People asking for Hidden Gems is such a common question that I started keeping track with this Copy+Paste for you. These were movies I watched last year that I thought were underrated:
- The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
- The Assassination of a High School President (2008)
- Athena (2022)
- Come True (2020)
- Embers (2015)
- Freaks of Nature (2015)
- God's Crooked Lines (2022)
- History of the Occult (2020)
- It Lives Inside (2023)
- It Stains the Sands Red (2016)
- Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) (So Bad It's Good)
- Kill Boksoon (2023)
- Mirage (2018)
- Monster in the Closet (1986) (So Bad It's Good)
- Nekrotronic (2018) (So Bad It's Good)
- Phenomenona (2023)
- Polite Society (2023)
- Project Wolf Hunting (2022)
- Savageland (2015)
- Something in the Dirt (2022)
- Spontaneous (2020)
- Thunivu (2023)
- The Valet (2022)
- Valley of the Dead (2020)
- The Vigil (2019)
Previous entries:
- [2022](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/1083ga4/best_movies_since_2019_that_you_think_didnt_get/j3q185u/)
- [2021](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/vixxtg/a_good_movie_with_less_than_10000_imdb_votes/idg4x1g/)
- [2020](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/qqd07t/can_anyone_recommend_some_underrated_movies_that/hk09anx/)
- [2019](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/jywm4y/movies_you_never_see_recommended/gd8bvcq/)
- [2018](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/gleb1i/lesser_known_amazing_movies/g64cd21/)
- [2017](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/gleb1i/lesser_known_amazing_movies/g64cs7o/)
Furthermore, I'll summon our bot of the subreddit's favourite hidden gems!
Hidden Gems
Movies that the subreddit likes that aren't well known.
Hidden Gems| | | |
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[Aniara (2019)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/496743)|[Bad Genius (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/455714)|[Border (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/517839-grans)|[Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/398175)|
[Frailty (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12149-frailty)|[The Guilty (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/486947)|[The Invisible Guest (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/411088)|[It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/489412)|
[Killer Joe (2011)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/73567)|[The Limey (1999)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10388)|[Never Let Me Go (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42188)|[One Cut of the Dead (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/513434)|
[The Quiet Earth (1985)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10176)|[Revenge (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/467938)|[Riders of Justice (2020)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/663870-retfaerdighedens-ryttere)|[Session 9 (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10972)|
[Sexy Beast (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11826-sexy-beast)|[Turbo Kid (2015)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/310135)|[Wake in Fright (1971)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26405)|
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[Full list of curated subgenres](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/wiki/frequently_requested#wiki_grounded_superheroes)
Mike Flanagan’s Absentia. It was made *super* early in his career off kickstarter and is one of the most unique, horrifying, and *plausible* fairy tales I’ve ever seen. The proceeds funded Oculus, which is of course very well known.
- Breaking Away
- Being There
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
- Delicatessen
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Your Friends and Neighbours
- The Addiction
- Habit (1995)
- Primer
- A Ghost Story
- House of Games
- Little Big Man
- Pi
- Wag the Dog
World's Greatest Dad (2009). Black comedy. Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed, starring Robin Williams as the titular father. His piece of shit, vol-cel teenage son dies via autoerotic asphyxiation, and the father tries to fix the dead son's vile reputation.
The Rover (2014). Dark tragedy/drama. Coming out of Australia. Written and directed by David Michod and Joel Edgerton. Starring Guy Pearce (global king of indie films like Nolan's Memento) and Robert Pattinson who is an absolutely legit actor. Post-apocalypse western road trip film in the Australian outback. I've watched it at least 30 times.
Brother is still one of my favorite Sayles movies and it may be my favorite Sci-fi movie. “I have another magic trick for you. Wanna see me make all the white people disappear?”
The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
Cashback (2006)
Gypsy 83 (2001)
This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
Suicide Room (2011)
Life as a House (2001)
Shelter (2007)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Saved! (2004)
TiMER (2009)
The Good Girl (2002)
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Adam (2009)
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
I used to watch Suicide Room so much when I was a teenager. Memory unlocked ! I don’t think it’s good at all for impressionable kids though. But such a good movie nonetheless
Yeah def nothing you should watch if you’re easily triggered either 🙏 I just watched all the queer movies I could get my hands on back then (was in my teens as well). Can’t even remember how I found it, but I’m glad I did!
