Restless Natives, a Scottish Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid;
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, the Criterion Collection version, with commentary by Martin Scorsese (the film is one of his favourites).
10 Rillington Place, one of the creepiest, scariest films ever made. And it’s a true story. Early appearance by John Hurt.
The Hit. John Hurt as a hitman sent to rub out Terence Stamp in Spain.
Oh, and I’d like to add another; Kissing Jessica Stein – “The movie, written and performed by two actresses who will undoubtedly ride it to the big time, is the freshest, hippest, un-hippiest (The gals are both skinny! They eat like birds!) romantic comedy to come along in months, possibly years.”
The Party starring Peter Sellers. Easily the funniest movie I have ever seen.
Hmmm…I forgot about Sneakers, then again, everyone I know has seen it (probably because I organized the outting in high school - sight unseen).
However, my vote goes for The Zero Effect.
And more importantly, it’s the film of Tom Stoppard’s (writer of Shakespeare in Love and The Empire of the Sun, among many others) first commercial play, written back in the 1960s. A must see, both as a play and (then) a film.
Er, I forgot my own nominations.
Many of mine have been taken already: The Party, Sneakers, What Dreams May Come (although I thought that was dreadfull!), The 7 Faces of Dr Lao, Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), the Secret of Roane Innish.
Left for me to mention are are Proof (1991, Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe), The Sum of Us (1994, Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson), The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992, Miranda Otto, Kerry Fox and Bill Hunter), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, Goerge Clooney directing), and Destry Rides Again (1939, James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich).
Prince of the City
I meant for the title to be a link. One more time:
And…am I one of the few people who saw The 13th Warrior in the theaters, and has it on DVD?
P.S…“Yeah, I’ll ‘kaboom’ tank.” 
I agree with the review…I loved this movie.
A while back there was a thread about romantic comedies, and a couple pages in somebody asked if there were any same-sex romantic comedies out there. I took that opportunity to mention both KJS and Jeffrey, though I’m not a big fan of the latter. (No interest in the subject matter, so I found it annoying, but I had to watch it because of Picard.)
A couple movies mentioned have left me scratching my head. What Dreams May Come and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind were big Hollywood productions with saturation marketing blitzes. I can’t imagine they are unheard of.
you beat me to it! this is a fabulous movie and immediately what i thought of when i saw this thread!
The Keep, directed by Michael Mann: possibly the last German Expressionist horror movie ever made, with a very intriguing devil imprisoned inside the titular keep, which is currently occupied by Nazi soldiers who are dying off one by one as the Devil amasses the power he needs to escape. At one point the captive Old Nick bargains with an equally captive Jewish professor, offering to end the Holocaust in return for the professor abetting his release… Sounds like the worst kind of schlock, but beautifully shot, intelligently scripted, well-acted and very thought-provoking. Besides, how many movies make you shout at the on-screen Nazis “No! Don’t go in there!”?
Legend would have been a GREAT movie if the only dialogue in the film came from the Lord of Darkness. Erase all the other dialogue, keep the ASWOME soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, and this becomes Tom Cruise’s best movie.
Some excellent movies mentioned so far. Of course, it’s always hard to know exactly what constitutes an unknown movie.
Anyhow, my contribution for this thread is The Plot Against Harry.
This great film is about a small-time New York Jewish gangster just released from jail and trying to get back into his old life. The movie was shot in the late 1960s and finished in 1969. It was never released at the time, however, and only saw the light of day in 1989. In my opinion, a minor classic with some funny dialog, entertaining characters, and some amazing sets.
Proof is an Australian movie about a blind man who doesn’t trust anyone. He takes pictures (yes, a blind man using a camera) and asks people to describe what is in the photos. He uses the pictures and their descriptions to try to figure out when people are telling him the truth. The plot sounds odd, but it comes across as real, largely because of the fine acting by Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot and Russell Crowe.
Hopscotch is one of my favorite films. A nicely paced, wonderfully acted comedy.
Yeah, I love that movie and have the DVD. a lot of really great scenes.
Is anyone familure with Real Men with James Belushi and John Ritter? I never meet anyone who has heard of it but I really enjoyed that movie and thought it didn’t get the recognition it deserved.
I’ve seen it. Thanks to that movie I always write down the serial number of my bikes.
Marc
Wow. I hadn’t seen, or even heard anyone mention that movie in years. I hardly remember much beyong a rough plot outline, but I do remember that I liked it.
And my memory tricked me into thinking Omar Sharif’s character was actually played by Maximillian Schell.
Another seldom seen (or at least seldom mentioned) movie I liked was The Dish.
How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog with Kenneth Branagh.