Forgotten films you remember -

[Syaoran Li]

One Hour Photo, a dramatic thriller movie from the early 2000's starring the late great Robin Williams in one of his more serious dramatic roles.

It's mostly forgotten nowadays but it helped prove that Robin's track record as a serious actor playing serious roles wouldn't be limited to Good Will Hunting and The Fisher King.

Nowadays, if it is remembered at all, it's for two things...

1. An unintentional period piece of the late 90's/early 2000's "Turn of the Millennium" era

2. The quick references to Neon Genesis Evangelion that also act as mild foreshadowing.

Still, it's a good movie and I like it.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

Happiness ( 1998 )

There's some really deviant shit in it, but it's well made and overall a good film. It struggled to get released, and Sundance wouldn't touch it.

Which is funny in retrospect considering the shit that's come out since then.

Nothing was really shown.

 

[Dom Cruise]

One Hour Photo, a dramatic thriller movie from the early 2000's starring the late great Robin Williams in one of his more serious dramatic roles.

It's mostly forgotten nowadays but it helped prove that Robin's track record as a serious actor playing serious roles wouldn't be limited to Good Will Hunting and The Fisher King.

Nowadays, if it is remembered at all, it's for two things...

1. An unintentional period piece of the late 90's/early 2000's "Turn of the Millennium" era

2. The quick references to Neon Genesis Evangelion that also act as mild foreshadowing.

Still, it's a good movie and I like it.

I've always been a big fan of that movie, primarily because of Robin's incredible performance.

It's funny just how incredibly dated the premise of the movie is, but Robin's performance still stands out and makes the movie still worth watching.

And speaking of another good, underrated and forgotten Robin Williams movie that's also a creepy thriller, there's 2006's The Night Listener which I just watched for the first time a few months ago, that's a wonderfully eerie little movie and surprisingly relevant in it's subject matter too.

 

[Dysnomia]

Mean Guns. A 1997 Ice-T film co-starring Christopher Lambert and Deborah Van Valkenburgh. A bunch of criminals are locked in an empty prison to compete in a death game with a ten million dollar prize at stake.

 

[The Nothingness]

I've always been a big fan of that movie, primarily because of Robin's incredible performance.

It's funny just how incredibly dated the premise of the movie is, but Robin's performance still stands out and makes the movie still worth watching.

And speaking of another good, underrated and forgotten Robin Williams movie that's also a creepy thriller, there's 2006's The Night Listener which I just watched for the first time a few months ago, that's a wonderfully eerie little movie and surprisingly relevant in it's subject matter too.

Adding to serious Robin Williams roles, did anyone see Insomnia and, if so, is it any good?

 

[maxpepperoni]

Unaccompanied Minors (2006)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN3PAO2oxDs&ab_channel=WarnerBros.
I forgot it existed until recently and I remember my dad being taken out of the moment by the black kid saying he was jewish

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

I liked Bicentennial Man. And I normally don't like sci-fi robot stuff.

 

[Syaoran Li]

American Outlaws.

It was a movie about Jesse James from like 2001 that was an action-comedy Western. From what I remember, it was meant as like a spin-off of Young Guns and the movie bombed at the box office but I liked it a lot back in the day.

 

[SITHRAK!]

It's easy to pick out films I've enjoyed that are less well-known but ones that are actually forgotten is hard.

I don't know if this is forgotten or not and it's not that old. But it does seem like a lot of people never saw it and I never seem to hear it come up, so... Le Pacte des Loups.

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I seldom recommend it to people because I always tell them like crazy not to watch the English dubbed version. Then that person gets hold of the English dubbed version and watches it and it drives me fucking crazy. It has some of the worst voice casting I have ever heard and transforms a movie I really think is fantastic into a cheap parody.

The movie was described to me as a "French historical kung-fu werewolf movie". Which isn't accurate. But it did set me up for going into the movie with wide open expectations which is necessary. A really good cast ranging from Vincent Cassell to Monica Bellucci to Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan. Plus a lot of really good supporting actors. The special effects are a little dated but the costumes and sets are good and the story is great fun - especially for people interested in the time period of the French Revolution.

