Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

Peatys

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Brilliant film!
Paddy Considine is amazing.

Tyrannosaur very good too. But disturbing.

Show you how good paddy considine is.. i fúcking hate the sight of him after his part in peaky blinders

igCorcaigh

Peatys wrote: »

Show you how good paddy considine is.. i fúcking hate the sight of him after his part in peaky blinders

Yeah? I haven't watched that. I know people rave about it, but, no.

neirbloom

Another oldie but it just sprung to mind when I seen this thread So I married an Axe Murderer. ITV used to repeat it constantly in the mid to late nineties but I very rarely hear of it nowadays considering it was one of my favourite comedy at the time. Some great cameos as well especially from the late Phil Hartman.

neirbloom

Peatys wrote: »

Show you how good paddy considine is.. i fúcking hate the sight of him after his part in peaky blinders

Another great Paddy Considine movie I have to give a shout out to is A room for Romeo Brass. He was bloody terrifying in that. Difficult movie to track down though. Shane Meadows first feature I think who also directed him in Dead Mans Shoes.

Jimbob1977

I enjoyed Hearts in Atlantis (2001). An adaptation of the Stephen King story. It was like a mildly supernatural 'Stand by Me'.

Near Dark (1987) is a vampire film by Kathryn Bigelow. Unluckily, it was released two months after The Lost Boys. Didn't perform well at the box office because of the stiff competition.

Eight Men Out (1988). A good sports story about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox match fixing scandal.

GottaGetGatt

Warrior

the purple tin

Ilovethe bonesofyou wrote: »

Don't know if it's been mentioned already but The Pledge would be a good one that went under the radar.

Great turn by Jack, he really reins himself in for once.
About Schmidt is another good Nicholson flick. Not sure how well known it would be.

JackieChang

porsche boy wrote: »

Whiplash is seriously underrated also. J.K. Simmons is just awesome in it.

Whiplash is currently 8.6/10 on IMDB and 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.

How is that underrated?

Here are my "underrated and under the radar" movie suggestions:

The Departed
Titanic
Pulp Fiction
Gone with the Wind

Tigerbaby

and how could I forget

"The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"

A beautiful film, but
just for the soundtrack alone
worthy of many plaudits.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

I don't think a lot of people in this thread understand the word "underrated" or the phrase "under the radar".

Tigerbaby

do enlighten us, Hunky

wally1990

My pick would be Nightcrawler

Got 95% on rotten tomatoes but yet so many people I speak to about it never ever heard of the movie and there wasn’t great hype

Just an interesting movie

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Tigerbaby wrote: »

do enlighten us, Hunky

Look at the last few pages.
I've made my suggestions here.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

wally1990 wrote: »

My pick would be Nightcrawler

Got 95% on rotten tomatoes but yet so many people I speak to about it never ever heard of the movie and there wasn’t great hype

Just an interesting movie

Apart from the Oscar/Bafta and Golden Globes nominations it was unheard of.

pinksoir

Saw a film recently called Jaws. It's about a shark that attacks a seaside town. I don't want to say any more in case I spoil it, but give it a look. Barely any of my friends have seen it so it seems to be a pretty under the radar film. I thought it was very good but the trick photography wasn't the best. They should have used CGI really.

Tigerbaby

Hunky

Apologies. My eyes did not stretch back to the "Titanic" comment.

I quite concur. Under the sea, maybe, but not under the radar!

mistersifter

A couple of lesser-known films starring Michael Fassbender films are well worth a look.

Eden lake is one of his earlier films. A horror of sorts, minus any supernatural elements, about a couple who go to a forest and are hunted down by a group of chavs. Another more recent one of his is a slow-burning Western imaginatively titled Slow West which I also remember being fairly good.

pleas advice

Donkey Punch

siblers

mistersifter wrote: »

A couple of lesser-known films starring Michael Fassbender films are well worth a look.

Eden lake is one of his earlier films. A horror of sorts, minus any supernatural elements, about a couple who go to a forest and are hunted down by a group of chavs. Another more recent one of his is a slow-burning Western imaginatively titled Slow West which I also remember being fairly good.

Fish Tank is really good too, somewhat bleak but well worth a watch

Padraig Mor

mistersifter wrote: »

A couple of lesser-known films starring Michael Fassbender films are well worth a look.

Eden lake is one of his earlier films. A horror of sorts, minus any supernatural elements, about a couple who go to a forest and are hunted down by a group of chavs. Another more recent one of his is a slow-burning Western imaginatively titled Slow West which I also remember being fairly good.

Eden Lake is really far, far better than it had any right to be.

pinksoir

My Left Foot. Irish film about a handicapped guy who likes painting. If there was any justice the main actor would have been in loads of stuff but I suppose there's not enough parts for handicapped people.

gmisk

pinksoir wrote: »

My Left Foot. Irish film about a handicapped guy who likes painting. If there was any justice the main actor would have been in loads of stuff but I suppose there's not enough parts for handicapped people.

ZING!


Yeah he has been in absolutely nothing since....

Nerdlingr

neirbloom wrote: »

Another great Paddy Considine movie I have to give a shout out to is A room for Romeo Brass. He was bloody terrifying in that. Difficult movie to track down though. Shane Meadows first feature I think who also directed him in Dead Mans Shoes.

Fantastic film. First one I saw Considine in. Great (and as you say, terrifying!) performance.

two wheels good

The Dam Busters. Totally under the radar. Great film.

RobbingBandit

Boondock Saints first one was a bloody classic Willem Defoe and Billy Connolly were in it. Man on the Moon biopic of Andy Kaufman under appreciated film.

RobbingBandit

Legend of 1900 Tim Roth film bloody brilliant he is an underused actor now adays.

vandriver

two wheels good wrote: »

The Dam Busters. Totally under the radar. Great film.

I've a feeling that this comment will woosh over the heads of many younger contributers.

kunst nugget

two wheels good wrote: »

The Dam Busters. Totally under the radar. Great film.

I can't remember if that was a blockbuster or if it bombed.

Kolido

Note sure if these have been mentioned or how under the radar they have gone but I wouldn't consider them very mainstream.

Chaos - Decent little crime thriller, acting was a bit ropey but story wise, I enjoyed it.

The Edge - A battle of wits between Anthony Hopkins and Alex Baldwin with a killer bear thrown in.

Sunshine - Not sure how under the radar this movie went. I really liked this on second viewing, some great characters and a killer soundtrack.

The I Inside - Great mystery movie I was surprised with.

Coherence - Good Sci-Fi mystery, bit of a slow burn but very interesting.

Triangle - Watched this a few time and still don't really get it.

Padraig Mor

Kolido wrote: »

Triangle - Watched this a few time and still don't really get it.

Great show - think I mentioned it before. The problem with telling people that it's not the slasher it may appear to be on the surface, is that it's very difficult to actually describe the plot without giving away the central plot point (and many reviews do just this) - suffice to say it's perhaps got more in common with Memento than Friday the 13th.