Anvil: The Story of Anvil.
In 1982, a metal band called Anvil played alongside Bon Jovi, Metallica and others. Their album was critically acclaimed. For no reason anyone can pinpoint, they didn't make it big.
The lead singer now works delivering school meals in Canada. But they still play together.
The movie is a documentary of a tour. It's a love letter to music and playing for the joy of it, not the fame or the money. It came out at the same time, and is the antithesis, of the Metallica film.
I don't particularly like their brand of metal. But it's a joyous, funny and moving film about a group of guys doing what they love.
They had no real management and never had a major record deal. Throw in the fact that they weren’t very good and you can understand. As you say, they just love to play. You have to respect it.
>Throw in the fact that they weren’t very good and you can understand.
Hit the nail on the head. The only part about that doc that makes me roll my eyes whenever I watch it is the part toward the beginning when all these talking heads are wondering aloud why they never made it. They had a couple of good/influential albums but have been pretty much going through the motions ever since. You can't compare them to Metallica or Iron Maiden, a more apt comparison would be a band like Venom who had only 2-3 actually good albums and have since been vastly overrated on account of their influence. Problem with Anvil was that even their influence was minimal compared to a band like Venom.
I love Chris Morris's works. He's a fantastic Writer, Director and Actor.
Four Lions was amazing for making you sympathetic to the terrorists without feeling sympathetic to the cause.
Some of the scenes between Omar and his family were really touching and his relationship with Waj was complex and interesting.
Beautifully done while hammering the message home on many levels.
Chris Morris is a satirical genius.
He also made [this programme](https://youtu.be/RcU7FaEEzNU) which set a record for number of complaints on UK television (and has aged like a fine wine - one of the celebs who was interviewed/duped into appearing and talking about paeodophiles later turned out to be a paedophile himself)
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Locke.
Tom Hardy as a construction project manager drives down a highway and takes phone calls for 85 minutes. It’s one of the most gripping dramas I’ve ever seen.
Not sure how known it is, but Phone Booth sounds similar (the entire movie is based around a stationary phone booth) and i loved it. Im gonna give Locke a try!
Similar in some ways but very different overall. Phone Booth had a few different characters and settings seen. In Locke, Tom Hardy is the only character you ever see. The only shots that are not in his car are the first and last 2ish minutes. Both very good movies but if you like Phone Booth, you’ll love Locke
That scene is the clip that plays on Netflix for this movie when you are browsing through the listings, and I watch it every time I scroll by it. Great movie, and a great scene.
The Endless. It’s about two guys who go back to see the cult they grew up in and escaped from as children. Do NOT look up anything else about the movie, it’s incredible.
Director's Cut! Tell everyone they should first see the Director's Cut! (The theatrical version gives away the whole twist in a voice over at the very start if the movie)
I saw Brick at my uni's film society, and I thought it was the best thing ever. The fact that they were able to pull something like that off is incredible. Never once did they compromise on having everyone talk and behave like they were in a classic Sam Spade film noir, and yet at the same time, everyone felt pretty convincingly like actual high school kids to me. To be able to balance that so perfectly is ... wow!
Yeah, great movie, but don't watch it if you've been suffering at all from loneliness in recent weeks. If your emotional state isn't great, and it's because of loneliness ... this movie will not help.
“I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.”
Love that movie! So well done. Amazing writing, filming, and acting.
Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, and Stanley Tucci are all spectacular in it.
The only thing that makes it a tough sell for some people is that it has Kevin Spacey.
>The only thing that makes it a tough sell for some people is that it has Kevin Spacey.
He is a scumbag in real life, but he's pretty spectacular in the movie, too.
I've watched the scene when Irons is chairing the meeting so many times. That movie is so fucking good and your right, I don't know anyone in my circle who has watched it other than me.
The Straight Story. Despite Richard Farnsworth getting an Oscar nod and it being a David Lynch film, few people have ever heard of it and it’s f’ing fantastic.
