# Name a little-known movie that deserves more recognition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 18, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922 "2022-08-18T23:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/301 "2022-08-30T10:09:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > BTW, yet another recommendation for a film based on a book; _[The Hundred-Foot Journey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred-Foot_Journey_(film))_. An Indian family that operates a restaurant in Mumbai loses the restaurant in political riots (and the mother of the family dies during them), so they move to Europe. They eventually settle in a small French town, where they operate an Indian restaurant, directly across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant run by an imperious French woman. I loved this film, and would well recommend it heartily for a heart warming film also covering smalltown biggotry. The idea that the French woman just could not accept that foreign food can be good, and food is universal, was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/302 "2022-08-30T10:12:43Z")
[The Brylcreem boys](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115770/), an excellent film covering a weird little quirk of World War 2. If you washed up/crashed your plane in Irish territory in WW2, due to treaties signed for neutrality, prisoners were interned in and Irish prison camp for the remainder of the war. If you escaped, your home country would send you back to Ireland. The prison camp housed all the nations prisoners, so side by side. So brits and germans separated by a fence. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/303 "2022-08-30T17:55:13Z")
Two films I remember from the 90s: **The Snapper** (1993) > **[The Snapper movie review & film summary (1993) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-snapper-1993)** > > The Irish seem to talk more than other people, and to take more joy from it. There are times when they have arguments simply for the sake of talking, and they don't always mind being overheard, because they love an audience. Two Irishmen in a pub may... **East is East** (1999) > **[East Is East movie review & film summary (2000) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/east-is-east-2000)** > > George Khan is like that performer on the old Ed Sullivan show, who tried to keep plates spinning simultaneously on top of a dozen poles. He runs from one crisis to another, desperately trying to defend his Muslim world view in a world that has other... I enjoyed both at cinemas shortly after they were released, and I recall them being fairly popular at the time, but I mention them here and now because I haven’t heard anything about them since then. Similarly: **Insignificance** (1985) > **[Insignificance movie review & film summary (1985) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/insignificance-1985)** > > The premise is not too unlikely. Imagine that during one hot and steamy night in a New York City hotel room, the lives of these people crossed paths: Marilyn Monroe, Sen. Joe McCarthy, Joe DiMaggio and Albert Einstein. The key linking element is, of... ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/304 "2022-08-30T18:21:14Z")
_The Well_ A Black girl goes missing and fans racial tensions in a town. The Black and white communities start blaming each other and the tension grown as a full-blow race riot seems likely. Most memorable moment: "They found the girl! “What girl?” (softer voice) “Oh.” A cast of mostly unknowns (except for Harry Morgan, who wasn’t the lead). It was nominated for a best screenplay Oscar. > **[The Well (1951) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044202/)** > > The Well: Directed by Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse. With Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman, George Hamilton. A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing... ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/305 "2022-08-30T20:16:42Z")
I think that another movie that deserves more recognition is **C.S.A. The Confederate States of America** , a film by Spike Lee, that I watched on DVD recently. It’s about a version of America where the South had won the Civil War. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/306 "2022-08-30T23:21:05Z")
I’m not sure how “little-known” [Layer Cake](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/layer_cake) is, but I’ve neve ever heard anyone else mention it or talk about it, so it gets my nomination. And I like it. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/307 "2022-08-31T00:37:48Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > I’m not sure how “little-known” [Layer Cake](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/layer_cake) is… I saw this quite a while ago, and remember it being hard to follow and I couldn’t understand some of the accents, but it was okay. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/308 "2022-08-31T02:02:11Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > I’m not sure how “little-known” [Layer Cake](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/layer_cake) is, but I’ve neve ever heard anyone else mention it or talk about it, so it gets my nomination. And I like it. A lot. A favorite of mine, with a young cast of future stars. This film convinced me Daniel Craig would be good as James Bond. ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/309 "2022-08-31T02:14:21Z")
Another movie that I believe deserves some recognition is **S1MONE** , starring Al Pacino, who plays director Viktor Taransky and Rachel Roberts as “S1MONE”, his computer-generated star. I watched it on DVD and enjoyed the movie quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/310 "2022-08-31T02:26:54Z")
**The Doberman Gang** About a group of criminals who trained Dobermans (the pit bulls of the time) to rob a bank. Not a great film, but better than it has any right to be. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/311 "2022-09-01T13:07:31Z")
This is a great film- I watch it every Christmas and try to get other people to consider it the best Christmas movie. I mean how can you go wrong with Judy Davis, the mom from Mary Poppins now playing evil grandmother, and Denis Leary’s sarcasm. Even Kevin Spacey can’t ruin this movie for me (actually, like most things he’s also quite good in it). ---
**Author:** ![GWF\_Hefel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@GWF\_Hefel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GWF_Hefel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/312 "2022-09-04T17:31:48Z")
**The Rapture** Starring Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, and Will Patton. An examination of religious belief. Not recommended for the religiously blinkered, or the easily offended. [Rampant meaningless sex, nudity, religious mania, mass shooting, child killing, the end of times, eternal despair, and, of course, the futile questioning of God.] And I don’t recommend it as a first date movie… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/313 "2022-09-04T17:48:36Z")
Along those lines, how about **[Dogma](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)**? Hit-and-miss, but some of it is very good. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/314 "2022-09-04T18:01:11Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > This is a great film- I watch it every Christmas and try to get other people to consider it the best Christmas movie. I mean how can you go wrong with Judy Davis, _the mom from Mary Poppins now playing evil grandmother_, and Denis Leary’s sarcasm. Even Kevin Spacey can’t ruin this movie for me (actually, like most things he’s also quite good in it). That’s Glynis Johns. She’s had a long fabulous career. She was great in Danny Kaye’s _The Court Jester,_ as was Angela Lansbury. This (_The Ref_) is a must-see Christmas movie for us. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/315 "2022-09-04T21:39:37Z")
It was protested by Christian groups not sure why spoilers Roman Catholicism is One True Church Christ was One Begotten Son the Lord loves us and is all forgiving. Yeah plenty of objectionable stuff there. Forgive errors typing on phone ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/316 "2022-09-05T02:19:34Z")
Because God was a :gasp: _wo-man!_ 😮 Whoa, Man! ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/317 "2022-09-05T04:31:23Z")
Best part is the depiction of Hell…also has that Miracle Mile vibe, “Is this really happening? Holy shit.” ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/318 "2022-09-05T04:34:28Z")
YES!! Great choice. One of those “We just got HBO, so Im gonna watch everything that comes on.” Like The Warriors Heaven Can Wait And Justice For All Phantasm ---
**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 5, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/319 "2022-09-05T06:04:34Z")
How about a double feature? [The Man in the Moon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Moon) **Reese Witherspoon** ’s first movie, and [Freeway (1996 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(1996_film)) one of her darkest. It’s a proper mood whiplash to see them in proximity to each other. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922/320 "2022-09-05T12:58:33Z")
**Arthur Christmas** Animated film (by Aardman Animations) about Santa’s youngest son, who’s inept but utterly committed to the Christmas spirit. When one gift is left undelivered, he takes it upon himself to make sure the little girl is not disappointed. Frenetic but with a lot of heart. Great voice cast including Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, and Imelda Staunton. Aaredman is badly overlooked in general. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-little-known-movie-that-deserves-more-recognition/969922.md?page=17)