"Film lovers are sick people"-- Francois Truffaut

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Movies you've never seen (but should) Part 1

There's some movies that never get seen quite as much as they ought to. Here's just a few.


The Band's Visit
A film telling the quiet tale of an Egyptian band mistakenly sent to an Israeli town in the middle of nowhere. Not for action-lovers.

A Film With Me In It

A very black (and I mean very black) comedy starring Dylan Moran, the star of TV show Black Books

The World's Fastest Indian
Anthony Hopkins rides a bike. More exciting than you'd think.

My Left Foot
An Irish film about cerebral palsy-afflicted Christy Brown whose only mobile appendage was his...well, his left foot. Der. Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar for his portrayal of Brown.


The Manchurian Candidate
A conspiracy thriller starring Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep; this one plays on TV a fair bit, so catch it next time around. It's not exactly unknown (its got Meryl Streep, for Christ's sake) but I think it's criminally underrated.


I just realized that I should probably start watching more indie stuff. My tastes are very mainstream and concocting this list was harder than you might guess... Movies no-one's heard of AND movies I really liked? Movies I really like are rare enough, so this was kinda hard.
I promise to be back with more next time...in PART 2!

Any ideas for random good movies I probably haven't heard of?

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