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Genuinely good movies that have went under the radar?

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  • #32
    off.the.walls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭off.the.walls


    cockneys vs zombies, low budget, laughably terrible but extremely enjoyable.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q96po6oa11w


  • #33
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,527 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    OK, it's hardly an unknown film but I think Carlito's Way could fit in this category. It's a genuinely outstanding film - anyone I know who's seen it loves it, but a lot of people seem to be unaware of it. For me, it's right up there with the Goodfellas etc but doesn't have nearly as much 'reputation'.


  • #34
    strawdog
    Registered Users Posts: 396 ✭✭strawdog


    The Proposition - Australian western written by Nick Cave with Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston Emily Watson. Don't think this made too many waves at the time, remember watching in cinema at time and loving the atmospheric cinematography and sparse dialogue


  • #35
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    The Invitation, a very tense, indie thriller from 2015. Will and his girlfriend go up to the Hollywood Hills being thrown by his ex-wife Eden and her new husband. Many of Will and Eden's shared friends are at the party who haven't seen much of either of them since a family tragedy drove them to divorce. As the evening wears on, Will becomes paranoid and ever more convinced that there is an ulterior motive to this get-together.

    This is on Netflix at the moment and I think everyone should watch it. It's been criminally overlooked.


  • #36
    Addle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,812 ✭✭✭Addle


    I'm the only one of my mates who saw it anyways, Hidden Figures.

    I found it really enjoyable and it was released around the same time last year as a lot of overly hyped movies that didn't live up to expectations.


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  • #37
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    The Man From Earth

    Low budget, real low haha.. basically a group of people in a room, but its an amazing story told by one person without spoiling it. Defo worth watching.


  • #38
    tomofson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭tomofson


    Things to do in Denver when your dead (1995)

    King of new york (1990)

    Bad lieutenant (1992)

    Chin Girl (1987)

    suicidal kings (1997)

    Those are some genuinely good action/crime/drama flicks that have definitely gone under the radar, they both have quite low population of ratings on IMDB, especially compared to some of the other films that was mentioned here.

    I will post some more when I think of some in the mean time I highly recommend all movies above.


  • #39
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Chev_Chelios wrote: »
    Disorder is a 2015 movie starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger. Schoenaerts is a soldier assigned to protect the wife of a french politician.
    Aka Maryland.
    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    The Man From Earth

    Low budget, real low haha.. basically a group of people in a room, but its an amazing story told by one person without spoiling it. Defo worth watching.
    There's a sequel: Man from Earth, Holocene which doesn't quite work so well imho. It's a self-pirate so available legitimately on the dodgy sources.


  • #40
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,955 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I'm sure I've seen this question before, and one of my answers will always be The Ice Storm (1997):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjXMWjoX8L4


    (That trailer music and voiceover are not in the movie, thankfully.)

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #41
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    tricky D wrote: »

    There's a sequel: Man from Earth, Holocene which doesn't quite work so well imho. It's a self-pirate so available legitimately on the dodgy sources.

    Yeh I watched it, thought it was terrible. First one is great though.


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  • #42
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,080 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Symbol - possibly the funniest, strangest comedy of the last decade... a tour de force of slapstick, surrealism and running gags. Trailers can't possibly do the sheer sustained, manic imagination of the thing justice.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmKduV9hJU


    Court - non-Bollywood Indian cinema is rarely released, so it was a surprise this got released in the West at all. The film itself is a masterful, quietly devastating critique of a farcical legal system.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sc8z7zav9A


    Leviathan - Deadliest Catch meets a David Lynch film... this grimy, lo-fi, GoPro-heavy film about a fishing boat is a strange, intense, hypnotic documentary quite unlike anything else.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2wNiJt-I6U


    The Day He Arrives (plus many, many others) - Hong Sang-soo is easily among my favourite working directors, but I find myself frantically scanning film festival schedules and digital stores hoping to find his latest work... it certainly doesn't come to you. Still, The Day He Arrives - although it didn't get a proper Irish release (the excellent Nobody's Daughter Haewon) is AFAIK the only one to receive that honour - is probably the easiest to track down for anyone looking to dive down the Director Hong rabbithole... thankfully, it is also in many ways one of his most representative films, complete with major structural trickery and lots of alcohol.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuet1q58z8


    Certain Women - feels odd putting this here, but I always felt it never got the shot it deserved (IIRC it was released here during an avalanche of Oscar-time releases). Possibly Kelly Reichardt's finest work to date, and she's made some very fine films indeed.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5lYLL41SY


  • #43
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,917 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    The Good, the Bad and the Weird. Korean western set in the 1930's. The shoot out lasts about 10-20 mins


  • #44
    2 Scoops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 915 ✭✭✭2 Scoops


    Dead snow.. Nazi Zombies!

