Movies no one seems to know...

[LadyMonochrome]

These are some movies I've seen and liked that no one I, personally, know has also seen. Feel free to post some of your own favorite unknowns, or comment on those already posted. Brief summaries from IMDB are included.

MirrorMask- Helena, a 15-year-old girl in a family of circus entertainers, often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault. On the eve of her mother's major surgery, she dreams that she is in a strange world with two opposing queens, bizarre creatures, and masked inhabitants. All is not well in this new world - the white queen has fallen ill and can only be restored by the MirrorMask, and it's up to Helena to find it. But as her adventures continue, she begins to wonder whether she's in a dream, or something far more sinister.

Ginger Snaps- Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die.

Beautiful Thing- A tender love story set during a hot summer on a South-East London housing estate. Jamie, a relatively unpopular lad who bunks off school to avoid football, lives next door to Ste, a more popular athletic lad but who is frequently beaten up by his father and older brother. Such an episode of violence brings Jamie and Ste together: Sandra (Jamie's mum) offers refugee to Ste, who has to 'top-and-tail' with Jamie. Hence, the story tells of their growing attraction for one another, from initial lingering glances to their irrefutable love, which so magnificently illustrated at the end of the film. In deals with the tribulations of coming to terms with their sexuality and of others finding out, in light of Sandra's unwavering loyalty and defense of Jamie and the fear of repercussion should Ste's family find out. The plot is set against sub-texts of Sandra's desire to manage her own pub, and thus escape the estate, and of her new relationship with her hippy boyfriend Tony; and of Leah, the brassy girl next door who has been expelled from school and spends her time listening to Mama Cass records and tripping on a variety of drugs.

The Dreamers- The tumultuous political landscape of Paris in 1968 serves as the backdrop for a tale about three young film fanatics who are drawn together through their passion for film. Matthew, an American exchange student, pursuing his education abroad in Paris, becomes friends with a French brother and sister duo, named Theo and Isabelle, who share a common love of the cinema. While the May 1968 Paris student riots--which eventually shut down most of the French government--are happening around them, the three friends develop a relationship unlike anything Matthew has ever experienced, or will ever encounter again.

Minyeo-neun Goerowo: 200 Pounds Beauty- This is a Korean film about Hanna, a famous pop singer. She suffers from having extremely poor self-esteem, as she has been ignored because of her appearance. At last, she makes the decision of a lifetime to have full-body plastic surgery. (Just a note-- this summary completely sucks. The movie's a lot better than that leads you to believe).

Labyrinth- Young Sarah (played by Jennifer Connelly) is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world the Goblin King (David Bowie) who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to make her way through the labyrinth and rescue her brother before midnight, or the baby will become a goblin...

[Beneath the Shadows]

You know people who haven't heard of Labyrinth?!

[Solumina]

I don't know how anyone could have not hear of Labyrinth or Ginger Snaps. I guess they could be rather young since they aren't frequently on tv, even so I don't know a single person who hasn't seen both.

[LadyMonochrome]

I don't know why no one I know hasn't seen them... they're really missing out >.>

[skoteinh]

Anyone ever heard of Thundercrack? (USA, 1975, B/W)

During a dark and stormy night, three men and three women find refuge in the gothic mansion of a lonely half-demented nymphomaniac that spends most of her time stumbling around drunk. As soon as they take off their wet clothes, the uninvited guests become the stars of an insane evening, full of unexpected and rather macabre surprises, alternating with a variety of sexual positions. The insatiable company will soon be joined by a mysterious man, an embalmed corpse and a sex-starved gorilla, recently escaped from her cage. Rightfully reputed to be the first and last bisexual horror porn ever made, this legendary underground film by Curt McDowell fuses elements of black comedy, sappy melodrama and hardcore porn in an erotic farce that doesn't seem to have lost its ability to shock, entertain, excite or insult.

I have seen this. It's all this and a bag of chips.