But please, for the sake of my heart if nothing else, don't watch the English dub version.

When it comes to French cinema, I’m a big fan of Ridicule.

 

[Product Placement]

Dirty Sanchez The Movie, was a UK TV show which is pretty much Jackass but shit. While sometime the movie was more extreme than Jackass movies, that really doesn't matter when it's lacks the charm and likability of the Jackass team nor does the stunts have any of the same creativity, all these guys have the same personalty if you can call it that which is just laughing and screaming. The editing and cinematography is dog shit, that really outdated early 2000s MTV cribs style but done on 1/10 the budget. For some reason the stunts all have these awful fake set ups and I don't get why, not like the set ups even try to be funny most of the time. Also despite a few extreme stunts, most of them are pretty lame and pretty boring. If people did remember this movie it would canceled for the ladyboy stuff, and honestly that fall out would be funnier that the movie.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

2 candidates for this one.

1. Timescape aka The Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1992)

An actually pretty damn good sci-fi yarn about a widowed innkeeper who battles a band of disaster "tourists" from the future who have come to see the destruction of his town. In a race against time, he must battle the seductive time bandits as well as his own personal demons in an attempt to save his daughter and the town from total destruction. Starring Jeff Daniels and the female grandchild from Jurassic Park.

2. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
The spiritual predecessor to Song of the Sea (2014). The story of a little Irish girl who tries to find her lost selkie brother on the abandoned island of Roan Inish. Unironically one of the best kids' movies ever made, and the closest thing to a live-action Studio Ghibli movie I've ever seen. If you're looking for something to watch with your family this weekend, give this one a shot. You won't regret it.

 

[66andtwothirds]

Righteous Kill (pacino and de niro star, basically never talked about)

Matchstick men (nick cage overacts even worse than in Wicker Man)

Les Mis with liam neeson gets forgotten in favour of the hugh jackman one

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

An Australian family film made back in 1995. It was redubbed for Americans
I remember first seeing it on tv syndication when I was three.

Also does anyone remember Steamboy?

 

[Syaoran Li]

Dynamite and Gold, a low-budget Western flick from the "Western Revival" of the early 90's. It was a direct-to-video Western starring Willie Nelson and Jack Elam.

Apparently, it was originally released in 1989 as a limited theatrical release under the title of "Where the Hell is That Gold?" but it was retitled as Dynamite and Gold when it came out on video in the 90's.

Whether the retitling was because the original title was too long or because the Silent Generation geezers and then-middle aged Baby Boomers most likely to rent it would be offended by the word "Hell" in the title is anyone's guess.

I saw it pop up in the Western section of damn near every video store I went to as a kid and so I assumed it was a popular flick but it's apparently very obscure but for some reason was popular in my neck of the woods in the 90's.

 

[fkebld]

Milo & Otis.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Milo & Otis.

Fun fact in case you didn't know: that's actually an American recut of a Japanese film, Koneko Monogatari, lit. "A Kitten's Story". The original Japanese version is a bit more....artsy, from what I've heard.

 

[Raging Capybara]

Milo & Otis.

I think this one is still popular because of the legend that they killed a bunch of puppies to shot the film. The reality though is that they spent years filming so the puppies all became too grown-up to still "act" in the movie and needed to be replaced.

Fun fact in case you didn't know: that's actually an American recut of a Japanese film, Koneko Monogatari, lit. "A Kitten's Story". The original Japanese version is a bit more....artsy, from what I've heard.

I think the only difference is that the original doesn't have narration, but the scenes are identical.


My pick, Avatar 2009.

 

[bigfuccbuck]

The Snowman (1982)
Think about this one from time to time. Never heard anyone talk about it ever.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

The Snowman (1982)
Think about this one from time to time. Never heard anyone talk about it ever.
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"Walking in the Air" is ear sex. One of the best songs composed for a Christmas special ever.

 

[A man of no consequence]

I saw this in theaters when it came out. Not sure if it’s actually forgotten, or just extremely unpopular, but I love this film.