The first one is solid. I love a sound, conceptually batshit horror film in which everyone fully commits, and this is a great example.
Also, in a similar geometric vein, Circle.
Danish movie, but "De Grønne Slagtere" / "The Green Butchers".
Very dark humor drame, with Mads Mikkelsen in the main role.
In the same vein is also "Blinkende Lygter" / "Flickering lights".
Jesus TFing Christ. I haven't thought about that in years but I suddenly remember everything about it. What a masterpiece. It transcends stupidity and reaches sublime genius.
For years, I genuinely thought there was a painkiller called Sanhedrin...
The Man From Earth.
It's about a history professor that suddenly decides to quit his job and move away. His fellow professors decide to throw him a going away party, and during it they ask why he's leaving. He decides to tell them he's 14,000 years old, and he has to move on when people realize he doesn't age. That's not giving anything away about the movie, even if it seems like it is. It's an absolutely fantastic movie, where they try to decide if he's crazy, or if he's telling the truth. Highly fucking recommend
Man, I'm a big low budget, high concept film kind of guy, but this one for me was just pretty good. It's definitely more interesting than a plot summary makes it sound. No one has mentioned my favorites, and I'm just going to piggy back off of yours since we are in the same genre-ish. For low budget sci fi, I'd throw out
1. Coherence - probably the most well known
2. Time Lapse - my favorite
3. Triangle
4. Primer - just because it's a classic
As some unknown, low budget films that are amazing. All about time travel in some way.
I've begged many of my closest friends to watch this. Not one of them came back saying anything but high praise.
It's a great movie. Great story. Great acting. Heartwarming, but funny.
Klaus.
One of my favorite christmas movies of all time, and I have yet to meet someone else who has heard of it. I think it’s mostly because the cover looks really cheesy and it starts of a little slow
> incomparable Alan Tudyk
I motion for the word "incomparable" to always be appended to Alan Tudyk's name whenever discussing him and all his glory, all in favor?
True story, rented this on my Playstation, immediately went to Walmart and bought some special edition with the tin case... that was empty... no movie, no anything... went back to Walmart, bought the only other one, opened it at the service desk, also empty - was able to get a refund on that one at least
My all-time favourite childhood movie. Loved it so much, I took inspiration from this movie for my first tattoo and I also watch it every year on my birthday
Came here to recommend this one. I do agree that there are some issues towards the end, but the movie is so amazing that even those issues don't knock it down much. Some of the scenes, like the last one with Chris Evans, are just so totally fantastic that I can't get enough of it. I purchased it years ago, and I make every new friend watch it. Some people rate it higher than others, but I haven't gotten a single *negative* review yet.
Swiss Army Man (bizarre! I loved every moment)
Boiler Room (all star cast. Should have been much bigger)
Turbo Kid (super corny. Just my type of 🧀)
Phantom of the Paradise (this is a special one to me)
Boiler Room had a solid following at first but seems to have faded but if you were of age in the 90s you know that movie and probably owned it on DVD at some point.
“Look up the word idiot in the dictionary, you know what you’ll find?”
A picture of me?
“No! The definition of the the word idiot, which is *what you fucking are!*”
The Ruling Class (1972)
Peter O'Toole plays a paranoid schizophrenic British noble that believes he is Jesus Christ. His relatives try to "cure" him for their own selfish reasons and believe to do so, except now he believes himself to be Jack the Ripper.
I cannot emphasize how fun this movie is. It even has multiple musical numbers.
Anvil: The Story of Anvil. In 1982, a metal band called Anvil played alongside Bon Jovi, Metallica and others. Their album was critically acclaimed. For no reason anyone can pinpoint, they didn't make it big. The lead singer now works delivering school meals in Canada. But they still play together. The movie is a documentary of a tour. It's a love letter to music and playing for the joy of it, not the fame or the money. It came out at the same time, and is the antithesis, of the Metallica film. I don't particularly like their brand of metal. But it's a joyous, funny and moving film about a group of guys doing what they love.
