Movies that no one likes but you like

[XRubicon]

Or off beat movies nobody has heard of that you like.

Only one.

Mine: Box of Moon Light

[winter is coming]

1. Bliss.

http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=1512

[XRubicon]

2. Good job

I never heard of it.

I hate the Hollywood garbage and I'm hoping for some movies to seek out.

[valerief]

24. I thought this was Happiness when I first saw your post.

It's not. Wish Bliss was on DVD.

[Pholus]

3. The Cruel Sea (1953)

Old B&W British movie about the Battle of the Atlantic. The novel is better, of course...

What a horrible existence for those people.

[Pholus]

4. Dark Blue World (2001)

A Czech movie about Czech pilots trying to fight for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain and how they were treated when they ended up behind the Iron Curtain trying to get home.

[rug]

5. if....

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/

Full movie here:

[Walk away]

22. "If" and "Oh Lucky Man" make a good double feature. nt

[Aristus]

6. Rollerball - 1975.

Often derided as a mediocre science fiction film by reviewers.

Its reputation was enhanced by the reputedly terrible remake.

But I think the original is a masterful piece of social and corporate satire, and also a penetrating allegory about the individual versus the collective.

Since the collective in this case is an evil, power-mad corporation, I'm okay rooting for the individual in this instance.

[valerief]

15. That was a good flick! nt

[Aristus]

17. I agree.

And it really showcased James Caan's acting chops. Although he played a bruising action role, the contrast with Sonny Corleone, for example, is actually striking.

When Caan's character, Jonathan E is not on the game track, he is quiet, thoughtful, contemplative, even gentle. No morbid, cocky one-liners, no sneering in the face of danger, no un-earned aura of invincibility. Just a solid acting performance.

[valerief]

20. and very sexy, might I add.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Hudson Hawk

I loved this movie, it always cracks me up but it seems to be mostly very hated... I'm not sure why.

[TeamPooka]

32. everyone I know loves this movie.

[kickysnana]

8. "Shy People"

[XRubicon]

36. This one is in my cue

Thanks

[LisaLynne]

9. Primer

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[hibbing]

16. I liked it

I'll have to watch that one again. I remember it being very very odd, but interesting.

Peace

[XRubicon]

34. I saw this one... and I was the only one who liked it

Cheers

[Gravitycollapse]

53. The problem with Primer is you need to know so much more information...

than what is contained in the movie to understand what's going on.

Although, that is essentially Shane Carruth's main method of story telling and I love Upstream Color.

[OriginalGeek]

10. Shakes the Clown

Bobcat Goldthwaite, LaWanda Page, filthy mouths and mimes.

Loved it but my whole family hates it and my friends make fun of me for it.

I don't care.

[XRubicon]

12. Sounds good

Bobcat wrote God Bless America which I loved.

[OriginalGeek]

54. Yeah I loved that one too

Saw it at a theater that serves good food and craft beer - it's the only way to see a movie that doesn't require a large, high tech modern screen for all the explosions.

Hey I just realized Joel Murray was in both movies! lol, they must be pals. I'll go see everything they ever make.

[valerief]

14. Love that movie. I love the clown bar hangout. nt

[OriginalGeek]

55. I'm gonna have to find it on blu-ray

I keep asking for it for Christmas and people think I'm kidding.

I am not.


On the plus side, I did get Princess Bride 25th anniversary edition for Christmas this year.

[valerief]

62. I have it on DVD. You can also get it on Amazon Instant video.

I didn't find where it's on blu-ray, but I didn't look really hard.

I keep thinking of the opening scene with Florence Henderson. That was beautiful.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

41. Love it-- and don't forget Florence Henderson.

"You're my first clown"

[OriginalGeek]

57. Since 1991 wasn't thaaaat far removed

from my youth of watching Brady Bunch reruns, that was just one of my favorite things ever.

[frogmarch]

11. She Creature!

Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature

[valerief]

13. Autumn Leaves

This scene is why we love Joan!

[NCarolinawoman]

42. LOL. I think that is one of the ones I watched on the tv,

when I was babysitting at a neighbor's one night. High schmaltzy drama. I remember getting caught up in it and enjoying it.

[valerief]

61. Ha, yeah, it sure takes the mellow out of melodrama. So over the top you can't help but love it. nt

[valerief]

18. A couple health class movies of yore.

Here's the movie where everyone gets herpes.

And here's the movie where everyone gets syphilis.

The whole movie used to be on youtube but I guess no more.

[XRubicon]

25. Someone I touched looks good

Cloris Leachman and the bad guy from the first Dirty Harry movie. Looks so 70's. Cool.

[valerief]

60. Actually, they're both pretty good. I think they were made for TV movies.

Of course, the subject matter would make Peter Griffin giggle.

[Walk away]

19. Powell & Pressburger's "I Know Where I'm Going"

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

21. Thief

James Caan

Also, one of the funniest flicks I've ever seen- Without A Paddle

[ailsagirl]

23. "Up the Down Staircase"

Though it was popular at one time. So it may not qualify...

[XRubicon]

28. Sandy Dennis

I will definitely look for this one. She was great in the Out of Towners.

[ailsagirl]

29. It's a super movie

Sandy Dennis was wonderful in it

It was directed by Alan Pakula

[WinkyDink]

66. What?! This is a beloved movie!

[Hoyt]

26. Electroglide in Blue, and In Cold Blood.

Haven't watched them since Blake murdered his girlfriend though.

Continental Divide is another good one that most folks don't recognize.

[Captain Stern]

27. The Postman

Most people hated it. I liked it. Now, I'm not saying I dress up like a post-apocalyptic pony express rider on halloween, (and I'm not saying I don't)...Just let it go. It was a fun movie.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. I was going to mention The Postman

I like it too. It's not a masterpiece but I find it very entertaining. And I like two horror movies that most people think are trash: They and Pulse.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

81. Any movie with a Tom Petty cameo can't be all that bad.

I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Waterworld.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner movies.

