Great Under the Radar Movies
A list of movies that you may not hear about getting awards or making money or having nick cage in them, but nonetheless are great.
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- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsScoot McNairyWhitney AbleMario Zuniga BenavidesSix years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.A subtle, character-driven low budget movie about aliens. Really unique blend of themes in this movie
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsMads MikkelsenMaarten StevensonAlexander MortonForced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.Don't know what to say about this movie other than it is nuts. Really unlike anything I have ever seen
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittLukas HaasEmilie de RavinA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.it's noir, it's about kids in high school, it's got Joe Gordon levvit. See it goddammit!
- DirectorKevin AschStarsJesse EisenbergJustin BarthaDanny A. AbeckaserIn Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.It's just like American Gangster except with more jews. Eisenberg is doing his nervous jewish Eisenbergey thing. Sweet movie
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsThure LindhardtMads MikkelsenStine StengadeA drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.An interesting, fast, well-acted movie about the Danish resistance in WWII. Mads mikkelsen needs to be in as many movies as possible
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsPhilip Baker HallJohn C. ReillyGwyneth PaltrowProfessional gambler Sydney teaches John the tricks of the trade. John does well until he falls for cocktail waitress Clementine.Paul Thomas Anderson's first movie and a great start to his career. Kind of a simple plot, but the characters take it deep and it sets the stage for his more successful films
- DirectorShane MeadowsStarsThomas TurgooseStephen GrahamJo HartleyA young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.Very raw, emotional movie. this movie sticks with you. A bit like england's version of American History x
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam ShepardRobert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.Best Western I have ever seen. the magnificent seven can suck it.
In any other year Casey affleck would have won best supporting actor, with Bardem in No Country owning it that year. - DirectorMike JudgeStarsLuke WilsonMaya RudolphDax ShepardCorporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.Absolutely hillarious. It's comedy central all the time, but you need to see the real full un-edited version.
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsViggo MortensenCharlize TheronKodi Smit-McPheeIn a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.Adapted from a book by the same author Cormac Mccarthy that wrote No Country for Old Men.
A movie without a real genre. Too dark to be a drama. Not a real horror movie, but it had scenes that scared me more than any other movie has. - DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsMatt DamonTony HalePatton OswaltThe U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.It's hard to believe a Matt Damon movie didn't get more pub, especially one as good as this. Really funny in a dry, non-punch liney way
- DirectorJody HillStarsDanny McBrideBen BestMary Jane BosticAn inept tae kwon do instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow tae kwon do enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Wallace.the film that started Danny McBride's career. A must-see for Eastbound and Down fans.
Eastbound and Down is a must-see for people with a sense of humour - DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.Did the matrix before there was the matrix. Doesn't have all the fun action sequences, but very celebral and very cool. And you don't have to deal with Keanu acting confused for 2 hours
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsDaniel CraigSienna MillerMichael GambonA successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.the quintessential action movie. Daniel Craig rocks it in his james bond way, great fight scenes, a cool crime plot, sienna miller takes her top off, and no bad dialogue. What more do you want?
- DirectorAkiva SchafferStarsAndy SambergIsla FisherIan McShaneSelf-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation.the lonly island guys made a movie! And it was awesome!
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsDennis ChristopherDennis QuaidDaniel SternA working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.a great coming of age story. A little kooky and revolves around someone obsessed with becoming a professional bicyclist. but it's actually a great story about a group of friends growing up
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonDouglas LigonBarlow JacobsSet in Arkansas, this poetic and powerful film directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) tracks a blood feud that erupts when two sets of half-brothers come to blows at their father's funeral.Saw this at Ebertfest, and really enjoyed it. Kind of an understated indie - Winter's bone type movie.
Michael Shannon really delivers in the lead role - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest BorgnineIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.Maybe it's just under the rader for me because it came out years before i was born. But I love this movie. It has some really funny in retrospec cgi. Kurt Russell as Snake Pliskin is just badass and hillarious at the same time
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsRay WinstoneGuy PearceEmily WatsonA lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.an Austrailian Western starring Guy Pearce. It's as awesome as it sounds
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsLuke WilsonOwen WilsonNed DowdThree friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.Wes Anderson's first. It's hard not to like this movie. I love the rest of his stuff, but this is my second favorite behind Rushmore,
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsJames FrechevilleGuy PearceJoel EdgertonA seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.Australian crime drama. A family based movie with some really *beep* in the head family members
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColm MeaneyHenry GoodmanDavid RoperThe story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.I love soccer, but I think this film holds up even if you don't care for english football
- DirectorJim StrouseStarsSam RockwellEmma RobertsRob CorddryA comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team.Like Hoosiers with girls. If Shooter had been the head coach for the whole season.
Really funny, Sam Rockwell is one of my favorite actors and he kills it in this. - DirectorBrant SersenStarsRob CorddryPaul ScheerDannah Feinglass PhirmanCaught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.so damn funny. Stars a lot of guys from the alt comedy scene. People from human giant, earwolf podcasts, the show Children's Hospital. Great stuff
- DirectorAaron KatzStarsCris LankenauRaúl CastilloRobyn RikoonA guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.