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Most Underrated Gems in History

posted 7 years ago by BillHicksFan (10716)
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Harry and Tonto
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A Woman Under the Influence
Buffalo '66
Fat City
Joe (1970)
The Swimmer
Mikey and Nicky
Umberto D
Ace in the Hole
The Incident
Dodsworth
The Devil and Daniel Webster
A Taste of Cherry
The Little Fugitive
The Happy Ending
Hombre
Knife in the Water
Shadows in Paradise
Thief
David and Lisa
Whity
Lies My Father Told Me
Johnny Got His Gun
Hondo
The Roof
The Working-Class Go To Heaven
The Caretaker
Come Back, Little Sheba
Zandy's Bride
A Special Day
The Blue Hotel
Dry Summer
Nuts in May
The Fifth Monkey
The Collector
Stroszek
Payday (1973)
Fist in Pocket
Hunger (1966)
What Happened Was...
My Dinner With Andre
Never on Sunday
Crossfire (Dmytryk)
Bad Boy Bubby
The Woman On The Beach
Red Beard
The Outrage
One Eyed Jacks
Paper Moon
Home of the Brave
Hell in the Pacific

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

L.I.E.
12 and Holding
Mean Creek
Mysterious Skin

All four are angsty teen dramas from 2000s

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7386) 7 years ago

A Little Princess (1995). This movie is generally well-liked, but it should be a movie people still talk about and that directors and writers should have at least tried to emulate more when it comes to kids' movies. I think it's much better and much more than it seems - it actually reminds me a lot of The Fall (2006).

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78603) 7 years ago

Logans Run (1976)

Ride with the Devil (1999)

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

Chilly Scenes of Winter
The Man From Earth
lots of old movies from pre-Code Hollywood.

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

Oh, you mentioned My Dinner With Andre ... what a great movie ... must have seen that 20 times.

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 7 years ago

There's a movie "Mindwalk" that's online, which is a lot of conversation, with a couple of good actors, but not nearly as good..

Do you know any other conversation-like films?

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

I love the movie Mindwalk.
I have been looking for a copy of it forever. The online
uploads are pretty poor quality resolution. The shots of
Mont St. Michel and the French countryside are great.
I didn't mention it earlier because I did not think many
others would like it, but I thought it was fantastic.
I like conversation type movies, and that is one of the
best. One of my other mentions was "The Man From Earth"
which is almost all conversation.
John Heard was in Mindwalk, and also in my earlier mention
of "Chilly Scenes of Winter" which is one of my favorite movies
just because it is so perfectly made and honest. He died last
year after back surgery.

[–] Daddyo (289) 7 years ago

Maybe it is because I'm older however I recall that MDWA did receive some attention beyond critical acclaim. I think I remember a satire of the film on Second City Television. Regardless, you are correct, a sly, amusing musings!!

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

"MDWA" - is that you doing something with the Mindwalk title? What is that? ;-)

[–] Daddyo (289) 7 years ago

MDWA My Dinner With Andre

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

Hahaha, OK thanks. My mistake.

Acronyms drive me crazy. I go nuts when someone famous dies and there is RIP-ing all over the Internet. I feel like real regard and respect for someone who has passed away is when someone takes the time to type out Rest In Peace instead of dashing off a RIP.

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

You are correct ... now that I know you are talking about
My Dinner With Andre ... it got a lot of push from the show
Sneak Previews with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in its
first incarnation on PBS. I learned about a lot of offbeat
movies from that show before it changed and got commercial.

Actually, there was a sequel of sorts that came out a few
years back that was about Andre ... and I cannot for the life
of me remember what it was called or exactly when it came
out. I drove a couple hours up to the North SD Bay area
to catch it at the Sonoma Film festival. It was not great, I
think it was about Andre, who he was and what he was about.

[–] Daddyo (289) 7 years ago

Sing Street, my favorite film 2016. Sweet story, talented acting and killer, catchy music!!