# Recommend a Limited Release/Direct-to-Video Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935 "2003-06-10T18:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/21 "2003-06-11T20:29:23Z")
I really enjoyed **Secretary** with James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/22 "2003-06-12T05:55:03Z")
**Chuck and Buck** was a good movie scripted by Mike White who recently did The Good Girl. That guy seems to be a talented writer imho. The movie is a little wierd though. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/23 "2003-06-12T16:42:44Z")
I’d second _Secretary_. A strange off-kilter love story (or a kinky fairy tale for adults) with two lead characters who are a million miles away from the kind of characters who populate a typical Hollywood romance. And I’ll add _The Salton Sea_ with Val Kilmer as a meth addict/police informant with his own agenda. It’s a shame more people didn’t see this movie, Kilmer proves how good of an actor he can be, it’s a shame his career isn’t what it used to be. Vincent D’Onofrio is creepy and unrecognizable as a ruthless and deranged drug dealer. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/24 "2003-06-12T18:48:58Z")
I don’t know how well released it was, but there’s an excellent movie that none of my friends have ever heard of called **Five Corners**. It starred Tim Robbins and Jodie Foster and it was John Patrick Shanley’s first screenplay. His second is Moonstruck, which more people seem to have heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/25 "2003-06-12T19:48:21Z")
I don’t know how well released it was, but there’s an excellent movie that none of my friends have ever heard of called **Five Corners**. It starred Tim Robbins and Jodie Foster and it was John Patrick Shanley’s first screenplay. His second is Moonstruck, which more people seem to have heard of. ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935/26 "2003-06-12T19:50:42Z")
I second **Donnie Darko** very cool movie, best Patrik Swayze role yet ! I however think the underappreciated **Orgazmo** about a Mormon becoming a porno actor is one of the best damned comedies I’ve ever seen. Trey Parker and Matt Stone (Southpark) made me laugh my ass off COCK-ROCKET !!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-limited-release-direct-to-video-movie/180935.md?page=1)