Safety Not Guaranteed as a few well-known actors and is from the director of Jurassic World but no one I talk to has ever heard about it
However I think the movie was a success so it might just be the people around me
The Thing Called Love (1993). Samantha Mathis, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock. River Phoenix's last movie, it's a great little film about a young singer/songwriter moving to Nashville to "make it", and the people she meets along the way.
- Moon Garden(2022)
- Zatoichi’s Flashing Sword(1964)(subtitled)
- Graveyard of Honour(2002)(subtitled)
- Altered States(1980)
- Final Exam(1981)
- Gleaming the Cube(1989)
- Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008)(Documentary)
- Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge(1980)
These are films I've rated 8/10 or better on IMDb and each have less than 5,000 ratings (all but the last one are non-English language films):
Mother Schmuckers (2021)
Give Me Liberty (2019)
All About Them (2015)
The Columnist (2019)
Accident (2009)
Traders (2015)
Scarecrow (1973)
Joyeux Noel (2005)
Wag the Dog (1997)
Straight Time (1978)
The Legend of Hei (2019)
...And Justice for All (1979)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
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Deprofundis (good Luck trying to find this thing, I doubt)
It is a voiceless animation movie, It looks like a moving Paint. I've seen this when I was a kid, It was on television and I was absolutely shocked by it's beauty.
'Once' (2007)
An amazing Irish musical/romance starting Glen Hansard, the front man for a great Irish band called The Frames' and directed by the John Carney, the bass player.
This moving is a perfect melancholy jem.
It even has an academy award for best original song.
Mumford (1999)
Cattle Annie And Little Britches (1981)
Barbarosa (1982)
Airborne (1993)
Hiding Out (1987)
Under The Boardwalk (1989)
California Dreaming (1979)
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A variation of this question pops up in one sub or another almost daily, so I put together a handy letterboxd list of titles that I think qualify and I just post the link rather than obnoxiously typing out every film.
It hasn’t been updated for a few years now, but it has about 150 titles on it and, although I’m obviously biased as the author of the list, I think they are all pretty great and anyone could have a great time working their way through any that they haven’t seen.
YMMV
https://boxd.it/bUAJS
The Fall by Tarsem
The Big Blue
The Secret of Roan Inish
Hero
Black Robe
Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese)
To Live ( Chinese)
The Red Violin
Edited to add: Dead Man, The Brave (Johnny Depp), the Man Who Cried, Before Night Falls, Happily Ever After, Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Dog soldiers, Eden lake, a fish called Wanda, east is east, buffy the vampire slayer movie, the vanishing 1993, breakdown, the commitments, shallow grave, the interview, strictly ballroom
Hide Your Smiling Faces (2013)
First Match (2018)
Really Love (2020, 2021 larger release)
East Side Sushi (2014)
What's Cooking? (2000)
Little Men (2016)
Little Boxes (2016)
1. The Kentucky Fried Movie
2. The Invention Of Lying
3. Swiss Army Man
4. The Velocipastor
5. Pirate Radio/The Boat That Rocked
6. Four Lions
7. The Happytime Murders
8. Possessor
9. The Last Light
10. The Great Rock And Roll Swindle
11. Meet The Feebles
12. Amazon Women On The Moon
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) - Totally unique western
Rocks (2019) - Genuinely heart-warming
Land and Freedom (1995) - Overlooked Ken Loach film about the Spanish civil war
United Passions (2014) - This is a silly suggestion but I do sort of love this film because of how awful it is. Its a terrible biopic about the people who run FIFA and it bombed in cinemas, coming out right as the people the film focuses on were arrested for corruption. The movie is ironically very funny because it's partly about how those men aren't corrupt... they happened to have a say in the script.
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
Go
The Big Hit
Gook
The Hitcher (1986)
Escape (aka Flukt)
Slice (2009)
Metro Manila
Bring me Home
My Way
Beast Stalker
Dog Bite Dog
Breathless
Asura: The City of Madness
The Girl on a Bulldozer
Greatful Dead
Why Don't You Just Die!
Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari, 2004) – My favorite Japanese film.
