hbilly

The twist is...

1 Name a movie you enjoy, and which is fairly well known.
2 Name a movie which is similar in style, or plot, or theme etc. to 1, but is more under the radar, and perhaps not considered widely known. Example:

If you liked The Stepfather (1987)



then check out Blackout (1985)



Similar identity crisis / domestic terror theme, and even the settings are almost the same. I believe the makers of The Stepfather got most, if not all, ideas from Blackout.

DVD Josh

Fans of the Usual Suspect will like Identity

Fans of Primal Fear will like 88 minutes.

cleaver

Fans of Entourage + the original Point Break will like the new Point Break
Fans of Nazi recruitment videos will like United Passions

Mondo Kane

Guess I'll go for a serial-killer theme.

If you liked


Then check out


^I thought that would've had a dated, TV-movie feel about it. But was surprised at how complex it turned out to be. Great performance by Curtis too.

OldBoy

if you liked:



even though not really related still first thing i thought of:



huh...even similar movie posters.

Perkinsun Dzees

If you liked:




Then check out:

Goldberg74

If you liked Ski Patrol, you'll like Out Cold.

bluetoast

If you liked In Bruges, check out You Kill Me.

OldBoy

i don't know why or how, but i saw YKM in theater. loved it but forgot all about it!

dom56

If you liked:




Then check out:

bluetoast

Same. In fact, I forget a lot of what happened in it, but it was an overlooked little flick. And it introduced me to cashew butter.

hbilly

if you liked Antichrist (2009)



check out Vinyan (2008)



Vinyan is basically Antichrist's little cousin. Not as explicit as Lars von Trier's shocker but disturbing enough if you dig psychological horror.

Premise

If:
Then:

Hazel Motes

If you liked:





then you might like:

mphtrilogy

If you liked wedding crasheRs

Check out
Some like it hot...

mrhan

I'd like to add Bound to your post. Not because of the story but the same style and look of the Matrix. If you watch it you can see the same techniques and similarities in the filming and music score.

SuckaMC

If you like Donnie Darko and The Breakfast Club, try out Detention. Such a fun movie.

Groucho

The Sixth Sense

joliom

If you liked WarGames then you might also like Prime Risk.

If you liked North by Northwest you might also like Gotcha!

If you liked Judgment Night then you might also like Enemy Territory.

If you liked The Silence of the Lambs then you might also like Antibodies.

If you liked Mulholland Dr. then you might also like Enemy.

If you liked Heat then you might also like Thief.

And if you liked The Evil Dead then you might also like Demon Wind.

movieguru

....and "The Others"

movieguru

The Fault in the Stars

AND

Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl

Bluelitespecial

If you liked

then check out


Both are similar in a lot of ways, they actually have the same composer, and I am a little biased since Fling was filmed in Kansas City. It was shown on Showtime a lot, is on dvd, and I think you can find the full movie on youtube.

E Unit

Did you like CLIFFHANGER?

Then check out THE EIGER SANCTION

hbilly

If you liked Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977)



you ought to get a kick out of Barn of the Naked Dead (1974)



Barn pretty much foreshadows Hills in many ways. Same desert setting, radioactivity/nuclear theme, group of "stranded" people exposed to disfigured cannibalistic killer.

Mondo Kane

^No naked people in BOTND though.