The Best Movies Nobody Has Heard Of

[Express]

the best movies will always be known.. so i dont think there is a best movie that nobody has ever heard

[clocker]

the best movies will always be known.. so i dont think there is a best movie that nobody has ever heard

Oh, pshaw.
For every small, quality film that manages to break big (think Juno or Little Miss Sunshine) there are dozens of equally deserving films that fly right under the radar and never garner the attention they (might) deserve.
If you have a big star and the might of a studio advertising budget at your disposal, you can get any piece of dreck on thousands of screens- The Love Guru, anybody?- and while those screens are being wasted, better films are going unwatched.

Unless you are fortunate enough to live near an independent (arthouse) theater, chances are good that your only choices are going to be the big, blockbuster films...that's what sells popcorn and coke and THAT's where the money is.

[clocker]

Lollilove-written, directed and starring Jenna Fischer (The Office).

A Hollywood "power couple" (Fischer and real life husband James Gunn) decide to give back to the less fortunate.
Casting about for a suitable outlet, they decide to form the Lollilove foundation and combat homelessness by handing out candy.
To the homeless.

It goes about as well as you might expect.

Shot on no budget over the course of @ two years, the film has the feel of an extended skit and depends overly much on being familiar with the actual people- how do you know they're kidding if you don't know how they actually are?- it's still slyly amusing and hey...it's got a lot of Jenna.

[clocker]

Breakfast On Pluto- Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson.
Director Neil Jordan's second venture into a story featuring the Irish "troubles" with a transgender lead (his first, 1993's The Crying Game), this film succeeds- very much like Transamerica- because you end up caring about a character who is (probably) unlike anyone in your real life.

The tone of the movie is hard to grasp (there are talking robins, fer crissake) but Murphy completely sells the role of Patrick (or "Kitten" as she would prefer to be called), who may be a saint or just a deluded idiot...it's hard to tell and ultimately, doesn't matter.

I liked it a lot.

[Hairbautt]

Krull (1983)

"From the sky will come the Black Fortress. From the Fortress will come the Slayers to devour the planet of Krull. Then shall a girl of ancient name become queen...she shall choose a king...and together they shall rule the planet. And their son shall rule the galaxy."

Great music too. It was the first album I collected that was big band/orchestra/symphony, etc.

[clocker]

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon-comedy/slasher.
A grad school film crew documents a nascent serial killer as he prepares to follow his heroes- Jason, Freddie, Michael Myers, et al.- in the slaughter of clueless teens.
Turns out, being a psycho killer is a lot more work than we imagined ("You wouldn't believe the amount of cardio I have to do. I mean, it's ridiculous!") and there are definite rules to follow (the "survivor girl" must be a virgin).
If you want to pad your bodycount, you pick on stoners because "they don't move as fast".
The monster-in-training, Leslie, is completely charming and forthright about how and why he's going to do this and the film crew is totally on board with the whole project.

Naturally, things go a little bit haywire...

The slasher genre is not my cuppa tea but this film was amusingly self-referential and extremely well acted and produced.
Real fans of "slice and dice"ers ought to love it.

[Villain]

No man's land is very good. It got oscar for best foreign movie but I don't know which year (maybe 2004). Its a war movie between bosnians and serbians. I really recommend it.

[clocker]

Ripley's Game- John Malkovich.
This film was never theatrically released in the US for some bizarre reason, although it has been shown on cable.
Malkovich plays an older Tom Ripley (you're probably more familiar with Matt Damon's younger version in The Talented Mr. Ripley) who is a cultured psychopath on the level of Hannibal Lector but without all the baroque affectations.
"I don't worry about getting caught because I don't believe anyone is watching".
He's right.

Certainly one of Malkovich's best performances.

[fantamedo]

run lola run

[kevinsert]

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