Author Topic: Hardly known films (Read 4695 times)

SteveF · **on:** August 08, 2007, 22:48:01 PM

Hardly known films

on: August 08, 2007, 22:48:01 PM

Ok, I figured I was fairly up on recent films but recently Ive stumbled across two excellent films Id not heard of before. These were:

Boondock Saints (1999)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/
Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs, turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started killing the evildoers of the world. Willem Dafoe plays an eccentric detective trying to figure out the killings, but as he works on the case he is forced to ask if killing the worst members of society is really a bad thing.

Constantine (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/
Constantine is an exorcist who has been to Hell and back, and whose soul is sentenced to hell. He has been deporting demons to get on good terms with God, yet God wants self-sacrifice. After the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, detective Angela Dodson goes out in search of the truth. Together, Constantine and Angela battle the demons on Earth.

Im basically looking for some other recommendations for obscure yet excellent films. If you havent seen the above (especially Boondock Saints) then go watch them. You could search for "boondock saints installment" on youtube and you might just find a low res version

Im not looking for films like se7en, american psycho, etc which are well known underground movies but instead stuff youre more than likely to have missed. Boondock for example was only released in 5 cinemas in the US and not shown globally as its release coincided with the Columbine shootings. Blockbuster then took it straight to video where its become a cult favourite.

Privateer · **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2007, 23:11:21 PM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #1 on: August 08, 2007, 23:11:21 PM

Constantine (2005) is a exellent film, I ripped it to DivX, when I first got it.

Ill watch Boondock Saints.

Cypher · **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2007, 23:38:58 PM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #2 on: August 08, 2007, 23:38:58 PM

Lord Of War (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/

Smugs · **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2007, 23:56:18 PM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #3 on: August 08, 2007, 23:56:18 PM

Is Lord of War any good?

I thought about going to watch it when it first came out but never did then I was going to get it on DVD but never did bother, am I missing a good film?

M3ta7h3ad · **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2007, 00:36:53 AM

Hardly known films

Reply #4 on: August 09, 2007, 00:36:53 AM

how are they hardly known?!

Constantine was a cinema hit. Boondock saints is a famous as the big labowski.

lol.

Lord of war is also a cinema hit here. Nicholas Cage in it, yeah its alright, not fantastic but alright

SteveF · **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2007, 00:44:00 AM

Hardly known films

Reply #5 on: August 09, 2007, 00:44:00 AM

Quote from: M3ta7h3ad

how are they hardly known?!

Constantine was a cinema hit. Boondock saints is a famous as the big labowski. lol.

If you dont see the difference between boondock and films that had big ratings at the cinema then Im not sure what else to say...

Hopefully most of the other readers of the forums will understand.

Go ask 10 people if theyve heard of the Boondock saints and I bet most havent seen of it. The Big Lebowski wouldnt be a terrible suggestion for this thread actually in much the same way as Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing, etc would work. Personally, Id say those are a little too successful/well-known but theyre on the right lines of what Im looking for.

While you may indeed be a guru of films, I suspect a lot of people on here dont tend to hear about films that didnt get released at the cinema or have big studio/advertisement backing. I dont believe describing the ones above as hardly known is an unfair statement tbh.

Off the top of my head - more general known ones would be:
* Battle Royale
* The Cube
* Taxi
* The Prestige (that probably is too well known)

This isnt a challenge to find the most obscure film in the universe. Its to suggest slightly unusual alternatives for people to check out.

dogbert · **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2007, 01:36:27 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #6 on: August 09, 2007, 01:36:27 AM

Google these films, they are all good & obscure.

"Equilibrum"
Post civilization-fall police state controlled by special officers who are highly trained martial arts weapons skills.

"Battle beyond the stars"
Peacful colony under threat from pirates, sends their best son to recruit mercenary heros. Cheesy but classsic imho

"Bullet proof monk"

Sam · **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2007, 03:56:15 AM

Hardly known films

Reply #7 on: August 09, 2007, 03:56:15 AM

I thought we were posting little known films?

Rashoman is good.

Milwakee Minnasota.

Chuck Norris · **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2007, 08:17:58 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #8 on: August 09, 2007, 08:17:58 AM

Dark City was really good http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/
Slackers was pretty cheesy but it made me laugh http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240900/

Eggtastico · **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2007, 08:43:47 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #9 on: August 09, 2007, 08:43:47 AM

I thought this thread was for Hardly Known films :shock:

Goodbye Lenin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

The film is set in the East Berlin of 1989 . Alexander Kerners mother, Christiane Kerner, an ardent supporter of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, suffers a heart attack when she sees Alex being arrested in an anti-government demonstration and falls into a coma shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After eight months she awakes, but is severely weakened both physically and mentally, and doctors say that any shock may cause another, possibly fatal, attack. Alex realises that her discovery of recent events would be too much for her to bear, and so sets out to maintain the illusion that things are as normal in the German Democratic Republic. To this end, he and his family revert the flat to its previous drab decor, dress in their old clothes, and feed the bed-ridden Christiane new, Western produce from old labeled jars. For a time the deception works, but gradually becomes increasingly complicated and elaborate.

BigSoy · **Reply #10 on:** August 09, 2007, 08:46:23 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #10 on: August 09, 2007, 08:46:23 AM

Baise Moi.

La Haine.

Jobs a good un.

Rivkid · **Reply #11 on:** August 09, 2007, 08:57:10 AM

Hardly known films

Reply #11 on: August 09, 2007, 08:57:10 AM

Quote from: SteveF

Hopefully most of the other readers of the forums will understand.

This isnt a challenge to find the most obscure film in the universe. Its to suggest slightly unusual alternatives for people to check out.

Ill agree about Boondock Saints I think that classes as an unusual film but Constantine? It was a huge film and a commercial one too. Nominated for 4 awards, even won one. A quick google (you cant hold it against me Im being honest yes I used it lol!) suggests it took $230m worldwide. I mean come on its got Keanu Reeves in it it was never going to be an unknown was it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486/business

The Big Lebowski really needs to be watched by the whole world though - fantastic film! "Shut the f*ck up Donny your way out of your element"

Eggtastico · **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2007, 09:04:17 AM

Hardly known films

Reply #12 on: August 09, 2007, 09:04:17 AM

Quote from: Rivkid

Quote from: SteveF

The Big Lebowski really needs to be watched by the whole world though - fantastic film! "Shut the f*ck up Donny your way out of your element"

Every film by the Cohen Brothers should be watched by the whole world imo, TBL as you say, Fargo, Hudsucker Proxy, etc.

Rivkid · **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2007, 09:17:51 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #13 on: August 09, 2007, 09:17:51 AM

went on a cohen brothers spree a while back - Raising Arizona is still one of the best IMO.

Cypher · **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2007, 09:41:28 AM

Re:Hardly known films

Reply #14 on: August 09, 2007, 09:41:28 AM

Quote from: Smugs

Is Lord of War any good?

I thought about going to watch it when it first came out but never did then I was going to get it on DVD but never did bother, am I missing a good film?

Yes. It was one of the those films I kept meaning to see and finally got around to it and wondered why I didnt see it before.

Other films I enjoyed.

The Ladykillers (2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/

Hero (2002)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299977/
(This will either bore you to death or amaze you)

Keeping Mum (2005)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444653/

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