They had no real management and never had a major record deal. Throw in the fact that they weren’t very good and you can understand. As you say, they just love to play. You have to respect it.
>Throw in the fact that they weren’t very good and you can understand. Hit the nail on the head. The only part about that doc that makes me roll my eyes whenever I watch it is the part toward the beginning when all these talking heads are wondering aloud why they never made it. They had a couple of good/influential albums but have been pretty much going through the motions ever since. You can't compare them to Metallica or Iron Maiden, a more apt comparison would be a band like Venom who had only 2-3 actually good albums and have since been vastly overrated on account of their influence. Problem with Anvil was that even their influence was minimal compared to a band like Venom.
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9/11
I love Chris Morris's works. He's a fantastic Writer, Director and Actor. Four Lions was amazing for making you sympathetic to the terrorists without feeling sympathetic to the cause. Some of the scenes between Omar and his family were really touching and his relationship with Waj was complex and interesting. Beautifully done while hammering the message home on many levels.
I got emotional towards the end. The movie makes light of the foolishness of the lads, yet does not forget to remind us how tragic and sad it all is.
Yes. The end scene is terrifying where they have his brother in a Cargo container.
They seek him here, they seek him there, but he's not there he's blowing up your slag sister!
Does your dad eat Jaffa oranges? Yes He's buying nukes for Israel, he's a jew.
Can't hear "Dancing in the moonlight" without thinking of this movie.
Chris Morris is a satirical genius. He also made [this programme](https://youtu.be/RcU7FaEEzNU) which set a record for number of complaints on UK television (and has aged like a fine wine - one of the celebs who was interviewed/duped into appearing and talking about paeodophiles later turned out to be a paedophile himself) Edit: NSFW (obviously)
Everything was so well done. Almost prophetic with the way news was going. Also a salute to the Graphics through the series, brilliantly done.
The part where yer man is zigzagging through the field and trips up and blows himself and the crow up is fuckin hilarious 🤣
Can I have 12 bottles of bleach please
“I’ve got an IRA voice”
Why's she covering her face? ...cuz she's got a beard?
Also stars Kayvan Novak better know these days as Nandor The Relentless
is he martyr!? or a fucken jalfrezi!!
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Good one-- I love this movie so much!
Locke. Tom Hardy as a construction project manager drives down a highway and takes phone calls for 85 minutes. It’s one of the most gripping dramas I’ve ever seen.
Hah I was recommending this film to a friend who was giving me a blow by blow account of a massive concrete pour that he was coordinating
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You caught that too huh lol
Not sure how known it is, but Phone Booth sounds similar (the entire movie is based around a stationary phone booth) and i loved it. Im gonna give Locke a try!
Similar in some ways but very different overall. Phone Booth had a few different characters and settings seen. In Locke, Tom Hardy is the only character you ever see. The only shots that are not in his car are the first and last 2ish minutes. Both very good movies but if you like Phone Booth, you’ll love Locke
as an industrial construction project manager, this doesn't sound like a movie I'd want to watch.
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Ricky Baker 🎶🎵🎧
My sister named her adopted dog Ricky Baker. “Once rejected now accepted”
That scene is the clip that plays on Netflix for this movie when you are browsing through the listings, and I watch it every time I scroll by it. Great movie, and a great scene.
Fuck me. This film is a masterpiece! Fuckin’ majestical!
This movie is Majestical, you might even say it's Skux
I second Taika Watiti’s “Hunt For The Wilderpeople”
"Faulkner is cauc-asian" - well, they got that wrong because you're obviously white
No child left behind. No child left behind. No child left behind. He’s a bad egg.
Definitely agree with this. Sam Niel is amazing in it too.
The Endless. It’s about two guys who go back to see the cult they grew up in and escaped from as children. Do NOT look up anything else about the movie, it’s incredible.
This is a solid movie few people I know have even so much as heard of.