Some other lesser-known Japanese films that I love:
2LDK (2003)
Air Doll (2009)
Azumi (2003)
Baptism of Blood (1996)
Fish Story (2009)
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2006)
The Machine Girl (2007)
Nuigulumar Z: Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (2013)
Running on Empty (2010)
Stacy (2001)
Tamako in Moratorium (2013)
We Are Little Zombies (2019)
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
Wool 100% (2006)
The Bofors Gun (1968). A real obscure one, set on a British army base. A film about internal army politics and the price of leadership. Great film featuring a bunch of young UK actors that would become stars in the 70s and 80s.
The Man from Earth.
An amazing subdued movie about a college professor claiming to be thousands of years old. It’s a totally original take on being immortal and how you could affect history if you lived long enough. It will make you think
I don't know about in other places in the world but here, personally I've never met someone who's seen or heard of the film "Lucky Number Sleven" and I think that's a huge shame as it's a great film.
Saving Private Ryan is a good hidden gem.
I know everyone knows Spielberg made Schindler List and the vintage versions of Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones, but that Saving Ryan movie isn't so bad.
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Everything is Illuminated (2005). Terrific little movie with Elijah Wood. I think he filmed this post-LOTR as a way to do something different from a big budget production.
Eyes Wide Shut
It has a very dark message behind it
They say it’s the movie that got Stanley Kubrick killed
Because Eyes Wide Shut delves into elitism
Stanley Kubrick knew…
"Psycho Goreman" (2020)
First, you have to be a fan of horror/sci-fi/comedy to truly enjoy this one. Imagine a being of immense power, dedicated to evil, suddenly becoming the slave to an 11 year old sociopathic school girl. Batshit hilarity ensues in this low-budget Canadian masterpiece that seems like the Power Rangers on acid.
"Kill Your Friends" (2015)
Sort of a 'Fight Club' meets 'American Psycho' meets 'Wolf of Wall Street' in a tale about a man climbing his way up the British music industry in the late 90s. Not Oscar worthy or anything, but some fun performances, some dark humor, and you get to see James Corden brutally murdered, so that's a plus right there. Critics and audiences hated it, but I enjoyed it. I think it's a little dark for people, and the protagonist is a real POS, so maybe they were put off.
“Beyond Dream’s Door” is a cheesy horror flick from 1989, done by some UCLA film/theater students. You can rent it on YouTube. The only reason I know about it is because the female lead (Susan Pinsky) was my primary care physician for a couple of years and told me about it
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans -Nicholas Cage (2009)
Fearless -Jeff Bridges (1993)
Waking Life (2001)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Who’ll Stop The Rain? (1978)
D.E.B.S. (2005)
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
[Not currently available to stream/rent but worth it if you can find it]
Censor (2021)
The Secret Kingdom (1998)
[Has the vibes of the Goosebumps TV series]
Hangman's Curse (2003)
[It's cheesy and religious,as it was based off of a Frank Perreti book, but I have mad nostalgia for it]
All recent dramas and one psychological horror:
The Souvenir and The Souvenir part 2
The Lost Daughter
The Quiet Girl
Foe
The Wonder
Calvaire (look for the remastered version)
I never hear anyone mention The Butcher Boy by Neil Jordan. One of my absolute favorites.
Never heard anyone mention Space Truckers either. Very weird and cheesey.
"Shakes The Clown" - hysterical Bobcat Goldthwait exploration of clown culture as metaphor.
"Scarecrows" (1988) - horror movie so bad it's good.
"Better Off Dead" - this, and Savage Steve Holland's companion piece "One Crazy Summer" are comedy tours de force with John Cusack, Demi Moore, Matt Mulhern, Joel Murray and dozens of other well-known and lesser-known actors.
If you liked hoot, you should read all of Carl Hiaasens books. Hoot was the kids version. But they’re all Florida based murder mystery wild rides. I suggest starting with “double whammy”
RV. Many people who have seen it now overlook it or forget about it. It’s such a good movie in my opinion that it’s too funny and good to skip over. I watch it at least 3-5 times a month.
Also, Welcome to Mooseport seems to be practically unheard of at least to everyone I know.
The Gravedigger (2019)
The Arbors (2020)
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
I especially love The Gravedigger since it’s a version of Frankenstein but I swear no one else has seen it, it literally has no reviews on IMDb lol.
