Recommend a really great movie you love but probably no one else...

[LynneSin]

..has watched or heard of.



I love this lil independant movie that came out in 1996 call "The Day Trippers" Hope Davis stumbles across a love letter someone wrote to her husband. Davis, along with her parents (including the wonderful Ann Meara as her annoying, nosy mother), sister Parker Posey and sister's boyfriend done by Liev Schreiber decide to go into the city and track down the husband to find out why he is having an affair. The husband was amazingly played by Stanley Tucci. The movie was fresh with all sorts of side plots that meshed well into the movie.

Rent this fun little indie movie!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116041/

[skypilot]

1. I loved "The Day Trippers"

I just posted a picture of Stanley Tucci in a "Sexiest Bald Actor" thread.

My movie pick is "Happy Accidents" as always. I'm not going to be happy until everyone I know has seen this movie.

[LynneSin]

7. He's such a great actor - he was great in "Big Night"

He plays one of the Italian brothers who runs a small italian restaurant struggling to complete with the competition across the street. The other brother was played by Tony Shaloub and the brothers were exact opposites (tucci was the outgoing womanizer, shaloub was the introvert who had a crush on flower lady played by Alison Janney)

[skypilot]

13. "Big Night"

Oh believe me, I saw it. Stanley was in it.:)

[khashka]

37. That is such a great movie!

I fell in love with Stanley because of that movie. Desperately, totally, hopelessly in love.

Of course, it's absolute food porn.

Khash.

[sniffa]

2. king of new york

christopher waLken at his finest!
Lawrence fishburn pLaying a badazz mofo.
a bunch of other famous peopLe.

[vivalarev]

3. donnie darko

requiem for a dream

[redqueen]

4. The Razor's Edge

I liked it, anyways.

[Richardo]

5. 'House of Games'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093223/
I'm sure some have heard of it, but it's a big favorite of mine
...
One of the original David Mamet con game movies...great and surprising. Very satisfying payoff. :thumbsup:

[ohiosmith]

6. Tombstone

[SaveElmer]

9. Not bad except for Dana Delaney

Gawd she was awful in that movie...when I watch it I have to speed through her scenes!!!

[King Coal]

12. What part did she play?

[SaveElmer]

15. Josie

Wyatt Earps mistress and future wife.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. The Wickerman (nt)

[redqueen]

11. I love that movie.

[The empressof all]

21. OOOOOOOh Noooooooooo The Wickerman

I saw that movie in an old fishing motel in Seiku Wa many years ago. I don't remember what was more disturbing the movie or the motel. Certainly it's a film well worth seeing.

[King Coal]

10. I'm going to win this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046268/

The wages of fear. A great, great movie.

[LynneSin]

26. I'm gonna put that one on my Netflix queue

lOoks good!

[King Coal]

56. You will love it.

About 3 years ago we had a very timid receptionist that I used to converce with. We talked about movies a lot. I was telling her about this movie, and I said it was a great foriegn film. She thought I said porn film. I was wondering why she was getting so perturbed. I asked why she was getting so mad and she said she didn't like that kind of movie. I said, "I lent it to Carl and his wife and they loved it. This movie was made before the had stunt men and the actors did all of their own stunts." We finally got it sorted out and laughed about for a long time. LOL!

[SaveElmer]

14. The Dish

About the satellite Dish in Parkes Australia that carried the pictures of the first moon landing...really funny. The US national anthem isn't what you think it is!!!

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

17. "Bent"

Film about homosexuals in Nazi Germany. Excellent, excellent movie. Cameo from Mick Jagger too.

[Beaverhausen]

23. Yes! that is a great one. Sam Neill is always worth watching

I also recommend Station Agent.

[GalleryGod]

54. Excellent! Saw it at the Ritz 16 (Suburban Philly) When It Came Out!

Watched it so many times on Cable...finally bought the DVD.

[katusha]

16. "Perfectly Normal"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/perfectlynormalrhowe_a0b2f0.htm

not a great movie but a good movie that sticks with me as time goes on.

