Recommend a film people may not have seen



When I was still in school, I was flicking through the channels one night and found a film called Lawn Dog, think it was on BBC2, no breaks helps when you’re impatient. But aye,I don’t think I’d heard of Sam Rockwell before this, and I really enjoyed the story and its old dynamic. Young Mischa Barton plays across him, I find Sam Rockwell so easy to watch now.
 
- most people will have heard/seen Cinema Paradiso, but a couple of films by same director (Tornatore) are worth checking out: Malena (2000) with Monica Belluci in lead role, and The Legend of 1900 (1998) with Tim Roth - both films have great soundtracks by Morricone

- Ragtime (1981) even won Oscars when it came out but hasn't been seen on tv or film channels since? - also has last ever performance by James Cagney.

- The Spook who Sat by the Door (1973) was a controversial blaxploitation film released at time by United Artists, and then vanished from circulation shortly afterwards... somebody then destroyed all prints, but they found a print back in 2004 stored under a different name, and it was re-released on dvd and became a cult film.

- various spaghetti westerns by Corbucci (Django) and Leone (Dollar trilogy) that never get shown anymore as tv channels keep repeating those with Clint or other A-listers? - check out The Great Silence (1968) or My Name is Nobody (1973) as two great examples
Cockney Mackem said:
Something underrated or less well known, that you think is worth a watch.

My go:

2010

The 1984 follow up to the undisputed Kubrick classic 2001. It suffers by comparison to the first film but I have a real soft spot for it. It was one of the first proper sci fi films I ever saw, and it has a real humanity and depth to it.

Not everyone agrees with the idea of explaining so much of what went on in the first film, or whether to have a sequel at all, but I think it stands on its own as a worthy film.

A great supporting cast including Helen Mirren and John Lithgow, and the late great Roy Scheider in the lead giving the film some real oomph.
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a great film... I had this on an old V2000 (not VHS!) tape back in the 80's. I can't remember ever seeing it get shown on tv in decades?
 
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Big Duke Six said:
The 9th Configuration.
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brilliant forgotten cult film by same person who wrote The Exorcist... also had very strong ensemble cast, and interesting fact for any viewers:
There are five different versions of this film, with various running times from 99 up to 140 minutes. Director William Peter Blatty disowned all versions except one: his approved cut runs 118 minutes and is the version that was originally released theatrically in the USA (1980?) - This version is available on DVD.
 
NYMackem said:
The onion field is a great film, and based on a great book (and a true story). Joseph Wambaugh should be more well known than he is.
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The Onion Field is indeed a great film, but back in the 70/80's they filmed a lot of Joseph Wambaugh books... The New Centurions (1972) with Stacey Keach and George C Scott is well worth checking out, while his biggest cinema hit was probably The Choirboys (1977) but I didn't really rate that one as a film
 

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