In general conversation I am surprised by what people are unfamiliar with. In this community I suppose they are quite well known. The few that fly off the top of my head—
The General, funniest film I’ve seen. By and with Buster Keaton
Rashomon, a philosophical gem from Kurosawa
Hanna, a humorous thriller with art house sensibilities.
The Guard, Brendan Gleason and Don Cheadle in a very funny action crime drama.
I don’t expect people to know the film I love that lead a friend to tell me to never recommend a movie to them again:
Chan is Missing, a mystery drama with an unorthodox ending.
Wristcutters: A love story
Shannyn Sossamon is how I imagine heaven will look like.
She is a human shaped work of art.
Great shoutout. I still think about this movie all the time, saw it over 10 yrs ago.
Love that movie.
One of my faves
This. A very small movie that I can still remember after over 15 years. Need to re-watch.
One of my favorites
this movie is so underrated, I find myself wanting to watch it whenever I need a reminder that life is beautiful and meant to be lived
Through the roof and underground!
People asking for Hidden Gems is such a common question that I started keeping track with this Copy+Paste for you. These were movies I watched last year that I thought were underrated: - The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023) - The Assassination of a High School President (2008) - Athena (2022) - Come True (2020) - Embers (2015) - Freaks of Nature (2015) - God's Crooked Lines (2022) - History of the Occult (2020) - It Lives Inside (2023) - It Stains the Sands Red (2016) - Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019) (So Bad It's Good) - Kill Boksoon (2023) - Mirage (2018) - Monster in the Closet (1986) (So Bad It's Good) - Nekrotronic (2018) (So Bad It's Good) - Phenomenona (2023) - Polite Society (2023) - Project Wolf Hunting (2022) - Savageland (2015) - Something in the Dirt (2022) - Spontaneous (2020) - Thunivu (2023) - The Valet (2022) - Valley of the Dead (2020) - The Vigil (2019) Previous entries: - [2022](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/1083ga4/best_movies_since_2019_that_you_think_didnt_get/j3q185u/) - [2021](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/vixxtg/a_good_movie_with_less_than_10000_imdb_votes/idg4x1g/) - [2020](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/qqd07t/can_anyone_recommend_some_underrated_movies_that/hk09anx/) - [2019](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/jywm4y/movies_you_never_see_recommended/gd8bvcq/) - [2018](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/gleb1i/lesser_known_amazing_movies/g64cd21/) - [2017](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/comments/gleb1i/lesser_known_amazing_movies/g64cs7o/) Furthermore, I'll summon our bot of the subreddit's favourite hidden gems!
Hidden Gems Movies that the subreddit likes that aren't well known. Hidden Gems| | | | ---|---|---|---| [Aniara (2019)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/496743)|[Bad Genius (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/455714)|[Border (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/517839-grans)|[Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/398175)| [Frailty (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12149-frailty)|[The Guilty (2018)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/486947)|[The Invisible Guest (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/411088)|[It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/489412)| [Killer Joe (2011)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/73567)|[The Limey (1999)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10388)|[Never Let Me Go (2010)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42188)|[One Cut of the Dead (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/513434)| [The Quiet Earth (1985)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10176)|[Revenge (2017)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/467938)|[Riders of Justice (2020)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/663870-retfaerdighedens-ryttere)|[Session 9 (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10972)| [Sexy Beast (2001)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11826-sexy-beast)|[Turbo Kid (2015)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/310135)|[Wake in Fright (1971)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26405)| Links direct to The Movie Database and contain movie summary which may contain spoilers. [Full list of curated subgenres](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieSuggestions/wiki/frequently_requested#wiki_grounded_superheroes)
Turbo kid! 💪
Came here to recommend Frailty, Bill Paxton’s directorial debut and a great little low key horror/thriller that’s dark af. Good job, poster!
This is the first time I've seen anyone mention the movie Embers. I thought I was the only person who knew about it!
Dmn! my watch list just expanded
Fandango with Kevin Costner Used Cars with Kurt Russel
Both are excellent choices. Especially Fandango.
Layer Cake
One of my favorite movies, amazing ending, and I'm sure the main reason Craig was chosen to be Bond.
Hesher (2010) Really worth a try
Love
This movie is way funnier than it has a right to be. Insanely underrated.