[RadTeeJay]

Originally Posted by skoteinh

Anyone ever heard of Thundercrack? (USA, 1975, B/W)

During a dark and stormy night, three men and three women find refuge in the gothic mansion of a lonely half-demented nymphomaniac that spends most of her time stumbling around drunk. As soon as they take off their wet clothes, the uninvited guests become the stars of an insane evening, full of unexpected and rather macabre surprises, alternating with a variety of sexual positions. The insatiable company will soon be joined by a mysterious man, an embalmed corpse and a sex-starved gorilla, recently escaped from her cage. Rightfully reputed to be the first and last bisexual horror porn ever made, this legendary underground film by Curt McDowell fuses elements of black comedy, sappy melodrama and hardcore porn in an erotic farce that doesn't seem to have lost its ability to shock, entertain, excite or insult.

I have seen this. It's all this and a bag of chips.

Genius haha

I get annoyed that no one ever knows what the hell I'm raving about when I talk about All About Lily Chou Chou (JPN 2001). Its a little long (I think about 150 min) but the film is a huge melancholic truth of how modern day society complicates healthy communications in adolescence. Its tedious && a hard film to take in all at once - it requires alot of reflection on the characters.

[Bloodflowers]

MirrorMask (Neil Gaiman, yay!), Ginger Snaps, The Dreamers, and Labyrinth are all movies that I enjoy immensely. Personally, when I find myself raving about movies that most people have never heard of they tend to be foreign films. Here are some from my list, and I'll even be nice and include some English language ones too...

Cronos (1993): In 1535, an alchemist builds an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated into a small golden device. The invention, designed to convey eternal life to its owner, survives its maker until 1997 when it shows up to an antiquarian. Fascinated with the strange device, Gris doesn't note that there's more than one person looking for it. The promise of eternal life has become an obsession to old and sick Mr. De la Guardia. He and his nephew will do anything to get the "Chronos Invention".

[this Spanish language movie was written/directed by Guillermo del Toro, who also did Pan's Labyrinth, the Hellboy films, Blade II, and others]

Re-Cycle (Gwai wik) (2006): Tsui Ting-Yin is a best-selling author. Many of her novels have been made into successful movies. For her upcoming book, she decides to change her genre by writing a suspense-thriller novel titled Re-Cycle. At the same time, her ex-boyfriend, who eight years ago broke up to marry another woman, returns into her life, asking to be united with Tsui Ting-Yin again. To further complicate her life, the novel she is penning introduces her to the supernaturals when one of her characters appear in real life. The author decides to follow the long-haired character into her fictional world where she is met with pure terror.

[this movie has some of the most stunning visuals..]

Cello (Chello hongmijoo ilga salinsagan) (2005): Mi-ju's day has gone badly: her career as a musician and a teacher are stalled, a former student threatens revenge for a bad grade, an invitation to a concert reminds her of a friend's fatal car accident, there's a near accident on her drive home, and when she arrives, things are momentarily creepy. That night, a ghost visits her, and everyone in her household, including her dog, her sister-in-law, her husband, and their two daughters, is at risk. Over the next few days, the past takes on new importance. As people die horrid deaths, Mi-ju must discover where the evil resides.

[this film is both creepy and heartbreaking...]

City of Lost Children (La cité des enfants perdus) (1995): The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One) tracks him down and, with the help of some other eccentric characters, tries to put an end to the evil reign of Krank and his Cyclops army.

[second film on my list to feature Ron Perlman, in Cronos he speaks Spanish in this one he speaks French]

Street of Crocodiles (1986): A man closes up a lecture hall; he reaches into a box and snips the string holding a gaunt puppet. Released, the puppet warily explores the darkened rooms about him. Screws twist out of objects and move about. A boy doll catches light with a mirror, shining it around: he spotlights the gaunt explorer. An adult female doll stands with breasts exposed. Mechanical spools and wheels turn. The gaunt man investigates. Four doll men surround him, dress him in colorful clothes, invite him to look inside displays that include drawings of penile skeletons. Female dolls awkwardly rotate their arms from broken shoulders. The gaunt man watches. Bruno Schultz is quoted.

[this is a short animated film by the Quay Brothers, I'm a fan of all their work but this is the piece that got me into them]

Velvet Goldmine (1998): 1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discovers that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero.

[I love this film and it makes me think fondly of listening to my David Bowie albums when I was younger..]

