Who can recommend lesser known good films

[Ace-T]

Some more for you...

Les Visiteurs - French film starring Jean Reno as a french knight/lord who gets pitched forward in time to the present day. Best bit is where he trashes a Citroen van thingy (devil's chariot) with a sodding big broadsword

The Princess Bride - can't believe no-one has mentioned this classic! 'Inconceivable!'

A Matter of Life and Death - I know I always mention this one but it is fab. David Niven as a wartime pilot who is supposed to die when his plane crashes over the Channel. He doesn't and an angel comes to get him to take him to heaven and he refuses to go. Wonderful!

Project A - Classic Jackie Chan with the most amazing (as usual) stunts. Think bike!

Ace-T

[dinkel]

goo-goo-gjoob said:

The Falcon and the Snowman, with Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. Best spy movie I've ever seen; dramatic, gripping, and based on a true story.

More Sean Penn:

21 Grams
Mystic River
I Am Sam
The Weight of Water
Sweet and Lowdown
Dead Man Walking
Carlito's Way . . . great actor . . .

[s2gonzo]

"Paridise Lost: The Robin Hood Hills Murders"

&

"Paradise Lost2: Revelations"

These films will fill you with Anger and sorrow in equal measure. True story of the (horrific) murders of three 8 year old boys and the convictions of three teenagers....... Who after watching the documentaries I consider to be totally innocent, in fact after watching number 2 I'm even pretty sure who did commit the crimes and hes smiling back out of the film....Huge injustice!!!! (watch the movie's before you disagree)

Not for the faint of heart(very detailed on what happened with full access to Police videos/pictures) but absolutely Brilliant film making non the less.


(posted as theve just released both together in one double pack)

[cotty]

DanBoy said:

T5-R said: For me, the ultimate petrolhead film, which I can't seem to find anywhere anymore , and is the inspiration for the current cross continent race, is The Gumball Rally (circa 1975). I work for HMV and we always have this film in stock!

If you can find that perhaps you could also find these car related films on DVD
The Wraith www.imdb.com/title/tt0092240/
Two Lane Blacktop www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/
The Car www.imdb.com/title/tt0075809/

or am I out of luck, in which case its back to searching fleabay

[chris watton]

cotty said:

DanBoy said: T5-R said: For me, the ultimate petrolhead film, which I can't seem to find anywhere anymore , and is the inspiration for the current cross continent race, is The Gumball Rally (circa 1975). I work for HMV and we always have this film in stock! If you can find that perhaps you could also find these car related films on DVD The Wraith www.imdb.com/title/tt0092240/ Two Lane Blacktop www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/ The Car www.imdb.com/title/tt0075809/ or am I out of luck, in which case its back to searching fleabay

When we talk about old car films, I watch them now and I can't help but be disappointed. We watched the Wraith a few months back, was great in 1986, when I knew nothing about cars and lapped up typical 80's cheesy music, but now, all I see are impossible 90 degree turns in American cars that would never be able to do that, and all the chase scenes are laughably speeded up - this is still going on today, the Fast and the Furious being a leading example of the utterly implausible.

[cotty]

chris watton said:

When we talk about old car films, I watch them now and I can't help but be disappointed. We watched the Wraith a few months back, was great in 1986, when I knew nothing about cars and lapped up typical 80's cheesy music, but now, all I see are impossible 90 degree turns in American cars that would never be able to do that, and all the chase scenes are laughably speeded up - this is still going on today, the Fast and the Furious being a leading example of the utterly implausible.

For non speeded up older film watch Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

in The Wraith I love the interceptor and the revenge aspect, guy gets killed by gang, guy comes back from the dead to kill gange one by one, Yes its cheesy but I like it. Thinking about it the story is a little like The Crow


>> Edited by cotty on Tuesday 30th August 11:05