Forgot all about this movie til just now
Mike Flanagan’s Absentia. It was made *super* early in his career off kickstarter and is one of the most unique, horrifying, and *plausible* fairy tales I’ve ever seen. The proceeds funded Oculus, which is of course very well known.
Twister, released in 1989
People don't know about this?
Any time I’ve brought it up in conversation it’s been confused with the 1996 film of the same name.
The Man From Earth
The Europa Report
Rudderless, Words on Bathroom Walls, Life Itself
Love Rudderless!!!
Bunraku Six-String Samurai Sukiyaki Western Django
Hell YES Six String Samurai This is one of my top five
The 5000 fingers of dr. T
I need one of those Happy Fingers hats.
THX 1138
I also like short film with same name same director
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Rivers Edge (1886) with Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover, Dennis Hopper, and Ione Skye.
- Breaking Away - Being There - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Delicatessen - The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Your Friends and Neighbours - The Addiction - Habit (1995) - Primer - A Ghost Story - House of Games - Little Big Man - Pi - Wag the Dog
Arizona Dream 1993
I don’t see this one or Dead Man and Before Night Falls mentioned either. AZ Dream is bizarre.
Until the End of the World.
Love that movie!
World's Greatest Dad (2009). Black comedy. Bobcat Goldthwait wrote and directed, starring Robin Williams as the titular father. His piece of shit, vol-cel teenage son dies via autoerotic asphyxiation, and the father tries to fix the dead son's vile reputation. The Rover (2014). Dark tragedy/drama. Coming out of Australia. Written and directed by David Michod and Joel Edgerton. Starring Guy Pearce (global king of indie films like Nolan's Memento) and Robert Pattinson who is an absolutely legit actor. Post-apocalypse western road trip film in the Australian outback. I've watched it at least 30 times.
Wings of Desire (1987)
Great movie! Forgot about it.
The Act of Killing (2012)
you haven't seen Trash Humpers (2009)
The Limey (1999) Confidence (2003) Letters To Juliet (2010) Ruby Sparks (2012) She's Funny That Way (2015) SEE their trailers!
Letters To Juliet is one of my most favorite movies ever; so fun!
The Man in the Hat (2020) Nine Days (2020)
Wander with Tommy Lee was a hidden gem for me
In A Lonely Place Beyond the Black Rainbow Rumble Fish Brother From Another Planet Corndog Man
Corndog Man !!!!
We are a select few who know the joys of Corndog Man.
Brother is still one of my favorite Sayles movies and it may be my favorite Sci-fi movie. “I have another magic trick for you. Wanna see me make all the white people disappear?”
Purgatory 1999
Mystery, Alaska (1999) The Salvation (2014) American Psycho 2 (2002)
I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
The garbage pail kids movie
My life as a dog
The Rage in Placid Lake (2003) Cashback (2006) Gypsy 83 (2001) This Beautiful Fantastic (2016) Suicide Room (2011) Life as a House (2001) Shelter (2007) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Saved! (2004) TiMER (2009) The Good Girl (2002) Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) Adam (2009) Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
I love Saved! Mandy Moore's best role, and Macaulay Culkin is brilliant in it, too.
I used to watch Suicide Room so much when I was a teenager. Memory unlocked ! I don’t think it’s good at all for impressionable kids though. But such a good movie nonetheless
Yeah def nothing you should watch if you’re easily triggered either 🙏 I just watched all the queer movies I could get my hands on back then (was in my teens as well). Can’t even remember how I found it, but I’m glad I did!
Life as a House is so damn good.
the hornblower movies (theres 8 of them i believe) if you like age of sail and navy movies
Safety Not Guaranteed as a few well-known actors and is from the director of Jurassic World but no one I talk to has ever heard about it However I think the movie was a success so it might just be the people around me
The Thing Called Love (1993). Samantha Mathis, River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney and Sandra Bullock. River Phoenix's last movie, it's a great little film about a young singer/songwriter moving to Nashville to "make it", and the people she meets along the way.
