Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

ButtersSuki

EagererBeaver wrote: »

It's incredibly easy to find.

Bobby Baccala wrote: »

Watched Starred Up the other night and wasn't disappointed, Jack O'Connell as explosive as ever. Had a hard time finding a copy of this online, doesn't seem to be well known at all. Possibly my new favourite prison film.

Also regularly free to air (legally) on Film Four.

tomofson wrote: »

Yes indeed it is, there is another one with a very similar plot but is american made.

I am fairly sure it involves a prostitute getting killed in a hotel room during a mens weekend away.

The name escapes me.

Kolido wrote: »

Very bad things?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124198/

Very Bad Things indeed I suspect.

PistolsAtDawn

Shotcaller

Cetyl Palmitate

Harsh times

galwayllm

Glenngarry Glen Ross.

Tony EH

We should change this thread to "Films you like and you think nobody else has seen, but you're wrong"

:pac:

EagererBeaver

galwayllm wrote: »

Glenngarry Glen Ross.

You mean that one with Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey?

Yeah, never heard of it.

galwayllm

EagererBeaver wrote: »

You mean that one with Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris and Kevin Spacey?

Yeah, never heard of it.

No!! The one with Alec Baldwin!

Half Nelson.

Ryan Gosling is a schoolteacher who is a "Base Head" drug user: we see the ensuing family and professional life disintegration for him throughout the film

ballyargus

galwayllm wrote: »

No!! The one with Alec Baldwin!

The one with Jonathan Pryce in it was even better!

RayCun

ballyargus wrote: »

The one with Jonathan Pryce in it was even better!

I prefer the version written by David Mamet.

mikhail

I prefer the version that Empire named in their 500 greatest movies of all time.

jim-mcdee

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. My grandfather recommended it and I'm glad I watched it its a cracking western.

odyssey06

Black Robe, a Canadian film set in the 17th century about a young Jesuit priest trying to convert the Indian tribes.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101465/

Geronimo, 1993 movie about the Apache chief, starring Wes Studi, Jason Patric & Robert Duvall.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107004/

Ride with the Devil, 1999, about bushwhackers in the American Civil War, starring Tobey Maguire.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134154/

mikhail

jim-mcdee wrote: »

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. My grandfather recommended it and I'm glad I watched it its a cracking western.

Yes, one of the most celebrated films ever made, currently sitting at 9th on the imdb top rated movies, flew under the radar. Have you ever seen The Godfather?

galwayllm

mikhail wrote: »

I prefer the version that Empire named in their 500 greatest movies of all time.

Never heard of this movie! Sounds great tho!

CrankyHaus

Gridlock'd.

Tupac and Tim Roth play junkie musicians trying to get on a drug treatment programme while being chased by gangsters. A solid film with some very funny parts.
Good acting by Tupac too, although the relatively mundane Juice always gets mentioned as his go to film.

gmisk

Red Hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hill_(film)
Its a really decent Australian thriller with Ryan Kwanten, almost plays like a western.

Adventureland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventureland_(film)
Fun coming of age style film with Jesse Eisenberg working at a rundown amusement park, Great cast.

Undertow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertow_(2009_film)
Pretty heartbreaking drama set in Peru, its almost a ghost story/romance, really excellent.

The way he looks
(I love belle and sebastian so a bit biased)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_He_Looks
Incredibly sweet coming of age film set in brazil, main character is a blind high school student (not depressing honestly!).

SoundsRight

The Smershpod podcast (highly reccommend) cover some classic films that time forgot.

Shout at the Devil, from 1976 starting Lee Marvin and Roger Moore. Sort of a Boy's Own adventure set in Africa around the outbreak of WWI. Think African Queen crossed with The Man Who Would Be King. You can get it on YouTube.

EltonJohn69

CrankyHaus wrote: »

Gridlock'd.

Tupac and Tim Roth play junkie musicians trying to get on a drug treatment programme while being chased by gangsters. A solid film with some very funny parts.
Good acting by Tupac too, although the relatively mundane Juice always gets mentioned as his go to film.

excellent movie, Tupac held his own with Tim Roth

Transsiberian
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800241/?ref_=nv_sr_1

xalot

Pieces of April with the usually unwatchable Katie Holmes is a surprise gem. Though you cant go wrong with Patricia Clarkson.

Hercule Poirot

End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal and Micheal Pena - saw it not long after it came out, thought it was excellent - mainly shot via bodycams, they play cops, really enjoyed it

bodhrandude

Hell in the Pacific from 1968 with Lee Marvin in one of his lesser known films, Marvin plays a shot down pilot during the Second World War, he is stranded on an island with a marooned Japanese Navy captain. A great film, about how they get on and survive, up there with Murphy's War with Peter O'Toole and his vengeance towards a U-Boat.

tylercheribini

Bone Tomahawk

Gamb!t

Not sure if these have been mentioned but I found these quite good.


Les choristes
French drama about kids in an orphanage that sing in a choir.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Un prophete
Prison Mafia movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/?ref_=nv_sr_2


Killing Zoe
French crime drama
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110265/?ref_=nv_sr_1


A good year
Comedy drama set in France
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401445/?ref_=nv_sr_1

EltonJohn69

killing Zoe..... real Tarantino 90's buzz
also un prophete is a quality movie

odyssey06

Wine lovers will appreciate A Good Year.

xalot

On the French Film suggestion

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778784/
My Best Friend,

It's such a great feel good film.

