# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/141 "2015-08-23T02:54:43Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Too late to add as an edit-- [The Snapper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108170/) which got great reviews but I don’t know if it was seen by many in the states. Stars Colm Meaney as the dad of a pregnant girl who won’t reveal who the father is. > > English family dramas are great. I think so, too. The Family Way, 1967, was one such starring Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennet, a young, shy, working-class newlywed couple living with her parents. It’s a rather sweet kitchen-sink drama, sort of like an extended EastEnders story. It’s too bad Hayley Mills didn’t make more ‘adult’ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/142 "2015-08-23T04:35:57Z")
Tom Hanks’ and Meg Ryan’s first movie together, [Joe vs. the Volcano](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/?ref_=nv_sr_2). Bombed at the box office, more or less, and was overshadowed by Hanks’ and Ryan’s later collaborations. But it was my #1 favorite movie for years. I saw it in the theater during its run, and picked it up on VHS a few years later. When I got the VHS copy, I spent a week watching it every single day, and on every viewing, I noticed something cool that I hadn’t noticed before. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > ROCKETEER was up against ROBIN HOOD and CITY SLICKERS and so stalled at #4 in its opening weekend; it had ten days before TERMINATOR 2 came out (earning more in its first week than ROCKETEER did ever); NAKED GUN 2½ hit #1 in said ten, so ROCKETEER (a) didn’t get any higher, and (b) fell out of the top ten in under a month. > > $46 million on a $40 million budget? That’s downright lackluster, IMO. And since the plans for a sequel got scrapped, it’s hardly just _my_ O. The sequel: [El Muchacho Rocketeer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Az5_xCzXM) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/143 "2015-08-23T16:23:24Z")
I just re-watched one of my favorites that fits this thread: Get Shorty Great style, amazing and funny dialogue, great performances and great music. It’s one of my favorite movies but feels mostly forgotten. The sequel, Be Cool, however, is pretty bad. The novels by Elmore Leonard that both movies are based on are both excellent as well. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/144 "2015-08-23T17:17:06Z")
**Fierce Creatures** , which had a cast with a lot of overlap with _A Fish Called Wanda_, didn’t get nearly the love that that movie did. But I thought it was even funnier. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/145 "2015-08-24T01:02:35Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Martian Child](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415965/) - it’s a bit sappy, but I love it. Starring John Cusack as a recent widow who adopts a strange little boy. Check it out. It’s all right. I’m not a fan of how they sanitized the story when they filmed it, though. The recent widower in the movie is a single gay man in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/146 "2015-08-24T13:20:48Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > Also, one of the female love interests is played by Clémence Poésy, who played Fleur Delacour in 3 Harry Potter movies. THAT’S where I’d seen her! ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/147 "2015-08-24T16:04:58Z")
> [@pythonzzz](#): > > A few more: > > **Bunny and the Bull** - A roadtrip movie about two friends, remembered in a surrealistic fashion. > > **Third Star** - One final camping journey of four best friends granting a last wish for a dying buddy. Lots of info about this film, and many others, at [www.wearecolony.com](http://www.wearecolony.com) > > **White Lightnin’** - A quazi-doumentary about ‘dancing outlaw’ Jesco White… stars Carrie Fisher. > > **Starter for 10** - Set in the 80’s, a light comedy revolving around college students participating in University Challenge(like a version of UK Jeopardy) Thanks for this! I’m not familiar with any of these and will check them out. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/148 "2015-08-24T17:30:23Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I remember this one getting a lot of attention when it came out. Rather than falling through the cracks, I think it faded from public consciousness. I must admit that I don’t really know how to classify a film that “fell thru the cracks”. It just seemed to me that most of the films I posted did not make a lot of money at the time. But although I may well be wrong about a few of those films, I think anyone who hasn’t seen any of them will enjoy seeing them very much. I still enjoy watching them over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/149 "2015-08-24T17:56:19Z")
**Amazon Women On The Moon** - for years after it was released, everybody who had heard of it HATED it. I was shocked to see how highly Rotten Tomatoes has rated it. Oh, I’m Soooo Scaaaaaaaared! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/150 "2015-08-24T18:12:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > **Amazon Women On The Moon** - for years after it was released, everybody who had heard of it HATED it. I was shocked to see how highly Rotten Tomatoes has rated it. > > Oh, I’m Soooo Scaaaaaaaared! Not true – there are those of us who loved it. _The Son of the Invisible Man_ with Ed Begley, Jr. is _priceless!_ "Was the Loch Ness monster really Jack the Ripper? Joe Dante and John Landis were two of the directors! Landis was co-producer! I got the feeling that he wanted another _Kentucky Fried Movie_, but he was missing the Tickers and Abrahams, who really MADE KFM. Amazon Women is more hit-and-miss, but still worth it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/151 "2015-08-24T18:26:39Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Not true – there are those of us who loved it. > _The Son of the Invisible Man_ with Ed Begley, Jr. is _priceless!_ > > "Was the Loch Ness monster really Jack the Ripper? > Joe Dante and John Landis were two of the directors! Landis was co-producer! > > I got the feeling that he wanted another _Kentucky Fried Movie_, but he was missing the Tickers and Abrahams, who really MADE KFM. Amazon Women is more hit-and-miss, but still worth it. Nessie’s wheels squeaked! 😃 😃 I’m guessing she had [no soul](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaBMpkTbLkg). