Poll: Poll Board Recommendations: Little-Known Gems

Results of 495 votes:

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   School Ties (1992)

    

   The story of a young Jewish boy (brilliantly played by Brendan Fraser) that gets into an elite prep school due to his footballing ability that decides to hide his religion due to the inescapable racis…
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   Local Hero (1983)

    

   Suggested by Verbal_Assault_Specialist
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   Deep Cover (1992)

    

   A brutal neo-noir drug story with Laurence Fishburne's deep-voiced first-person narration - Suggested by BoltBait
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   The Beguiled (1971)

    

   An atmospheric Southern Gothic drama set in an all-girls boarding school during the American Civil War. An atypical films for star Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel, both well-known for their wor…
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   The Hole (1960)

    

   Film about an escape from a French prison - Suggested by Pencho15
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   Perfect Sense (2011)

    

   An odd epidemic appears across the globe: people suddenly lose one of their senses. Susan and Michael begin a relationship in the middle of increasing chaos, Is love possible in such a changed world? …
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   The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998)

    

   Suggested by williamagon
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   Johnny Handsome (1989)

    

   Suggested by Rafael_M
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   Hideous Kinky (1998)

    

   In Kate Winslet's first movie after Titanic, an Englishwoman travels to 1970s Morocco with her two young daughters, where they deal with and adjust to the culture and people of the area. - Suggested …
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    Under Milk Wood (1971)

     

    Big screen adaption of Dylan Thomas's play for voices, which describes one day in the life of the Welsh fishing village Llareggub (read it backwards!) as perceived by the blind retired sea captain Tom…
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    Salaam Bombay! (1988)

     

    Salaam Bombay is the poignant tale of three homeless children who find friendship as they try to navigate a crime-ridden slum in contemporary India. Abandoned or manipulated by the adults in their liv…
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    Palme (2012)

     

    The life and times of Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden until his assassination in 1986. - Suggested by pbn
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    It's a Gift (1934)

     

    A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife. - Suggested by Dweezer
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    Le viager (1972)

     

    A masterpiece of Black comedy, full of such hilarious lines as "we should have sold France to the Germans with a life annuity, with you, we'd be safe", a lawyer dies of a heart attack : &quo…
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    My Way (2011)

     

    Suggested by otter68
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    Resurrection (1980)

     

    A woman in middle-America has near death experience that sees to have given her the power to heal, both herself and others. As she becomes a local celebrity, people depend upon her abilities and also …
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    My Architect (2003)

     

    This documentary follows the film's director, Nathaniel Kahn, as he investigated the tragic life of his father Luis Kahn (to whom Nathaniel was born out of wedlock). On his journey around the world, N…
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    Nothing But a Man (1964)

     

    Well crafted film with a naturalistic and documentary feel that tells the story of the tribulations of a young African-American couple at the beginning of the civil rights era, with outstanding lead p…
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    Come Next Spring (1956)

     

    ".... a ne'er-do-well alcoholic husband returns to his wife and two children, in a small Arkansas town, years after abandoning them, hoping to make amends" Trivia: Earl Hamer, creator of The…
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    My First Mister (2001)

     

    Suggested by cartman_1337