The Hunger (1983): Miriam, a centuries-old vampire, preys on urban clubgoers with her vampire lover John. When John suddenly ages and wastes away, Miriam casts her spell upon Sarah, a doctor who researches premature aging. This neo-Gothic exercise in style and atmosphere is perhaps most widely known for a lesbian sex scene involving Miriam and Sarah, played by Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

[Bauhaus is in this film, the band themselves not just the music, and David Bowie plays a vampire... enough said..]

I generally prefer older films but I tried to keep my list fairly contemporary. I think I rambled enough...

[vindicatedxjin]

YAY for mirrormask!!! I love anything by Del Toro!!

[RadTeeJay]

Originally Posted by Bloodflowers

MirrorMask (Neil Gaiman, yay!), Ginger Snaps, The Dreamers, and Labyrinth are all movies that I enjoy immensely. Personally, when I find myself raving about movies that most people have never heard of they tend to be foreign films. Here are some from my list, and I'll even be nice and include some English language ones too...

Cronos (1993): In 1535, an alchemist builds an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated into a small golden device. The invention, designed to convey eternal life to its owner, survives its maker until 1997 when it shows up to an antiquarian. Fascinated with the strange device, Gris doesn't note that there's more than one person looking for it. The promise of eternal life has become an obsession to old and sick Mr. De la Guardia. He and his nephew will do anything to get the "Chronos Invention".

[this Spanish language movie was written/directed by Guillermo del Toro, who also did Pan's Labyrinth, the Hellboy films, Blade II, and others]

Re-Cycle (Gwai wik) (2006): Tsui Ting-Yin is a best-selling author. Many of her novels have been made into successful movies. For her upcoming book, she decides to change her genre by writing a suspense-thriller novel titled Re-Cycle. At the same time, her ex-boyfriend, who eight years ago broke up to marry another woman, returns into her life, asking to be united with Tsui Ting-Yin again. To further complicate her life, the novel she is penning introduces her to the supernaturals when one of her characters appear in real life. The author decides to follow the long-haired character into her fictional world where she is met with pure terror.

[this movie has some of the most stunning visuals..]

Cello (Chello hongmijoo ilga salinsagan) (2005): Mi-ju's day has gone badly: her career as a musician and a teacher are stalled, a former student threatens revenge for a bad grade, an invitation to a concert reminds her of a friend's fatal car accident, there's a near accident on her drive home, and when she arrives, things are momentarily creepy. That night, a ghost visits her, and everyone in her household, including her dog, her sister-in-law, her husband, and their two daughters, is at risk. Over the next few days, the past takes on new importance. As people die horrid deaths, Mi-ju must discover where the evil resides.

[this film is both creepy and heartbreaking...]

City of Lost Children (La cité des enfants perdus) (1995): The evil Krank and his henchmen have been made by a mad scientist. Krank's problem is that he is tormented by his inability to dream. He finds it necessary to try to steal the dreams of children, but since they fear him, he only gets their nightmares. When a circus strongman's little brother is kidnapped, the strongman (One) tracks him down and, with the help of some other eccentric characters, tries to put an end to the evil reign of Krank and his Cyclops army.

[second film on my list to feature Ron Perlman, in Cronos he speaks Spanish in this one he speaks French]

Street of Crocodiles (1986): A man closes up a lecture hall; he reaches into a box and snips the string holding a gaunt puppet. Released, the puppet warily explores the darkened rooms about him. Screws twist out of objects and move about. A boy doll catches light with a mirror, shining it around: he spotlights the gaunt explorer. An adult female doll stands with breasts exposed. Mechanical spools and wheels turn. The gaunt man investigates. Four doll men surround him, dress him in colorful clothes, invite him to look inside displays that include drawings of penile skeletons. Female dolls awkwardly rotate their arms from broken shoulders. The gaunt man watches. Bruno Schultz is quoted.

[this is a short animated film by the Quay Brothers, I'm a fan of all their work but this is the piece that got me into them]

Velvet Goldmine (1998): 1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discovers that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero.

[I love this film and it makes me think fondly of listening to my David Bowie albums when I was younger..]

The Hunger (1983): Miriam, a centuries-old vampire, preys on urban clubgoers with her vampire lover John. When John suddenly ages and wastes away, Miriam casts her spell upon Sarah, a doctor who researches premature aging. This neo-Gothic exercise in style and atmosphere is perhaps most widely known for a lesbian sex scene involving Miriam and Sarah, played by Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.

