Fine, I’ll bow to peer pressure and say Snowpiercer.
cap rules!
Seen it. Excellent movie.
oo, got a better one: Feast Feast (2014 film) - Wikipedia
If you saw Big Hero 6 on dvd, there was a bug in the menu where you couldn’t access the special features unless you played the movie through twice. Feast won the Academy Award for best short. Because of the bug, anyone who rented Big Hero 6 was unable to see it on computer.
Online here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hxbvo
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present grossed $86,217 but is quite a powerful documentary.
Coffy is a Pam Gier classic.
Starred Up makes for absorbing, very violent viewing.
The Rover only grossed $1,109,199 but is much better than the new Mad Max.
Class of 1984 is a hilarious 80s school romp with extra, extra 80s-ness.
So many good ones in this thread!
OK, maybe not actually funnier, but right up there.
And then:
I can’t argue.
Totally agree, on both points, especially the latter.
My own contribution… Oh, how about The Thirteenth Warrior? I saw it on cable this weekend. Not a Great Film by any means, but this more or less realistic retelling of Beowulf is pretty good - and it sank like a stone at the box office.
Martian Child - 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.
Forget Fantasia, Disney’s greatest achievement was Sky High.
Kurt Russell in his best performance since* The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes*, Bruce Campbell chinning it in, and Dave Foley teaching would-be side-kicks in ‘Hero Support’ class. Blackboard gag - ‘Holy _____, ____ Man’.
Thought of a few more:
Memories of Murder: Memories of Murder - Wikipedia
Based on a true story of an unsolved serial killer in the 1970-80’s Korea. Notable for showing the relatively primative nature of Korean society at the time, before the '88 Seoul olympics.
The Chaser: Chaser - Wikipedia
Another Korean film based on a true story, but this time the killer was caught and sentenced to death. Notable for being remade in Hollywood with Leonardo DiCaprio as the killer.
Megamind: Megamind - Wikipedia
Many people, including myself, tend to write off animated films as childish. However, many animated films today are also written to appeal to adults. While I think Megamind is probably the best, in the same time period, Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, and Hotel Transylvania also came out.
Shaolin Soccer: Shaolin Soccer - Wikipedia
While many Western viewers were first introduced to Stephen Chow with Kung Fu Hustle, his earlier film featured more comedy and action. Also, when looking at Chinese films, it is important to understand which China it came from: Mainland, Hong Kong, or Taiwan. Chow’s films are some of the few films from Taiwan in this category.
Oblivion: Oblivion (2013 film) - Wikipedia
Sandwiched between Jack Reacher and Edge of Tomorrow, this film did not fare as well as their bigger budget cousins. On first viewing, this may seem to be faiirly average film, when you listen to the commentary you can see what a monumental achievement this is. In terms of camera technology alone it set new bars in lighting , framing, etc. A must for any future director.
Ender’s Game and Resident Evil: Retribution
Until recently, I didn’t really listen to commentary, but these two films are by far the best I’ve heard so far. In Ender’s Game director’s commentary, you not only get deep insight into the plot of the story but also a fairly sad and pathetic tale of the realities of the movie business. Resident Evil’s cast commentary is the funniest I’ve ever heard. I’m pretty sure everyone was drunk.
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist – ok, it’s not perfect, but it’s a very funny parody of kung fu movies. Written directed by and starring Steve Odenkirk. You may be more familiar with his brother Bob as Saul on Breaking Bad and his own subsequent spin-off.
Actually it was a late entry in the martial arts parodies of the time, the two main ones in the 80’s were the Last Dragon (to be remade with Samuel L. Jackson) and They Call Me Bruce. Also notable was that in Kung Pow, they re-dubbed the lines in English to match the words, the most famous film using this was What’s Up Tiger Lily: What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) - IMDb
I didn’t really understand the humor but my older friend told me at the time it was considered the best comedy ever made.
Trust from Hal Hartley. I haven’t seen it in years, but it was one of my favorites way back when. Quirky characters, unconventional situations, oddly amusing dialogue, just a weird and wonderful little film.
UHF starring Weird Al Yankovic.
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This came out before I was born, but I did watch it once with my dad and it was truly the most boring and dreadful movie I’ve ever sat through. And it is no way underrated or slipped through the cracks- it seems to be a film that movie snobs have shit themselves over for decades, but everyone else finds mind-crushingly dull. It’s got a bit of the emperor’s new clothes feel to it- people pretend to like it to feel cultured.
Big Night - Two brothers (played by Tony Shaloub and Stanley Tucci) are Italian immigrants trying to run a restaurant in the U.S. They’ve had little success, largely because the chef (Shaloub) is a purist - he wants to make authentic, high-end, non-Americanized Italian food, and the patrons in their small city don’t “get” it. The owner of a highly successful rival restaurant offers to help the brothers by arranging for a famous musician to appear at their failing business. They take him up on it, and prepare a lavish feast for their big night.
Short Term 12 - A counselor at a facility for minors in the foster care system gets involved in the life of one of the charges.
The Sweet Hereafter - A lawyer shows up in a Canadian town where a school bus accident has killed many of the town’s children. He tries to convince the parents to join a class action suit, but he ends up stirring up secrets and feelings that the townspeople would rather keep buried.
Mr. Love
A sweet little romance movie with very understated comedic parts.
I really enjoy The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao and agree that you can also enjoy the book, “Circus of Dr. Lao”. they’re both good, but different.
Lost in America, a very funny Albert Brooks film about trying to drop out of society.
Good News! You can watch Joe Dirt 2 here for free.
http://www.crackle.com/c/joe-dirt-2-beautiful-loser
Spade said on Reddit:
“We wrote a sequel, and we may wind up doing it on Crackle.com, because they want to be the first web address to do a sequel to a movie. Because Sony owns them, and it’s a Sony movie. We’re trying to find a way to make it for the budget, but we really want to do it. And keep it good.”
So watching it on crackle is a totally legit and legal way to watch it for free. I have not watched it yet so cannot attest to how good it is. I’m going to try to watch it tonight.
This is what I came in to mention. It’s a good movie. It has Will Ferrel not playing Will Ferrel. He plays like the anti-Will Ferrel. Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Dustin Hoffman give great performances.
I’m a sucker for small British (That is, UK) comedies/dramadies:
The Guard - Brendan Gleason as an unconventional small-town cop. Love it.
**Saving Ned Devine **- Maybe does not qualify as it got some attention. Nevertheless one of my favorite movies of all time.
The Englishmen Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain - Not in the same class as the above, but some good stuff
Dear Frankie - Emily Mortimer does her ‘fragile but strong’ routine here to great effect.
The Matchmaker - Not as good as the above movies, but a fun little forgotten gem. Also, not as British as the others.
Made in Dagenham - Female Empowerment in a late-sixties car factory
Brassed Off - About a small town band and what it means to the town.
Honourable Mention
The Efficiency Expert - Anthony Hopkins tries to bring brutal efficiency to a small Australian leather factory. And fails in a delightful manner.
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Okay. I can accept that.
And that. But I still like it, dammit! 
Along with Koyaanisqatsi!
One of my all time favorites. “I have seen the future! It’s a bald man from New York!”
Head Office was an HBO comedy made in the mid 80s, starring a whole lot of people from Judge Rheinhold to Richard Masur to Danny Devito to Eddie Albert. It’s the executive floor version of Office Space, and is damned funny. So many good lines in there: “Rule #1: beware the furniture movers. People see them coming and they shit,” because they know who’s got the ax before the axed person does.
Real Life, Albert Brooks first movie. He has been a disappointment since, sorry. But that one, yes!