# Movie You Love but Think Not Many Others Have Seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091 "2019-08-02T21:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/41 "2019-08-03T16:05:34Z")
The only two mentioned so far that I’ve seen are **The Sunshine Boys** and **The Station Agent** , both of which I would recommend. The Sunshine Boys is slow motion comedy. Watching George Burns and Walter Matthau re-arranging furniture in Matthau’s apartment is priceless. It’s one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/42 "2019-08-03T16:40:02Z")
[Songwriter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088153/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)- Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Rip Torn in a charming, quirky little movie about the music business. [Tapeheads](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096223/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - John Cusack and Tim Robbins as pioneers in the early video business. [Repo Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - Emilio Estevez as a punk. Too weird to describe. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/43 "2019-08-03T16:57:06Z")
[Tears of the Black Tiger](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269217/) - Bonkers Thai spaghetti-western action adventure romcom in supersaturated colour with surreal backdrops and cartoon violence. Yeah, that about covers it. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/44 "2019-08-03T16:58:31Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > The only two mentioned so far that I’ve seen are **The Sunshine Boys** and **The Station Agent** , both of which I would recommend. > > The Sunshine Boys is slow motion comedy. Watching George Burns and Walter Matthau re-arranging furniture in Matthau’s apartment is priceless. It’s one of my favorites. I saw and liked these as well. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/45 "2019-08-03T17:08:47Z")
I adore Shirley Booth - ‘Come Back, Little Sheba’ and also ‘Hot Spell’. (I really can’t understand the relationship in ‘About Mrs. Leslie’ - was it companionship, or were they having an ongoing once-a-year affair?) In fact, I like those little 50’s slice-of-life dramas. (William Inge, especially - ‘All Fall Down’ is one of my favorites. Barry-Barry, you old rhinoceros!) Every time ‘Middle of the Night’ comes on TCM, I drop everything to watch it. From 1959, it stars Kim Novak as a divorced secretary who plans to marry her much older boss, Martin Balsam, to the distress of all her friends and family. Akin to ‘Marty’, it’s low key black and white, a lot like an expanded early TV show from the time. But I get a kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/46 "2019-08-03T17:09:50Z")
Allegro Non Troppo - a comical Italian suite of cartoons similar in scope to Fantasia Silent Running - an underappreciate sci-fi gem starring Bruce Dern and some robots ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/47 "2019-08-03T17:45:42Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Tender Mercies (1983) Since Robert Duvall won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actor, I suspect a great many others have seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/48 "2019-08-03T17:47:05Z")
[Fantastic Planet](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Planet) Very distinctive, trippy animation style (also used on Sesame Street, I believe). Interesting soundtrack. Pretty weird, overall. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/49 "2019-08-03T18:33:34Z")
_Tapeheads_ is fucking awesome–executive producer Mike Nesmith of The Monkees and approximately nine billion obscure but hilarious cameos by famous musicians, most notably Devo performing as a sucky European trash band and Jello Biafra as an FBI agent. Insanely great music, trust me on this one. Along the same lines but even more obscure is _[Get Crazy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085551/reference)_ which is so unknown it never even got a DVD release–I have it but I had to download a VHS rip, that’s how unknown it is. Also an insane number of musical cameos and a great soundtrack and who can resist Malcolm McDowell playing an asshole super rich rock star named Reggie Wanker? Not I! For something completely different, how about _[Sirens](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111201/reference)?_ I don’t understand why this one never got famous, if for no other reason than every woman cast in this film appears naked–go on, go look at the list and tell me that doesn’t have some appeal. It’s just a genuinely lovely movie though and it makes me feel happy every time I watch it. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/50 "2019-08-03T18:48:29Z")
‘Nebraska’. Bruce Dern, 2013-ish, all the more somber in it’s black & white. ‘About Schmidt’. Jack Nicholson, somber, but in color. ‘Cedar Rapids’. 2011, light hearted comedy with serious overtones. ‘The Lives of Others’. 2006. Gripping film. A crying shame so many people only “know” it through the overuse of the Hitler meltdown scene’s use by wags to parody other situations via dubbed subtitiles. ‘Idiocracy’. It’s existence and appreciation seems to be a few inches wide, but a mile deep. Another vote for ‘The Station Agent’ Another vote for ‘Repo Man’ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/51 "2019-08-03T19:32:30Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > ‘The Lives of Others’. 2006. Gripping film. A crying shame so many people only “know” it through the overuse of the Hitler meltdown scene’s use by wags to parody other situations via dubbed subtitiles. I’m confused about this one. The famous Hitler-losing-it scene comes from a movie called **[Downfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film))**. Is it referenced in The Lives of Others? ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/52 "2019-08-03T19:34:32Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m confused about this one. The famous Hitler-losing-it scene comes from a movie called **[Downfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film))**. Is it referenced in The Lives of Others? Oops, I meant ‘Downfall’. :o ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/53 "2019-08-03T20:33:32Z")