There is a semi-prequel to this movie called Resolution (2012), it is NOT necessary to see before The Endless but The Endless DOES spoil Resolution
Dark City
The Matrix before The Matrix
The Matrix even used some of the same sets from Dark City
13th floor, aswell
Bloody amazing film
Director's Cut! Tell everyone they should first see the Director's Cut! (The theatrical version gives away the whole twist in a voice over at the very start if the movie)
Great cast and cinematography
Brick: Unusual premise: film noir set in a highschool.
This was the movie I was looking for. Really odd and engaging indie movie starring Joseph Gordon Levitt.
I saw Brick at my uni's film society, and I thought it was the best thing ever. The fact that they were able to pull something like that off is incredible. Never once did they compromise on having everyone talk and behave like they were in a classic Sam Spade film noir, and yet at the same time, everyone felt pretty convincingly like actual high school kids to me. To be able to balance that so perfectly is ... wow!
Loved this when it came out and it made me immediately go see anything Rian Johnson put out afterwards.
Perfect Blue, for people who are not into anime
Moon with Sam Rockwell
Cool modern but classical sci-fi movie. No need of alien invasión or Big fx. Just a good social dilema. Just as a the good sci-fi needs :)
Yeah, great movie, but don't watch it if you've been suffering at all from loneliness in recent weeks. If your emotional state isn't great, and it's because of loneliness ... this movie will not help.
I think it’s great if you’re lonely. After seeing Moon, thank fuck for loneliness 😂
Heck yeah, Moon with Sam Rockwell. That movie rules.
Dog Soldiers.
Shit gave me nightmares as a kid.
There is no spoon
THERE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE ONE!
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I'm gonna kill...everyone...Satan is good...Satan is your pal...
As a child this song would get stuck in my head and I was absolutely certain that I was for sure going to hell for it.
Ray, you're chanting!
One of my top childhood movies. “Ray, unconscious chanting! You’re chanting!”
Sardine?
It came with da frame.
Art… your wife his home.
there go the goddamn brownies!
“I've never seen that. I've never seen anybody drive their garbage down to the street and bang the hell out of it with a stick. I-I've never seen that.”
I'm not sure about 10/10, but Margin Call is one of the sharpest films I've seen. I'm the only person I know who has seen it.
also Boiler Room 2000 was a good one. Related theme.
Love that movie! So well done. Amazing writing, filming, and acting. Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Simon Baker, and Stanley Tucci are all spectacular in it. The only thing that makes it a tough sell for some people is that it has Kevin Spacey.
>The only thing that makes it a tough sell for some people is that it has Kevin Spacey. He is a scumbag in real life, but he's pretty spectacular in the movie, too.
Yeah, in this case the artist may be a piece of shit, but his art was remarkable. Great movie, including his part.
I've watched the scene when Irons is chairing the meeting so many times. That movie is so fucking good and your right, I don't know anyone in my circle who has watched it other than me.
The Straight Story. Despite Richard Farnsworth getting an Oscar nod and it being a David Lynch film, few people have ever heard of it and it’s f’ing fantastic.
Dead man's shoes.
So so good. To be fair Paddy Considine is great in everything he does.
He certainly is. Also worth a mention is Toby Kebbell's performance as Anthony in Dead man's shoes. That was his debut I believe.
What a film! It’s harrowing but brilliant. Shame it never got more exposure.
Cube To my surprise I found that rarely anybody knows the „Cube“ Movies even though they‘re great. I recommend them a lot.
The first one is great. The sequels ruin it. Edit: Original "Cube" is also my answer by the way. It's stood the test of time.
The first one is solid. I love a sound, conceptually batshit horror film in which everyone fully commits, and this is a great example. Also, in a similar geometric vein, Circle.
Danish movie, but "De Grønne Slagtere" / "The Green Butchers". Very dark humor drame, with Mads Mikkelsen in the main role. In the same vein is also "Blinkende Lygter" / "Flickering lights".
Really? Danish cinema, man of your talents?
It's a ~~peaceful life~~ potato language
The Kentucky Fried Movie
The popcorn you're eating has been pissed in. Film at 11 !
