OT: Favorite movies that no one's heard of.

[PSUSignore]

I'd like to see that, but I cant find it in the data base.

https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q=GNAR&s=all

https://unofficialnetworks.com/gnar/

It's basically a tribute to McConkey and the Squallywood point scoring game they made up. Watch with caution, if you're a skier you'll forever be repeating these things on your own skiing adventures with your friends. We continuously pole whack cornices and call each other out since we first watched this years ago.

 

[Cold Smoke]

Putney Swope

 

[PSUSignore]

From the "it's so bad it's hilarious" category...
Tammy and the T-Rex.

Starring Denise Richards and Paul Walker. Seriously. It was one of the first movies for both of them.

 

[LionJim]

The Sure Thing, (1985), directed by Rob Reiner, with John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.

 

[colt21]

Made in U.S.A. Any movie that starts out in Centralia, PA and then has a young naked Lori Singer in it cant be all bad, can it?

Two misfit best friends, Dar and Tuck, leave their dying coal mining town with only one goal in mind - to reach sunny California and hook up with some beach babes. On the road, they meet gun crazy outlaw Annie and she takes over.
Director:
Ken Friedman
Writers:
Zbigniew Kempinski (story), Nick Wechsler (story) |1 more credit »
Stars:
Judith Baldwin, Lori Singer, Marji Martin |See full cast & crew »

Little insight on this movie (not the naked Lori Singer part - sorry).

A local building supply company where my dad worked made the sets for this movie when they were filming locally. He and another worker rec'd "credit" for the film but both their names were spelled wrong. The other guy (a younger kid) actually left with them and worked on sets for the next decade or so.

They filmed a scene in downtown Mt Carmel (because Centralia basically had no downtown at that time) and one of my classmates was in it.

 

[mdking001]

This topped it for me and my crew. Of course timing of our age had alot to do with it. I was shocked the critics liked it so much. I should watch again to laugh.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emmanuelle

 

[EPC FAN]

Mine: Sansho the Bailiff (1954), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

Here's what they say about it in Wiki:

The New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane wrote in his September, 2006 profile on Mizoguchi, "I have seen Sansho only once, a decade ago, emerging from the cinema a broken man but calm in my conviction that I had never seen anything better; I have not dared watch it again, reluctant to ruin the spell, but also because the human heart was not designed to weather such an ordeal."[3] Writing for RogerEbert.com, Jim Emerson extolled the movie: "I don't believe there's ever been a greater motion picture in any language. This one sees life and memory as a creek flowing into a lake out into a river and to the sea."

“Lucie Aubrac” 1997. French

 

[ClarkstonMark]

Really? I did not know that.
I like the movie.

Yes, took me awhile but I finally remembered the posters handle was lane something

 

[Locolion]

Mine: Sansho the Bailiff (1954), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

Here's what they say about it in Wiki:

The New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane wrote in his September, 2006 profile on Mizoguchi, "I have seen Sansho only once, a decade ago, emerging from the cinema a broken man but calm in my conviction that I had never seen anything better; I have not dared watch it again, reluctant to ruin the spell, but also because the human heart was not designed to weather such an ordeal."[3] Writing for RogerEbert.com, Jim Emerson extolled the movie: "I don't believe there's ever been a greater motion picture in any language. This one sees life and memory as a creek flowing into a lake out into a river and to the sea."

Fandango: Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson and others in a post-colllege road trip experience - epically funny and memorable.

Three O’Clock High: high school dweeb has to fight the school newcomer/bully. Very John Hughes 80’s-esque. Definitely super enjoyable

 

[ApexLion]

The Sure Thing, (1985), directed by Rob Reiner, with John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.

All of Cusack's earlier flicks are "classics" well, sort of classics. Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Hot Pursuit, the list goes on and on.

 

[Cold Smoke]

https://unofficialnetworks.com/gnar/

It's basically a tribute to McConkey and the Squallywood point scoring game they made up. Watch with caution, if you're a skier you'll forever be repeating these things on your own skiing adventures with your friends. We continuously pole whack cornices and call each other out since we first watched this years ago.

Pole whacking cornices... badass risky. I stay 25’ back from any cornice. Even if it means skiing on the rocks.

 

[BBrown]

All of Cusack's earlier flicks are "classics" well, sort of classics. Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Hot Pursuit, the list goes on and on.

Gross Point Blank blows them all away...
and its got a freaking awesome soundtrack...

 

[Tri-Power65]

 

[artsandletters]

Silent Partner

Canadian movie starring Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer. Crime/mystery about a bank robbery where Gould worked. It’s very good. I watched on VHS in the early 80s. It’s clever. Gould is surprisingly good. Plummer is always dependable.

Also, Let It Ride, a Richard Dreyfuss tragicomedy about horsetrack degenerates. I loved it. Great supporting cast.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Fandango: Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson and others in a post-colllege road trip experience - epically funny and memorable.

Three O’Clock High: high school dweeb has to fight the school newcomer/bully. Very John Hughes 80’s-esque. Definitely super enjoyable

LOVED Three O'Clock High - actually saw it in the theater. Interesting to note that Jerry ends up a pugilist in another well known franchise...

 

[dbbp]

Skin Deep. John Ritter what a talent he was.

