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Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of
Sep 22^nd, 2022 at 3:49pm

Here's a 1983 movie with Christopher Walken that I'll bet most of you never heard of. Brainstorm. It's about a scientist who discovers a way to record human experiences. Sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, the works. Any experience. I won't give more than that away but if you like SciFi movies this is one you should catch. I can't believe it wasn't more popular than it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p6M-jw5_pQ

I don't know what else to say. Watch it.
Do you know of any other really good movies that never got noticed?

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Reply #1 - Sep 29^th, 2022 at 2:22pm

Rat Man..you are really tempting me to hijack your thread with some horrible movies. (that I enjoy for how bad they are).

There was a film with Harrison Ford that I thought was well done, but I've never heard it mentioned before, ans it certainly isn't one of his better known films, "The Mosquito Coast". He plays a scientist that becomes obsessed with using his invention to introduce the novelty of ice to tribes in the wild that have little contact with modern man. It's fun to watch him slowly lose it throughout the movie.

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Reply #3 - Sep 29^th, 2022 at 3:22pm

IronGoober wrote on Sep 29^th, 2022 at 2:22pm:

Rat Man..you are really tempting me to hijack your thread with some horrible movies. (that I enjoy for how bad they are).

There was a film with Harrison Ford that I thought was well done, but I've never heard it mentioned before, ans it certainly isn't one of his better known films, "The Mosquito Coast". He plays a scientist that becomes obsessed with using his invention to introduce the novelty of ice to tribes in the wild that have little contact with modern man. It's fun to watch him slowly lose it throughout the movie.

Threads get hijacked on a regular basis here. I wouldn't take it personally.

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Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2022 at 12:11pm

I love horror movies and one that not many seem to know about is The Shrine. It's well worth a watch. It has sort of a twist ending that was very satisfying from a horror point of view.

I also enjoyed Occulus for a similar reason. You never quite seem to know if what you are seeing is really what is happening.

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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1690 California Gender:	Re: Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of Reply #7 - Oct 5^th, 2022 at 12:02pm Saving Silverman is one of my and my high-school friends favorites. It's great.
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Reply #8 - Oct 19^th, 2022 at 7:29am

There was a film with yul Brynner, I think called 'the fighter'

Post apocalyptic thing.
Recommended.
Some very realistic violence, which really sticks in your mind, well it did way back then.
Apparently it was called 'the ultimate warrior'
Not in Holland it wasn't

I like a lot of films that get panned by critics, but they tend to not be unknown.

An old Western with Bruce dern: The Posse
One of my favourite westerns.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13834 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of Reply #10 - Oct 19^th, 2022 at 8:41am Motel Hell. Most people don't get that it's a parody of horror/slasher films. They are horrified when I LMAO at it. It's a really funny, borderline brilliant movie that's well worth watching. The hogs head chainsaw fight at the end is a classic scene. "Meat's meat and man's gotta eat!"
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Reply #11 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 4:12pm

The Founder

From 2016, starring Michael Keaton in the role as the guy who turned McDonalds huge. NOT the guy(s) who founded McDonalds, mind you.
You can feel the directing and writing is lacking a bit sometimes but it gives the movie camp feel, in a good way. Also a very important story to tell.

It's often overlooked because Keaton starred in the terrible (but for some reason popular) movie 'Birdman' the same year.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of Reply #12 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 8:54pm Let The Right One In A vampire movie with really well done writing and character depth. The American version -Let Me In is ok but not done to the same level.
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JudoP Funditor Offline Rocks away! Posts: 951 UK	Re: Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of Reply #13 - Nov 9^th, 2022 at 6:44am Kung fu hustle Just so amazingly fun. I don't think anyone I've shown it to has disliked it.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1690 California Gender:	Re: Really Good Movies Almost No One Has Ever Heard Of Reply #14 - Nov 9^th, 2022 at 11:57am @JudoP, It's a good one! I think I liked Shaolin Soccer even more.
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