Films people may not have seen but should

[DraconianOne]

Because Stray was commending David Bowie in The Prestige thread, it reminded me to add "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" to this one.

David Bowie, Tom Conti, Takeshi Kitano and Ryuichi Sakamoto in the second best film about life in a Japanese POW camp in WW2.

[Signe]

I didn't like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.  It tried too hard or something.  It was sappy.  I don't know.  I got forced mushy vibes from it or something.  The music, however, was brilliant.

[grebo]

Hmm, was going to toss out 12 Angry Men, but then noticed it was #10 on IMDB top 250.  I guess that's hardly obscure.

Oh well.  Go watch it if by some miracle you haven't heard of it.

[Salamok]

The Inner Circle & Citizen X

edit: also Louis 19, le roi des ondes, the french movie edTV was based on is all kinds of hilarious.

[Segoris]

I'm finding a lot of people who have not seen Bullworth. Solid performance by Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, and Oliver Platt.

Also, I have to agree with the comment of "who hates Aaron Eckhardt". That guy is fucking great

[apocrypha]

Primer
Indy flick about time travel; excellent movie.

Just watched this. Very confused. Need to watch again, possibly several times, whilst taking notes 

Reminded me of Pi for some reason. I *think* it's awesome, but I freely admit to not understanding it yet.

[shiznitz]

You are on the right path then. Pretty much impossible to understand it completely on the first try. Watch it one more time before googling spoilers.

[Hawkbit]

I'd also recommend a documentary called Flag Wars.  It's not a terrible movie, and has to do with gentrification in the area of Columbus, Ohio that I work in.  It's kinda strange seeing the people I work with every day in a movie. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Wars

[schild]

The Falls from Peter Greenaway. If you haven't seen it or know nothing about it, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT READING DESCRIPTIONS.

I think I recommend this like 5 times a year.

Edit: Removed link, description was evil.

[schild]

Primer is just fantastic.

[Evildrider]

So I Married an Axe Murderer
The Five Deadly Venoms

[apocrypha]

The Falls from Peter Greenaway. If you haven't seen it or know nothing about it, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT READING DESCRIPTIONS.

I think I recommend this like 5 times a year.

Edit: Removed link, description was evil.

Not watched a Peter Greenaway film for years. That's gone right on the list. I loved Drowning By Numbers and Prospero's Books - probably 2 of the most visually rich films I've ever seen.

Watched Primer for a 2nd time last night and it started to make sense. Gonna need a 3rd viewing because I think I need to work out which of the 2 guys is which.

[schild]

Gonna need a 3rd viewing because I think I need to work out which of the 2 guys is which.

I watched it and paused and rewinded to check on things the first time. The first switch, I'm fairly sure, happens before the second guy goes in. Anyway, basically, in short, the script is all over the place. Primer was truly fantastic, but honestly, it's a causal nightmare.

[Falconeer]

Speaking of Greenaway, don't miss The Draughtsman Contract.
Total Masterpiece and divine original soundtrack.

[apocrypha]

Speaking of Greenaway, don't miss The Draughtsman Contract.
Total Masterpiece and divine original soundtrack.

That is indeed an awesome film. As is A Zed And Two Noughts, again by Greenaway.

ps. Zed = Zee for Americans