The Best Movies Nobody Has Heard Of

[chalice]

Children of Men is a very fine film indeed Chris but it is hardly unknown.

It was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2006,garnering 3 Oscar nominations and although it didn't set the box office on fire it made an acceptable $70 million worldwide.

You will henceforth be known as The Buffer To My Ire.

[clocker]

Well, Mr. Pickypants, he hadn't heard of it.

[chalice]

Some people haven't heard of The Wizard Of Oz.

Doesn't make it one of the best movies nobody has ever heard of.

[IdolEyes787]

Children of Men is a very fine film indeed Chris but it is hardly unknown.

It was one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2006,garnering 3 Oscar nominations and although it didn't set the box office on fire it made an acceptable $70 million worldwide.

You will henceforth be known as The Buffer To My Ire.

I like it .Sounds medieval.

Now if I could just learn correct punctuation we'd be all set.

[Monkeee]

A Bittersweet Life

[IdolEyes787]

The Lookout(2007)

Former child star Joseph Gordon-Levitt(3rd Rock from the Sun) makes a big impression in an adult role in this classic film noir.

Gordon-Levitt plays Chris Platt a once promising hockey player whose life was forever changed by a tragic accident and who now finds himself the dupe in a bank robbery gone bad.
Part character study/part thriller, it's slow to get going but once it does it never lets up.

Other notables are Jeff Daniels as Chris's blind room-mate,Ilsa Fisher as a femme fatale and Matthew Goode as the very convincing villain.

Good stuff.

[clocker]

The Lookout has been cited several times in the "Latest Movie" thread.
Gotcha.

See my spoiler (here: post 1510) and tell me if you agree.


Dinner Rush- Danny Aiello.
A night in a very successful New York restaurant.
Food is served and people die.

This film captures- better than anything I've seen- the hustle and flow behind the scenes in a busy eatery. Fluid steadycam work and skillful editing move this film along at a very fast pace as you're introduced to and follow a whole restaurant full of characters.
Enjoyable.

[IdolEyes787]

Live by the sword..

Agree with your spoiler about the movie it struck me right away too.

[clocker]

Live by the sword..

I did not know you were a ninja.
That's good to know.

[IdolEyes787]

Purely Beverly Hills variety.

The Challenge(1982) with Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune. Directed by John Frankenheimer and written by John Sayles, it's an overlooked little gem.

Glen a displaced American , inadvertently caught in a feud between two brother, learns the way of the samurai .

Read the comments on IMDB and ignore the rating.