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Do you have a favorite "little-known" movie? [View all] red dog 1 Aug 2025 OP

The Cobbler essaynnc Aug 2025 #1

Putney Swope leftieNanner Aug 2025 #2

I used to get all the news via the drum. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #196

Excellent movie. sorcrow Aug 2025 #201

Rancho Deluxe dpibel Aug 2025 #3

I just bought the DVD of that at the Goodwill last Thursday. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #104

The Red Tent. Sneederbunk Aug 2025 #4

I had no idea this bamagal62 Aug 2025 #24

Same here! Now to find it. nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #166

Ruthless People - 1986 DUgosh Aug 2025 #5

I love wrong numbers! JoseBalow Aug 2025 #17

"GOD, I hate that woman. I hate the way she licks stamps!" OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #212

Keeping Mum Raven123 Aug 2025 #6

we have this. We got the DVD because of Maggie Smith and Rowan Atkinson. It is a lovely movie nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #167

Yes, three of them... Enter stage left Aug 2025 #7

Hidden Figures doesn't fit in this thread. Jeebo Aug 2025 #41

Sorry, I didn't know that. We don't have cable or watch much TV. Enter stage left Aug 2025 #75

So? Many don't have/watch cable. brush Aug 2025 #83

I'd never heard of it, but I don't stream anything or have access to cable television. Harker Aug 2025 #152

"Hidden Figures" for sure. It's hidden history of NASA, early space flight and three genius Black women. brush Aug 2025 #82

Local Hero FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #8

Absolutely love "Local Hero." Paladin Aug 2025 #56

Me too. FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #58

There should be a word that is defined as 'nostalgia for a place you've never been to'. Rustynaerduwell Aug 2025 #69

The German word is fernweh... FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #70

Count on the Germans to come up with such a useful word. Paladin Aug 2025 #150

Burt Lancaster really excellent, Everyrthing about this movie I like!!! NowsTheTime Aug 2025 #148

Not to mention Peter Capaldi... FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #149

I'll make a good Gordon...Gordon. VGNonly Aug 2025 #210

Me too... FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #213

Happy Texas is a good movie. I'd say "Garden State" and "Logan Lucky" underpants Aug 2025 #9

Brazil by Terry Gilliam. LastDemocratInSC Aug 2025 #10

Agree. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #106

Mystery Train Alsteen Aug 2025 #11

Love Mystery Train OrwellwasRight Aug 2025 #30

Tie: Sibling Rivalry and Blast from the Past. mobeau69 Aug 2025 #12

Saving Grace and The Nephew. ms liberty Aug 2025 #13

OMG! Saving Grace with Tom Conti about the reluctant Pope! no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #38

No, I'm referring to a film with Brenda Blethyn and Colin Ferguson from 2000. ms liberty Aug 2025 #71

OK, got it. I posted my Saving Grace in a sequential post. no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #74

Saving Grace -- MUST SEE!!! no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #49

No, I am referring to the 2000 comedy with Brenda Blethyn and Colin Ferguson ms liberty Aug 2025 #73

I just adore that movie Easterncedar Aug 2025 #89

Just watched this movie tonite jmbar2 Oct 3 #215

A Boy and His Dog, 1975 rickyhall Aug 2025 #14

recommended to me by a friend - just loved it rurallib Aug 2025 #53

The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) KitFox Aug 2025 #15

"Thank you God, for letting me have another day." El Supremo Aug 2025 #159

Hi El Supremo! So do I ! 😊 KitFox Aug 2025 #160

Repo Man DBoon Aug 2025 #16

I second Repo Man. callous taoboy Aug 2025 #42

Great movie Easterncedar Aug 2025 #90

I wouldn't call Repo Man a "little-known' movie red dog 1 Aug 2025 #94

Very Good Movie ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #122

"We've got nothing better to do . . . than sit around and have another brew!!" hatrack Aug 2025 #176

Little Known Squeaky41 Aug 2025 #18

Three: NBachers Aug 2025 #19

Great movie. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft's only movie together was a remake of this. mucifer Aug 2025 #55

Four movies LogDog75 Aug 2025 #20

Streets of Fire is awesome OrwellwasRight Aug 2025 #31

Agree ProfessorGAC Aug 2025 #123

Love 'While you Were Sleeping'. genxlib Aug 2025 #48

'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains' Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #21

"My Brilliant Career" by Gillian Armstrong applegrove Aug 2025 #22

"Benny & Joon," and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Bayard Aug 2025 #23

Benny and Joon is one I have watched many times Easterncedar Aug 2025 #91

Great movies! bamagal62 Aug 2025 #99

Love both those movies MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #170

