Older Movies That Are Forgotten
 

Hate to say, in another thread about Peaky Blinders, Blacklist thread, both of which are a great series, but I get tired after a few views. Thus I needed a break.

So I surfed Netflix and found "Awakenings". One of the better Robin Williams obscure films. Not a fan of Robert De Niro, but a good flick from 1992.

I watched it a long time ago. Glad I found it again. I like historical films and a feel good or bad story.

Recommended.

What other hidden gems are out there...

We all have our preferences. This is a generic, not niche classic ala Rocky Horror Picture Show nor Monty Pythons stuff nor Casablanca.

Awakenings was sad as ****

I just feel I have to point out that any movie mentioned in this thread contradicts the thread title.


Carry on

Brazil

Oddly enough, recently I’ve started going back and watching “older” movies that I’ve seen once and never again.

So far I re-watched Drive and Smokin’ Aces. Both were as entertaining as I originally remembered.

There was a period I watched that every other year or so. Maybe seen it a half dozen times, but it has now been a while.

I met my future wife shortly after I got off of active duty and told her about the film, and how much I loved it. Somehow she found me a videotape copy of it and gave it to me as a random present.

At my first glance about a future wife as a "ransom present". I thought it would be appropriate.

Brazil. Never heard or watched it. I was stationed in Germany at that time.

Watching now. Highly recommended from many sites.

Awakenings is good. At least it shows up on Streaming every now and the.

Lots of older films get forgotten these days because they never show on modern Streaming sites. Brazil is only available on VOD currently

A lot of the old Disney/Touchstone pics have been forgotten about because Disney hasn’t released them on streaming. Ruthless People is one of them.

Sideways - 20 years is old I guess. a lot of people missed it.

Conan the Destroyer - its not nearly as gritty as Conan the Barbarian.
But it is more D&D-ish than the D&D movie that came out a coule years ago.

My wife has been in supply chain logistics for 30 some years and has never seen Over The Top so I made her watch it last night LMAO

Shit got me dusty watching Stallone make his entitled kid arm wrestle a bigger kid at a truck stop diner. The bigger kid actor actually had a black thumbnail, not from being emo like todays pussies but probably because he had a side gig working on 3wheelers for his uncle

Its on Pluto, whatever the **** that channel is

+1 for Smokin Aces. Criminally underrated movie with a superb cast. And damn, Alicia Keys was stupid ass hot in it. Shit.

You made her watch that schlock?

You sir are a terrible human being

Pluto and Tubi feel like old school video stores at times. Especially Tubi.

I ordered her an Over the Top Hawk Hauling tshirt today with the eagle emblem on it LMAO

In all seriousness, the Police Academy 1-3 movies have held up well. I'm clearly biased but watched recently and was loving them the entire time and I ****ing hate nostalgia

Ha wow, you're really doing a deep dive on cornball 80s movies :clap:

Adventures in Babysitting. The babysitter was hot as ****.

Really fun and yeah, the cast was star studded. ****ing Chris Pine and Jason Bateman before they were stars lol

Also, yes to Alicia Keys. Those thigh high boots and that shitty wig suited her.

Nighthawks (1981)

Rutger Hauer is the epitome of terrorists.
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That was prime Elisabeth Shue sir.

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Where are we at with Real Genious (CP version)?

It was like Revenge of the Nerds meets The Goonies with non-bloated Val Kilmer

Scored down for lack of titties for the era imho

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Nobody leaves here without singing the blues.
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I did love the D&D movie that came out a couple years ago though.....

Rififi (1955) - I believe it was the first "Get the gang back together for one more job" heist film. It's awesome!

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We ain't gon talk about pre-aids Charlie Sheen in The Wraith?

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Gutter Boy and Skank killed me in this movie. LMAO

I watched it a hundred times, at least. HBO and Cinemax ran it constantly.

Pre-insane Randy Quaid, Charlie Sheen, sweltering hot Sherilyn Fenn, crazy Clint Howard, etc.

Movie kicks a little ass.




A somewhat obscure Sheen movie that kicks a megaton of ass is Beyond the Law. I ****ing love that movie.

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Sheen goes all-in. Watch this movie sometime. It's worth it.

Gattica is a good one

Not forgotten by me. Love it!

Had to google a list.


Warriors

king of NY (Walken, nuff said)

Serpent and the Rainbow

Glenn Gary Glen Ross

Volunteers

Sneakers


edit: Logan's Run

Not so much forgotten, but I don't think anybody knew it existed. But I saw it recently and rather liked it.

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Love real genius. I don't know how it ages, but yeah. That's a fun one.

If you're going pre-AIDS Sheen, choose Kristie Swanson and watch the Chase.

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Although the original Major League aged really well too.

Drive is an older movie? Damn I'm getting old.

Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I bought a pair of roller blades, mostly because of this movie called Airborn. It was on youtube so I watched it not that long ago. Holy hell that is a shit movie that hasn't aged well at all. But the race scene is still entertaining anyway.

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It’s 14 years old

Wouldn't have known that unless you told me (and you did).

