The Emerald Forest

OldArmy71 said:

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Breaking Away is a great film!

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Indeed, but I wouldn't consider it a lesser known film. it won an Academy Award and Golden Globe, and there was a TV series based on the film.

I would say it's lesser known among the youngsters on this board!

Yes, breaking Away is incredible. I left that off my list, even though it's in my library, as I assumed it was "well known".

So, a couple of additions, which I feel are 10s, yet I just don't know if the younger forum participants are aware of:

The Committments
Jeremiah Johnson
Flight Of The Intruder



Let's go downtown...



Tribes.

Very good film. And I believe, a "made for TV" movie.
Darren McGavin (and he was great in The Night Stalker)
Earl Holliman
Jan-Michael Vincent




And then the greatest movie ever (Hank Hill agrees) :

The Great Santini

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2sdc4u



I'm not aware of any academy awards for these films...

Deca 2

Black Sea
Doubt
Calvary
There Be Dragons
For the Greater Glory
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Last Station
Take Shelter
The Paperboy
The Guard

...and the movie inspired Sara Bareilles to write one of the best songs for a musical

redline248 said:

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it is worth R.E.-watching for Jessica Alba, alone

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I prefer to watch with Jessica Alba...

Apache said:

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The Machinist

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Talk about commitment to a role....

Mr Brooks

Big Eyes...

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Thank you to all posters who have stepped up to submit better predictions.

Please watch the films I've suggested as we wait for my further recommendations, and feel free to request a particular genre for future recommendations.

Edit:
Next listing will be tomorrow between 5 and 6pm CST.

cc10106 said:

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Prisoners:

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I was about to post this one. Just watched it tonight. Another Jake G movie I watched this week was Nightcrawler

Meant to write "choices" instead of "predictions," which obviously doesn't make sense.

All apologizes. See you tomorrow evening.

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We will all wait with baited breath

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"bated" breath

Thanks to the OP, started watching Locke...

It's starting pretty slow.

Tell me what you think when it's over. It's not for everyone, but personally, I loved it. I just couldn't believe they effectively pulled off an entire movie that takes place in a single car ride.

Just watched Goon, liked it a lot. Good recommendation. I'm a Seann William Scott fan, his career never took off like I thought it would.
Going to watch Blue Ruin next.

A few others I've seen this year, which I enjoyed:

Vox Lux
The Visit
All Good Things
Good Time
A Rainy Day In New York

That Prisoners trailer is very spoiler-y. Still need to watch Nightcrawler, and i have a Google Play credit waiting to be used. Gotta make it count!

Watched Blue Ruin on Netflix over the weekend and will be catching more recommendations here.

Good thread, OP.

Two off the wall picks I recommend.

This Norwegian disaster movie. It's crazy over the top and the English dub I watched wasn't always great, but it's a pretty great and tense disaster movie.

Coherence is great.

I'll throw out The Man From Earth. Similar movie.

Deca 3, exactly like I predicted:

The Grey
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Young Adult
Baby Mama
Satan's Little Helper
Get the Gringo
Night Watch
Slow West
Nebraska
Apollo 18