Doom Break! What are some of your all time favorite films that you think were extremely underrated? Obscure oldies? Hidden gems?

Constantine
Cashback
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Mandy
Siberia

Suburbia (1983) - Trailer

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Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). Great movie.

Amazon description:
The story focuses on a family that bucks their close-knit timber community in order to deliver a shipment of logs in defiance of a strike. In the process, one man is killed, the family patriarch Henry (Henry Fonda) is injured, and the eldest son Hank (Paul Newman) almost loses his wife (Lee Remick) to his half brother (Michael Sarrazin). Filled with complex characters and issues that still resonate today, Sometimes a Great Notion is an intense portrait of life set against the backdrop of logging.

It's been so many years & I'd love to watch it again but not likely to spend $16 on the dvd. I still have the book it was based on though: "Never Give an Inch" by Ken Kesey.

....was just daydreaming about how long ago that was. Damn I'm old!

5 obscure but personal faves, in no particular order:
THIS LAND IS MINE (1943) starring Charlie Laughton, directed by Jean Renoir. Occupied France during WWII, Laughton is a timid schoolteacher caught between the pro-Nazi collaborators and the French Resistance. Laughton's speech from the dock is superb, when he finally shows a little spine and tells it like it is. "And the mayor, he acts like he's saving the town, but he's only saving himself!"
CISCO PIKE (1972)stars Kris Kristofferson as a one-hit wonder musician trying to get his career back on track after a stint in prison for selling weed. Gene Hackman plays an insane cop blackmailing Kris into selling weed Hackman has stolen from other dealers. Great soundtrack, especially Sonny Terry's harp rave "Wailin' and Whoopin'" (Hackman's theme music), and a bunch of songs from Kris' first album. Stellar perf by Harry Dean Stanton playing Kris' guitar-playing partner. As Kris makes the rounds of music producers they keep telling him to get back together with Harry and everything will be great, but when Harry shows up near the end of the movie he's a stone junkie and it's absolutely heartbreaking.
RANDOM HARVEST (1942) has Ronald Coleman as an amnesiac wounded in the Great War escaping from an English asylum with the help of Greer Garson. Epic love story. Watch it with your favorite girl (or guy).
BATTLEGROUND (1949) Any fan of HBO's BAND OF BROTHERS must see this film, also based on the 101st Airborne.
RHYTHM ON THE RIVER (1940)is a musical with Bing Crosby as a songwriter, ghosting tunes for Basil Rathbone who has "lost his muse". Oscar Levant plays Rathbone's acerbic toady. Wingy Manone leads a jazz combo and sprinkles in some great double-talk, prompting Bing to ask, "where'd you get that?" Wingy: "I just dug it."

Jeau D'Enfants

Is a french flick w hottie Marion Cotillard and a guy who play childhood friends. They grow up playing an increasingly anti-social and dangerous game of "dare". Pretty wacky.


Another good Frenchy one is "He Loves me, He loves me not". Its essential a love story from the viewpoint of a completely psychotic stalker lady, Audrey Tautou. So it seems like a romance and ends up beinf a really creepy thriller.

Havent watched these in years, thanks for helping me remember them!