Liverpoolfan1

Barbarians at the gate. About the attempted management buyout of Nabisco. One of the biggest food conglomerates in the 70s.

Really funny pic

mobby

Hombre 1967 Paul Newman,Richard Boone. Great western great performance by Newman. Cant believe how many never heard if it.

CWF

The Florida Project. Absolutely amazing film.

Cetyl Palmitate

CWF wrote: »

The Florida Project. Absolutely amazing film.

Outstanding film. The colours! The music played in the final scene. William Dafoe.
I remember having to buy milk in a shop immediately after leaving the cinema with tears rolling down my face!
Not sure how underrated you could call it though. It won or was nominated for lots of awards. Critics loved it etc.

CWF

Cetyl Palmitate wrote: »

Outstanding film. The colours! The music played in the final scene. William Dafoe.
I remember having to buy milk in a shop immediately after leaving the cinema with tears rolling down my face!
Not sure how underrated you could call it though. It won or was nominated for lots of awards. Critics loved it etc.

I wouldn't call it under rated at all. However, even tho it came out 2 years ago I never heard of it therefore for me it falls under the category of flying under the radar. The poster for the movie looks familiar but that's all. Going to watch it again tonight with my other half she hasn't seen it yet

Slydice

Destroyer

Decent kinda story based crime presentation with a heavy narrative and complex way of goinf about it. I've not seen some of the ways they depict stuff outside of Anime especially the final scene.

I knew Nicole Kidman was in it but was surprised when Sebastian Stan (Bucky in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and Scoot McNairy (the Father in True Detective season 3) turned up.

One fairly decent gunfight scene as well (

the bank robbery that Erin (Nicole) busts with the two cops

)

but you might want to avoid if you're:
- riding the wave of "Women can't do Sh*t"
- looking for hard action film
- wanting a spolsions based film and such
- need something on in the background
- don't want to keep track of the story and put pieces together as they are revealed

wakka12

The florida project was fantastic, but maybe by underrated people mean it didnt have a big cultural impact? Even though it was a beautifully shot movie it didnt really have any particularly memorable characters or lines or scenes that would leave a lasting impression so I think thats why it might be underrated

dougm1970

judgement night (1993)

i thought it was great...but its not well known, despite a great cast.

https://youtu.be/MDh3uICKIMc

crushproof

dougm1970 wrote: »

judgement night (1993)

i thought it was great...but its not well known, despite a great cast.

https://youtu.be/MDh3uICKIMc

Oh wow you'll solved one of my many movies mysteries.!! Remember catching this donkeys years ago on RTE late at night. Could never remember the name, cheers!

EltonJohn69

crushproof wrote: »

Oh wow you'll solved one of my many movies mysteries.!! Remember catching this donkeys years ago on RTE late at night. Could never remember the name, cheers!

I believe Emilio Estavez got paid like 20 million dollars for that movie.... the other actor dropped out last minute

tylercheribini

dougm1970 wrote: »

judgement night (1993)

i thought it was great...but its not well known, despite a great cast.

https://youtu.be/MDh3uICKIMc

and Denis Leary being Denis Leary.:)

tuxy

tylercheribini wrote: »

and Denis Leary being Denis Leary.:)

Makes a nice change from him trying to be Bill Hicks

Yermande

Gamb!t wrote: »

Un prophete
Prison Mafia movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Under the radar?

Yermande

The Friends of Eddie Coyle from 1973. Excellent crime flick starring Robert Mitchum.

Heckler

Equilibrium.

Dystopian action movie with Christian Bale as a "Cleric", John Preston..

"In an oppressive future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system and state."

An intelligent storyline lost in the shadow of the Matrix. The brief action sequences featuring "Gun Fu" are right up there with Matrix action scenes but even better because they are not so often. Short enough that I rewatch it more than Keanu kicking ass.

Ipso

crushproof wrote: »

Oh wow you'll solved one of my many movies mysteries.!! Remember catching this donkeys years ago on RTE late at night. Could never remember the name, cheers!

Wasn’t Trespass out around the same time?

Tilikum17

State of grace.

Not sure if it went under the radar really but it came out in the same year as goodfellas & never got the recognition it deserved.

Penn, Oldman & Ed Harris. Story about the Irish gang in New York.

obi604

U turn from 1997. I loved it. But hardly anyone I know has seen it.
Jennifer Lopez looks unreal in it.

Yermande

Ipso wrote: »

Wasn’t Trespass out around the same time?

I always get those two mixed up for some reason.

the whole year inn

Felon.

Great movie never see it mentioned anywhere.

squawker

Too Late The Hero (1970)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066471/

A WW2 movie set on a Philippine island with one of the most memorable endings ever

Starring: Cliff Robertson, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliot

Tony EH

dougm1970 wrote: »

judgement night (1993)

i thought it was great...but its not well known, despite a great cast.

https://youtu.be/MDh3uICKIMc

Ipso wrote: »

Wasn’t Trespass out around the same time?

They were out within a year of each other. Hard to believe that some folk think that these films went under the radar though. They were pretty big on video back in the 90's. I think most people around then would remember them.

I like 'Judgement Night', even if it is a little stupid. Never saw 'Trespass' though. But, it's got a decent enough cast and it's a Walter Hill film, so I'll give it a go sometime.