How about a "Great Indie Film No One's Ever Heard Of" thread?

[bif]

With some gem you've discovered and would like to share with the group? I have a long list of these. Here are a couple: Rory O'Shea Was Here" "Butterfly" and "The Butterfly. Plus "Zelary".

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. GREAT idea....I will look through my Netflix rental history and add my recs -

Zelary - absolutely! I've got many more...back later.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. OK - here goes - long list below...these are our ***** recommendations

These are all of the ***** movies (in our humble opinion!) that are less than big blockbuster releases - it is a mixed bag - many are indie, many are foreign, a few are documentaries.....but they all left an impression! This represents 7 years of movie rental/viewing (at a rate of about 10 per month!)

Mulholland Drive
Inland Empire
Temple Grandin
Everlasting Moments
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Revanche
Depatures
Mother of Mine
August Evening
Bright Star
Cherry Blossoms
Zelary
Goodbye Solo
Young @ Heart
Strangers in Good Company
Into the Wild
The Tunnel
Junebug
Nowhere in Africa
The Class
Me and You and Everyone we Know
Yesterday
The Hairdresser's Husband
Enchanted April
The Reader
I've Loved You so Long
A Secret
Kinamind
Under the Sun
The Visitor
Wordplay
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Pan's Labyrinth
Innocent Voices
Together
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
The Lives of Others
Secrets of Lies
The Science of Sleep
Maria Full of Grace
Eternity and a Day
After the Wedding
The Secret Life of Words
The Station Agent
Babel
The Double Life of Veronique
The Nomi Song
The Long Way Home
Loggerheads
Everything is Illuminated
Paper Clips
Mad Hot Ballroom
The Princess and the Warrior
Persona
Run Lola Run
To Live
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter....and Spring
Baraka
Koyaanisqatsi
Paris, Texas
Regret to Inform
Donnie Darko
Ulee's Gold
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
Babette's Feast
Mostly Martha
Bread and Tulips
Mrs. Dalloway
the Hours
Character
Shattered Glass
Dirty Pretty Things
Amelie
Ghost World
Winged Migration
Antonia's Line
Whale Rider
Virgin Suicides
Dancing at Lughnasa
Sense and Sensibility
Red
White
Blue
The Decalogue
American Beauty

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Of these, I've seen and especially recommend

The Most Dangerous Man in America
Departures
Young @ Heart
Strangers in Good Company
Nowhere in Africa
I've Loved You so Long
Pan's Labyrinth
The Lives of Others
Secrets of Lies if you mean "Secrets and Lies"
Babel
The Princess and the Warrior
Persona
Run Lola Run
To Live
Donnie Darko
Ulee's Gold
Babette's Feast
the Hours
Character
Amelie
Ghost World
Winged Migration
Whale Rider
Sense and Sensibility
Red
White
Blue

Also

The Other Side of Sunday
Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy--Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and The World of Apu (from which the last scene of the U.S. film "Mi Familia" was ripped off)
Shower
Max Manus
The Nasty Girl
Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring
Tampopo
Shoot the Piano Player
The Thief
A Time for Drunken Horses

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Whoops...Secrets and Lies! And YES for Tampopo!!!

Will look for the ones you added, LL - thanks.

If you did like Red, White and Blue, check out the Decalogue - just incredible.

[bif]

6. Great list!

I've seen most of them and enjoyed them. I'll have to check out the ones I haven's seen. Loved Departures. Netflix said I'd rated it 4.5 I think but I was reluctant to see it based on the description. Ended up really liking it! Like Phoebe in Wonderland. I'll have to dig my list up and post.

[travelingtypist]

5. My additions

Secret of Roan Inish
The Secret Garden -- the one with Maggie Smith and John Lynch
Damage

[bif]

7. "Woman on Top". Charming little movie

I enjoyed it.

[Lindsey]

8. Many excellent movies listed here. I have to say "The Lives of

Others" absolutely blew me away.

[bif]

9. "All The Little Animals". Highly recommend.