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/152 "2015-08-25T02:26:58Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Gleeson & Fiennes play significant characters in the series, and it’s somewhat disorienting to see their roles in _Bruges_. Not a big deal. Gleeson plays another grumpy Irishman and Fiennes another criminal mastermind. Not much different IMHO. Still a good movie though. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/153 "2015-08-25T03:06:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Creator** – Peter O’Toole plays a Nobel Laureate biologist at a university who takes Boris (Vincent Spano) as a grad student. O’toole’s character is trying to clone his dead wife. It’s a witty and fascinating science fiction drama with no special effects, written by the guy who went on to write _Don Juan de Marco_ and other films, based on his own novel. It’s one of the few movies I’ve seen where grad school is depicted the way it really felt. **Boris:** That’s it? One course in “The Big Picture”. 12 credits. \*\* Dr Harry Wolper:\*\* It’s very big. 12 credits probably isn’t enough, it’s so big. > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I suppose it’s all relative but my favorite Danny Boyle movie is his least known. [_Millions_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366777/combined) is a typically imaginative tale. Hardly anyone I mention it to has seen it including avowed Boyle fans. My wife and I saw it in the theater and loved it. Along with at least 100 of the films mentioned so far. > [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I’ll contribute _[Top Secret](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088286/)_, a Zucker brothers (cf. _Airplane_) film about an American rocker who gets unwittingly tangled up with the resistance in East Germany. Val Kilmer stars and sings a bunch of songs surprisingly well. Chock full of wonderfully terrible puns (both visual and verbal). I like it better than _Airplane_, but IME most people don’t know it well. It’s one of our favorites. My suggestion is _[Some Girls](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098356/reference)_ from 1988. The trailer is terrible and totally misses the point of the film. The film is about love and sex, but not in the way you think. I can’t even begin to write about it as well as an IMDB user named **grimes2020** , so I’ll just[link to his review.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098356/reviews) Oh, and yeah, _My Dinner With Andre_ is crap. Pure, unadulterated crap with two bores talking nonsense at each other. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/154 "2015-08-25T03:14:55Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > [“Lone Star”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116905/) Chris Cooper, Matthew Mcconaughey and an all-time great baddie by Kris Kristofferson. (plus a bonus light-touch performance by Clifton James) > > I know it got critical plaudits but I’m not aware of anyone else has seen it. Great film though. Lone Star is great. Another John Sayles / Chris Cooper gem is **Matewan** about a 1920 West Virginia coal mine labor debacle. 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. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/155 "2015-08-25T03:16:24Z")
Some of these are documentaries, some are foreign films, all of them are excellent IMO. This is by no means an exhaustive list; I just went thru one shelf unit, not all 2000± of my movies. In no particular order: [The American Astronaut](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243759/) [Spaceman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177244/) [JCVD](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/) [Fandango](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/) [How To Get Ahead In Advertising](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097531/) [Style Wars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177262/) [The Quiet Earth](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869/) [He Was A Quiet Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0760311/) [Immortal](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/) [Rubber](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/) [Marjoe](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068924/) [In The Realms Of The Unreal](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390123/) [Looker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/) [Spun](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283003/) [Pusher](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117407/) [Bunraku](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795/) [Electra Glide In Blue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070022/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/156 "2015-08-25T05:47:11Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I have[a blog](http://greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/search/label/movies)that covers these. **Reality Chuck** , I’ve spent the last few days reading through your entries. Great blog, and very entertaining. Thanks for the link! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/157 "2015-08-25T07:16:44Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > My suggestion is _[Some Girls](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098356/reference)_ from 1988. The trailer is terrible and totally misses the point of the film. The film is about love and sex, but not in the way you think. I love this movie. > [@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. This one too. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/158 "2015-08-25T22:01:05Z")
Angel Baby - an Aussie film about two people who fall in love while at their psychiatric group sessions and decide to go off their meds and get pregnant. Very moving and gripping. I don’t think it’s ever come to DVD. Bloody Angels - A police officer needs to go to a remote town in Norway to investigate the rape and murder of a down’s syndrome girl. Fear, Anxiety, and Depression - Todd Solondz’s first movie and less dark than his other works. Extremelky bizarre, funny, and weird. A playwrite moves to new york to get famous and gets in with a weird crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/159 "2015-08-26T00:38:02Z")
I just watched Bad Words and it instantly became one of my most favorite movies ever. Looking for some good laffs? Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/160 "2015-08-26T00:43:51Z")
Another one I would like to mention: Contagion. Everyone who wishes for a smart apocalyptic film, here it is. The characters aren’t morons, the scientists are heroes and it feels really realistic. I like it a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=9)