# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/161 "2015-08-26T00:58:26Z")
K-Pax. Panned by critics. Good review by audience. It’s a science fiction/feel good movie. Can be watched again with equal enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/162 "2015-08-26T01:02:21Z")
_Cuban Fury_ is a sweet little romantic movie starring Nick Frost as an ex-salsa dancer. _Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot_ is an odd little romantic comedy about an elderly couple sharing an apartment building, starring Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman. _Crawlspace_ is a Sci-Fi action movie made by a friend of mine. It’s better than I expected and deserves more eyes on it. It’s set primarily in the air ducts of a scientific facility. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/163 "2015-08-26T16:16:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _The Book of Kells_ - an animated tale about a boy, a forest sprite, and an illuminated manuscript. I think you mean _The Secret of Kells_. I enjoyed _Song of the Sea_ (by the same director) even more. Check it out if you haven’t already! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/164 "2015-08-26T19:43:27Z")
[I Like It Like That](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110091/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) shows how it was like being Puerto Rican in the South Bronx. A for real slice of life. You may have to be Puerto Rican to enjoy it, though. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/165 "2015-08-26T23:29:51Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I think you mean _The Secret of Kells_. I enjoyed _Song of the Sea_ (by the same director) even more. Check it out if you haven’t already! Oh, darn. You’re right. I usually don’t make those kinds of mistakes. I just watched _Song of the Sea_ a few weeks ago, and it was equally nice, though the song that is sung throughout sounded too similar to the Pangur Ban song from the first movie. ---
**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 26, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/166 "2015-08-26T23:54:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 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: > > [Looker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082677/) \ I remember liking **Looker** a lot. I wish I had control of the tiny part of my brain that memorized the end theme song all those years ago. ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/167 "2015-08-27T00:44:55Z")
Auto Focus - Beautifully made dramatization of Bob Crane’s rather hectic life. Greg Kinnear shines and incidentally makes me wonder why he didn’t have a role on the Colbert Report as Colbert’s evil liberal twin or something. I won’t link to the trailer because if one watches it, one will have essentially seen the movie. I hate that sort of trailer. It’s the sort of movie that might make one want to have a shower afterward, but not as long a shower as required by [Happiness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzYllBpl-9I). Geez. I don’t even need to watch the trailer for that one again. And for a movie as different from those as can be, [True Stories](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRgCsQf3CU). One of my favourite movies about a bunch of people in Virgil Texas. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/168 "2015-08-27T01:13:30Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > I remember liking **Looker** a lot. I wish I had control of the tiny part of my brain that memorized the end theme song all those years ago. It’s available on DVD as well as streaming at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com); no idea if Netflix has it. I pre-ordered the DVD a few years back when it came out. It’s a bit dated production-wise, but still a solid story and film. ETA: FML it turns out “a few years back” is actually 8 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/169 "2015-08-27T01:39:11Z")
I found [Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blclmxZHCF0) to be hysterical. Parts Anyway. Also, [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcEmkNaR0c) is basically a Mel Brooks movie without Mel Brooks. ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/170 "2015-08-27T01:40:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s available on DVD as well as streaming at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com); no idea if Netflix has it. > > I pre-ordered the DVD a few years back when it came out. It’s a bit dated production-wise, but still a solid story and film. > > ETA: FML it turns out “a few years back” is actually 8 years ago. Not looking (ha!) to one-up you, but I think the last time I saw it was 1983. Made an impression. The story is more timely than ever. Amazon to the rescue! ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/171 "2015-08-27T02:55:15Z")
Aye, that’s why I ordered it when I heard it was being released on DVD: I prolly hadn’t seen it in the 30+ years since I saw it on cable TV back in the early '80s, and ddamn I love that movie. ETA: Anyone else huge fans of Peter Jackson’s early films _[Bad Taste](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/)_ and _[Meet The Feebles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097858/)_? _[Bad Taste](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/)_ is definitely my favorite of the two; the scene where Derek recovers from falling off a cliff and keeps touching his brain still makes me squick out every time I watch it, but I’m also laughing hysterically, which only makes the creepiness worse, which makes it funnier _ad infinitum_. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/172 "2015-08-27T03:15:47Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > I remember liking **Looker** a lot. I wish I had control of the tiny part of my brain that memorized the end theme song all those years ago. LOL - I’m the same! I barely remember the movie but the ending song has stuck with me ever since. The other one is the opening to “Total Recall.” Not a great theme, but really stuck with me for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/173 "2015-08-27T03:40:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > ETA: Anyone else huge fans of Peter Jackson’s early films \*[Bad Taste (1987) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/)]Bad Taste and [Meet The Feebles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097858/)? A friend of mine described _Meet the Feebles_ by saying that there was not a single bodily fluid that was not featured somewhere in the movie. He may have been right. There’s something about that combination of extremely cute and utterly profane that makes me laugh, but I completely accept that not everyone will have that same reaction. That Peter Jackson went on to such mainstream success somehow makes it funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/174 "2015-08-27T04:47:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, that’s why I ordered it when I heard it was being released on DVD: I prolly hadn’t seen it in the 30+ years since I saw it on cable TV back in the early '80s, and ddamn I love that movie. > > ETA: Anyone else huge fans of Peter Jackson’s early films _[Bad Taste](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/)_ and _[Meet The Feebles](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097858/)_? > > _[Bad Taste](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/)_ is definitely my favorite of the two; the scene where Derek recovers from falling off a cliff and keeps touching his brain still makes me squick out every time I watch it, but I’m also laughing hysterically, which only makes the creepiness worse, which makes it funnier _ad infinitum_. I fixed your coding, as you asked. ---
**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 27, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/175 "2015-08-27T06:04:51Z")
Thanks, **IT** ; you totally fucking rock! ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/176 "2015-08-27T06:09:06Z")
Meet The Robinsons CGI animated movie with misleading trailers making it look like a comedy, in reality it is a time travel movie and not a bad one at all. I found this because my young son loves CGI animation, and I liked it more than him. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/177 "2015-08-27T06:14:30Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > “Cousins” > > Ted Danson at his most charming, Isabella Rosellini is adorable. Sean Young. Man…poor Sean Young. She does a great job in this film, and she was great in Bladerunner. Lloyd Bridges is great. > > Fantastic Angelo Baldalamenti soundtrack. Yes! A million times yes! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/178 "2015-08-27T08:47:43Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Ink - not even sure how to describe it - dream world being kidnaps a little girl and her father tries to save her with help and hindrance from other dream world beings. Better than I’ve made it sound. Low budget, no one I’ve ever heard of, but a good little movie. _Inkheart_, I believe, is the movie you have in mind. Brendan Fraser as the dad who has the gift/curse that any fictional material he reads comes into being from the work he’s reading. And swaps places with an entity from his own world, sometimes to his great sorrow. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/179 "2015-08-27T09:00:35Z")
Nobody ever talks up _The Secret of Roan Inish_, so I’m adding that to the list of fell-through-the-cracks movies I love. So much of the exposition is given through the villagers telling stories to the little girl. When the (slightly older than she) boy is taking a turn, he’s got this self-conscious look that might just be amateurish acting, but to me it comes across as though he’s going through a rite of passage, and I just think it’s delightful. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028/180 "2015-08-27T09:15:11Z")
_Man in the Moon_ (not the Andy Kaufman movie) was a great coming of age movie starring a very young Reese Witherspoon. You could see she was destined for greatness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-absolutely-adore-that-you-think-fell-through-the-cracks/728028.md?page=10)