 

[fairgambit]

The Sure Thing, (1985), directed by Rob Reiner, with John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.

Daphne Zuniga is one of my "girl next door" movie favorites.

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[Nitwit]

Secretary - James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal

 

[PSU95alum]

A great, yet very disturbing movie!

 

[PSUSignore]

Oof. This is one of those movies that is worth watching once, and you'll probably never want to see it again. Similar to Requiem for a Dream in that regard.

 

[PSU95alum]

 

[Lion84]

My all-time favorite movie seems to be little-known even tho a band took its title for their name.

They Might Be Giants - to think windmills are giants is madness, but to think they might be...

I have this on DVD - great cast. George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, early movie for F Murry Abraham and M Emmett Walsh and of course a small part by Grandpa Munster Al Lewis.Very quirky but a great ending.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Vietnam flick..."The Boys of Company C"

 

[Lion84]

Silent Running - SciFi movie with Bruce Dern. Good for it's time.

 

[Judge Smails]

A Simple Plan - 3 guys find a crashed plane in the woods with over $4 million in cash in a duffle bag. They keep it. Sort of an earlier "No Country For Old Men". On Amazon Prime right now.

She's Having A Baby - my most underrated movie of all time. Hilarious, touching, sad.

 

[Woodpecker]

A Simple Plan - 3 guys find a crashed plane in the woods with over $4 million in cash in a duffle bag. They keep it. Sort of an earlier "No Country For Old Men". On Amazon Prime right now.

She's Having A Baby - my most underrated movie of all time. Hilarious, touching, sad.

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I really liked A Simple Plan.

 

[harbest]

A movie about a place I visit almost yearly and where my son now lives roughly 30 miles north of.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092173/?ref_=nv_sr_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violets_Are_Blue_(film)

Tried to find a trailer, doesn't seem available.

 

[yeahtoasty]

"Life, Animated" -- award-winning documentary about a family whose son vanishes into autism at age 3, spends years being almost completely non-communicative, and who then slowly begins to emerge by piecing together communication skills that he picked up by endless re-watchings of animated Disney films.

Amazingly, Disney allowed clips from their films to be used in this doc, which, if you know Disney, there's probably nobody more protective of their IP. It's an amazing film, full of hope and also tinged with some heartbreak.

 

[NC2017]

Heaven Help Us - 1985 -Andrew McCarthy, Kevin Dillon, Donald Sutherland.

"Heaven Help Us" positively nails my experience in Brooklyn, 1963.

 

[19333lion]

Das Boot, with German sub-titles: this is one of the harrowing scenes. Watch it on a big screen!

 

[Nitwit]

Waking Ned Devine

If features a great theme song Fisherman’s Blues from the Waterboys. The action takes place in a remote fishing village on the west coat of Ireland full of charming characters who you will swear are locals and not actors.

 

[ivan brunetti]

My girlfriend, now wife, and I saw that movie when it came out and it really speaks to the era and our experiences as a couple struggling with careers family and eventually kids. Great movie. Great soundtrack.

Yeah, A Simple Plan is great. This could have been a photo of me and my girlfriend in the woods.

 

[19333lion]

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This movie is Australian from 1980... had a profound affect on me when I was 14

I generally don't go for courtroom drama flicks. Breaker Morant is great exception. Everyone should watch it for its depiction of what happens to pawns in war.

 

[ivan brunetti]

I generally don't go for courtroom drama flicks. Breaker Morant is great exception. Everyone should watch it for its depiction of what happens to pawns in war.

Breaker Morant is way WAY better than A Few Good Men.

 

[sluggo72]

A movie about a place I visit almost yearly and where my son now lives roughly 30 miles north of.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092173/?ref_=nv_sr_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violets_Are_Blue_(film)

Tried to find a trailer, doesn't seem available.

one of my favorites Sissy movies!! I was working on the Eastern Shore when they filmed that, sadly I never went over to the set. Let me help you out...



btw the Orioles won last night.

 

[cool1099]

I generally don't go for courtroom drama flicks. Breaker Morant is great exception. Everyone should watch it for its depiction of what happens to pawns in war.

Along the same lines, Paths of Glory, WWi flick, directed by Kubrick.

 

[LionJim]

I generally don't go for courtroom drama flicks. Breaker Morant is great exception. Everyone should watch it for its depiction of what happens to pawns in war.

Paths of Glory is the ultimate "pawns in war" flick.

 

[LionJim]

Along the same lines, Paths of Glory, WWi flick, directed by Kubrick.

Great minds and all that....

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Waiting For Guffman (and watch the outtakes and deleted scenes if you get the dvd...possibly more funny than the actual film)

 

[throw2oj]

Breaker Morant is way WAY better than A Few Good Men.

If you encounter any Boers
You really must not loot 'em!
And if you wish to leave these shores,
For pity's sake, DON'T SHOOT 'EM!!


I have probably a few for this list, also Australian: The Castle, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Danny Deckchair. But I'd assume someone out there has seen or heard of all of those. The real 'no one has ever heard of this' would be Love Serenade, which has Miranda Otto who was also in Danny Deckchair, among other things. It's not great, but I can't think of too much else that would truly fit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Serenade

(it beats Big Fish to the 'the main character might actually be a fish' deal by several years)