[Arcanetrance]

30. The toxic avenger

It's basically as B movie as you get

[Locut0s]

37. AVGN did an interesting bit related to this film...

http://m.

[Chan790]

31. Capote.

I liked it, nobody else I know who saw it did.

I saw it in the theatre with a coworker on a kind-a-sorta date but not really...we were establishing that we were better as friends. She picked the movie; we were both writers, it seemed like a good choice. I dunno, the movie was slow in parts...but the ending where they hanged Perry Smith traumatized her horribly. Nobody else that I know who saw it liked it very much either.

It wasn't until later that I found out she didn't know the real story, the movie leaves Smith's repeated claims of innocence kind of open...where reality borne out that he, not Hickcock, was the primary killer and the stronger partner of the murderous tandem.

[XRubicon]

35. I have known about this movie but never saw it

I need to see it.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. I watched it just a couple of days ago when I found that it was going to expire on Netflix

Being old enough to remember Capote's appearances on TV, I was really impressed by Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance. I can also remember when In Cold Blood was THE book to read, although strangely, I have never read it.

Maybe it's a sign of age, but I like seeing "period" movies that depict events during my lifetime.

[TeamPooka]

33. Popeye by Robert Altman starring Robin Williams.

It is closer to the original EC Segar comic strips not the animated shorts the Fleishers did.

[kwassa]

39. "The New World" directed by Terrence Mallick

A beautiful, elegiac film meditation on John Smith and Pocahontas

[newcriminal]

40. Muriel's Wedding

[mockmonkey]

43. I like that movie

It goes great with the movie "Cosi" from 1996 also staring Toni Collette.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115951/?ref_=nv_sr_5

[newcriminal]

44. I have never heard of Cosi I will have to see it.

Thank you.

[geardaddy]

79. Love that movie.

[Populist_Prole]

45. 'Clerks'

Really low budget, shot in B&W but with some of the snappiest ( and some of the most ribald ) dialog.

[Locut0s]

56. Clerks actually has a pretty big cult following. nt.

[OriginalGeek]

58. I'm in that cult

I thought everyone loved it...it's one of my top 10 favorite movies.

And yet I still haven't seen Clerks II. I like most everything those guys do but I'm worried II might diminish the magic of the original.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

64. Clerks II seemed like a pretty good companion piece.

[NMDemDist2]

46. hubby says i'm the queen of quirky movies

i just love em!

one of my all time favs is Bagdad Cafe http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095801/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Whoopi Goldberg must have liked it too, she did a sit-com based on it which was horrible and failed miserably.

but the movie was wonderful!

[orleans]

47. resurrection (1980) w/ sam shepard & ellen burstyn

possibly one of the first & one of the few movies that talk about life after life (the tunnel, meeting loved ones, the light) which is based on near-death experiences.

"Ellen Burstyn experiences the afterlife for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing, she discovers that she has the ability to heal physical infirmities."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081414/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_61

poltergeist described a bit of the other side but that came later (1982)

i just watched resurrection tonight

[Mbrow]

48. Escanaba in da moonlight

Quirky movie from the U.P. about all dem yoopers.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. One of the funniest movies EVER: Peking Opera Blues (1986)

Very, very slapstick, but it's slapstick that you've never seen before.

The Long Day Closes (1992) is a movie in which "nothings happens," except that it's director Terence Davies filming his disjointed memories and childhood fantasies growing up in 1950s England, accompanied by period songs. If you can let go of any expectations and just drift along with the scenes, it's a powerful experience. (I saw it with a group, and about half the people hated it, because they were waiting for a plot.)

No clip. I couldn't find one with good picture quality that wasn't the whole movie.

Whiskey Galore (1949)--This British comedy is not very P.C. these days, but it's about a Scottish island that is suffering from a whiskey shortage during World War II. Then a ship carrying whiskey runs aground on rocks near the island. Gordon Jackson (Hudson on the original Upstairs Downstairs) plays a man who is afraid of his mother.

[Tom Ripley]

51. A Serbian Film

[Xyzse]

74. OMG... Really?

I couldn't even finish reading the summary of that thing.

[civillawyer]

52. Little Nicky

For the backmasking "Chicago" song and this scene alone:

[davidpdx]

59. Probably more than I could think of

[Kingofalldems]

63. Fatso

[No Vested Interest]

65. Early Jerry Lewis movies. nt

[WinkyDink]

67. The Big Bus. At least, I never see it played on TV.

[chungking34]

68. Manos, the Hands of Fate

Argued by many to be the worst film ever made, but it's a guilty pleasure of mine.

[LissaMac]

69. Innocent Blood

And many other very bad vampire movies!

[PassingFair]

70. The Seventh Continent

I couldn't get anyone else to even WATCH this movie, let alone hate it.

I ran across the title in a list of 100 movies that everyone should watch.
It is very slow moving, depressing and unforgettable. At the end, if you can
make it that far...you find out that it is based on a real incident.

[JoeyT]

71. Death to Smoochy.

One of my top ten favorite movies.

[NRaleighLiberal]

72. Joe vs the Volcano.... and Punch Drunk Love.

we are suckers for sappy, well acted, subtle, off beat romances!

[lame54]

73. Here's a very underrated comedy that is hard to find

[Tom Ripley]

76. Great movie and a great novel by Cyra McFadden

[Xyzse]

75. Wristcutters: A Love Story

No idea, I just like it.

[bif]

77. Waterworld

[geardaddy]

78. Twin Town

[geardaddy]

80. Boxing Helena

Creepy!