Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

odyssey06

The Silent Partner (1978) starring Eliott Gould as a bank clerk who gets in over his head when he tries to pocket some of the cash during a robbery. Christopher Plummer plays the robber in this tense game of cat and mouse, a long way away from his Sound of Music persona! Celine Lomez is the smouldering femme fatale.

Great review here from the late Roger Ebert:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-silent-partner-1979

Captain Red Beard

odyssey06 wrote: »

The Silent Partner (1978) starring Eliott Gould as a bank clerk who gets in over his head when he tries to pocket some of the cash during a robbery. Christopher Plummer plays the robber in this tense game of cat and mouse, a long way away from his Sound of Music persona! Celine Lomez is the smouldering femme fatale.

Great review here from the late Roger Ebert:
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-silent-partner-1979

I love finding cool old gems like this, or someone finding them for me. Thanks chief.

sydthebeat

One that I liked a lot and went "under the radar" by virtue of a very limited cinema release was "a ghost story" from 2017.

Its a very very slow metaphysical movie that you certainly need patience for, but it's beautiful and sad in equal measure. Excellently acted by Casey affleck and Rooney mara

odyssey06

Captain Red Beard wrote: »

I love finding cool old gems like this, or someone finding them for me. Thanks chief.

If you go to the Roger Ebert website, you can filter the reviews by years and number of stars. So you can get a list of all the 3 and 4 star movies from 1980 - 1985 say.

The results appear in a listing with the movie's promotional poster.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews

It's like being back in the video store

ps If you have time and fancy a laugh, you can also search for the reviews than got less than one star, where Ebert goes into full "The Critic" mode and takes down the movie.

tomofson

The night flier (1997)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119784/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

Lorelli!

I enjoyed Bullet. Not Steve McQueen's Bullit. Mickey Rourke plays a gangster junkie who just got out of prison. Ted Levine aka Buffalo Bill has a good part in it too.

EltonJohn69

Lorelli! wrote: »

I enjoyed Bullet. Not Steve McQueen's Bullit. Mickey Rourke plays a gangster junkie who just got out of prison. Ted Levine aka Buffalo Bill has a good part in it too.

isn't Tupac in that ? Does he wear an eye patch in it ? i saw it many years ago

Lorelli!

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

isn't Tupac in that ? Does he wear an eye patch in it ? i saw it many years ago

He had a part in it ye. He was the main antagonist as far as I can remember. Adrien Brody is in it as well. Good film.

Bobby Baccala

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.

EagererBeaver

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.

It's incredibly easy to find.

pat k

Shallow Grave ,taught it was a good watch :-)

tomofson

pat k wrote: »

Shallow Grave ,taught it was a good watch :-)

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

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.

Very bad things?

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

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!).