10 Movie You Probably Haven't Seen...But I Recommend to You
Here are 10 movies that I gave a 10 that are not on the watch list of the general public. I recommend all of them with the highest thumb up.
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- DirectorJohn DahlStarsNicolas CageDennis HopperLara Flynn BoyleUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.A true film noir in color by John & Rick Dahl starring Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle and J. T. Walsh
- DirectorTian-Ming WuStarsXu ZhuRenying ZhouZhigang ZhaoIn a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.A delightful, true story of an elderly street performer who adopts a child in order to have an heir to whom he can pass on his art.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsBrigitte LinTakeshi KaneshiroTony Leung Chiu-waiTwo melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.The movie Quentin Tarnatino credits with giving him inspirations that became Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.A story based on the life of a real girl who was abandoned by her mother and eventually tricked into being captured and sold into the child slavery/sex trade of northern Europe.
- DirectorYang ZhangStarsJiayi DuZheng FangBing HeA young wealthy businessman's icy attitude toward his working-class background is about to thaw as he is forced to reconnect with his elderly father and mentally challenged younger brother, who together run a public bathhouse.The funniest foreign comic drama I have seen. It is the story of a businessman who returns home and then works to save his family business and neighborhood.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.Not as obscure as most of the others, it is the most beautiful crafted animated movie in the history of movies. This movie and the others by Hayao Miyazaki are so good Disney was compelled to purchase them and their company.
- DirectorWayne KramerStarsPaul WalkerCameron BrightChazz PalminteriA low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.A great, but very graphic story with the somewhat hidden challenge of identifying all of the hidden fairy tale character references. Not for those with sensitive ears.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.A Peter Seller's movie with Shirley MacLaine and Melvyn Douglas about a man who is cast into the real world after living a sheltered life that has left him with no knowledge of the outside world except what he has seen on TV. The chain of mishaps that follow is amazingly, even though the movie is almost devoid of Peter's classic sight humor.
- DirectorGodfrey ReggioStarsEdward AsnerPat BenatarJerry BrownA collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.A real toughie. No everyone's cup of tea. This is a movie without actors or dialogue about how the world is falling out of balance. It took almost 6 years to film. If you can connect with it, it is a strong emotional experience.
- DirectorTim HunterStarsCrispin GloverKeanu ReevesIone SkyeA high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.A psychological drama about a murder and how the different people who come to know about it deal with it. Young Keanu Reeve's first real role, Crispin Glover, Ione Skye and my favorite psychotic, Dennis Hopper.