abintra

What are some films that you wish more people would see?

Here are a few of mine.

Never Cry Wolf- This would probably be my top choice that I wish more people would search out to see (sadly it does not have a good dvd release). The scenery is terrific and really provides a sense of place and time. Charles Martin Smith gives a wonderful performance and is perfect in the role.

Heavy- The poor dvd release is going to be a theme with all of these minus the next one. Great use of stillness and a moving performance by Pruitt Taylor Vince.

Ratcatcher- This is probably the most popular of the ones I will mention.

Angela- Rebecca Miller is starting to make a name for herself the last year or so and I remember this being quite strong.

Ruby in Paradise- Wish this was on dvd. I haven't seen it in years but it sticks in the memory. Another film that isn't afraid to use stillness and silence to convey thoughts/emotions like the ones above.

Rare Birds- Slightly change of pace from the above with some offbeat character driven humor. Another great use of location that inhabits the movie. Doesn't quite hold completely together during its wrap-up but very worthwhile.

Coldblooded- Not on dvd so not much one can do unless they want to search out a vhs copy. Dark comedy that might not appeal to everyone but I connected with it immediately. Great cast for the piece.

Sean Vetter

1.The Hunted-Not the Tommy Lee Jones one, but the one with Chris Lambert from '95. My favorite ninja film of all time simply for the fact that the subject matter was taken seriously. Most ninja films I've seen feel very campy to me but not this one. John Lone gives a great performance as Kinjo.

2.The Salton Sea-I'll never understand why Warner Bros. decided to bury this film by opening it in limited release the same weekend as Attack of the Clones. The same guy who wrote this wrote the crappy Murder by Numbers (Don't worry, he made up for that film with Salton Sea)so I'm surprised this film wasn't treated better. A cool story, a solid cast and the best Val Kilmer performance in a number of years.

3.No Looking Back-One of the best Ed Burns films and probably the hardest one to track down on DVD.

Banky

I used to work in a mom and pop video store 2 nights a week, and you would be surprised what the general public has never seen. Im not talking about us 'internet savvy' people. I'm talking about the people who dont use the internet..

The most popular films these people never heard of are:

the game
sleepers
primal fear ("ed nortons in that?")
requiem for a dream (i was careful who i reccomended this to)
memento
shawshank redemption (yeah)
dead poets society
Say Anything
american historyx

I could go on and on..Most of these people I reccomended these types of films to put them down and got something like 'Get Over it', or 'Driven', or Night at the Roxbury'..

mrhan

Once Were Warriors
Broken English
Whale Rider
Junk Mail
Man Bites Dog
Adrenalin Drive
Kikujiro

---but I'm sure most people on this forum know about these films.

DonnachaOne

Human Traffic
... and avoid the cut Miramax version.

This is usually about where Hendrik recommends The Wounds in theses sort of threads...

Inverse

Matinee!

Supreme Sean

The Earthling
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Last Orders
Pocket Money
The Outrage ( American remake of Rashomon )

Kinyo

Body of Evidence- Maddona's best movie in my opinion.

yojimbo1

straw dogs, i'm sure most of us no enough about this movie but critics and the general public mostly give this movie the cold shoulder because of the intense rape scene

derickpsych

Thirteen
Mulholland Drive
Boys Don't Cry
Talk to Her
The Man Who Wasn't There
Y Tu Mama Tambien

rkndkn

Late Marriage
Maelstrom
Bug
Das Experiment
Mad Love (Spain)
Man From Elysian Fields
Pandaemonium (Unfortunately not available in Region 1 in WS as far as I know)

William Fuld

Illuminata
Lakeboat
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
All of Guy Maddin's movies

devilshalo

thecrazydude

On the Edge

lesterlong

Great list. I can't wait to get Thirteen. And I still don't understand DVDTalk's fascination with Iron Giant. I watched it, wasn't anything special. There must be a lot of Disney-haters on here.

indycohiba

Aimée & Jaguar

gmal2003

UNBREAKABLE

Shilex

Hudsucker Proxy (IMO one of the Coen's best, but critics gave it a mild reception)

Joe Versus the Volcano (misunderstood from the very beginning)

Sweet Hereafter (nice little film that not many have seen)

SunMonkey

Dead Alive

Aside from horror fans, most people don't watch this highly enjoyable and well made early film by Peter Jackson.

B.A.

Beautiful Girls

immortal_zeus

I love that movie. Natalie Portman was a really fine actress as a youngster. It's too bad she hasn't had many challenging roles as a young woman.

Neeb

A Face in the Crowd
Barry Lyndon
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Body Snatcher
Out of the Past
Ballad of Cable Hogue

TCG

I second this.

Also:
The Thing
8 1/2
Dogma
The Game
Close Encounters... (seriously, it's not appreciated for the masterpiece it is)
Gattaca
Royal Tenenbaums
7 Samurai (not seen enough)
Godfathers (a surprising # of peps on this board havent seen them)
Sneakers
Truman Show
Starship Troopers
Swordfish

Jay G.

I love Iron Giant, and I don't hate Disney (at least, I don't hate a film just because it's from Disney). It's such a wonderful, touching film. However, no film is for everyone. I personally don't like a number of films already listed on this thread.

Dr. DVD

Black Rain-one of Ridley Scott's better movies IMO
Heat-always deserves more attention