# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/241 "2015-09-10T14:31:56Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > 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. They’re good movies, but I don’t think they fell through the cracks. They were very popular when they came out, especially the first one. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/242 "2015-09-10T14:33:51Z")
> [@jsquire](#): > > like I’ve seen the same thing over and over and over again. Two relatively recent films which seemed different enough are [Bernie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704573/?ref_=nv_sr_2) and [Moonrise Kingdom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/?ref_=nv_sr_1). I don’t know if movies that were up for Independent Spirit Awards can be said to have slipped through the cracks, though. . IMHO, “slipped through the cracks” means the films may have been successful at it’s time, but then fell off the radar. Or it was critically acclaimed, but didn’t reach a large audience. Or maybe it was overshadowed by other works at the time or by the same creative team. For example, in the world of Wes Andersen films, I feel like Moonrise Kingdom sort of fell off the radar, along with The Darjeeling Limited. The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Royal Tannenbaums always gets the critical acclaim, Steve Zissou gets all the derision (unfairly IMHO) and everyone mentions Rushmore and Bottle Rocket as his early work. Or with Terry Gilliam, 12 Monkeys plays like always. Every now and then Baron Munchausen or Brazil will be on some late Saturday afternoon. But I don’t think I’ve seen Time Bandits since I was a little kid. > [@black\_rainbow](#): > > Snowpiercer. I usually hate action movies but I love this film. It’s based on a french graphic novel. Because of quarreling between Harvey Finestein and the director, there was a very limited release. There’s lots of plot twists. It’s just an amazing movie. I agree. Although I feel like Showtime is filling in those cracks by playing it 5 times a day. ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/243 "2015-09-10T14:41:20Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > IMHO, “slipped through the cracks” means the films may have been successful at it’s time, but then fell off the radar. Or it was critically acclaimed, but didn’t reach a large audience. Or maybe it was overshadowed by other works at the time or by the same creative team. _Hundreds_ of movies are released every year. So even the most successful movies are going to fall off the radar after a year or two. ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/244 "2015-09-10T16:01:38Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > IMHO, “slipped through the cracks” means the films may have been successful at it’s time, but then fell off the radar. Or it was critically acclaimed, but didn’t reach a large audience. Or maybe it was overshadowed by other works at the time or by the same creative team. By this definition, there’s probably fewer than 100 films in the history of filmmaking that _haven’t_ “slipped through the cracks.” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/245 "2015-09-10T16:43:29Z")
I continue to feel very strongly about [Locke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722635), which almost no one I know has ever seen. It was a gimmick that had no business working, but it did. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/246 "2015-09-10T16:51:14Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I continue to feel very strongly about [Locke](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722635), which almost no one I know has ever seen. It was a gimmick that had no business working, but it did. Looks like it’s available for streaming on Amazon. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/247 "2015-09-10T16:54:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Looks like it’s available for streaming on Amazon. Thanks! Report back, please! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/248 "2015-09-10T18:08:28Z")
I wouldn’t say that it’s a movie I adore, but I have been curious about the complete disappearance of **The Man Who Knew Too Little** , starring Bill Murray. At a humor level, I wouldn’t say that it was any higher or lower than Groundhog Day. Groundhog Day had a more interesting conceit as a joke-engine, which forced it to tackle a few serious questions, so I would agree that it’s the better movie. Just, as said, the comedy is about even between the two movies. And so far as the subject matter goes, I’ve seen The Man With One Red Shoe mentioned more often than The Man Who Knew Too Little, even though it’s a decade older and probably a worse film. People can at least remember that they’ve seen Red Shoe. But even with prodding, you can’t get people to even remember that there was a film with Bill Murray as a guy who got confused with a spy. I find it to be a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/249 "2015-09-10T18:22:10Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Wracking my brain for a _third_ choice, I’ll say [Triangle](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). Love love love this movie. So much so that I even [created a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=627798) about it. **Triangle** would also be on my list. I caught it randomly expecting a typical horror film but the twists surprised me and I thought about it a lot afterwards. I wished I had seen it when it first came out so I could join in the thread discussion. It reminded me of **Primer** in some ways. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/250 "2015-09-10T18:23:52Z")