[papau]

18. David and Lisa - I was moved by it- others were not n/t

n/t

[pres2032]

19. Big Kahuna

stars Kevin Spacey, Danny Devito, and Peter Falcinelli and that's it. Spacey and Devito give their best performances, IMHO. they play three lubricant salesmen at a covention in Topeka, Kansas. Their aim is to get the "the big kahuna" the guy who owns a major company who, if he buys their product, can make their company quite rich. The entire film takes place in one room, so it's completely dialogue driven, aside from some comedic outbursts by Spacey. I highly recommend it, like i said, Spacey and Devito give their best performances.

[Kire]

29. yes, The Big Kahuna

Great flick about balancing morality and business.

I can see how it wouldn't be so high up on the radar, but it was brilliant.

It was weird seeing Peter Facinelli years later as some tough undercover street cop in that Fox series "Fastlane" after seeing him as such a Jesus Freak in Big Kahuna.

[Tikki]

20. These four... in this order.....

Decline of Western Civilization (The Punk Years)
Suburbia
Runnin' Kind most folks here have not seen these two movies...
SLC Punk

[Balbus]

22. Let It Ride

With Richard Dreyfuss. Always puts me in a good mood after watching this movie.

[BigMcLargehuge]

34. Loony, what are you doing?

I'm being embalmed, if it's any business of yours, which it ain't!

Love that movie. Very quotable.

[BigMcLargehuge]

35. The Whole Wide World (about the relationship between Robert E. Howard

and Novalyn Price) starred Rene Zelweigger as Navalyn and Vincent D'nofrio as Robert E. Howard.

Clockwatchers was also great.

[Scout]

24. Chaos

French film with english subtitles.

Young women runs away from home to avoid being sold into marriage ... falls into prostitution and drug abuse (well, she didn't fall, she was pushed/forced).

She is befriended by a woman ... and they help each other achieve a better life.

Some parts hard to watch, but excellent movie! Some parts touching, some parts funny, some parts horrific.

I highly recommend this one!

[maveric]

25. An Irish film called "The Van". With Colm Meaney

Two laid-off Irish tradesman buy a catering truck (Roach Coach), to supplement their dole during Irelands 1990 World Cup Football run. They'd park outside the pubs after the games ended and sold greasy burgers and fish n chips to drunken soccer fans.

[NYC]

27. Danton.

A French/Polish movie.

[4_Legs_Good]

28. The City of Lost Children

which is an incredible treat for the eyes! Ahhhhhhhhh. Soooooo gorgeous. It's by the guy who did Delicatessen and Amelie.

david

[Kire]

30. 'But I'm a Cheerleader'

RuPaul, not in drag, wears a shirt that says "Straight is Great".

'Nuff said?

[auburngrad82]

31. In America

Rabbit Proof Fence
The Magdeline Sisters
Whalerider

All very good.

[jonnyblitz]

32. it plays all the time on IFC. i have seen it a zillion times.

Daytrippers that is. I love anything with parker posey in it.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

33. What about....

"The Cruise." It's a documentary about a bus tour guide in NYC. He's completely eccentric, weird, funny and a complete genius too. He has a segment in Waking Life that's great too.

[edbermac]

36. Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi, and Baraka.

Just sit back, crank up the volume and let your mind go...

[4_Legs_Good]

43. Gorgeous films!

Of them, I think Baraka is my current favorite.

david

[khashka]

38. A few almost perfect movies

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. You've probably heard about it but not seen it. It was very controversial. Ugly and brutal and often disgusting. But a great movie.

Urbania. It's about grief. From the reviews I've read and comments I've heard very few people seem to understand what's happening in this movie. Seemed pretty obvious to me. I've watched it over and over. I love this film.

Hellraiser. Ok it's splatterpunk. But the real story is about how love can lead you to damnation (Julia) or salvation (Kirsty). Not for the squeamish. Very very sexy in a very disturbing way.

The Law of Desire. Spanish film (with bad subtitles). Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown. I can't decide which of these is the better movie. They are both so damn good.

Khash.

[LynneSin]

41. I saw "The Cook..."

ages ago, but I should put it in my Netflix queue and watch it again. It was a great movie. Wasn't Helen Mirren in it?