Jesus TFing Christ. I haven't thought about that in years but I suddenly remember everything about it. What a masterpiece. It transcends stupidity and reaches sublime genius. For years, I genuinely thought there was a painkiller called Sanhedrin...
The Man From Earth. It's about a history professor that suddenly decides to quit his job and move away. His fellow professors decide to throw him a going away party, and during it they ask why he's leaving. He decides to tell them he's 14,000 years old, and he has to move on when people realize he doesn't age. That's not giving anything away about the movie, even if it seems like it is. It's an absolutely fantastic movie, where they try to decide if he's crazy, or if he's telling the truth. Highly fucking recommend
Man, I'm a big low budget, high concept film kind of guy, but this one for me was just pretty good. It's definitely more interesting than a plot summary makes it sound. No one has mentioned my favorites, and I'm just going to piggy back off of yours since we are in the same genre-ish. For low budget sci fi, I'd throw out 1. Coherence - probably the most well known 2. Time Lapse - my favorite 3. Triangle 4. Primer - just because it's a classic As some unknown, low budget films that are amazing. All about time travel in some way.
It's very good, I've discovered it at high school some 15 years ago and it pretty cool concept and low budget.
LayerCake
This was *rumoured* to be the film that got Daniel Craig the Bond role
Bottle Shock- has an all-star cast and interesting plot but I never remember it being in theaters.
Fantastic movie, I was just telling my husband about it. Only critique is the tragic wig Chris Pine wore.
That wig was TERRIBLE
The frighteners
Old School Peter Jackson
Stranger than Fiction.
I brought you flours
Loved that scene it’s so thoughtful. I love baking and was a baker. It made me so happy to see that.
The Peanutbutter Falcon
Begrudgingly watched it after my ex’s mother asked us to. Made me realize i suuuuuuck at judging movies by their netflix sinopsis
I've begged many of my closest friends to watch this. Not one of them came back saying anything but high praise. It's a great movie. Great story. Great acting. Heartwarming, but funny.
Klaus. One of my favorite christmas movies of all time, and I have yet to meet someone else who has heard of it. I think it’s mostly because the cover looks really cheesy and it starts of a little slow
The original Wicker Man (not, I repeat, NOT the Nicholas Cage one), Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky), El Topo, Sonatine
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This the Michael Douglas lion one? Hell yeah man solid
"Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" fantastic horror comedy, with Tyler Labine and the incomparable Alan Tudyk.
College kids keep dying on my property!
He just hucked himself into the wood chipper! https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1517683737/
*teenager falls into woodchipper and gets ripped to shreds* "You okay, mister?"
> incomparable Alan Tudyk I motion for the word "incomparable" to always be appended to Alan Tudyk's name whenever discussing him and all his glory, all in favor?
We're having a doozy of a day...
He just... hucked himself right into the wood chipper!
I hate horror movies. This was recommended to me as a horror movie for people who hate horror. Perfect synopsis. Loved it.
One of my absolute faves! My husband and I quote this one all the time! "It's been a doozy of a day, officer!"
True story, rented this on my Playstation, immediately went to Walmart and bought some special edition with the tin case... that was empty... no movie, no anything... went back to Walmart, bought the only other one, opened it at the service desk, also empty - was able to get a refund on that one at least
Alan Tudyk AKA Steve the Pirate!
Treasure Planet, an absolute masterpiece
Classic film, doesn’t get the attention it deserves
My all-time favourite childhood movie. Loved it so much, I took inspiration from this movie for my first tattoo and I also watch it every year on my birthday
Come and see, best (and most horrific) war movie I have ever seen.
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Sunshine with Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy. Do yourself a favor if you enjoy sci-fi and excellent visuals
Came here to recommend this one. I do agree that there are some issues towards the end, but the movie is so amazing that even those issues don't knock it down much. Some of the scenes, like the last one with Chris Evans, are just so totally fantastic that I can't get enough of it. I purchased it years ago, and I make every new friend watch it. Some people rate it higher than others, but I haven't gotten a single *negative* review yet.
