Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

What movie do you like that most people never seen?
Me

Posted on 06/26/2011 2:32:31 PM PDT by Yorlik803

What movie do you love that most people never heard of or seen? Mine is a movie called "Evenhand". I first saw it on IFC, then ordered a copy from Amazon. It is about two policemen in a small Texas town. One is meek and kind while the other is hard. They form a unlikley friendship. It is more plot driven, with little violence. The writing is pretty good.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 481-484 next last
To: Mr. K; Yorlik803

"Yellowbeard"!


141 posted on 06/26/2011 3:53:44 PM PDT by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 83 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803

True Romance w/ Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Chris Walken, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Chris Penn, Bronson Pinchot and Brad Pitt.

The Best of Times w/ Robin Williams and Kurt Russell


142 posted on 06/26/2011 3:54:10 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mrsmith
‘The Man Who Would Be King’

Probably my favorite Sean Connery movie, both Connery and Michael Caine were excellent.

143 posted on 06/26/2011 3:54:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 120 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803
A special mention to Americanthon (1979).

America is broke, there's no oil and the dim bulb president puts on a telathon.

Here's just a bit of the opening:

President Jimmy Carter: The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us. But it will, if we do not act quickly.

Narrator: We didn't. When America finally ran out of gas, an angry mob broke into the White House and lynched him. Along with three or four of his snottier cabinet members.

144 posted on 06/26/2011 3:55:22 PM PDT by Proud_texan (Scare people enough and they'll do anything.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803
Lone Star.
145 posted on 06/26/2011 3:55:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If Sarah Palin really was unelectable, state-run media would be begging the GOP to nominate her.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Persevero
“Big Night.”

Terrific movie. I enjoyed it very much. Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rosselini, Ian Holm.

146 posted on 06/26/2011 3:56:14 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 123 | View Replies]

To: All
A Boy and His Dog (the ending is exquisit)
147 posted on 06/26/2011 3:56:31 PM PDT by raygun (http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803
A movie called "Until the End of the World" with John Hurt.

A movie about first, the "stealing of dreams" and then later about how people can become addicted to watching their dreams while conscious.

Amazing concept, long movie.

148 posted on 06/26/2011 3:58:18 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803

Lifeguard.


149 posted on 06/26/2011 3:58:31 PM PDT by Crawdad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Malone LaVeigh

“It’s supposedly based on Homer’s, The Odyssey, but except for the scene where the seductresses are washing clothes in the river,”

The one dude with the eye patch is Cyclops. . .


150 posted on 06/26/2011 3:59:08 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 126 | View Replies]

To: Proud_texan

“Top Secret!”

Hillary Flammond: My uncle was born in America.
Nick Rivers: Oh, really?
Hillary Flammond: But he was one of the lucky ones. He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency.


151 posted on 06/26/2011 3:59:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 144 | View Replies]

To: exDemMom
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

I watched it on Netflix. Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are two of my favorite actors, so R & G was a natural selection for me. If you like Tim Roth, then check out Four Rooms. He should have won an academy award for that role.

152 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:00 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: Aliska
The Beast

Jason Patric, Stephen Bauer, George Dzundza, Stephen Baldwin. Good movie. It's probably been at least 20 years since I've seen it. Very memorable.

153 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:28 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 98 | View Replies]

To: BwanaNdege
"The Wind and the Lion"

Capt. Jerome, USMC: "Captain Jerome, United States Marine Corps, and you are my prisoner, sir. "

Eden: [to Raisuli] Now I don't know who you are, or what you want with us, but if any of your men should lay a hand on me, I shall try with all the strength in me to kill you, and with my last breath I shall curse you to God! GOD WILL LISTEN!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073906/quotes

154 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:38 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 136 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803
Songcatcher about the origins of American folk music and country music.
155 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:38 PM PDT by immadashell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elcid1970
I only ever met one person from Marin County who has seen “The Serial.” He said that almost 15 years after it was released it still rings true there. It was a send up of alternative/ new age lifestyles.

This is also a must see for any fan of old horror movies or “Star Wars” just for Christopher Lee's offbeat role. You'll never think of Count Dooku or Dracula the same way again.

156 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:51 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 107 | View Replies]

To: BwanaNdege

And that line is the key to the entire movie. I love it.

The sad thing is many people think the worst thing that can happen to them is their physical death.


157 posted on 06/26/2011 4:00:57 PM PDT by Jemian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 136 | View Replies]

To: All

Oh, and then there’s this black ‘n’ white short w/very young Jack Nicholson in it; very surreal.


158 posted on 06/26/2011 4:01:12 PM PDT by raygun (http://bastiat.org/en/the_law DOT html)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 147 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803
Occasionally, I still have a flash that' It's still worth the struggle: Three Good'ns
A Good Year(Maybe there is still hope...)
Cross of Iron, ("I'll show you where the Iron Crosses grow...")
The Boys in Company C, (Lee Ermey's first movie.)
159 posted on 06/26/2011 4:01:30 PM PDT by jonascord (The Drug War Rapes the Constitution.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yorlik803

Dersu Uzala (1975), by Akira Kurosawa. But it needs to be seen in a theater, because it shows the magnificence of Siberia, which looks like something on another planet. Absolutely unique, and Kurosawa was the only person skilled enough and respected enough to do it. It was actually shot on 70mm film, but there are few theaters that could do it justice.

Prospero’s Books (1991), starring Sir John Gielgud. A retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, it is like a continual, romantic-era painting, with the viewer’s attention redirected around the screen instead of focused on just a small part of it. This is because it shows all the invisible spirits, doing their unusual and often repetitive spirit things, which are only visible to Prospero. Note: spirits are often semi-nude or nude.

Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet (1940), starring Edward G. Robinson. This depicts one of the greatest scientists who ever lived (not to be confused by the still living Paul R. Ehrlich, science fraud), and Robinson did a great portrayal of how he came up with the first effective cure for the cruel and murderous disease syphilis.

Gunga Din (1939) and The Four Feathers (1939), are a great British army double feature. 1939 was a huge year for filmmaking. Both movies are classics, but much less well known today.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) is a comedy MUSICAL about American business, and in a way was like a musical version of MAD Magazine. Lighthearted and funny. It would make a good double feature with James Cagney’s One, Two, Three (1961).


160 posted on 06/26/2011 4:02:48 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 481-484 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson