet someone who admits to seeing it.
5) The Cavern - Sci-fi/horror
I tried to stay away from chick flicks and comedy. There are just so many good ones that people haven't seen. Picking sci-fi was hard, seeing this is a sci-fi board. I went with Equilibrium because it is one of the best movies ever made. I am also amazed at how many Sci-fi fans have not watched it.
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["GO" - It's a fun comedy movie about drugs and raves]
Sixstring,
call me crazy(I was also drunk while viewing this beauty), but isn't this movie about as noncomedic(?) as a movie can get? Maybe, I drank way too much when I saw this, because I would characterize this as a Heavy drama. But again I was drinking.
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We may have our moments Kaneman, but I think we're more alike than you think. Equalibrium is my all time favorite movie. Too many Brooke Shields types would call it one of the worst movies ever made. I'll bet Tom Cruise and his Alien buddies loved it though.
Did you see eXistenZ? It's a Darkfly recommendation too. It's great man. I think you'd like that Harrison Burgeron that was mentioned above too. If you haven't read that short story by Vonnegut, you should check it out. They got it posted all over online. Never saw the movie myself, but I'll be checking it out. "A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack
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