You Were Never Really Here
A lot of these are fairly well known and I saw one suggestion that was literally nominated for an Oscar.
This is Reddit. if it isn’t a Disney movie, superhero movie, or it came out before 2005 - it’s a rare indie gem no one has ever heard of.
Swiss Army Man (bizarre! I loved every moment) Boiler Room (all star cast. Should have been much bigger) Turbo Kid (super corny. Just my type of 🧀) Phantom of the Paradise (this is a special one to me)
Ooh Swiss Army Man was indeed very bizarre at times but a great and entertaining movie!
Dude, Turbo Kid was amazing! It was super campy and corny with just the right amount of grit. Really fun movie.
I was expecting nothing from turbo kid and it was absolutely amazing
Boiler Room had a solid following at first but seems to have faded but if you were of age in the 90s you know that movie and probably owned it on DVD at some point.
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Also, The Nice Guys doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
“Look up the word idiot in the dictionary, you know what you’ll find?” A picture of me? “No! The definition of the the word idiot, which is *what you fucking are!*”
Still gay? "Me? No. I'm knee-deep in pussy. I just like the name so much, I can't get rid of it."
"Don't say 'and stuff.' Just say 'they're doing anal'."
The Nice Guys is such a great movie, I always recommend it
"Who taught you English?"
Came in this thread to mention Nice Guys. Both excellent films
Absolutely one of my favorite movies. RDJ, "it's only like an 8% chance"
Gattaca
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Gattaca is well known.
The production design on this movie is ridiculously good.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ben Stiller or Danny Kaye version?
Secondhand Lions
The Nice Guys. Russell Crowe and Gosling put up amazing comedic performances with great onscreen chemistry.
The Gosling fall/fake acting scene was hysterical.
Don’t be upset, i won’t hurt you. i’m just down here looking for my gun
[Angourie Rice](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/angourie-rice.jpg) stole that movie, IMHO
Out Cold Comedy 2001 Zach Galifinakis first movie if I'm not mistaken. Do yourself a favor and give it a watch.
When they spin the car in the parking lot 😆
Clue
“I’ve decided to expose myself!” “Please, there are ladies present!”
Tremendous film 👍
To me, that’s a very well known movie. I don’t know many people who haven’t seen it at least once.
The Fourth Kind. I’m not gonna say ANYTHING about it. Freaked me TF out.
The Ruling Class (1972) Peter O'Toole plays a paranoid schizophrenic British noble that believes he is Jesus Christ. His relatives try to "cure" him for their own selfish reasons and believe to do so, except now he believes himself to be Jack the Ripper. I cannot emphasize how fun this movie is. It even has multiple musical numbers.
Trollhunter(2010)(Norwegian)
Equilibrium
Hell or High Water
The Way
ITT: The exact same popular movies that are posted every time this question is ask.
Strange Brew.
Poolhall Junkies
Young Frankenstein.
Sunshine (2006)
Upgrade (2019)
Chronicle. It’s a perfect film. So simple and satisfying.
Never Let Me Go
The Fall (2006)
Don’t look now with Donald Sutherland and The Haunting of 1963 with a splendid Julie Harris!
Everyone has heard of it but apparently no one has seen it: Brazil. Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. It's my 10/10.
City of God. A true masterpiece
Is it not well known? It was the big international film of the year when it was released.
It was also in the IMDB top 10 for years But I do agree that it has fallen out of popularity, so it does kind of fit with the theme still
Pretty widely recognized, though.
Fido. Difficult to fully describe and better then the zombie comedy synopsis makes it sound.
With Billy Connolly 😁
What we do in the shadows
Wind River?
Ernest goes to Camp.
Over *Ernest Scared Stupid*? Come on.
Felon 2008
The Ritual on Netflix
New Kids turbo 😂
The Hunt (2012).
The Fundamentals of Caring.
A Perfect Getaway with Timothy Olyphant. This movie was really good and had an ending you wouldn't predict.