    Sequel is decent too


  • #45
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Will I Am Not wrote: »
    Ah True Romance hardly went under the radar. It’s got one of the best cast lists you’re ever likely to see.

    This was the first film I thought of when I read the OP also. It's an unbelievable film Im not a huge movie buff but I've brought it up in conversation lots of times and there's lots of people who have never heard of it.


  • #46
    MfMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,360 ✭✭✭MfMan


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    OK, it's hardly an unknown film but I think Carlito's Way could fit in this category. It's a genuinely outstanding film - anyone I know who's seen it loves it, but a lot of people seem to be unaware of it. For me, it's right up there with the Goodfellas etc but doesn't have nearly as much 'reputation'.

    Don't think it was underrated as such. Not perfect but still an excellent tale of greed, betrayal and thwarted dreams. Love Patrick Doyle's theme also.

    Locke (on last night) is worth a look. Set entirely in a car journey at night with Tom Hardy constantly on the phone trying to remain composed and hold various strands together.


  • #47
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    MfMan wrote: »
    Don't think it was underrated as such. Not perfect but still an excellent tale of greed, betrayal and thwarted dreams. Love Patrick Doyle's theme also.

    Locke (on last night) is worth a look. Set entirely in a car journey at night with Tom Hardy constantly on the phone trying to remain composed and hold various strands together.

    Locke is great. Sounds like a fúcking awful idea for a movie - watch a guy making phone calls while driving for 90mins but Hardy is absolutely brilliant as the central character whose life is crumbling around him.


  • #48
    RainMakerToo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 242 ✭✭RainMakerToo


    Padraig Mor wrote: »


    Triangle: mind bending time travel thriller - very well crafted.

    On that note, I'd add Coherence: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/


  • #49
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,506 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Memento with Guy Pearce,


  • #50
    Husker Du
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Husker Du


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Silver Bullet A Stephen King oldie about a werewolf

    Love this one. Remember renting it as a kid and being terrified. Good times!
    CyberGhost wrote: »
    Bad Moon - Underrated and relatively unknown werewolf movie.

    Really enjoyed Bad Moon.

    Late Phases is another good one with a werewolf theme.


  • #51
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,917 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Romper Stomper - Skinkheads in Australia with Russell Crowe
    Chopper - Story of Mark "Chopper" Read based on his book From the Inside. Eric Bana
    The Hidden - Sci Fi Kyle MacLachlan is chasing an alien parasite that taken of human bodies and goes on a crime spree
    Society - Just weird


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  • #52
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    Autofocus, Blackthorn and 2010: The Year We Make Contact.


  • #53
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Memento with Guy Pearce,

    Everyone was talking about one.


  • #54
    ger vallely
    Registered Users Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    Dirty Pretty Things. I don’t think it was too well known? A brilliant story of illegal organ harvesting of illegal workers. Set in London if I remember correctly.


  • #55
    ger vallely
    Registered Users Posts: 766 ✭✭✭ger vallely


    Dirty Pretty Things. I don’t think it was too well known? A brilliant story of illegal organ harvesting of illegal workers. Set in London if I remember correctly.


  • #56
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,944 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Memento with Guy Pearce,

    I heard they are doing a remake!:eek:


  • #57
    Technocentral
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭Technocentral


    I'd add Bad Day at Black Rock and Night of the Hunter.


  • #58
    saintsaltynuts
    Registered Users Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    Wake In Fright(1971).About a school teacher who's supposed to stay one night in an Aussie town but get's caught up in the mayhem the place has to offer.Wont give too much away but it's a lost classic.


  • #59
    ryathoe
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭ryathoe


    Danton - French film about the revolutionary starring Gerard Depardieu - great film.


  • #60
    GalwayKiefer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭GalwayKiefer


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Chopper - Story of Mark "Chopper" Read based on his book From the Inside. Eric Bana

    +1 for Chopper. Eric Bana does a fantastic job portraying him. I had the dvd years ago and they interviewed Read for the dvd extras.


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  • #61
    Lorelli!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,360 ✭✭✭Lorelli!


    Chev_Chelios wrote: »
    The Wanderers. A 1979 movie about teenage gangs in the Bronx during the 60's. Directed by the same man who wrote Indiana Jones.

    I watched that film years ago and loved it. I can't remember much of it now. I think it was a bit like grease but had a much darker element to it? The soundtrack of it was amazing.


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