Movies and TV Older Movies That Are Forgotten - Page 5

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.
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Saw these on Tubi recently. Who remembers?

Kuffs (Christian Slater)

Freejack (Emilio Estevez)

I've seen Freejack a million times. Mick Jagger does pretty well.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
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.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
I've seen Freejack a million times. Mick Jagger does pretty well.

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.
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
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.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
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.
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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
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
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?
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Originally Posted by Pepe Silvia:
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. ��
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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.
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
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.

Smokin Aces really cool.
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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.
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Originally Posted by 4th and Long:
Nobody leaves here without singing the blues.
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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.
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Originally Posted by Frazod:
Yeah, it was an entertaining flick.

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

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... "Fuck the bonus".

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
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.

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. 😂
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