[Bauhaus is in this film, the band themselves not just the music, and David Bowie plays a vampire... enough said..]

I generally prefer older films but I tried to keep my list fairly contemporary. I think I rambled enough...

The Dreamers is one of the sexiest films I've ever seen. Theo && Matthew are fucking angels. I just wish I'd seen the unratted version - haha thats on my list of 'Things To Do with Another Attractive Male Before I hit 30'.

^_^

Btw awesome taste in the other films. The Hunger = Underrated Cult Classic!!

[PortraitOfSanity]

Originally Posted by RadTeeJay

The Hunger = Overrated Garbage

I fixed this for you, but don't count on my services in the future.

[Sir Canvas Corpsey]

I don't know of many people who've seen "I <3 Huckabees" and that makes me sad. However, those who have seen it, don't seem to enjoy it which makes me even sadder.

I <3 Huckabees:
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.

[PinstripesAndPithHelmets]

Wristcutters. It's a neat little flick. The love story aspect is trite, but the atmosphere makes up for that.

[PortraitOfSanity]

Originally Posted by PinstripesAndPithHelmets

Wristcutters. It's a neat little flick. The love story aspect is trite, but the atmosphere makes up for that.

I thought that movie was pretty cool actually. It sounded stupid as all fuck when my friend described it though.

[Krick Wurkheiser]

"The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue" I guess...

[PinstripesAndPithHelmets]

Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity

I thought that movie was pretty cool actually. It sounded stupid as all fuck when my friend described it though.

Yeah, it's a cool movie. It takes the "boy chases girl and doesn't recognize that his dream girl is right under his nose" bit, which has been done to death, and puts it into a new light. Or half-light, seeing as though purgatory (or whatever it is) is rather grainy-looking.

[Not Tha Duckman]

Eli Eli rRema Sabakutani:

"Late autumn, 2015: The world is in the grip of a mysterious virus, nicknamed the Lemming Syndrome, because those infected develop a depression so strong they commit suicide. Musicians Mizui and Asuhara, of the post punk group Stepin Fetchit, may have found a way to alleviate the disease's symptoms through dissonant sound. Business executive Miyagi, whose granddaughter Hana is suffering from the illness, hires detective Natsuishi to locate the two musicians in the hope they can at least temporarily stop her urge toward self-destruction. Mizui undertakes an exorcism of the virus in a ten minute sequence of him doodling dissonantly on a guitar in some open field in front of amplifiers and speakers. Be warned, the film is an abstract, patience and hearing ability challenging parable."

Best movie fucking EVER.

[viscus]

Originally Posted by vindicatedxjin

YAY for mirrormask!!! I love anything by Del Toro!!

Del Toro didn't have anything to do with Mirrormask. Also, stop liking things that I like.

[skoteinh]

Originally Posted by Sir Canvas Corpsey

I don't know of many people who've seen "I <3 Huckabees" and that makes me sad. However, those who have seen it, don't seem to enjoy it which makes me even sadder.

I <3 Huckabees:
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.

I actually enjoyed I (heart) Huckabees! Not my favourite, but I would recommend it.

[RadTeeJay]

Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity

I fixed this for you, but don't count on my services in the future.

Haha

Thanks little buddy ... I know its not for everyone. I didn't like it at first either but, I guess it only grows on certain people.

[PinstripesAndPithHelmets]

Originally Posted by RadTeeJay

Haha

Thanks little buddy ... I know its not for everyone. I didn't like it at first either but, I guess it only grows on certain people.

I like The Hunger. It's different and, I think, well-done.

[Solumina]

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (it is South Korean but I can only remember the English name)- This is seriously an adorable movie, it is rather odd but greatly enjoyable and I love the way that they shift between reality and Young-goon's delusions.

[Pineapple_Juice]

Thank God someone else loves Velvet Goldmine. It's where I learned to love Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Fantastic film. I won't pretend I don't have the soundtrack. Also I love that it makes me not take Dark Knight seriously after seeing Batman in lipstick and a midriff-bearing shirt wanking to a naked dude wrapped in a red sheet.


I wish more people had seen City Lights or The Great Dictator from Charlie Chaplin. Both movies made me cry at the end.