# Movies you absolutely adore that you think fell through the cracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028 "2015-08-16T23:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/221 "2015-09-04T18:25:15Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > “My Fellow Americans” with Jack Lemmon and James Garner as two ex-presidents who get into various shenanigans. The two actors are flat out funny, as are the supporting cast. I still guffaw every time I watch it when the two heroes join the Dykes on Bykes motorcycle club. Absolutely! I don’t remember hearing anything about this movie and don’t even remember how I came to watch it the first time – probably a rental that I decided to try because (a) it had a political title and (b) I knew the names of the stars and liked them. Since then I’ve bought my own copy of the movie and watched it a few more times. I loved the all-Dorothy band! An unsung classic for sure! ---
**Author:** ![black\_rainbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d26b3c/32.png) [@black\_rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rainbow)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/222 "2015-09-05T00:07:21Z")
Omg, Happiness! That was the most disturbing movie I had ever seen. I didn’t hate it, but I’m not sure I liked it either. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/223 "2015-09-05T00:18:28Z")
What, you were expecting it to take you to a happy place? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/224 "2015-09-06T21:50:31Z")
**Red Rock West** and **Clay Pigeons** are a couple of country noir gems, IMHO. Nick Cage with Dennis Hopper and Joaquin Phoenix with Vince Vaughn, respectively. Vaughn is\* creepy\* good. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/225 "2015-09-06T22:09:13Z")
**Buster and Billie** with Jan Michael Vincent (1974)and **A New Leaf** with Walter Matthau and Elaine May (1971). ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/226 "2015-09-07T00:53:15Z")
> [@mack](#): > > One of my favorite unsung movies is **The Man in the Moon** with a young Reese Witherspoon (her first role), Sam Waterston, and Tess Harper. The plot is coming-of-age but it’s really poignant and James Newton Howard’s score is just perfect. If you’re up for a bit of a mind fuck, double feature this with **Freeway** , another brilliant performance by a young Reese Witherspoon. One could argue that they’re both ‘coming of age the hard way’ stories, but damn. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/227 "2015-09-07T01:25:31Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > If you’re up for a bit of a mind fuck, double feature this with **Freeway** , another brilliant performance by a young Reese Witherspoon. So good. _Why are you killin’ all them girls, Bob?_ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/228 "2015-09-07T02:04:17Z")
I caught [Thunderheart](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105585/) with Val Kilmer the other day on HBO. I always liked that film. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/229 "2015-09-07T02:44:21Z")
[Cops and Robbers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069919/) is one of the best heist film’s ever, yet it’s almost completely unknown today. It’s one of my life’s great disappointments that A) almost nobody knows this movie, B) the only versions available for consumers are all edited-for-TV versions and C) they formatted it for TV, leaving no widescreen cut available at all. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/230 "2015-09-07T03:03:00Z")
I’ve seen a few of the films mentioned above. From memory (I might have forgotten one or two): Withnail & I L.A. Story Tender Mercies Far From Heaven Down By Law A Simple Plan The Whole Nine Yards Grand Canyon My Dinner with Andre Lone Star Trust Big Night Lost in America Kung Fu Hustle The Omega Man After Dark, My Sweet Local Hero In Bruges Charley Varrick The Grifters Drugstore Cowboy Coming Home Blow Straight Time Joe vs. the Volcano Get Shorty Matewan Contagion Auto Focus Happiness The Secret of Roan Inish Did they “fall through the cracks?” I don’t know. Not being a blockbuster isn’t the same as falling through the cracks – seems to me some of them were pretty successful. Quite a few of them weren’t exactly aiming for big huge success – they were indies, and may not have gotten widely released. But on their own terms, they were successful. Don’t know. Anyway, it’s been fun reading, and I’ve definitely added a few titles to my must-see list. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/231 "2015-09-07T03:03:59Z")
I came to this thread late and may have missed these, but anyway: **Dinner Rush** takes place in one night at a restaurant run by Danny Aiello. I don’t want to spoil it, but John Corbett is a little surprising. “When did this happen? When did dinner become a Broadway show?” (Quoting from 15-year-old memory, cut me some slack). It was well reviewed, but I think kind of neglected at the theatre. I remember really liking it. I don’t know that I adored **Knockaround Guys**. In fact, I’m pretty sure it was just OK. But I thought Vin Diesel was really good as the burned out goon. (Vin Diesel was also quite good in **Find Me Guilty** , another movie I thought was just OK. The guy can act when he wants to.) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/232 "2015-09-07T04:43:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Just recalled another little gem that’s all about the characters and dialog –_The Station Agent_. Peter Dinklage plays a withdrawn trainspotter who’s unable to stop some other oddball characters from hanging out with him. Great film. Literally my first Netflix selection, in 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/233 "2015-09-07T04:50:02Z")
