Obscure (20 titles)
I watch a couple of movies a day. These are the best films I've seen that less than 500 people have rated on here.
82.4% from 4 members
Beautiful Girls
Such a likeable cast lesser known actors doing a series of career bests. The script crackles with a shabby arrogance.
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Beautiful Girls
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell
Director: Ted Demme
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In this post-coming-of-age comedy, a high school reunion in a small Massachusetts town gives a group of buddies plenty of opportunities to try and sort out their views about women and life. From the former stud-turned-snowplow operator to the aspiring nightclub musician who escaped to New York, ..read more »
59%
from 2,979 members
The Quiet Man
Quaint yet emotionally brooding. Ends with one of cinemas finest punch-ups and stormiest romances.
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The Quiet Man
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen
Director: John Ford
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One of John Ford's most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, ..read more »
72%
from 2,406 members
The Getaway
One of the grimiest action thrillers ever made. McQueen and Mcgraw are supercool.
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The Getaway
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Master thief Doc McCoy and his wife Carol make a deal with a corrupt politician -- Doc will be paroled if he agrees to mastermind a half-million dollar heist. Due to his masterful planning, the heist goes off without a hitch. But as they step into hornets nest of double-crossing, Doc and Carol are ..read more »
65%
from 2,312 members
Last Year At Marienbad
An esoteric, stylish slice of mind fuck pie. Just let the restrained strangeness wash over you and piece together what, if anything, happened afterwards. Tres cool!
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Last Year At Marienbad
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff
Director: Alain Resnais
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Considered by many to be Renais' magnum opus, L'Année Dernière à Marienbad, is a work of fantasy and experiment in line with the French New Wave films of the 50's and 60's. Renais and co-writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet seem less concerned with the conventional use of character and more interested in ..read more »
64%
from 1,517 member
The Taking Of Pelham 123
They would never make an action thriller as loose and as ragged as this these days. Even the one line characters seem like they deserve their own flick.
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The Taking Of Pelham 123
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Four ruthless gunmen (played by Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, and Earl Hindman) take over a New York City subway and hold the passengers for ransom. They threaten to shoot one each minute until a million dollar ransom is fully paid. Walter Matthau portrays the transport cop ..read more »
73%
from 2,045 members
The Paper
This flopped on release which is a shame as Keaton, Howard and Tomei do their best work in this fast paced news room drama. Punchy, funny and relentless, you won't begrudge it the syrupy ending if you go along for the ride.
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The Paper
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei
Director: Ron Howard
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Ron Howard directed this lightning-paced, high-energy drama following one day in the life of Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), a frantic metro editor for a fictitious New York tabloid. While investigating the apparently race-related killing of two white businessmen found murdered in their car, ..read more »
62%
from 524 members
Quick Change
One of Bill Murray best and an excellent double bill with above "One Mad Day in New York" The Paper. WHY IS THIS NOT ON DVD?
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Quick Change
(1990)
Starring: Bill Murray, Jason Robbards, Geena Davis
Director: Bill Murray, Howard Franklin
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Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
67%
from 367 members
Fearless
I was quite shocked this had so few votes and made the criteria. Jeff Bridges thinks he is immortal after a plane crash and constantly dallies with death as real-life intrudes on his newly found state of zen-like nirvana. And the plane crash is stunningly realised.
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Fearless
(1993)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini
Director: Peter Weir
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A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash
67%
from 225 members
Fail-Safe
Like 12 Angry Men and/or Doctor Strangelove? Of course you did. Then this is going to tickle you silly. Tense drama with perhaps the finest ending to a film... ever.
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Fail-Safe
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Following closely on the heels of Stanley Kubrik's DR. STRANGELOVE (all too closely for Kubrick and company, who quickly filed a lawsuit alleging plagiarism), Sidney Lumet's FAIL-SAFE employs a similarly stylized and heightened dramatic structure in its nerve-crushing moral tale. Taking place over ..read more »
77%
from 274 members
The Andrzrej Wajda War Trilogy
Kanal in this collection is fantastic. That masterpiece and Ashes and Diamond are tense thrillers about World War II resistance where the stark, unusual black and white imagery give every shot a hellish sense of the absurd. Really, these are worth catching.
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The Andrzrej Wajda War Trilogy
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Wienczyslaw Glinski, Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar
Director: Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Wajda
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Features Polish auteur Andrzrej Wajda's war trilogy, containing A GENERATION, CANAL, and ASHES AND DIAMONDS.In A GENERATION, a cocky Polish youth falls for a pretty Resistance leader. As a result he joins the movement but he and his brash friends treat their first mission as a game. Inevitably, the ..read more »
69%
from 293 members
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82.4% from 4 members
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