I liked that movie as a kid too lol. There was another movie I remember seeing a lot on HBO/Cinemax back in the early 90s that took me forever to find. It's called Big Man on Campus. About a hunchback discovered living in a bell tower on UCLA campus. It's an average comedy but I liked it when I was a kid. I still don't think it's ever had a home video release of any kind. Or if it did, it's rare. Pretty sure you can stream it.

Antonio Banderas' The 13th Warrior

Kurt Russell's Soldier

Jean Claude Van Damme's Kickboxer

Over the top cheesy, a couple boobs for your viewing pleasure and complete lack of any sign of woke.

We might need a 'no woke movie thread'.

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I've made my 8 year old son watch all the movies I loved as a kid. We started with the classics like Goonies, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Big, Karate Kid, etc. Worked through most the of 80's and 90's.

Anyhow, after I made him watch Rad I remembered this movie and searched far and wide for a way to stream it. Nothing! Couldn't find it anywhere on any service, even to buy/rent. So....I had him watch 3-4 scenes from Youtube like this one just to give him the idea. If you know where to find it, let me know!

Kristie Swanson was hot as balls back in the day.

I'm not sure how forgotten it is, but Cannonball Run was a childhood favorite and I'll still watch it from time to time. It had one of the best casts I've ever seen in a movie.

I want to see Big Fish again. I haven't seen it in years, but I remember really enjoying it. I was in the theater telling myself, "You're not going to cry. You're not going to cry."

Yeah, that flick will get to most people who have lost their father.

I've always been a fan of Pump Up The Volume starring a young Christian Slater

Its a very underrated coming of age movie, I never see it on tv or hear anyone talk about it

12 Monkeys

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Couple of old sci-fi films.


A Boy and His Dog
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Silent Running
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And we can't forget the cheesy goodness that was Terminal Velocity!

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Silent Running is my all-time favorite movie. Mom took me to see it in the theater when I was 6.

This was actually my favorite movie as a 5 or 6 year old growing up

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Every guy in my middle school class wanted Kristy Swanson including me.

Saw these on Tubi recently. Who remembers?


Kuffs (Christian Slater)

Freejack (Emilio Estevez)

For some reason I couldn't get into Brazil.

Yeah, me either. I remember starting to watch it once, and then losing interest and flipping to something else.

Bruh, the whole thing is on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPH3B2duKWU

Yes, but it is Jane Leeves.

You need a valid passport

White Water Summer 1987 with Kevin Bacon and Sean Astin was always one of my favs as a kid.

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Fantastic movie. It will certainly never be forgotten by me. I think that was the first movie I ever saw that was completely bereft of good guys. The villain was more likeable than the hero. And I was good with that! Great cast, great performances, twists at the end I certainly didn't see coming. And the car chase is still the best I've ever seen in any movie.

I've seen Freejack a million times. Mick Jagger does pretty well.

Yeah, it was an entertaining flick.

Another rock star who did a good turn as a villain was Gene Simmons in Runaway.

Yea. Watching it again I was reminded why Emilio Estevez never became a bigger star. He just has no screen presence and is not a good actor.

Mick Jagger was good in it. Surprised he hasn’t taken more acting gigs.

Then Anthony Hopkins enters the movie and makes Estevez look like a high school stage actor.

I assume that in real life Estevez is a joke-cracking smart ass, and as long as he basically plays himself in a movie (Young Guns, Freejack, Stakeout), he's fine.

My Name is Nobody
My Name is Trinity
Trinity is Still My Name

Poker scene
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The Wall SLAP!

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Trinity drinking game

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King of New York is on Pluto currently. Haven’t seen that in decades.

Old school Wesley Snipes, David Caruso, Larry Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Christopher Walken of course

Could you imagine ordering $60 dollars worth of food and then getting arrested before you can take a bite of it?

Hahaha. He had tons of cash in his roll. ��

Diner
Cannery Row
Breaking Away
After Hours
House of Games

All very good movies. Not sure where they're available.

I'll probably think of more. This was just off the top of my head.

Smokin Aces really cool.

I watched this movie quite a while ago called "Divorcing Jack". Real neat story with a big plot twist. You dont hear it mentioned anywhere.

Another fun one to watch is "Freeway" with Reese Witherspoon, Keifer Sutherland, Dan Hedaya and Brooke Shields.

Last but not least is an awesome horror movie called "The Town that Dreaded Sundown." Has one of the creepiest scenes in any horror movie.

Nobody leaves here without singing the blues is classic scene. As far as 90’s movies go, this should get more love than it does.

Runaway was the first movie I thought of when I saw this thread. Another Gene Simmons bad guy movie is Wanted Dead or Alive with Rutger Hauer. I remember loving that movie as a kid... "**** the bonus".

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That’s an 80s movie. Not 90s. But classic.

Kinda funny, this scene would never get made today along with scenes in Weird Science.

“Urban people of color are scary!”. Was always good for laughs in the 80s. 😂

OP mentioned Awakenings. Terrific movie. Mom and I saw it in the theater together when it was first released in 1990. We were both pretty soggy-eyed by the end. One of my favorites, though it is a gut punch. My buddy's dad was the screenwriter

Another poster mentioned Drive. Hard to believe that movie is over a decade old already. Had a special lady friend who would come over semi-frequently, and we'd get high as balls rolling to that soundtrack for hours.