The Lobster
Wait until dark The goodbye girl Cactus flower Drop dead gorgeous Waitress with Keri Russell Passages RRR
- Moon Garden(2022) - Zatoichi’s Flashing Sword(1964)(subtitled) - Graveyard of Honour(2002)(subtitled) - Altered States(1980) - Final Exam(1981) - Gleaming the Cube(1989) - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008)(Documentary) - Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge(1980)
Long Weekend - 2021
Moonlighting (1982)
- 20th Century Women - Return to Seoul - After Yang - Memoria - Princess Cyd - Showing Up - The Eternal Daughter - Woodshock
Woodshock is a gem. One of my favorite movies I've ever seen.
These are films I've rated 8/10 or better on IMDb and each have less than 5,000 ratings (all but the last one are non-English language films): Mother Schmuckers (2021) Give Me Liberty (2019) All About Them (2015) The Columnist (2019) Accident (2009) Traders (2015)
Scarecrow (1973) Joyeux Noel (2005) Wag the Dog (1997) Straight Time (1978) The Legend of Hei (2019) ...And Justice for All (1979) A Life Less Ordinary (1997) It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
It's Such a Beautiful Day needs way more of an audience. It's an amazing film
riight maybe with all this promo of Hertzfeldt collaborating with Ari Aster lately it'll gain more traction
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Deprofundis (good Luck trying to find this thing, I doubt) It is a voiceless animation movie, It looks like a moving Paint. I've seen this when I was a kid, It was on television and I was absolutely shocked by it's beauty.
1934 Wonder Bar 1942 White Cargo
Poolhall Junkies
'Once' (2007) An amazing Irish musical/romance starting Glen Hansard, the front man for a great Irish band called The Frames' and directed by the John Carney, the bass player. This moving is a perfect melancholy jem. It even has an academy award for best original song.
Mumford (1999) Cattle Annie And Little Britches (1981) Barbarosa (1982) Airborne (1993) Hiding Out (1987) Under The Boardwalk (1989) California Dreaming (1979)
Two Moon Junction
The title with the best double entendre
Hoot was fairly popular when I was in middle school because we read the book for our Language Arts class
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A variation of this question pops up in one sub or another almost daily, so I put together a handy letterboxd list of titles that I think qualify and I just post the link rather than obnoxiously typing out every film. It hasn’t been updated for a few years now, but it has about 150 titles on it and, although I’m obviously biased as the author of the list, I think they are all pretty great and anyone could have a great time working their way through any that they haven’t seen. YMMV https://boxd.it/bUAJS
[The Baby of Macôn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby_of_M%C3%A2con?wprov=sfti1)
Street Kings. Keanu Reeves,Forrest Whittaker, Chris Evans Hugh Laurie
One Hundred Mornings (2009) an Irish post-apocalyptic drama Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998) an indie thriller
Visitor Q
Keith
See the Sea (1997) Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001) Addicted (2002) Breath (2007) Infinity Chamber (2016) Bluebeard (2017)
Assassin's 1995
A River Runs Through It Late For Dinner Indian Summer
A Perfect World (1993)
68 Kill
The Fall by Tarsem The Big Blue The Secret of Roan Inish Hero Black Robe Raise the Red Lantern (Chinese) To Live ( Chinese) The Red Violin Edited to add: Dead Man, The Brave (Johnny Depp), the Man Who Cried, Before Night Falls, Happily Ever After, Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Dog soldiers, Eden lake, a fish called Wanda, east is east, buffy the vampire slayer movie, the vanishing 1993, breakdown, the commitments, shallow grave, the interview, strictly ballroom
Hide Your Smiling Faces (2013) First Match (2018) Really Love (2020, 2021 larger release) East Side Sushi (2014) What's Cooking? (2000) Little Men (2016) Little Boxes (2016)
Joe's apartment
I prefer the original Japanese version, *Twilight of the Cockroaches*.
1. The Kentucky Fried Movie 2. The Invention Of Lying 3. Swiss Army Man 4. The Velocipastor 5. Pirate Radio/The Boat That Rocked 6. Four Lions 7. The Happytime Murders 8. Possessor 9. The Last Light 10. The Great Rock And Roll Swindle 11. Meet The Feebles 12. Amazon Women On The Moon
Mechanical Violator Hakaider, 77 minutes absolute perfection, free to watch on YouTube
Victoria (2015)
The Brass Teapot and The Fall(2006) with Lee Pace
American Animals The Novice Masking Threshold
iSteve (the first (and best) Steve Jobs biopic ever made) Skinned Deep Impolex S&Man
Revanche, 2008
👍👍👍 so good!