[khashka]

45. Yup

And Helen Mirren is god.

Khash.

[ContraBass Black]

39. Children of Dune, and The Siege

Children of Dune is a science fiction masterpeice, beautiful in every way.

The Siege is about terrorism and civil liberties. In a nutshell, there are a series of terrorist attacks in New York, so the military comes in, locks down the city, converts a stadium into a concentration camp, and rounds up every young Arab male.

[democracyindanger]

40. Fandango

Vietnam Era story about UT grads hitting the road after graduation. Young Kevin Costner and Judd Nelson--Nelson does a great job as the guy everybody hates.

[Richardo]

49. ANGELS!!!

Great movie. :thumbsup:

[MrModerate]

42. Alan Bates in Simon Gray's "Butley"

Done about 25 years ago as part of a series of plays-turned-into-movies.

A bit depressing, but Bates just ripped the place apart with one of the most riveting, multidimensional, astonishing-heights-and-unplumbed-depths type performances I've ever seen.

[xmas74]

44. House of Yes

Loved the movie, hated that they had Tori Spelling in it.

[faithnotgreed]

46. amargosa/odd man out/the castle/any albert maysles documentary

lovers and other strangers (1970) bea arthur

amargosa is a great documentary about a woman originally from nyc who is about 75 at the time of the film. she is a dancer and a free spirit. she moved out to a california desert town many yrs ago with her husband. this is her story of her unique quest to express her self and her art in a very small and remote town that hasnt experienced someone like her before.

odd man out is a drama from 1947 i think. with james mason on the lam. he is part of a political group akin to ira?

the castle is australian comedy from 1996. the government wants to expand the airport. in order to do so they are forcing surrounding people to sell their homes. this is darryls crusade to fight back against the govt taking away his "castle". which by the way he never stops renovating or adding to but doesnt seem to finish anything. his kids buy all kinds of junk parts and the place is a wreck. but its his wreck and hes going to fight all the way to the countrys supreme court if he has to

hows the serenity?

albert maysles - my brothers keeper, gimme shelter, medium cool, salesman, grey something (about jackie os mentally unstable cousin and aunt who live in crumbling mansion on long island)
etc

i could name a lot more but i dont have my list

[denverbill]

47. Being There.

Plot Outline: Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/

[u4ic]

53. One of my all time favs

a brilliant movie!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

48. Kuffs, starring Christian Slater...

God, I love that movie. He stars as a guy who, after his brother dies, takes over the family precinct in San Francisco and fights some really nasty people. It all culminates in a shoot-out in his apartment. It was very good, but panned generally by everyone. It's obscure, and VERY funny.

Duckie

[Az]

50. The Keep

1983 movie set during WWII pitting Nazi's against "something" they have unleashed in the Keep they are encamped at. Great underrated movie by Michael Mann. A study in parallels. If you can find it, it's worth the viewing.

[Missy Vixen]

51. Big Trouble

"Big Trouble" got pulled right after September 11th because of subject matter. It is easily one of the funniest movies we've ever seen. I detest the comedy stylings of Tim Allen, but there are so many other great actors in this movie I can live with it (Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina :loveya:, Janeane Garofolo, Patrick Warburton's naked buttocks, on and on and on.)

Rent it. You won't regret it.

Julie

[Merrick]

52. Underground, Man Bites Dog, The Celebration, I Stand Alone...

Maria Full of Grace, Dogville, Baraka, Bus 174, Battle Royale, The Time of Gypsies

all awesome flicks

[u4ic]

55. Emma's Shadow/Skyggen af Emma

The Kingdom (Lars von Trier)
The Best Intentions (Bergman)

[bikebloke]

57. Zalery

A Czech film taking place in WWII. A woman working with the resistance must flee to a remote mountain village and hide from the Nazis. Reluctantly, she marries a villager who was a patient of hers in the city.

[GalleryGod]

58. WIND with Matthew Modine and Jennifer Grey

Copolla teaches you more about America's Cup competition in 2 hours than you'll ever want to know! Beautifully shot!

The final 600 yards of the last leg is worth the movie-the tacking duel of all time!

IMHO, of course...:shrug: