[Closed] Hidden gems, recomend me a film

Captain fantastic. One of the best films I saw last year.

Goodbye, Lenin.
A true hidden gem.

Calvary starring Brendan Gleeson

Danny Collins and not so hidden, but The Guard is great, if not so famous

Romancing the Stone. A bit of action and a bit of comedy, a film about a hidden gem?

Ok, maybe not.

Not really gems but rest of criteria:

Bone Tomahawk
The Witch
Deadpool
War Dogs

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ?

I really liked it, even if it is Henry Cavill's job application for Bond.. 🙂

Pain & Gain

Dark, funny, bonkers

Twin town

Blue Juice. Best film ever.

Squint and you'll see me in the party crowd at the beach.

Few years old now, but Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang is funny and has some good action in it

Pain & Gain

Dark, funny, bonkers

goodbye Lenin is well good like

Keep an eye out for this dark comedy.. just doing the rounds on Sky so should be available on iTunes ..

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Boondock Saints, good action film, with some hillarious bits in it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/

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Blue Juice

although Sexy Beast is my most watched film ever.

I have to say I agree with Kermode about Pain & Gain, and I only watched 20 mins of it, in fact his review is far more interesting than the film could ever dream of being.

I have watched, the guard and kiss kiss bang bang, and enjoyed them both. God bless America, would be another that I have also seen but is the kind of thing I fancy watching.

Men from uncle took me 3 sittings to actually finish watching it, very meh.

Good bye Lenin is looking most likely at the moment, linked with run lola run on IMDB which is a fantastic film.

Deadpool a [b]hidden[/b] gem???

Volver
Wild Tales

+1 for Bone Tomahawk although there is no comedy. Blue juice is a classic and if you're considering Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do In The Shadows is a brilliant film by the same director.

MSP

kiss kiss bang bang,

Beat me to it. Probably the best action comedy I've seen. You could check out Shane Black's follow - Nice Guys. I haven't seen it myself yet though.

Agree about Pain and Gain. Wretched shit.

'Fack ju Göhte' to improve your German language skills 😉

makecoldplayhistory - Dude - you were IN Blue Juice??!

Awesome. Love that film!

How about I.D - such a classic...

Blue Juice. Best film ever.

Squint and you'll see me in the party crowd at the beach.

I went to the Penzance premiere of that film, up Causewayhead 😆

Micmacs - French, weird and funny.

Kenny

The angels share, brilliant wee Scottish film

The Guard is brilliant.

Recently enjoyed Blue Ruin, a kind of anti-revenge movie which I'd highly recommend.

Plunkett and MacLeane

Love 😉

As soon as I saw the thread title I was going to recommend Hunt for the WIlderpeople....

So I'll instead recommend the following -
Machete.
Super
Paranorman

A most violent year.

Not a happy ending in sight, it's gritty & a bit coarse, but I really liked it. The setting, early 80's New York; is just excellent.

+1 Captain Fantastic, some great acting and leaves more engrossing questions than it answers. A funny, sad, enraging and captivating ride of mundane to sublime fancy. Wholly original.

Edit : ^ A Most Violent Year was also great. Excellent acting, Tom Hardy put me in mind of a younger De Niro. Not saying too much as spoilers are easily stumbled upon.

Something I didn't expect to enjoy too much was 'Florence Foster Jenkins'. Sad, comical and true. An 'against all odds' biopic drama superbly played by Streep. She really is amazingly funny and touching in this role.

My last recommendation is 'Robot & Frank'. Grumpy old guy with a house/care robot. Brilliant stuff. Novel, unsentimental and well-played. This definitely fits 'hidden gem' IMO.

A Most Violent Year

Does Tom Hardy gruffly mumble his way through?

I am now considering high rise (fails on the comedy front)

I watched 'All is Lost' on Film 4 the other night - quite gripping and wanted to give the guy a hug towards the end.

A Most Violent Year

Does Tom Hardy gruffly mumble his way through?

He's not in the cast as far as I remember, the male lead's Oscar Isaac. Jessica Chastain is excellent too.

The Skeleton Twins is good if you want something small-scale and indie. It's funny but there's not much action. Just turned up on Netflix.

Yeah, sorry about that, I must have been checking out a few films on IMDB at the same time and got the cast lists mixed up.

As recommended on page one - Nice Guys is a great film and fits your remit OP. Robot and Frank is a corker of a film and also has Liv Tyler in it which is always a bonus.

A hidden Gem, that is so hidden I have not been able to see it for years.

Eat the Peach......There really should have been a sequel

Any ideas were to find it would be good.

[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_the_Peach ]Eat the Peach Wiki...may be a reminder to those that have seen it.[/url]

johnners

Jessica Chastain is excellent

Indeed she is 😀

In Bruges, though may not count as "hidden" any more.

+1 for Micmacs
great fun.

Plunkett and MacLeane

BBS is correct, this is the film you seek. Trust me.

Dead Men don't wear Plaid.

Two reasonably old ones (late 90s)
Dinner Rush
Big Night

suburbanreuben - Member
Dead Men don't wear Plaid.

Green Room as well!

IF.

IF

filmed at my alma mater.

Without giving too much away, the closing scenes were welcomed most enthusiastically when "If" was the film of choice for end of year English class.

just watched Book of Life with my kids
Absolutely fantastic and I generally hate animated films

Edge of tomorrow was an unexpected hit for me especially as it had Tom Cruise in it. More Collateral than MI

Silly; Ticker and Dale vs evil
Not silly; Une Prophete

I've just watched this on Sky Movies so it must be out soon on iTunes/DVD..

I know it's got Nic Cage in it, but it's a very good film IMO, huge twist at the end too..

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If,

Stoner - Member
IF
filmed at my alma mater.

Without giving too much away, the closing scenes were welcomed most enthusiastically when "If" was the film of choice for end of year English class.

Just watched the end sequence on you tube, "If" film, the granny with the machine gun and the nurse throwing hand grenades,and as for the headmaster, thankfully its all fiction.

a true classic.

Bit old but The Machinist.
Must see.

Edge of tomorrow was an unexpected hit for me especially as it had Tom Cruise in it

Enjoyed it a lot more than I had expected.

Screw it, I'm recommending The Guard in this thread as well.

Comedy and action as per the brief.

War Dogs. *Top entertainment*
Premium Rush *bike related content but silly fun*
Don't Breath
Hush
Blue Ruin
Hell or High Water *best script*
Deepwater Horizon - *true life disaster movie that's breath taking.*
The Devil's Double
Unthinkable
The Invitation
Under The Shadow

Get more tricky/rewarding as the list moves down. Not necessarily hidden but all under hyped.

Hail Caesar!

not sure if it counts as hiden though.

A Most Violent Year
Does Tom Hardy gruffly mumble his way through?
He's not in the cast as far as I remember, the male lead's Oscar Isaac. Jessica Chastain is excellent too.

All true! I misremembered. Oscar Isaac stole it. Tom Hardy played the role I was thinking of in 'The Drop'. Again, gangland thriller, very low key and broody. Great little film.

Going a bit alt, hiw the age about the voices? By fame grapuinc.novellist, Martin.satrapu

Doesn't meet either of your criteria for action or comedy, but definitely flew under the radar (for me at least). Firstly The Big Short - on Netflix and got Steve Carroll, Ryan gosling, brad pit and Christian bale in it (how it flew under the radar I'll never know - might just be me), a true story of the few economics and rouge traders who predicted the economic crash in 2008 - not normally a bale fan but he''s very good in it. Secondly - Tracks, film based on the true story of a young girl traveling across the Australian desert with 4 camels and a dog on the 70's. Not a great deal happens and it's s bit of a coming of age / against all adversity biopic, but it's brilliant and well worth checking out

skeletons - 2010 - a pair of exorcists remove the 'skeletons from people's cupboards'.

Serenity on Netflix, yes it's the expanded TV episode thing but funny and action all the way.

Dead Mans Shoes?

Yes, I was in Blue Juice for a fraction of a second in the party on the beach scene.

Filmed with none of the actors there.

CharlieMungus - Member

Going a bit alt, hiw the age about the voices? By fame grapuinc.novellist, Martin.satrapu

After twenty six years I've finally found someone who's had more to drink than me
Chapeau.

I liked The Voices with Ryan Reynolds.
Not the greatest film but I'd never heard of it before I watched it t'other week.

I don't think The Big Short flew under the radar:

"The film was a financial and critical success, grossing $133 million against a $28 million budget, and receiving positive reviews. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Bale, and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning the last"

Good film.

Just finished watching The Guard.

Thank you v much to the recommenders, a fine film indeed.

beej - Member

I don't think The Big Short flew under the radar:

Why would anyone bother to read the OP? Just blurt out the name of a film.