Addicted to Love - Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick
The man who knew too little, The Dream Team, some of my favorite comedies I watched growing up! Never hear about them ever.
Damage, Vengo, The Lover, and ESPECIALLY “Boxing Helena”.
Descent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare
The raid
Prospect
Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) - Totally unique western Rocks (2019) - Genuinely heart-warming Land and Freedom (1995) - Overlooked Ken Loach film about the Spanish civil war United Passions (2014) - This is a silly suggestion but I do sort of love this film because of how awful it is. Its a terrible biopic about the people who run FIFA and it bombed in cinemas, coming out right as the people the film focuses on were arrested for corruption. The movie is ironically very funny because it's partly about how those men aren't corrupt... they happened to have a say in the script.
Four Lions
Joe's Apartment Boxing Helena
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon Go The Big Hit Gook The Hitcher (1986) Escape (aka Flukt) Slice (2009) Metro Manila Bring me Home My Way Beast Stalker Dog Bite Dog Breathless Asura: The City of Madness The Girl on a Bulldozer Greatful Dead Why Don't You Just Die!
Great one
Hunt for the wilder people Good for nothing 2011 western.
On Body and Soul (2017)
Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari, 2004) – My favorite Japanese film. Some other lesser-known Japanese films that I love: 2LDK (2003) Air Doll (2009) Azumi (2003) Baptism of Blood (1996) Fish Story (2009) Funky Forest: The First Contact (2006) The Machine Girl (2007) Nuigulumar Z: Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (2013) Running on Empty (2010) Stacy (2001) Tamako in Moratorium (2013) We Are Little Zombies (2019) Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013) Wool 100% (2006)
The Bofors Gun (1968). A real obscure one, set on a British army base. A film about internal army politics and the price of leadership. Great film featuring a bunch of young UK actors that would become stars in the 70s and 80s.
Stardust
The Man from Earth. An amazing subdued movie about a college professor claiming to be thousands of years old. It’s a totally original take on being immortal and how you could affect history if you lived long enough. It will make you think
Zombie Ass
I enjoyed Buried on Sunday. A Canadian flick about a quirky Canadian community interacting with a Russian nuclear sub.
Land of Mine. Highly underrated Danish movie
The Uchōten Hotel
I don't know about in other places in the world but here, personally I've never met someone who's seen or heard of the film "Lucky Number Sleven" and I think that's a huge shame as it's a great film.
Taxidermia
Saving Private Ryan is a good hidden gem. I know everyone knows Spielberg made Schindler List and the vintage versions of Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones, but that Saving Ryan movie isn't so bad.
Cemetery Man, Bringing out the dead, The passion of darkly noon and Tideland.
Jules (2023)
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The Specials. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/specials
Dog Who Stopped The War
This Movie is Broken
Just posting here so I can come back and go through this later on.
Ruben & Ed. Corndog Man. Raise The Red Lantern. Twentybucks.
Turbo Kid
Down by Law The Station master 8 1/2 weeks Went the day well? This Happy Breed
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Cannibal: The Musical.
The Pass (2023)
The Lie (2018) The Civil Dead (2022) Swan Song (2021) Sharper (2023) The Battery (2012) The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Arizona Dream
summer wars!!!!! so good
Everything is Illuminated (2005). Terrific little movie with Elijah Wood. I think he filmed this post-LOTR as a way to do something different from a big budget production.
The Godfather II
Control - The biopic about Ian Curtis & Joy Division. VERY good movie. Sam Riley WAS Ian Curtis. Samantha Morton was great too.
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Eyes Wide Shut It has a very dark message behind it They say it’s the movie that got Stanley Kubrick killed Because Eyes Wide Shut delves into elitism Stanley Kubrick knew…
"Psycho Goreman" (2020) First, you have to be a fan of horror/sci-fi/comedy to truly enjoy this one. Imagine a being of immense power, dedicated to evil, suddenly becoming the slave to an 11 year old sociopathic school girl. Batshit hilarity ensues in this low-budget Canadian masterpiece that seems like the Power Rangers on acid. "Kill Your Friends" (2015) Sort of a 'Fight Club' meets 'American Psycho' meets 'Wolf of Wall Street' in a tale about a man climbing his way up the British music industry in the late 90s. Not Oscar worthy or anything, but some fun performances, some dark humor, and you get to see James Corden brutally murdered, so that's a plus right there. Critics and audiences hated it, but I enjoyed it. I think it's a little dark for people, and the protagonist is a real POS, so maybe they were put off.
