Good films you have seen that nobody else has...

Good films you have seen that nobody else has...

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Gnits

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917 posts

201 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Kind of like 'Good films I watched this weekend' etc.

What good films have you seen that perhaps missed the mainstream? Films that others might have missed?

I would suggest:
Primer
Cube

..and then I have to think real hard. What have you seen???

Ray Luxury-Yacht

8,910 posts

216 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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I recently caught the end of a film on TV in the middle of the night which caught my attention so much, I bought a DVD copy.

The film is called 'Tapeheads' and it features a very young John Cusack....made in 1988. I'm a bit of a fan of Cusack anyway.

It's a fabulously random and sometimes surreal romp, with that cloudy, bizarre atmosphere that many of those low-budget 80's films have. It's spectacularly weird at times, but I loved it.

I have mentioned it many times since, but I have never met anybody else who has seen it! biggrin

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

196 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Raining Stones.

haggishunter

1,315 posts

243 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Boondock saints

montecristo

1,043 posts

177 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Money for Nothing, a BBC Screen One film about a teenage conman.
Everything, a Ray Winstone film where he pours his heart out to a prostitute.
Farda, Japanese man goes in search of an Iranian acquaintance.
Initial D (film version), tofu delivery driver enters a 'king of the mountain' drifting race.

The last two, I watched on Virgin, where they used to show quite a few good films.

davegreg

1,099 posts

189 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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I've seen Primer, Tapeheads and Raining Stones. smile Used to watch a lot of quirky indy flicks....


Some other good ones i've seen include:

The Ghost Camera (1933)
Gerry (2002)
Idaho Transfer (1973)
Three Businessmen (1998)
The i Inside (2004)
Timecode (2000)
Bloody Kids (1980)
Dear Murderer (1947)
Strongroom (1962)
Radio On (1979)
Dogs In Space (1986)
Tony (2009)
Coherence (2013)
Small Time (1996)
Dust (2001)

There'll be loads more too, need to start watching more films again, fallen into the trap of watching loads of rubbish on the telly instead.

Edited by davegreg on Saturday 15th October 21:13

Captain Smerc

3,019 posts

116 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Grosse Point Blank (1997) smokin

Patch1875

4,894 posts

132 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Star Wars

Jasandjules

69,868 posts

229 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Captain Smerc said:
Grosse Point Blank (1997) smokin
Oh yes.

My contribution - Better off Dead (so damn funny)

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Smoke. 1995.



SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

198 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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ARQ ( 2016 ) netflix exclusive.

Loved it, gripping, thrilling and enough thrown into the mix to prevent it being completely predictable.
Overall, definitely will watch again

timlongs

1,728 posts

179 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Lars and the real girl

paulwirral

3,126 posts

135 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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La Haine , subtitled black and white French movie set in the Paris no go area

poing

8,743 posts

200 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Captain Smerc said:
Grosse Point Blank (1997) smokin
In my top 10 films, a great soundtrack and another Cusack film, both of them this time.

montecristo

1,043 posts

177 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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Cell 211, spanish prison film, very tense even though you knew it would end well.

Blib

43,980 posts

197 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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The Gods Must Be Crazy.

A terrific, little South African film from the early 70s.

Tango13

8,423 posts

176 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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montecristo said:
Money for Nothing, a BBC Screen One film about a teenage conman.
Everything, a Ray Winstone film where he pours his heart out to a prostitute.
Farda, Japanese man goes in search of an Iranian acquaintance.
Initial D (film version), tofu delivery driver enters a 'king of the mountain' drifting race.

The last two, I watched on Virgin, where they used to show quite a few good films.
I remember watching that one!

Mr Snrub

24,964 posts

227 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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poing said:
Captain Smerc said:
Grosse Point Blank (1997) smokin
In my top 10 films, a great soundtrack and another Cusack film, both of them this time.
Loved the shootout in the convenience store, although it bugged the hell out of me that the clerk was shown playing Doom on an arcade machine!

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

154 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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In order of disappearance.

Some Gump

12,687 posts

186 months

Saturday 15th October 2016
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The castle