5 lesser known movies you want people to see.
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(1) Brick---a not so well known movie. You have to watch it a couple of times to really get the whole gist of the movie but well worth it.
(2) The Dish----Its about the Apollo moon walk and how a small farmers field in the middle of nowhere Australia broadcast the picture and sounds that were seen and heard all around the world. Definitely a look.
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In no particular order:
Tempopo - Japanese food, um .. and fetish, film. Subtitled
Dark Star- Reeeaaallly bad old sci fi low budget that is so bad it's good. Watch the credits to see how far they've come since college.
Blue - French language with subtitles. A beautiful movie.(I was not as fond of Red and White in the series)
Muppet Treasure Island- 'Nuff said.
LA Story- Steve Martin, SarahJessicaParkerbeforeshegotfamous, and more!
That's my first off the top of my head 5.
Thank you whoever pitched The Red Violin. I looved that movie! I wept.
Waking Ned Devine (if it hasn't been mentioned yet. Thunderheart (I think..it had Val Kilmer in it.) Last of the Mohicans. Calendar Girls. Dangerous Beauty. Cousin Bette. My Cousin Vinnie. Mrs. (somebody or other) Presents. DeLovely. Chocolate. Being John Malkovich. Hoodwinked. To Wong Foo. Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. Wilde. Elizabethtown (well *I* liked it!).
I just keep thinking of more good movies!
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Oopsie! Thought I'd gotten hung up (there was an error message), so I went back, added Homefries and posted.
Doubly. 
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5)Serenity
4)Dogma
3)Clerks
2)Boondock Saints
1)Johnny Mnenomic
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Serenity, Serenity, Serenity, Serenity and Serenity.
Oh, you mean OTHER movies...
I'm with others who've said Amelie. And Dogma.
Serendipity is a romantic comedy with a completely ridiculous premise that I liked for some reason. Couldn't say whether you will too.
Someone mentioned A Life Less Ordinary. I remember NOTHING about this movie except that I really liked it.
And for the REALLY obscure: Love and Other Catastrophes.
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I thought of some new ones:
1. The Heavenly Kid - I had taped this one when I was a kid and my brothers and I watched it a lot. A greaser dies in a cliff race and God tells him that he's not good enough for heaven but not bad enough for hell. He's gotta go back to earth and help out a kid who get's picked on a lot in high school with his self esteem issues. Classic 80's fare. Good family movie.
2. The Stoned Age - Most people I know have never seen or even heard of this flick, and that's unfortunate. It's kind of a cross between Dazed and Confused and Waynes World, but being a fan of independent work, I think this movie is better than both of them. One night in the life of two stoners just trying to have a good time. Lanie is one of the sexiest girls I've ever seen. I was head over heels for her when I saw this movie. I won't say that this is what my high school career was like, but I definately had a few nights like this. Man... I wish I was still in high school.
3. UHF - Weird Al's only movie, as far as I'm aware. Goofy flick about how he inherited a tiny cable station and how he takes on the big boys with his innovative and wacky programming. Also stars Michael Richards who I hear is in some hot water for making the mistake of letting some racial slurs fly as he was putting some ignorant hecklers in their places. Now he's the bad guy.... It's a mad, mad world.
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Okay. Counting down.
5) "The Third Man"
4) "The Purple Plain"
3) "Taking of Pelham 123" The original
2) "Cannery Row"
1) "Lilies of the Field" 
Traveler
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Dangerous Beauty,
UHF.
City of Lost Children.
A Little Princess (Liesel Matthews)
Hero (Geena Davis, Chevy Chase)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Dangerous Beauty,
UHF.
City of Lost Children.
A Little Princess (Liesel Matthews)
Hero (Geena Davis, Chevy Chase)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Lone Star
Dangerous Beauty
Momento
Little Man Tate
Last Action Hero
Canadian Bacon
Entity
Awakenings
Lorenzo's Oil - the actual life-saving chemist plays himself in the film.
Galaxy Quest
Secret In Their Eyes (2009) subtitled
Pay It Forward
Color of Night
The Lover (Jane March)
Bank Job
Tim (Mel Gibson)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
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My kinda thread because these are my kinda movies:
POCKET MONEY. 1970freakin2. TWO major stars (well, maybe four if you count Strother Martin and Wayne Rogers...ok maybe 6 if you count Hector Elizondo and Gregory Sierra.) ONE major recording artist (Carole King) for the soundtrack. Yet no one (practically) has heard of this. I think it was a little ahead of its time (and I think the Lee Marvin character is a bit like Kramer from Seinfeld). Don't know if it was ahead of its time. But I love how it just exudes THE TIME it was in. Just the scene from the bank at the beginning - so dated looking. Takes place in the SW of the US and in Mexico in many parts where the modern age hasn't quite touched. A BUDDY movie. Slice of life. Plot is simple and kinda loose. Character based.
And of course Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx for reasons I described in the Wilder thread.
Stalker/Solaris (both from Tarkovsky so they are listed together.) These are very Russian in tone and many typical Americans probably wouldn't follow it or want to. But they have a cult following. The DVD for Solaris has commentary and it did help explain some things. Can't vouch for the American remake but one exists with Clooney.
I may have some others but I would have to go through my DVD collection.
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