[Film] Films from the past that have passed by and forgotten but worth a look ?

[Marxo]

The Sure Thing (1985) - John Cusack faces a trip across the States at the end of a college term, with a stuck up female student who can’t stand him. Used to love that movie.

3 lovely Scottish movies from the 80’s, all directed by Bill Forsyth:

Gregory’s Girl - it wasn’t the main story line, it was sweet and funny bits along the way of juveniles in a Scottish new town.
Local Hero
Comfort & Joy - with the brilliant Bill Paterson

Restless Natives (1985) is another Scottish film I liked, soundtrack by Big Country.

 

[Marxo]

One of my favourite forgotten films is Flashback (1990), Dennis Hopper messes with FBI agent Kiefer Sutherlands' head, really enjoyable.

 

[pastafarian]

Turk 182 and Iceman two great films from from the 80s just never seem to see anymore

 

[studio150]

An unexpected delight over Christmas was finding all the family had gone out for a few hours and left me on my own. Turned on Tele and saw the "The Big Country" was about to start. Never seen it before but what a great Western with Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston and Jean Simmons. The photography was outstanding and the music, who can forget..

How had you not seen this in the past 60 years, or was it a "I've never seen this before" that I use and then promptly know all the dialogue. This no longer works for the Searchers as even my wife now knows the dialogue.

 

[Big_Unit]

Rear Window is my favourite Hitchcock film by a long way and one of my all time top 10, if not 5. Superb.

Me too!

 

[Questions]

An unexpected delight over Christmas was finding all the family had gone out for a few hours and left me on my own. Turned on Tele and saw the "The Big Country" was about to start. Never seen it before but what a great Western with Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charlton Heston and Jean Simmons. The photography was outstanding and the music, who can forget..

Exactly the same for me. Cracking film.

 

[Icy Gull]

If we are moving on to Westerns - 3.10 to Yuma, both versions

I bloody love old school Westerns but they seem very out of vogue now

 

[Weststander]

Restless Natives (1985) is another Scottish film I liked, soundtrack by Big Country.

Never heard of that either, cheers. Love Big Country (an amazing gig at The Suite in the early 80’s).

 

[The Oldman]

How had you not seen this in the past 60 years, or was it a "I've never seen this before" that I use and then promptly know all the dialogue. This no longer works for the Searchers as even my wife now knows the dialogue.

One of those films always meant to see but never got to. Am with you about the Searchers. Wayne at his best.

 

[Trufflehound]

My brother went to a talk with John Landis who directed Trading Places the other year. One of the stories he told was that he’d always wanted Don Ameche for the role of one of the Duke brothers, but when they went to cast the film, all the casting team thought Don Ameche was dead. Apparently they started looking elsewhere for the role, but then one of the crew coincidentally bumped into Don in the supermarket. At the time Don Ameche’s career had slowed right down, with Don saying that people had just stopped offering him work. Trading Places reignited his career and offers of work came flooding back in, and just a couple of years later he went on to get an Oscar for Cocoon.
The other nice thing about Don Ameche in that film, is that apparently he really didn’t like swearing, and when they had to film the parts of the movie where he swore, he went round to everyone on the set and apologised to them in advance.

Talking of forgotten gems, the best "late period" Don Ameche film by far is David Mamet's wonderful Things Change.

 

[Insel affe]

If we are moving on to Westerns - 3.10 to Yuma, both versions

I bloody love old school Westerns but they seem very out of vogue now

Nah there not, they are cool

Damsel, The Kid, Hostiles, Never grow old, Sisters Brothers...

All excellent films....

Nothing better than the wife and daughter go out for the day, meander downstairs in undercrackers and dressing gown, make a pot of Joe, and kick back on the sofa watching back to back westerns.....

A little bit of heaven right there...

 

[Yes Chef]

A Bronx Tale

 

[Mr Putdown]

I loved the New Zealand film Goodbye Pork Pie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Pork_Pie

https://youtu.be/jMY1Mhc_4jc

 

[tricky]

How about Matt Damon movies "the outsiders" and the "rumble fish". I remember thinking they were pretty cool.

 

[Trufflehound]

How about Matt Damon movies "the outsiders" and the "rumble fish". I remember thinking they were pretty cool.

I think you mean Matt Dillon, not Matt Damon...

 

[Palacefinder General]

Talking of Matt D, the 1998 poker film Rounders, with him Malkovich and Norton is well worth a look.

 

[marlowe]

Rear Window
Rope
Vertigo

Slight correction for you. Also I don't think any of Hitchcock's ouevre has quite fallen into the category of "forgotten" yet, well certainly not those you mentioned, apart from you forgetting the correct title of one of them of course.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Slight correction for you. Also I don't think any of Hitchcock's ouevre has quite fallen into the category of "forgotten" yet, well certainly not those you mentioned, apart from you forgetting the correct title of one of them of course.

 

[marlowe]

"Harold and Maude", Hal Ashby's 1971 black comedy starring Bud Court and Ruth Gordon with a soundtrack by Cat Stevens. I saw it once on TV about 40 years ago. I'm not aware of it being shown again since, so I think that qualifies as "forgotten".

Also "Little Big Man" from 1970 starring Dustin Hoffman.

 

[The Clamp]

The Castle.
Same team who made The Dish.
Very funny.
Very overlooked.

“that is going straight to the pool room”