After Hours bamagal62 Aug 2025 #25

Hard agree. NT OrwellwasRight Aug 2025 #32

A great one dpibel Aug 2025 #88

Closely Watched Trains LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2025 #26

Big Night ZZenith Aug 2025 #27

Love this. OrwellwasRight Aug 2025 #33

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2025 #28

Cyberworld 3D, markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #29

Shooting Fish... Dan Futterman + ultralite001 Aug 2025 #34

Twenty Bucks OrwellwasRight Aug 2025 #35

Loved the Dao of Steve LearnedHand Aug 2025 #103

Bottle Rocket cayugafalls Aug 2025 #36

Until the End of the World -- Wim Wenders fierywoman Aug 2025 #37

Skidoo. PufPuf23 Aug 2025 #39

The Wall, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Millennium Jeebo Aug 2025 #40

I saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #95

"The Keep" B.See Aug 2025 #43

The Magic Sword (1962) RazorbackExpat Aug 2025 #44

The Gods Must Be Crazy Emile Aug 2025 #45

One of the funniest movies ever made! ScoutHikerDad Aug 2025 #51

Yes! rurallib Aug 2025 #54

Love this movie so much! HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #185

Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, director) IcyPeas Aug 2025 #46

Three in the Attic nonaa Aug 2025 #47

Not sure if it qualifies genxlib Aug 2025 #50

That one sounds good...I'd like to see it. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #96

Repo Man, Goodbye Lenin Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #52

"The Commitments" bringing soul to Dublin Ritabert Aug 2025 #57

The Commitments is one of my all-time favorites which has gained "cult status." red dog 1 Aug 2025 #143

Interesting. Ritabert Aug 2025 #145

I Have Three! ScoutHikerDad Aug 2025 #59

Quest for Fire is a good one! Emile Aug 2025 #72

I liked My Bodyguard & have seen it several times. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #144

"The Lives of Others" (2006) Paladin Aug 2025 #60

Agreed, it is an outstanding movie 10 Turtle Day Aug 2025 #86

Paladin........... Upthevibe Aug 2025 #161

I've seen it several times. An astoundingly well-done film. Paladin Aug 2025 #164

Two that I have mentioned on other threads mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #61

"Earth Girls are Easy" is fabulous! I need to watch it again. betsuni Aug 2025 #138

Into The Night PJMcK Aug 2025 #62

I Was Traveling On A Business Trip And In LA When They Were Filming...... global1 Aug 2025 #205

I'll have to look these up samplegirl Aug 2025 #63

Dead Man Vadergator Aug 2025 #64

I've seen it and liked it. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #140

Thanks Vadergator Aug 2025 #191

Housewife, 49 KT2000 Aug 2025 #65

Melody (1971) Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #66

Club Paradise or Best in Show catbyte Aug 2025 #67

Best in Show is one of my favorite movies!!! bamagal62 Aug 2025 #100

Not a big fan of romances, but I loved 'A Walk in the Clouds', a 1995 film with Keanu Reeves, Rustynaerduwell Aug 2025 #68

Scaramouche USAF Brat Aug 2025 #76

Robin and Marian The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #77

Holiday Affair, starring Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum and Wendell Corey. Sibelius Fan Aug 2025 #78

Love watching this at Christmas. Robert Mitchum was so good in this! HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #186

ERASERHEAD the_liberal_grandpa Aug 2025 #79

The creepiest movie ever! Gave me nightmares. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #129

"Watch on the Rhine" from 1943 starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. Dashiell Hammett screen play based on a... brush Aug 2025 #80

2 Come to Mind justaprogressive Aug 2025 #81

Brother from another planet cbabe Aug 2025 #84

Looks good to me and the price is right (free). red dog 1 Aug 2025 #98

I was going to post this one, too. subterranean Aug 2025 #175

"A Face in the Crowd " Devilsun Aug 2025 #85

Oooooooooooooo GOOD one, Devilsun! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #113

Drowning Mona from 2000 Cloudhopper Aug 2025 #87

The Hours WhiteTara Aug 2025 #92

Starman with Jeff Bridges. 1984 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #93

I like Jeff Bridges, and I'd like to see Starman. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #97

The Bad Seed (1956 version) bamagal62 Aug 2025 #101

Gives me shivers, that creepy murderous little girl! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #114

Lars and the Real Girl. vanlassie Aug 2025 #102

Another terrific movie! bamagal62 Aug 2025 #118

Quietly perfect and heartwarming some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #120