I could give you a list of probably 50 or more "overlooked/forgotten" movies, but here you go... After watching many of these films over the years, I'm shocked they didn't all get more play during their time.

Thief: James Caan plays a hardass. Crazy right? Another good Jimmy Caan movie from around the same era is The Gambler.

Charley Varrick: Walter Matthau is a veteran thief/bank robber. And if you're a Pulp Fiction/Tarantino fan, you'll discover Quentin was also clearly a fan of this movie...

Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three: DO NOT BOTHER with the remake. Gotta go with the gritty early 70's OG on this one. Matthau again with a cast of incredible character actors. One of my all time favorites.

The 7 Ups: Roy Scheider, another gritty NYC 70's film with one of THE all-time car chases.

The Hot Rock: Dynamite 70's caper film with Robert Redford and terrific ensemble cast of weirdos. Someone mentioned Sneakers before. Different, but could easily be the same character Redford plays in both films.

Diggstown: James Woods and Lou Gossett Jr take on corruption, gambling, boxing and a young Heather Graham. This movie is a ****ing gem.

Run Lola Run: Late 90's German film with the smoking hot Franka Potente in the lead. So frenetic and fun you won't care about dealing with the subtitles.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot: One of my all time favorites. Clint, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and briefly a young Daisy Duke. If you haven't seen it, it's got everything. Directorial debut from Michael Cimino of Deerhunter fame and Heaven's Gate infamy.

American Movie: Documentary about a couple of lovable goofballs in Wisconsin trying to fulfill their life's ambition of completing their feature horror film Coven, and along the way a lot of laughs, some intentional, a lot of heart and a twinge of sadness/regret. Very good movie that you'll find yourself quoting for days.

Teachers: Prime alcoholic Nick Nolte right here. Just a solid early 80's flick about the trials and tribulations of a burned out teacher in the mid-life crisis and the bureaucracy of public education. Young Ralph Macchio and uber weirdo Crispin Glover also star along a solid cast of character actors and a foxy Jobeth Williams.

Highway to Hell: Where do i begin? Rob Lowe's brother Chad in pretty much his only starring vehicle, plus the aforemention Kristy Swanson in her prime plus a shitload of cameos. Bizarre but pretty awesome.

Class of 1984: This movie is AWESOME. Ultimate teacher's revenge movie getting those ****ing disruptive, non-learning punks! Perry King and a very young Michael J Fox star. Charles Bronson doesn't appear, but he probably should.

The Hitcher: Saw several Rutger Hauer mentions. For my money, you could do a lot worse then this little number. C. Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh star with the ever-terrifying Hauer in one of his most unforgettable roles that doesn't involve Stallone in drag or tears getting lost in the rain.

One False Move: Written by Billy Bob Thornton, who also stars along with my beloved Bill Paxton. Seriously, is there a movie that Paxton doesn't steal every scene he's in? Overlooked and a dynamite little "road" movie.

Trespass: Another overlooked Paxton film directed by Walter Hill, veteran of a number of classic films. Also stars Ice Cube, and Ice-T, sadly no Vanilla Ice, along with a number of memorable faces. Gold treasure in the 'hood baby! Ridiculous concept that somehow works.

Quick Change: And for something a little more light hearted, this movie raced past the radar in 1990, and I can't figure out how. This movie is ****ing amazing. Bill Murray, Geena Davis, pre-off the reservation Randy Quaid and countless other amazing character actors. Another very, very quotable movie about a bank robbery and the tall task of just getting the **** out of the city. Love, love, love this movie.

Doc Hollywood: My last pick for now. Another light hearted movie that didn't seem to get as much play as I think it deserved upon release. Michael J Fox stars as a fish out of water doctor stuck in Mayberry makes for a very, very charming, sweet film with a lot of heart, plenty of laughs and is just one of those movies that make you feel good without getting diabetes. Woody Harrelson in one of his first film roles crushes every scene he's in.

I know I'm long winded and often verbose, but movies and television are a couple of the joys in my life and it's a subject I can talk about ad nauseam, but maybe I can turn a couple folks on to something old, but new to them. Enjoy!

That’s a good list! Amazing how alot of these movies are getting lost to time. People tend to only remember the blockbusters I guess.

Another mostly forgotten movie is one of my favorite westerns, The Long Riders. It's about the James-Younger Gang, and is interesting in that all the brothers in the movie are portrayed by real life brothers; the Keaches play the Jameses, the Carradines play the Youngers, the Quaids play the Millers and the Guests play the Fords. Directed by Walter Hill, it is very slick and stylized, and violent as hell. The Northfield raid is amazing, and it features one of the best knife fights ever. David Carradine in particular is awesome as Cole Younger.

That was a really good movie and one I need to watch again.

Love Doc Hollywood when I was younger and there is a great scene with Julie Warner coming out of the lake in the buff. Not that every great movie needs something like that but it was an added bonus.