Very good films that never made it very big.

[piersa]

I saw disconnect the other day, which I had not heard of before. I thought it was very well done along with being currently very valid.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Strange Days

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Last years Nightcrawler. Overlooked in the Oscars too.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Jerusalem (mid eighties)

 

[StonehamPark]

Donnie Darko.

Bit of a flop in the US. Relatively successful over here.

 

[Mowgli37]

Chicken Run. Did quite well upon release but doesn't nearly get the attention it deserves these days. Wonderful film.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Brazil.


An amazingly crafted dystopian fantasy, with a beautifully imagined 40's styled future. Terry Gilliam's best work, superb performances from Di Niro, Ian Holm, Jonathan Pryce, Bob Hoskins, Jim Broadbent, Michael Palin.

 

[desprateseagull]

In Time, with some geezer called Justin Timberlake?

Intriguing future view, regarding 'ownership' / cost of your time on this earth..

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I enjoyed Bank Job and also Sleepers, I thought they were great films, but never really did that well at the box office.

 

[southstandandy]

Moon

Grosse Pointe Blank

 

[seagulls4ever]

City Island.

Defendor.

Both WELL worth a watch.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

'71

A young British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a terrifying riot on the streets of Belfast in 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien and deadly landscape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614684/?ref_=nv_sr_1
(just checked and not released onto DVD / Blu-ray until 9 March 2015)

 

[Meade's Ball]

Strange Days

True. That was a good one.
I watched Coherence today on Curzon Home Cinema thingy. Twas pretty good. I only watched it on there thanks to it being on two screens in London after release, one of which was a single midnight showing. Worth seeing if you wanna watch at home for £4.

 

[Hyperion]

Open Water. Thought that was very under rated

 

[lawros left foot]

No way out - Kevin Costner

 

[mr sheen]

Safety not guaranteed. Watched that on netflix at the weekend. Had never heard of it. Enjoyable

 

[jakarta]

Ridley Scott's 1977 directorial debut The Duellists is a particular favourite of mine.

It has a stunning cast and the visuals are breath taking, especially the climactic duel sequence.

It helps if you are interested in the Napoleonic Wars of course.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Pandorum

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.


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Also
Tucker and Dale vs Evil

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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and
Idiocracy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

[Insel affe]

Starred up

 

[Hyperion]

Donnie Darko.

Bit of a flop in the US. Relatively successful over here.

Bloody love that film.

I have both versions although rather annoyingly the long version that was not released at the cinema has a different soundtrack.