Discussion - name the best movie you've seen (made in the past 5 years) that nobody else knows about.
You can link the movie from this site: imdb.com
Mine would be: SHOT CALLER (2017). Prison movie starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who played Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones.
Meanwhile I have 55 movies I haven't watched yet saved on my computer, but I always end up watching Ghostbusters for the 137th time.
i won't regard the two i'm about to name as the best unknown movies i've seen in the last 5 years but i thought nevertheless still found them real entertaining.
i'll name two because one of them might actually not be considered a movie.
THE HUNT m.imdb.com
BEASTIE BOYS STORY m.imdb.com
Fuck this is a good one I don’t know. I’m gonna say Breakin and Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo I fucking love those movies
Shit trucks are badass
I actually watched The Hunt within the last month. It was excellent, and Betty Gilpin does great in the leading role.
To add a title, I'll say: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
@Shailynn
I saw Shot Caller; not very realistic, because white collar guys don’t typically go to the really hard core prisons, and in a relative short period of time become bad ass shot callers.
Movie: The Post (2017)
Meryl Streep plays legendary publisher Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks takes on the role of the gruff but brilliant executive editor Ben Bradlee.
“Set in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the infamous "Pentagon Papers", a set of classified documents regarding the 20-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War (1961–1975) and earlier in French Indochina back to the 1940s and the end of World War II (1939/1941–1945).“
The Post | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX
I might say that 'Atlantic City' Starring Bert Lancaster and Susan Sarandon might be a sleeper of a film came out about 1980 was an interesting well made story, and meets the criteria that you laid out, what do you think Shailynn ?
^ Sorry about the fact it's more than 5 years old guess I missed that part.
The Man from Earth
Thought provoking
If the criteria went back more than 5 years I'd have a shitload of movies to add to this list but since it doesn't I can't play. :-(
Well, I haven't see a single movie in a theater in 2020 - big surprise. So I am going to make the 5 year sliding window from 2014 through 2019.
The movie is "Edge of Tomorrow" - it's a Tom Cruise actioin flick. I know, I know - I feel the same way about Tom Cruise, but this movie is worth seeing.
The basic plot involves alien invasion of earth, and Tom Cruise gaining the power to travel back to the beginning of the day every time he dies. (He dies a lot, and in some very funny ways) Of course the goal is to learn from his mistakes and advance towards killing the bad guys.
Now, I am going to go outside the window of time and mention a real obscure movie that everyone should see. But don't worry, I'm not going to go all-TwentyFive here and pull up something with stars that no one has ever heard of while thinking to myself "It may be in black and white, but at least it is a talkie."
The movie is "Lucky Number Slevin" It was released in 2006. It only did 56.3 million worldwide at the box office and $22.5 million in the US.
It is an action flick with numerous plot twists and includes two murders while the opening credits are being played. Among the stars in the film are
Bruce Willis Josh Hartnett Lucy Liu Morgan Freeman Ben Kingsley
See it, you will be glad that you did
You can rent it on Amazon Prime Video for $4 at amazon.com
^ Saw both of them :D
Edge of Tomorrow did better at the box office, but it seems like no one I talk to at work has seen it.
But Lucky Number Slevin was truly obscure.
Do you agree with my recommendations?
Jojo Rabbit- comedy/tragedy about a dedicated Hitler youth who’s mother is part of the German resistance and is hiding a Jewish girl
Jojo Rabbit- great performance by Scarlet Johansson as the mother
Oldie but goody that has held up - To Live and Die in LA. Really had hard edge - not like most the other 80s movies that look really corny and dated now.
Too funny. To Live and Die in LA was the first and only movie I have seen in a theater in the past 31 years. Only one my wife and I ever went to. As a result I have nothing in the 5 year range, but check out "a boy and his dog" starring Don Johnson. Apropos for this site.
Saw Shot Caller it was pretty good.
Off the top of my head I loved Peanut Butter Falcon. Think it’s on Amazon prime. Shia LeBauf is an outlaw on the run and befriends a Down syndrome kid who escaped his healthcare facility to chase his dream of becoming a wrestler and they travel through the backwoods south together. It so not mainstream Hollywood. I wish they’d make more movies like it.
The other thing I’d recommend is Amazons Mad Dogs series. One season. Group of Bros meets up in Belize for annual reunion and all hell breaks loose. Great cast. Just the scenery alone is worth the watch but if you like bad ass shit talking midgets and drug deals gone wrong, well...
"Do you agree with my recommendations?"
Actually being a Cruise movie, I'd guess lots of people saw Edge. I'd say a lesser known and much better Cruise movie would be Collateral. IMO the best movie he ever made thanks to director Michael Mann. And no I'm not a fan of Cruise but Collateral is a real good flick.
Thanks everyone for posting, of all the ones list I have only seen two, To Live and Die in LA and the Beastie Boys story.
Most of the others are on my movie drive, just haven't gotten around to watching them.
Totally agree about "Collateral" I have seen that movie at least 15 times. Other than sports in the past 20 years the only shows I watched on a regular basis were Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain, Sopranos, Game of Thrones and the Walking Dead, (eventually stopped at least 3 seasons ago). I have a bad habit of watching movies over and over again because there's nothing good on TV.
^Try TNTs Animal Kingdom, totally underrated show. I agree most TV is garbage.
I saw Shot Caller, and it was very good. My two recommendation would be Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. I only saw it once, a long time ago, but I remember it as being surprisingly good.
So far, I count one up vote and 14 down votes. Tough crowd.
that's because Edge of Tomorrow and anything with or about the Beastie Boys sucks.
Except for Jamie Fox and his lame scene playing a heavy in the club, Collateral was an excellent movie.
Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington (remember Training Day) need to play villains more often.
"Chameleon Street" was a fascinating film based on a true story, "Kansass (sp) City" by Robert Altman. Harry Belafonte was brilliant, and Ang Lee's "THE ICE STORM."
"Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. I only saw it once, a long time ago, but I remember it as being surprisingly good"
Yeah I mentioned it in IME's music thread here a couple weeks ago regarding the first time I heard the song Get out of Denver. I've seen it several times and It would be on my list if this topic went back more than 5 years.
I assume by “nobody else” we mean others on this website?
I’m gonna pick Your Name (2016) since most likely nobody else will.
Kinda a weird movie but basically two teenagers switch bodies, so each occasionally lives a different life as somebody who is different gender at a time period that is three years in the future/three years in the past. m.imdb.com