The List Of Films That Maybe You Wont Have Heard Of. For A Change. (19 titles)
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Lars and the Real Girl
Genuinely heart warming stuff. Like "It's A Wonderful Life" with geeks?
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Lars and the Real Girl
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider
Director: Craig Gillespie
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As the title character, Ryan Gosling is a strange but likeable young man who manages to keep down a job but keeps mostly to himself. He only leaves the garage where he lives when his older brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and loving sister-in-law Karin (Emily Mortimer) drag him to their house next door ..read more »
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from 13,450 members
Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Does a brilliant job of explaining Dr. Thompsons origins, vigour and importance within post summer of love America.
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Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter ...
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Hunter S. Thompson, Anita Thompson, Melissa Otero
Director: Alex Gibney
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"Gonzo" is the definitive film biography of a mythic American figure, a man that Tom Wolfe called our "greatest comic writer," whose suicide, by gunshot, led Rolling Stone Magazine, where Thompson began his career, to devote an entire issue (its bestselling ever) to the man that launched a thousand ..read more »
70%
from 2,137 members
Crumb
If you like comics, this is a must. If you like documentaries, this is a must!
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Crumb
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Robert Crumb
Director: Terry Zwigoff
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Produced by David Lynch, this acclaimed, often unsettling portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb, most famous for his Zap Comix, Keep on Truckin' cartoon and the x-rated character Fritz the Cat, lifts the page and looks into the twisted roots of the artist's inspired lunacy.CRUMB traces the lives of ..read more »
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from 1,822 member
Freddy Got Fingered
What can i say. Tom Green along with Andy Milonakis is one of the unsung comedy geni. If you dont laugh at this film there is something wrong with you.
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Freddy Got Fingered
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan
Director: Tom Green
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Self-made celebrity and outlaw of gross-out comedy, Tom Green (of MTV's TOM GREEN SHOW) makes the leap to the big screen with the outrageous semi-autobiographical FREDDY GOT FINGERED. Starring as Gord Brody, a slacker fast-approaching 30, yet still living in his father's basement, Green is his ..read more »
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from 3,441 members
Office Space
Before Gervais and Merchant's "The Office", there was this one.
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Office Space
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ron Livingston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole
Director: Mike Judge
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Peter (Livingston) is an office drone who feels that every day of his life is the worst yet. After an incident involving a hypnotist, Peter stops caring about his job, ignoring his work and goofing off. When office consultants find out, they see his attitude as proof that Peter is management ..read more »
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from 7,416 members
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
Terry Gilliam is a GOD. This is charming whimsy.
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The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: John Neville, Jonathan Pryce, Eric Idle
Director: Terry Gilliam
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In TIME BANDITS, director Terry Gilliam told a fantastical story filled with heroes and villains seen through the eyes of a small boy. In BRAZIL, Gilliam focused on a fantasy world created by a young man trapped in a totalitarian state. With THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, Gilliam tells the ..read more »
64%
from 5,246 members
Fahrenheit 451
Oscar Werner is superb as the book saving fireman.
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Fahrenheit 451
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring
Director: Francois Truffaut
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Ray Bradbury's best selling science fiction work, about a world where books are forbidden.
62%
from 2,737 members
Fear[s] Of The Dark
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Why arent more animations made like this. Visually different and stunning, plus some great stories. Be warned though the Charles Burns one is a bit of a let down.
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Fear[s] Of The Dark
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Gil Alma, Aure Atika, Francois Creton
Director: Richard Maguire, Lorenzo Mattotti
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Spiders' legs brushing against naked skin. Unexplainable noises heard at night in a dark bedroom. A big empty house where you feel a presence. A hypodermic needle getting closer and closer. A dead thing trapped in a bottle of formaldehyde. A huge growling dog, baring its teeth and staring. So many ..read more »
54%
from 644 members
Happiness
Twistedly funny , horrific and touching all at once.
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Happiness
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Cynthia Stevenson
Director: Todd Solondz
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Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky ..read more »
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from 8,597 members
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu landladies, smalltime wannabe gangsters and an ace axe dance routine. This IS awesome!
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Kung Fu Hustle
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen
Director: Stephen Chow
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In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
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