So as the winter has ended all enjoyment from doing my walking outside, and I prepare for the dreadmill for the next few months, I was trying to think of movies worth getting a hold of to make the time pass. The big name movies I have generallly either seen, or chosen never to see. But I was wanting suggestions of smaller movies worth finding, Ones that I haven’t seen, or haven’t seen in a while,not that anyone would know those details.
For example I finally saw Repo Man all the way through in a couple sessions. I saw it was on a couple weeks ago, and DVRed it, but if I hadn’t noticed it, I never would have thought of it to look for it.
Nothing too deep, please, it’s hard enough to get the exercise done without an existential crisis.
Mrs. Nonsuch and I recently rented Roadside Prophets, an early-90s road picture with John Doe (X), Adam Horovitz (Beasties) and a bunch of other folks that make you go, “Wow, they’re in this movie too?” John Cusack also has a nice scene-stealing role.
Big Trouble in Little China
The Thing (1982)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Time Bandits
Tango & Cash
The Connection (2014)
Turbo Kid
Das Boot (Director’s Cut)
Charlie Wilson’s War
Real Genius
Cobb
Theme music by Tangerine Dream, and one of the best vampire movies of all time, particularly because they never say the word “vampire.” “We’re… different.”
Speaking of Tangerine Dream, consider watching Thief from 1981 with James Caan. It’s a classic, and I’d call it cult.
Another cult classic worth watching is Lindsay Anderson’s If from 1968. It was Malcolm McDowell’s first movie (and an interesting look at late 60’s England). If you don’t mind the Portuguese subtitles, check out that YouTube link.
El Mariachi - Robert Rodriguez’ first film, made for $7000. Much like Repo Man, just about every thing about the movie is bad (particularly the acting and dubbing), yet it still manages to be good.
The Guest - kind of hard to categorize without spoiling, but it is pretty dark and violent. Also has a great industrial/post-punk/goth soundtrack. And Lance Reddick.
Mandy - It’s literally a cult film! Nicolas Cage stars, and he is the least crazy thing in this movie.
Creep (2014)- To quote IMDB - “When a videographer answers an advert of the website Craigslist for a one-day job in a remote mountain town to video the last messages of a dying man. The job takes a strange turn when the last messages get darker and darker.” There are only 2 characters, everything is improvised, and everything is shown through the videographers’ camera. Very creepy.
