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Given our current, shelter-in-place predicament, I just went through my library in attempt to find as many great, but lesser-known films as I could, from the past couple of decades, as a recommendation thread of sorts. Yes, a few of these are more popular/known than others, but a lot of them have fallen through the cracks and are definitely worth revisiting, or checking out for the first time, if you find yourself running out of content...

ADVENTURELAND (2009)


BEGINNERS (2010)


BLUE VALENTINE (2010)


DRINKING BUDDIES (2013)


FRANCES HA (2012)


THE IMMIGRANT (2013)


LAUREL CANYON (2002)


LOCKE (2013)


OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011)


RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008)


RUBY SPARKS (2012)


A SERIOUS MAN (2009)


A SINGLE MAN (2009)


TWO LOVERS (2008)


VICKY CRISTINA BERCELONA (2008)


THE WACKNESS (2008)


YOUR SISTER'S SISTER (2012)
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Feel free to add to the list...
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Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)

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Not seeing any great movies in the op

Maybe movies you like would be a better post

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Some great movies on TCTTS list IMHO. I think this board is more educated than most, but a couple of my go-tos when friends ask me for recommendations (one comedy, one drama).

The Way Way Back


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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A second for the way way back
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For anyone who likes Linklater movies, Julie Delpy directed her own in 2007 and though stylistically it's slightly different, the influence is obviously there (heavy on dialogue, situational comedy, etc.).

Only real difference this time is her partner is even more nervous and neurotic than she is in Adam Goldberg (who is always great).

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City of God
Lives of Others
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One of my favorite movies of all time

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Good football fix.

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of my favorites. It's long and has slow paces but has so much tension. Every character seems like they're expecting to get offed at any second, except Bob. The music is awesome.
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Goon. Hockey enforcer. Seann William Scott. Funny and only an hour and half long.

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Oh ****, 4 posts above me.
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My favorite coming of age college roadtrip movie - Costner and Judd Nelson.


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I'm embarrassed (I guess?) to say there are only two movies on this entire thread I've even heard of and I haven't seen any movie listed so far.

Edit: Have seen Fandango and that's it. Didn't see that one when I posted.
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I thought this was a pretty good movie. It kind of gets lost in the Nicholas Cage take any role for a paycheck straight to Netflix catalog of movies..

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Blue Ruin - one of the best revenge films ever

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8th grade
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I haven't seen Blue Ruin yet (I need to), but that reminded of me of Green Room, which is fantastic, and from the same director...

GREEN ROOM (2016)
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Good call...

EIGHTH GRADE (2018)
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Kanyes psychiatrist said:
City of God
Lives of Others

Haven't seen either of these yet. I need to remedy that...
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I debated listing Green Room too. A lot of people think it's better than Blue Ruin.
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In reply to TCTTS • 3:17p, 4/10/20
Lives of Others is in my top ten and I am a certified film snob. Incredible film.
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Thanks for the recommendations, needed something to watch this weekend. Now to find out which of these are available on Netlfix/HBO/Hulu.
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Older than most of ones listed but my pick

Miller's Crossing (1990)

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In reply to gggmann • 6:17p, 4/10/20
gggmann said:
Blue Ruin - one of the best revenge films ever

Looks like this is on Netflix. Gonna check it out tonight. Thanks for posting..
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I'm not sure I would call it "great," but The Hammer with Adam Carolla is pretty funny.




This one IS great: Days of Heaven.

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Jim01 said:
Some great movies on TCTTS list IMHO. I think this board is more educated than most, but a couple of my go-tos when friends ask me for recommendations (one comedy, one drama).

The Way Way Back


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford


And we're holding.... Still holding.... Get ready and hold
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Looking thru my library...

About Schmidt
Nebraska
Sideways
Nobody's Fool
The Castle
A Perfect World
Mumford
Boiler Room
Midnight Run
Other People's Money
Quick Change
Wonder Boys
Melvin & Howard
Casualties Of War
The Rainmaker
Ghost World
Dog Day Afternoon
Flight
Lords of Discipline
Thunderheart
Charlie Wilson's War
Glengarry Glen Ross
Traffic
A Civil Action
Inside Llewyn Davis
Burn After Reading
Falling Down
Taking Chance
Waking Ned Devine
Up In The Air

Edit : I went through my DVR storage. Just my opinion on really good films that I don't know are all that famous.

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