In other words: What’s a hidden gem I probably haven’t seen but totally should? And why is it a must-watch?
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Oh goodness, too many to count: Boy Kills World, I Saw The TV Glow, American Fiction, Kalki 2898-AD, Leave The World Behind, Dirty Girls, and I didn’t love it but I think The Beast/La Bete is worth watching as well for its stunningly accurate depiction of what it’s like to be lonely while in love and how that affects both men and women over time.
Recently saw I Saw the TV Glow and it’s such a wild ride! Can definitely recommend if you’re looking for something a bit different.
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Do you have a favorite genre?
Great question.
Not really. I’m a bit tired of the standard stuff we are given. So many movies seem sameish these days.
Will take a look at any and all suggestions that are… different or unusual or simply intriguing or… rare.
If you don’t mind subtitles and you’re okay for tucking in for a 40-hour marathon, I can highly recommend the Taiwanese drama series “Nirvana in fire”
It’s a beautiful period piece with elaborate sets and wuxia fighting and political intrigue and drama upon drama upon drama as a man who was wronged wreaks his revenge against the royals who wronged him.
It won many awards but because it’s in Mandarin it never made it over to the states, it’s probably one of the best television shows I have ever seen in my entire life.
Jacob’s Ladder.
A largely forgotten psychological horror film from 1990 with Tim Robbins and Macaulay Culkin.
Saw it on TV once by chance and loved it ever since.
I’d say it’s must-watch for being influential despite its moderate success and being incredibly gripping as you try to get your head around what’s actually going on.
Cashback I feel is pretty unknown. Maybe not but still very good. Also Gentleman Broncos is fantastic if you’re into the napoleon dynamite style of comedy, same creators.
@original_reader I feel like no one talks about Deerskin, which was an excellent low-key comedy/horror/satire/weird-ass film from a few years back.
It depends on what “lesser-known” is to you, as we don’t know how avid a movie watcher you are. But assuming you mean films that aren’t necessarily obscure but aren’t too mainstream, I’d suggest:
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Wind River
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The Handmaiden (Korean)
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Incendies
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Blue Ruin
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Upgrade (Cyberpunk movie from Australia)
It weirdly felt like a Venom movie, and what made it even more weird - it came out around the same time as the actual Venom movie, and even the main hero looked somewhat like a discount version of Tom Hardy😅
Is it about the pimp from Idiocracy?
I was about to say this, that movie is such a gem. Saw it in theater without knowing what it would be.
The Slammin Salmon. Same group that did super troopers and beerfest. Great comedy, I don’t see people ever talk about it. Enjoy!
I’ve forgotten about that movie! It’s as if every fear, and suspicion, I had about the people working in restaurants came true 😂. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it’s memes…going to have to dig into the old meme folder and get posting
Snatch mighhhhht be well known? It is hilarious and just fun to watch!
It’s a Guy Ritchie movie that follows a few groups of people and how they all come to be involved in either chasing or having been in the presence of a diamond that was stolen. It’s a lot of fun to see the interaction between the different groups they follow and some of the lines are absolutely hilarious.
The Nice Guys
This movie drove me crazy
spoiler
Everyone they are supposed to help and save, gets killed, but they play it off like a victory
Iceman is a 2017 German-Italian-Austrian adventure drama film written and directed by Felix Randau. It is a fictional story about the life of Ötzi, a natural mummy of a man discovered on 19 September 1991 in the Ötzal Alps.
The film, which was filmed in the Tyrolean and Bavarian Alps features almost no dialogue, with a minimal amount in untranslated language based on reconstructed Rhaetian, created for the film by a linguist.
Coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends – Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso) and the eccentric and unpredictable Biaggio (Moises Arias) - who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact that family - whether it is the one you’re born into or the one you create – is something you can’t run away from.
Pecker 1998
A talented young photographer, who enjoys snapping photos of his satirical, perverted Baltimore neighborhood and his wacky family, gets dragged into a world of pretentious artists from New York City and finds newfound fame.
Written and directed by John Waters.
Starring Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci and Bess Armstrong.
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em is a 1988 Australian short feature about an underground party held in post-apocalyptic Melbourne. The film is a product of nuclear anxiety at the height of the Cold War.
Director: Ray Boseley. Cast: Rob Howard, Nique Needles, Polly Croke, Daniel Lillford, Fred Dugina, Maddog Bott, George Huxley, Chris Windmill, Ian ‘Quinsy’ Maclean, Lindsay Brundson, Clayton Jacobson, Adam Learner, Myrtle Woods, Bill Johnston, Smiley Rowe, John F. Howard, Claire Bordas, John Flaus, Wayne ullman, Dennis Tupicoff, Peter Lane, Wain Fimo, Bruce Barnes, Angus Algie, Loretta Bell, Grant Barling, Claire Boseley, Julian Faull, Zlatko Kasumovic, Anthony Kay, Ollie Martin, Penny McKimm, Dennis Prosser, Adrian Scully, Aleksi Vellis.
