I stumbled upon this years ago when I was about 17 and it was on at like 12:30am. I fell in love with it.

It's about 5 college kids who all have a saturday detention. They are all extremely different and they interact with each other very differently but they end up learning things from each other. It's also funny in a dry way (its a drama).

There is the Bully, the Jock, the Nerd, the Beauty queen and the Freak. Also the teacher who plays another main character.. and thats it!

Really good if you want something really light to watch and dont want to get too into it.

Has anyone else seen this? Did you like it as much as I did?

LOL

its like.. one of the most famous movies made in the 80's - not at all unknown

Pulimuli

Sweden2766 Posts

June 08 2010 17:53 GMT

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On June 07 2010 09:26 Roija wrote:
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/
Amazing Norwegian vampire movie

Its not norweigan, its Swedish

but yea its a good movie

red_b

United States1267 Posts

June 08 2010 18:06 GMT

#325

On June 09 2010 01:50 architekt wrote:
red_b since you picked dark city which is brilliant, i will try and look up those who are supposedly better than miyazaki. they are both new to me. any particular one i have to watch?

edit: ok oshii for ghost in the shell. ez win. now i will check out the other guy.

Oshii's best film is the one in my post: Angel's Egg. Ghost in the Shell is an AMAZING movie, however. As is The Sky Crawlers.

Anno is a tossup between Nadia and Honneamise, although for the later he was only the animation director. The End of Evangelion is good if you've seen the series.

My comments on Miyazaki come not only from the immense level of hype surrounding him (which is fine by itself), but it's existence considering he has made the same movie like 27 times.

jusayO

Canada60 Posts

June 08 2010 18:25 GMT

#326

On June 09 2010 03:06 red_b wrote:

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You just made me so happy... I love the way Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki MAKE their films... But I only like a select few of them.

I'm a big Satoshi Khan boy after Millenium Actress blew me away, and Makoto Shinkai also rocks my socks.

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The Place Promised In Our Early Days is probably my favorite animated film at this point in time, if neither of you Miyazaki talkers (or anyone else who likes anime really) have seen it I highly recommend it. 5 Centimeters is obviously good, but everyone's already seen it.

-Genome-

Australia156 Posts

June 08 2010 18:39 GMT

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An aussie film, never got much attention, randomly found it at the video store one day. Not only does it have Ben Lee (singer not an actor, but does a fantastic job), it has the beautiful Rose Byrne (also an Australian gem) and is witty and poignant.

My favourite movie ever.

Cheerio

Ukraine3178 Posts

June 08 2010 19:09 GMT

#328

I dont remember the name. I watched it on TV like 10 years ago. It was about a man who worked in circus throwing knifes. He decided to commit suicide jumping from the bridge but met a young woman there thinking of the same... A really good film.

bd-Jake

United States27 Posts

June 08 2010 21:47 GMT

#329

The Edukators:
Rather than describe it, I'll just tell you to go watch the first ~3 minutes.

The Brothers Bloom:
Maybe less hidden, but a pretty enjoyable comedy.

RogerChillingworth

Chad3132 Posts

June 08 2010 22:40 GMT

#330

Time travel is difficult to pull off in films. Very few get it right. And I never expect Bruce Willis movies to knock me down. But 12 Monkeys is a really special piece of film. One of Terry Gilliam's best, I think.

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I think it made something like $500,000 dollars at the box office. I remember seeing it in theaters and being blown away. Even at 13. It's been accepted into my movie hall of fame since. An amazing mood piece that thinking people can get a lot out of. Especially people with movement on the brain.

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I remember seeing the trailer for Fight Club when I was 8 or 9. It didn't red flag any of its social commentary. It was just Brad Pitt acting silly and a lot of dark sets. I didn't end up seeing it until middle school. Definitely in my top 5 of all time.

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This is actually one I expected to be good. But it's one of those gems people tend to lump into the "quirky comedy" category. It's actually a lot more than that. In its colorful comedy fluff there exists a great deal of serious existential philosophy. A truly rare find. Great writing and performances on top of it.

I didn't expect this to be as good as 21 Grams (a more Hollywoody film by the same writer/director), but it far-surpassed it. I watched it while sober one night in high school and couldn't get it out of my head. The most emotionally packed film I've seen. And my favorite movie to boot.

A lot of others, I'll add as I think of them!

Avarice

United States36 Posts

June 08 2010 22:58 GMT

#331

On the hidden gems front, I feel obliged to mention 2 films from the same writers/directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck.

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By no means action packed, but so grounded that it's hard not to be affected by them.

Skvid

Lithuania751 Posts

June 09 2010 00:20 GMT

#332

i think that a lot of people need to re-read a threads title before posting here.

This thread is about movies that are good but not well known, and movies like fight club dont really qualify for "hidden gem" status, don't you think?

ponyoponyo

Australia2 Posts

June 09 2010 00:27 GMT

#333

"The girl with the dragon tattoo"

Suprised this wasnt mentioned yet.

A suprisingly good norwegian detective/mystery show, with some truly memorable/disturbing scenes. Its like #205 on imdb 8.2 if i recall

just out on dvd last week, and hollywood is gonna remake it and as usual shit all over it

remember what happened to the ring? lol

Reborn8u

United States1761 Posts

June 09 2010 00:32 GMT

#334

This movie changed my opinion of Japanamation alltogether
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A LOT of people can't stand Jim Carey. This is his best performance IMO, his most serious work.
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This movie is a disturbing look at middle American white trash
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When this came out there was a huge backlash and most theaters banned it, kind of sad because few others were willing to make a movie so full of eye opening truths at the time relating to youth culture.
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A future where man and machine are indistinguishable
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Toads

Canada1795 Posts

June 09 2010 00:37 GMT

#335

On June 05 2010 18:02 DwmC_Foefen wrote:
Try funny games US

I saw that one in the movie theatre and I was blown away...

I see the original version in my cinema course and it is way, way better than the american one

Pulimuli

Sweden2766 Posts

June 09 2010 00:56 GMT

#336

On June 09 2010 09:27 ponyoponyo wrote:
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remember what happened to the ring? lol

Seriously, stop saying Swedish movies are Norweigan, its a different country

Warrior Madness

Canada3791 Posts

June 09 2010 01:03 GMT

#337

I will definitely check out "funny games". It looks good.

araged

Czech Republic189 Posts

June 09 2010 01:06 GMT

#338

One of my favourites, if only for the incredible music by Clint Mansell.

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Manit0u

Poland17871 Posts

June 09 2010 01:07 GMT

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If you haven't seen it, do so now.
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NOW!!!

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Katzenaal

Germany194 Posts

June 09 2010 01:27 GMT

#340

On June 09 2010 10:06 araged wrote:
One of my favourites, if only for the incredible music by Clint Mansell.

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man you made my day... the music of this movie is so awesome.. i listened to "The last man" so many times...

really one of my favorites...

also a good german movie:
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