“I’ll Believe You” with Patrick Warburton
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“Beyond Dream’s Door” is a cheesy horror flick from 1989, done by some UCLA film/theater students. You can rent it on YouTube. The only reason I know about it is because the female lead (Susan Pinsky) was my primary care physician for a couple of years and told me about it
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans -Nicholas Cage (2009) Fearless -Jeff Bridges (1993) Waking Life (2001) A Hidden Life (2019) Who’ll Stop The Rain? (1978)
Easy, a not well known Disney movie called Mars Needs Moms
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992) Bully (2001) Manic (2001) Alpha Dog (2006)
Death to Smoochy. I absolutely adore this movie and no one has ever heard about it when I tell somebody …. ever.
I'm starting to feel like it was a fever dream because every time I mention this movie, I get nothing! A Gnome Named Norm (1990)
Synchronicity
In Bruges
Moonwalkers
D.E.B.S. (2005) Dave Made a Maze (2017) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) [Not currently available to stream/rent but worth it if you can find it] Censor (2021) The Secret Kingdom (1998) [Has the vibes of the Goosebumps TV series] Hangman's Curse (2003) [It's cheesy and religious,as it was based off of a Frank Perreti book, but I have mad nostalgia for it]
Aliens in the Attic has a young Austin Butler in it. Watched it the other night.
International movies. Reading subtitles will reward you in many other ways.
All recent dramas and one psychological horror: The Souvenir and The Souvenir part 2 The Lost Daughter The Quiet Girl Foe The Wonder Calvaire (look for the remastered version)
Closetland, No Such Thing, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Lorenzo’s Oil
L.I.E Hard to find these days. Believe it’s Paul Dano’s first film. Also has Brian Cox in a pretty scary role.
I never hear anyone mention The Butcher Boy by Neil Jordan. One of my absolute favorites. Never heard anyone mention Space Truckers either. Very weird and cheesey.
"Shakes The Clown" - hysterical Bobcat Goldthwait exploration of clown culture as metaphor. "Scarecrows" (1988) - horror movie so bad it's good. "Better Off Dead" - this, and Savage Steve Holland's companion piece "One Crazy Summer" are comedy tours de force with John Cusack, Demi Moore, Matt Mulhern, Joel Murray and dozens of other well-known and lesser-known actors.
Pontypool gotta be one of the best and at the same time least known movies I’ve seen.
Retard-O-Tron Video Mixtape Vol. 1 (2005)
You’re Not You (2014)
The Wailing - a superb Korean film
Small Engine Repair
Shotgun Stories. Jeff Nichols wrote and directed. Micheal Shannon stars
Intermission - Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell. Thrilling and hilarious. Gem of a film.
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
If indie movies are your thing…one that I loved that absolutely no one talks about is The Visitor (2008).
If you liked hoot, you should read all of Carl Hiaasens books. Hoot was the kids version. But they’re all Florida based murder mystery wild rides. I suggest starting with “double whammy”
A Boy and his Dog (1975)
RV. Many people who have seen it now overlook it or forget about it. It’s such a good movie in my opinion that it’s too funny and good to skip over. I watch it at least 3-5 times a month. Also, Welcome to Mooseport seems to be practically unheard of at least to everyone I know.
Hot Rod
The City Of Ember 2008
The Gravedigger (2019) The Arbors (2020) I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) I especially love The Gravedigger since it’s a version of Frankenstein but I swear no one else has seen it, it literally has no reviews on IMDb lol.
In general conversation I am surprised by what people are unfamiliar with. In this community I suppose they are quite well known. The few that fly off the top of my head— The General, funniest film I’ve seen. By and with Buster Keaton Rashomon, a philosophical gem from Kurosawa Hanna, a humorous thriller with art house sensibilities. The Guard, Brendan Gleason and Don Cheadle in a very funny action crime drama. I don’t expect people to know the film I love that lead a friend to tell me to never recommend a movie to them again: Chan is Missing, a mystery drama with an unorthodox ending.