John Hurt and a young Christian Bale. Watched it this morning. Here's the Netflix blurb:


Bobby (Christian Bale), a mentally challenged young man, runs away from home to escape an abusive stepfather (Daniel Benzali) who torments and slaughters Bobby's beloved pets. During his travels, Bobby meets an old man (John Hurt) who spends his days protecting animals from speeding vehicles on the highway and giving a proper burial to unfortunate road kill. The two become friends, but Bobby's hateful stepfather soon tracks him down.

[TuxedoKat]

11. Did you see

Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun? It wasn't an indie movie (I don't think) but he was incredible in it. John Malkovich at his best too in that one.

[bif]

12. Saw it years ago

It was very well done. You're right, it wasn't an indie film--it was directed by Spielberg.

[SpiralHawk]

10. The 8th Fire

http://the8thfire.org/8thfire/index.htm

[Tikki]

13. It's on NF, it's streaming and foreign....

"With A Friend Like Harry"...French (I think) (dubbed, wish it was subtitled, instead).
It really stays with you and there are numerous theories on what is really going on...figuratively and literally.

I catch myself thinking about scenes from time to time...like chapters from a good read.


Tikki

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. Yes, the most Hitchcock-like film I've ever seen from anyone who ISN'T

Hitchcock: full of black humor and featuring an ordinary man who suddenly finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Have I added "Strangers in Good Company"?

It's about a busload of elderly women from a Canadian senior center who get stranded in the wilderness. As they wait for rescue, they share stories of their lives. (The stories are based on the actual lives of the non-professional actresses.)

Terrific film for anyone interested in women's issues or senior issues.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. just a superb movie! Loved it!

[bif]

17. "Fugitive Pieces"

Great movie. Not quite as good as the book, which is in my top 10 best books of all time. But it's very well done.

Netflix description:

Based on the acclaimed debut novel from poet Anne Michaels, this stirring tale centers on Jakob Beer (Stephen Dillane), a Jewish immigrant haunted by the murder of his family at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. Featuring stellar performances from Rade Serbedzija (Shooter), Rosamund Pike (Fracture) and Ayelet Zurer (Vantage Point), this poignant drama is adapted and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

[Kind of Blue]

18. Some Indies I've enjoyed a lot, especially The Fall

The Fall Ink Metropia Don't Look Back
Camille Dog Days of Summer Blithe Spirit

[supernova]

20. Thanks for the recs

We have Metropia in the queue and haven't finished it yet. Don't really know what to think about it. Blithe Spririt I'm looking forward to.

[Kind of Blue]

25. It took me a few to figure out what

was going on in Metropia but was intrigued with the animation that I think is stop notch though just a bit disturbing at first. I was surprised by how well the visual effects were done in Blithe Spirit, I think from the '40s, and the actress playing the medium is a hoot.

[bif]

19. Just watched "The White Countess" Excellent movie

I'd give it four stars. Excellent acting but perhaps a bit slow moving for some viewers. Here's the Netflix synopsis:

Blinded by a traumatic event that took the lives of his wife and daughter, disenchanted ex-U.S. diplomat Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) dreams of owning a gentleman's club. But his life changes forever when he crosses paths with an exiled Russian countess (Natasha Richardson). Acclaimed director James Ivory helms this romantic drama about two lonely people who find hope amid the political turmoil of 1930s Shanghai.

[bif]

21. "Stone of Destiny" Excellent movie!

Streamed it this morning. Here's the Netflix description:

Based on true events of 1950, this comic adventure follows Scottish nationalist Ian Hamilton (Charlie Cox) and three other young men as they make a daring raid on Westminster Abbey in an attempt to return the historic Stone of Scone to Scotland. Hamilton and his cohorts must outwit British authorities in their mission to right a centuries-old wrong and revive Scottish national pride. Kate Mara, Billy Boyd and Robert Carlyle co-star.

[supernova]

22. "Don't Look Back"

Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci star in this psychological drama. A woman living a comfortable life in Paris with a hot hubby and two kids, what could possibly be wrong? Well, she starts seeing things differently. The kitchen table is in the wrong place. The living room is a different color. And the furniture is different.....what's going on here??

[supernova]

23. Lemon Tree

Dramatizes the issues between Israeli settlers and Palastinians. A palestinian woman just wants to keep her family lemon grove going...

[beac]

24. "Providence" from 1977 starring John Gielgud.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076574/