[Four Lions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Lions) is a UK movie from a few years ago about four British Muslim men who decide to become suicide bombers. It’s a comedy, by the way. A dark one, but it’s a comedy. I thought it was pretty funny and it got 82% at Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/234 "2015-09-07T04:54:06Z")
> [@jsquire](#): > > BTW, I saw The Station Agent in an old single-screen theater and two others in attendance were the town’s two little people. They said it was spot on. A close friend who is a little person remarked to me when this film came out that the Peter Dinkelage (a near-unknown then) might become “the Sidney Poitier for little people. We won’t get our Denzel Washington for another decade or two, though.” He meant that Dinkelage might break one barrier by being taken seriously as an actor…but we’ll have to wait a while longer before people hardly even register that a certain actor is little. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/235 "2015-09-07T05:52:19Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > So good. > > _Why are you killin’ all them girls, Bob?_ Look who got beat with the ugly stick. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UUo7mjW2D3M/hqdefault.jpg "Freeway Court Scene, Jack Bauer Hit By An Ugly Stick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUo7mjW2D3M) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/236 "2015-09-07T18:31:14Z")
“Vicious Circles” is a fine little erotic thriller B-movie that has a lot more going for it than most others, but hardly got noticed despite having a “name” actor (Ben Gazzara) in it. Carolyn Lowery does a great job of playing a women who’s living with (and having an incestuous relationship with) her brother in France. Her brother, a bit of a naive dummy, gets caught up in a drug scheme and when it all goes south, he’s the one left holding the proverbial bag, getting sentenced to prison. Lowery’s character learns that getting her brother out of prison will require a large sum of money so she can hire a decent lawyer for him, so she raises money by becoming a voluntary sex-slave-for-hire for an organization of horny Parisian millionaires called The Circle. So the stage is set for the degradation of both her and her brother, but the real action of the story is how she turns things around on the Circle jerks, the Parisians who set up her brother, and the Paris authorities. It’s not an A movie by any means but it’s one of the VERY few erotic thrillers that’s both erotic and thrilling, and should have gotten all the attention that the greatly inferior “Body of Evidence” did in the erotic thriller category. Instead, it kinda fell through the cracks. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/237 "2015-09-07T22:12:31Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Out of the hundreds of DVDs I own, the film [**Miss Nobody**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Nobody_(2010_film)) is one of my favorites. It’s an awesome black comedy. Yet no one has heard of it. I hadn’t heard of it before, but am now hunting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/238 "2015-09-08T13:51:59Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Did they “fall through the cracks?” I don’t know. Not being a blockbuster isn’t the same as falling through the cracks – seems to me some of them were pretty successful. > > Quite a few of them weren’t exactly aiming for big huge success – they were indies, and may not have gotten widely released. But on their own terms, they were successful. > > Don’t know. Anyway, it’s been fun reading, and I’ve definitely added a few titles to my must-see list. Indeed. I kind of feels that a lot of people have a different interpretation of “fall through the cracks” than me. Many of these made good money, hell some even won Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/239 "2015-09-08T13:55:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [Four Lions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Lions) is a UK movie from a few years ago about four British Muslim men who decide to become suicide bombers. It’s a comedy, by the way. A dark one, but it’s a comedy. I thought it was pretty funny and it got 82% at Rotten Tomatoes. And directed by [Chris Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)), one of the Gods of British comedy. I can heartily recommend pretty much anything he has touched. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/240 "2015-09-10T13:26:44Z")
The Gods Must Be Crazy I & 2. So much fun for the whole family. I used to ask people in the university cafeteria if the voices in my head were disturbing them when they sat down next to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=13)