Two that I've watched recently that I was not familiar with were Last of the Dogmen with Tom Berenger and Barbara Hershey and The Snow Walker starring Barry Pepper. The Snow Walker is based on the book by Farley Mowat.

Bill

Well, you obviously know this one but I heartily recommend "The Dish" - what a great movie!!

You have to love Beethoven to love this movie. Fortunately, I have a celebrity crush on Beethoven.

Ahem.

Anyway, Immortal Beloved. It stars Gary Oldman as Beethoven (a brilliant performance, I might add).

The music is phenomenal, and it gives you quite a bit of background on Beethoven. Some of it is pure speculation, but still very interesting.

immortal beloved is good.

i loved high strung, but it's only out on vhs and horribly expensive. sigh.

hmmm. it happened one night is great. as is bringing up baby. both are old movies though.

Awww.... Empress beat me to my recommendation. I LOVE that movie. Everybody should watch it.

My favorite 'odd ball' movie is called "Local Hero" about a big oil company who tries to buy a small island off the coast of Scotland.

Burt Lancaster (older) is in it and there are so many memorable characters -- it's one of my favorites of all time.

Have you seen any (or all) of the Christopher Guest mockumentaries?

Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind? And he's got a new one coming out soon, too.

And speaking of mockumentaries, how about Drop Dead Gorgeous? More hilarious one-liners than one mortal can comprehend. . . . .

If you're looking for a quirky comedy, I'd suggest "Millions". It's a neat British film about a boy and his brother who find a bag full of money. Then they try to spend it. (And even though the actors speak English, at times their accents are thick enough that turning on subtitles helps.) But this movie wasn't panned. Critics generally liked it. I liked "Whale Rider", too.
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I adore quirky British movies!

I recommend: "Green Fingers"
"A fish-out-of-water comedy in the vein of 1997's oft-imitated The Full Monty, Greenfingers takes as its inspiration the true story of a group of British criminals who bettered themselves through the delicate art of gardening..." It stars Clive Owen, David Kelly and Helen Mirren.

Also: "Cold Comfort Farm"
"The heroine of Gibbons' story, Flora Poste (Kate Beckinsale), is an aspiring young writer with two needs: material for her first novel, and a cheap place to live and work. A wealthy friend encourages her to take advantage of her country cousins and impose upon them for lodgings..." Also stars Eileen Atkins, Rufus Sewell, Ian McKellen, etc.

Both movies are real gems and will not disappoint.

U-571

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine

GREAT FLICK

If you've not seen it yet, you must rent "American Dreamer" with JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti. "She was an ordinary housewife until her trip to Paris turned into an extraordinary adventure." The clothes and hair scream 1984, but this movie is such fun.

"Swing Kids" tells a little bit of history.
"In 1939 Hamburg, Germany, a group of teenagers express their rebellion against Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime through their affection for American swing music, British fashion, and Harlem slang. American and British big-band jazz records are among those banned by the Fuhrer, but the young men secretly get together with their friends to listen and dance to the music."
Interesting and informative, is loaded with talent. I wonder how the US gov would fare if it tried to take away the freedom of its youth to listen to whatever music they chose?

How about My Life As A House or 21 Grams ? Or House of Sand and Fog? Also for something not so heavy, one of my very favorites is She's The One?

Meet Joe Black.....Up at the Villa.....Memento

Fom the comedy archives, I always liked Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Not many people I know saw it, and critics panned it.

A very old movie starring Walter Mathau entitled, "A New Leaf". It was the funniest damned movie, and also had a very serious side; almost a dark comedy. You'll have to order it special because it is considered vintage by now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067482/ This is a link to learn more about the movie, "A New Leaf". Also, the spelling of his last name was, Matthau, with 2 T's.

I don't recall critics panning "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"...I watch that movie every New Year's Eve, and it tickles the dammit out of me.

Ever seen "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"? It's worth watching simply for the 15-20 scene of Young Hedwig dancing manically on a bed in the tiny cold-water Austrian(?) flat he shared with his mother. God, I laughed myself stooopid.

Another one that didn't seem to enjoy a lot of popularity was "Quills", which puzzles me. Geoffrey Rush as the Marquis de Sade is brilliant, and Kate Winslet is meltingly beautiful as the prison maid. It's a bit disturbing in places, but none of it's gratuitous, which would have been an easy trap to fall into -- I mean, it's about the Marquis de freaking Sade!

And really? Probably my favourite guilty pleasure movie of all time is "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Seriously, I never fail to howl when she rags out the police sargeant played by Garry Marshall.

I really could go on and on, but I won't. I think I need to watch something now.

Eeww... Buzz have you ever seen True Romance ?

Classics are awesome! Some of my faves are:

The Thin Man series
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Laura, with Gene Tierney
Portrait of Jennie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
The Miracle Worker (1962)

Oh, and please let us know when you view one of our recommendations, and if you enjoyed it or not.

I loved My Life as a House.. great movie..and noone I know around here has ever seen it.. Then Music From Another Room.. Jude Law is in it..that alone makes it a must see.. and another one I never even heard of til I saw it on HBO and just love is Center Stage. Its about the students in a ballet school..and great soundtrack

One more for your list, Buzz. And I'm thinking this movie is just what you're looking for: "Living in Oblivion" starring Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, and Dermot Mulroney. It's an indie movie about making an indie movie. Quirky, funny, very good, little known. I saw it last night and just sent it back to Netflix.
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One of my favorite oddball movies (that no one seems to like but me) is "They Might Be Giants" with George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward.

Wow, somebody else saw "They Might Be Giants" and liked it besides me! I LOVE that movie! Buzz, you gotta rent that!

Another different movie stars Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, called "Sleuth." This is a fascinating character study, and a real cat-and-mouse battle of wits. As one might imagine here, the guys are at odds over the same woman. Please tell me, if you watch--and you must!--if you recognize the actress that is pictured in the portrait of the wife. I'll tell you if you're right or not.