I just thought of one that should go in this thread: [Clue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_%28film%29). It did poorly in the box offices and you never hear anyone talk about it now (released in 1985). It really deserves more credit than it gets. Perhaps the problem is that people come in expecting 1) that a movie based on a board game will suck and 2) that it will be a mystery when it’s mostly a comedy. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/251 "2015-09-10T18:27:09Z")
[_The Hairy Bird,_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hairy_Bird) aka _All I Wanna Do,_ aka _Strike!_ Yeah! **Power** to the . . . rich, overprivileged schoolgirls! Of course, I’ll watch anything with Kirsten Dunst in it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/252 "2015-09-10T18:41:35Z")
[_Chemical Wedding_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Wedding_(film)), aka _Crowley._ Of course, a film centered on Aleister Crowley’s system of Western esotericism mixed up with SF is going to have limited market appeal anyway. But, boy, doesn’t Simon Callow as Haddon/Crowley just eat up the scenery! One bit is especially memorable: An Obvious Flaming Queer in a vivid purple suit minces down the street and goes into a public restroom. Haddon/Crowley follows him, and emerges a moment later wearing the purple suit, leaving the audience to wonder just what happened in there, whether he got the suit by seducing the man or murdering him – Crowley (as portrayed) would be morally capable of either. (That scene’s a triumph of writing/directing, of course, not of acting.) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/253 "2015-09-10T19:41:13Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > By this definition, there’s probably fewer than 100 films in the history of filmmaking that _haven’t_ “slipped through the cracks.” Which is why these threads are basically just “naming movies I like”. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/254 "2015-09-10T21:39:22Z")
To me, “slipped through the cracks” means the movie never got much attention despite its positive qualities. A movie that slipped through the cracks isn’t one that was popular when it came out but doesn’t get much attention now, nor is it one that was originally unpopular but has gained a following over the years. On the other hand, it could be one that the critics liked but that never caught on with the public. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/255 "2015-09-10T22:01:46Z")
[The Idiots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idiots) is interesting. Possibly offensive, occasionally funny. From wiki: > [@](#): > > A seemingly anti-bourgeois group of adults spend their time seeking their “inner idiot” to release their inhibitions. They do so by behaving in public as if they were developmentally disabled. The Idiots is not concerned with actual disability, or with distinguishing between mental retardation and physical impairment… > > …The film provoked a storm of publicity and debates, one of which was about the fictional representation of disability. Film critic Mark Kermode’s reaction was to shout “Il est merde! Il est merde! (sic)” from the back of the auditorium during the official screening of the film at Cannes, a spontaneous review for which he was ejected from the venue. > > Channel 4 aired the film unedited in 2005 as part of the channel’s “Banned” season exploring censorship and cinematic works. Viewer complaints prompted an Ofcom investigation, which came out in favour of Channel 4. In its ruling, Ofcom found the film “not in breach” of the relevant Code under the specific circumstances of the broadcast, that is “the serious contextualisation of the film within a season examining the censorship of film and television, its artistic purpose, the channel which transmitted it, the strong warnings before the film and prior to the scene in question and the scheduling after midnight.” Ofcom added the caveat that, “While we do not consider the film was in breach of the Code on this occasion, we must consider carefully the acceptability of any similar content on an individual basis.” Edit: although I just remembered this thread is about movies you adore. I don’t adore this so maybe it doesn’t fit in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/256 "2015-09-10T22:58:56Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Report back, please! Man, that was kinda intense. Liked _Locke_. Thanks! ---
**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 11, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/257 "2015-09-11T00:45:09Z")
I agree that Locke was intense. I was on the edge of my seat wondering if the concrete pour would go off without a hitch. Seriously, though, how many movies have a construction supervisor as the lead character? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=12)