Low-Key Favorite movies

[PantherProud]

What are some of your favorite movies that weren't big hits or widely marketed that have flown under the radar for most?

Sort of like a cult classic, but just to you.


Some of mine:


After the Sunset (Jewelry heist in the tropics, watch for Salma Hayak alone)

Executive Decision (Special Forces board a 747, mid-air to stop a hijacking)

Club Dread (IMO far better than either Super Troopers or anything else from Broken Lizard)

Accepted (a group of kids who don't get accepted to college, start their own)

Pan (outside of Hook, IMO the best twist on the Peter Pan story)

 

[Eric Stratton]

Killing Zoe - with Eric Stoltz It was the director's first movie who was a buddy of Quentin Tarantino and helped him make Pulp Fiction

 

[queencitybuckeye]

Night on Earth

 

[SLS]

The Straight Story

 

[chs1971]

For brevity, I stayed in this century.

The Salton Sea - 2002. Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, and tweakers.

Lost in Translation - 2003. Drama. Bill Murray's favorite film of his own, with 19-year-old Scarlett Johannsen. Directed by Sofia Coppola.

Apocalypto - 2006. Written and directed by Mel Gibson. Outstanding. The end of the Mayans. Native languages with subtitles. "I am Jaguar Paw! This is my forest!"

Children of Men - 2006. Julianne Moore, Clive Owen. One of the best Sci-Fi films of all time, not fantasy or horror.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 2007. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard..

Eastern Promises - 2007. Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts.. The Russian mob in London.

Appaloosa - 2008. Ed Harris, Viggo Mortenson, Renee Zellweger. One of the few westerns written by Robert B. Parker.

In Bruges - 2008. Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson. Hit men sent on vacation. Everybody dies, but in a humorous way.

Winter's Bone - 2010. A 19-year-old Jennifer Lawrence. Ozark Mts. and meth.

Killing Them Softly - 2012. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini. A mob enforcer is sent in to restore order.

 

[RaiderFan76]

Happy Gilmore.

 

[Dukes2025]

Happy Gilmore.

I would have to disagree on this one. Personally I think Adam Sandler is over hyped up and his movies are repetitive. If I was to chose a movie I'd have to go with Benchwarmers.

 

[eastisbest]

Taking Chance

 

[JackEd]

I’m gonna get you sucka

Apacalypto was a great call

Can’t Hardly Wait

 

[PantherProud]

I’m gonna get you sucka

Apacalypto was a great call

Can’t Hardly Wait

hmm never really thought of Can't Hardly Wait as "low key". I suppose it is. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Seth Green hadn't quite "made it big" yet.

 

[hubman]

Fried Green Tomatoes
Forever Young

In my neighborhood one that is not a low key favorite, but probably is outside of it is The Five Heartbeats!

 

[irish_buffalo]

MacGruber

 

[vamp2syd]

Donnie Darko

enough said...... The God of low-budget films!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PantherProud]

The Last Castle is another worth checking out.

 

[oxat622]

Bulworth. Outstanding late 90s political satire. Warren Beaty and Halle Berry. I turned it on Netflix thinking I was getting Bowfinger, and it's now in my top five.

 

[Omar]

Windy City Heat. Full movie on YouTube

 

[Mackinbiner]

Melvin and Howard
Goin' South

Both included Mary Steenburgen

 

[Crusaders]

Being John Malkovich

 

[NewOldBlood]

True Romance, Wild Things, Juice, The Program, American History X, Sweet Home Alabama, This Means War, House Party, Above the Rim. I'm sure I have several others, but these come to mind pretty quickly.

 

[isadore]

Used Cars

 

[utsherman]

PCU.

 

[soccerdad72]

Watch It (1993): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108521/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Early John McGinley and Peter Gallagher before they were big(ish) names. Haven't seen it on any streaming or cable forever, though.

 

[JackEd]

I’ll second American History X. Awesome movie

 

[PantherProud]

PCU.

Yes! I hate that I can't buy this on any streaming service. I did watch a bootleg copy on Youtube a few months ago though.


Two others that are also Low-Key (that unfortunately you also can't currently purchase on any streaming service):


Airheads

Hoodwinked

 

[utsherman]

Yes! I hate that I can't buy this on any streaming service. I did watch a bootleg copy on Youtube a few months ago though.


Two others that are also Low-Key (that unfortunately you also can't currently purchase on any streaming service):


Airheads

Hoodwinked

Nice. I happen to own this on VHS. Lol. I recently checked on different streaming services and could not find either.

 

[Omar]

I’ll second American History X. Awesome movie

Is that really low key? It’s a pretty well known movie.

 

[Omar]

Donnie Darko

enough said...... The God of low-budget films!!!!!!!!!!!

Every emo Millennial’s favorite movie.

 

[Omar]

True Romance, Wild Things, Juice, The Program, American History X, Sweet Home Alabama, This Means War, House Party, Above the Rim. I'm sure I have several others, but these come to mind pretty quickly.

Sweet Home Alabama & This Means War… ghey.

 

[PantherProud]

Nice. I happen to own this on VHS. Lol. I recently checked on different streaming services and could not find either.

yea I have it on dvd (all 3 I mentioned) but have been converting what I have to streaming.

 

[14Red]

I would have to disagree on this one. Personally I think Adam Sandler is over hyped up and his movies are repetitive. If I was to chose a movie I'd have to go with Benchwarmers.

Not every movie is a hit, and I feel the same about Will Farrell. I really don't like any of his movies other than Elf. I do like most of Sandler's movies. Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Mr. Deeds are the top 4, he's also good in the remake of the Longest Yard.