_Alucarda_ (1977) – Strange and surreal story of young girls getting into devil worship in a repressive convent. _A Stolen Airship_ (1967) – The usual utterly fantastic Karel Zeman production of boys having a grand adventure. In Mystimation! \* The Battle Wizard\* (1977) – Outlandish martial arts fantasy; twice the fun and imagination of the same year's \*Star Wars\*. _Bed of Roses_ (1933) – Pre-Code sleaze of two whores on the loose “rooking umpchays.” _The Black Book_, a.k.a. _Reign of Terror_ (1950) – French Revolution-set film noir. A b-movie with first-class talent behind the camera. _Challenge of the Ninja_, a.k.a. _Heroes of the East_ (1978) – Gordon Liu is forced to marry a crazed Japanese woman who keeps trying to kill him. Then he inadvertently insults her family and has to battle them. Great martial arts action, humor and theme. \* Crime Spree\* (2003) – Virtually unknown French ensemble comedy of inept crooks set up in Chicago. _Day Watch_ (2006) – Less bombastic sequel to _Night Watch_ is more entertaining as various odd characters seek the “Chalk of Life.” _Death in the Garden_ (1956) – Obscure, ironic and largely unheralded Luis Buñuel-directed film of characters on the lam in an unrelenting jungle. _Dog Day_ (1984) – French-made elegy to the American gangster with Lee Marvin, Tina Louise (small role) and scene-stealing David Bennent (from _The Tin Drum_), one of the greatest child actors ever. _Dragon Chronicles_ (1994) – Awesome martial arts fantasy of dying master looking for worthy successor to take on betrayer Ting and his devastating Melting Stance. Almost as good as _Swordsman II_ (1992). _Kongo_ (1932) – Superior remake of _West of Zanzibar_ (1928) remains one of the most politically incorrect films ever released by a Hollywood studio. _The Last Valley_ (1971) – Bleak 30 Years War story with no one to root for. _Marquis_ (1989) – Actors in weird animal masks play out Bastille-based story with lots of philosophy and perversity. _The President Vanishes_ (1934) – A politically connected judge conspires with leaders of industry to get the U.S. into another war to boost profits…but then the prez vanishes! Prescient and amazing. _Revengers Tragedy_ (2002) – Updated adaptation of Jacobean-era tragedy retains the (not for passive listening) language in one of director Alex Cox’s best - and least seen - films. _Sleeping Car to Trieste_ (1948) – Superior remake of _Rome Express_ (1932) with everyone after a stolen diary. _State Secret_ (1950) – Surgeon in “Vosnia” operates on dictator, who dies, forcing surgeon on the lam. Great cast, suspense, cynicism and a cool subjective camera opening sequence. _The Sword of Doom_ (1966) – Master swordsmen Tatsuya Nakadai is going nuts in one of greatest samurai movies ever. _Two Seconds_ (1932) – As E.G. Robinson goes to the e-chair, a flashback reveals how he got there in tawdry pre-Code story. _Vidocq_ (2001) – Legendary French detective tries to solve weird murders. Brilliant production design, though inclusion of supernatural elements and the super-lame revelation of the killer are regrettable. _Wicked City_ (1987) – Outlandish fantasy of alien “reptoids” living amongst humans and the Anti-Reptoid Squad cops pledged to bring them down. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/54 "2019-08-03T20:52:49Z")
_The Revenger’s Tragedy_ is the only movie I’ve ever seen that rivals _Titus_ for gleeful, over the top old school ultraviolence. I loved it but everyone else watching with me was all “Dafuq did I just watch?!” ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/55 "2019-08-03T21:49:26Z")
“Nebraska” and “About Schmidt” aren’t obscure. The former was nominated for six Oscars, while the latter had nominations for best actor (Nicholson) and best actress (Kathy Bates). “Downfall” (which BrickBat meant to name instead of “The Lives of Others”) was nominated for best foreign language film. I love “Nebraska” and like the other two, but I don’t think they meet the OP’s criteria. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/56 "2019-08-03T22:05:32Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > “Nebraska” and “About Schmidt” aren’t obscure. The former was nominated for six Oscars, while the latter had nominations for best actor (Nicholson) and best actress (Kathy Bates). “Downfall” (which BrickBat meant to name instead of “The Lives of Others”) was nominated for best foreign language film. I love “Nebraska” and like the other two, but I don’t think they meet the OP’s criteria. Based on conversations with people over the years, I’ve run into very few people that actually heard of those films, let alone saw them. It’s anecdotal. In any case, the OP didn’t use the term obscure, just that movies one thinks not many others have seen. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/57 "2019-08-03T22:20:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’m confused about this one. The famous Hitler-losing-it scene comes from a movie called **[Downfall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(2004_film))**. Is it referenced in The Lives of Others? Good movie… I thought of a German movie made around 2004, called “The Edukators”, pretty cool movie. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/58 "2019-08-03T22:30:14Z")
I thought I’d posted this, but it must have been in a different, similar thread. Anyways, True Stories. It’s a really charming movie David Byrne made about his visiting a small town in Texas about to celebrate its sesquicentennial. That’s why it says “A film about a bunch of people in Virgil Texas” on the titlecard. Auto Focus is another Greatest Movie No One Has Seen. Greg Kinnear plays Bob Crane as he descends into depravity during and after his career on Hogan’s Heroes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/59 "2019-08-03T22:32:24Z")
Fantastic Planet gave me the heebie-jeebies, but A Town Called Panic was a riot. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091/60 "2019-08-04T02:19:25Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > Based on conversations with people over the years, I’ve run into very few people that actually heard of those films, let alone saw them. It’s anecdotal. In any case, the OP didn’t use the term obscure, just that movies one thinks not many others have seen. Good lord. Men in tights. spiderman, batman, superman. Very few people have actually heard of fuck all. Don’t know who Bette Davis, Cary Grant, or John Wayne are. No color, 'splosions, CGI? Jesus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-you-love-but-think-not-many-others-have-seen/838091.md?page=4)