I just finished watching that movie, then found this thread jmbar2 Aug 2025 #183

Leningrad Cowboys Go America Sequoia Aug 2025 #105

De Duva, The Dove. cachukis Aug 2025 #107

De Duva was very funny. Saw it eons ago. yorkster Aug 2025 #126

Tank Girl getagrip_already Aug 2025 #108

Twelve Monkeys. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2025 #109

Brewster McCloud... Godot51 Aug 2025 #110

Magic with Anthony hopkins, Ann Margret, and Burgess Meredith. yellow dahlia Aug 2025 #111

"Prince of Players" - Richard Burton, 1955 some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #112

"King of Hearts", "Dersu Uzala" Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #115

The Man in a Glass Booth ....nt Figarosmom Aug 2025 #116

Maximillian Schell was a brilliant actor! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #121

Secret of Roan Inish Coventina Aug 2025 #117

Waking Ned Devine Marthe48 Aug 2025 #119

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #124

Xavier Breath............ Upthevibe Aug 2025 #162

"A Room with a View" is a wonderful, "little" movie (not long). British,, great cast .... CTyankee Aug 2025 #125

Breakfast With Curtis Chemical Bill Aug 2025 #127

imdb Chemical Bill Aug 2025 #131

Searching for Sugar Man. Wonderful true story with great music. MLAA Aug 2025 #128

The Year of Living Dangerously Ocelot II Aug 2025 #130

El Topo gordianot Aug 2025 #132

Delancey Street Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #133

Rapture - 1965 film with Patricia Gozzi, yorkster Aug 2025 #134

Isle of Dogs Emile Aug 2025 #135

Creator and Tapeheads NoNewTexas Aug 2025 #136

Welcome to DU! red dog 1 Aug 2025 #195

There was a crooked man... 1970 odins folly Aug 2025 #137

The Guard bottomofthehill Aug 2025 #139

Europa Report Borogove Aug 2025 #141

The Apple War, a Swedish (I think) film from the 1970's. haele Aug 2025 #142

99 River Street: Auggie Aug 2025 #146

You beat me to it. That was my choice too. LoisB Aug 2025 #153

Soapdish....All star cast, but little-known, overlooked movie. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #147

The Couch Trip NowsTheTime Aug 2025 #151

99 River Street and (made for television) The Last Brickmaker in America. LoisB Aug 2025 #154

Primer Bok_Tukalo Aug 2025 #155

The Straight Story Coloradan4Truth Aug 2025 #156

"My Sweet Little Village" Laffy Kat Aug 2025 #157

A Boy Ten Feet Tall (Sammy Going South) with Edward G. Robinson 1963-1965 El Supremo Aug 2025 #158

I'll never forget "Il Generale Della Rovere." soldierant Aug 2025 #163

"Meeting Venus" -- Glenn Close, about a dysfunctional European opera company. betsuni Aug 2025 #165

I have a few actually yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #168

Dreamer (2013) red dog 1 Aug 2025 #169

Donovan's Reef - John Wayne, Lee Marvin , Dorothy Lamour - Kind of a Rom-com SharonAnn Aug 2025 #171

I don't remember the name, but ... Jeebo Aug 2025 #172

i have too many to print here,but ill give it a stab AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #173

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension GoCubsGo Aug 2025 #174

Neighbors kerouac2 Aug 2025 #177

"Ramona & I haven't eaten all day. We could eat a baby's butt through a park bench." red dog 1 Aug 2025 #199

Deal of the Century TimD82 Aug 2025 #178

84 Charing Cross Road - 1987 Anne Bancroft And Anthony Hopkins hatrack Aug 2025 #179

The book of the same name was so good, I was afraid to watch the movie. HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #190

I'm not sure how "known" this movie is MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #180

Red Rock West Humboldt Sage Aug 2025 #181

Babette's Feast Zackzzzz Aug 2025 #182

Malcolm Easterncedar Aug 2025 #184

Bachelor Mother with David Niven and Ginger Rogers, great Christmas and New Years movie! HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #187

David Niven was always wonderful. Easterncedar Aug 2025 #188

There's a scene at a party where David Niven laughs. HeartsCanHope Aug 2025 #189

Little Murders Doc_Technical Aug 2025 #192

Time After Time LogDog75 Aug 2025 #193

It sounds worth watching. red dog 1 Aug 2025 #194

The Tenant JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #197

Macunaima JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2025 #198

The Matchmaker (1997) red dog 1 Aug 2025 #200

The Eddie Duchin Story......nt global1 Aug 2025 #202

Ondine 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2025 #203

Dersu Uzala sorcrow Aug 2025 #204

The Station Agent. Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #206

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane red dog 1 Aug 2025 #207

Down by Law (1986) Heidi Aug 2025 #208

"After the Fox" w/Peter Sellers, Victor Mature. oasis Aug 2025 #209

Lonely are the Brave VGNonly Aug 2025 #211

MY Blue Heaven red dog 1 Aug 2025 #214