Lesser known movies / TV shows that you love(d)

[Khartun]

Now a show like Space:Above and Beyond was lesser known and frankly better than anything you mentioned.

Loved that show.

Firefly is one of my all time favorite series but I agree not really lesser known.

There was a show that lasted one season that I liked called Kindred: The Embraced. It was a vampire series based on the video game Vampire: The Masquerade. It had C. Thomas Howell in it. I liked it.

A Bruce Campbell series called The Adventures of Brisco County Jr was great too.

Farscape was cool.

 

[wittenacious]

Firefly was all over the place - it got canceled because outside of a few nerds no one watched.

Harsh, burm.

I'd spend some time defending Firefly, since I'm one who enjoyed the series while it lasted, but I've got to go to the store and get some more pocket protectors and masking tape. Eh, but I may just have my son go.

He's a chip off the old block -- knows exactly what I need.

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[Rynie]

4) Hero - a Quentin Tarantino/Jet Li martial arts film with amazing cinematography.

Tarantino actually had nothing to do with the film other than helping it get released. Also, you JUST NOW discovered this movie?

My favorite show back in the day. I own every season on DVD.
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[rynochop]

Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammer, that movie cracked me up. Lauren Holly didnt hurt either.

Swingers, maybe not lesser known, but seems like everyone i know hasnt seen it.

 

[Rynie]

Down Periscope with Kelsey Grammer, that movie cracked me up. Lauren Holly didnt hurt either.

Swingers, maybe not lesser known, but seems like everyone i know hasnt seen it.

"I don't have a nick name. I'm working on one though. How's this? ..MIKE"

 

[ethiostar]

Harsh, burm.

I'd spend some time defending Firefly, since I'm one who enjoyed the series while it lasted, but I've got to go to the store and get some more pocket protectors and masking tape. Eh, but I may just have my son go.

He's a chip off the old block -- knows exactly what I need.

Yeah, there were a lot of reasons why Firefly got cancelled, the first of which is the network kept moving the date and time of when it aired. But like i said, there were many reasons.

 

[wittenacious]

Yeah, there were a lot of reasons why Firefly got cancelled, the first of which is the network kept moving the date and time of when it aired. But like i said, there were many reasons.

I've read a lot of the reasons given and talked about — some factual, some speculative — but bottom line...
it was an expense show to produce and it was under performing in the ratings:

Former Fox president explains why Firefly
had to be canceled​

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"Canceling 'Firefly' was as difficult as anything I'd ever been involved in because
Joss and I had been creative partners at one time ... I worked with him very closely
on this particular show and when it didn't perform [in the ratings], having to cancel
it was very difficult.

"If I had to do it over again, I might have reconsidered it but I'm not sure it would
have changed anything," she said. "It was a numbers things. It was a wonderful
show and I loved it and I loved working with him on it but that was a big show, a
very expensive show and it wasn't delivering the numbers."


source: http://blastr.com/2011/03/former-fox-president-explains-why-firefly-had-to-be-canceled.php
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[BrAinPaiNt]

Twin Peaks - Show that got cancelled after two seasons. Left with a whole lot of questions because of the cancellation though.

I Saw the Devil - One of my favorite movie discoveries ever. A revenge film that is a bit violent, but done well enough not to ruin it.

Been wanting to see that one for some time now. But have not found it online for free yet. Oops.

If you like that you might like man from nowhere.

Some other asian movies (went through a bit of a phase a few months ago)...

Audition
Cure
Suicide Club
Been wanting to see Ichi the Killer but have only found it once and it had no subtitles.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

'I Shouldn't Be Alive' - show that I think is now on Animal Planet. It's a recounting of real-life stories where people escape death. Usually it has to do with some sort of hiking expedition and people get in over their head quickly. Just thinking about some of the shows I've seen makes me shake my head.


Buzzkill - Growing up, the inside joke between my friends and I was that 'Eventually, MTV ruins everything.' MTV had a lot of innovative ideas for shows, but in the end they would wind up getting their hands on the successful shows and make them too contrived. I remember Buzzkill being a hilarious show that pranked celebrities, but were kicked off after feuding with MTV execs because they played a brilliant prank on some stars like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey...because we don't want to make fun of those two :bang2: So in the end, MTV couldn't ruin this show...so they just cancelled it.


SLC Punk - It's gained a little notoriety over the years and I'm surprised how many people thoroughly hate this movie for whatever reason. Personally, the movie struck a huge chord with me. It was almost like they took part of my late high school years and college years and mixed them into one, except replacing 80's Punk rock for 80's and early 90's hip hop (although I was a fan of many rock bands at the time as well).


Suckers - Not even sure why I like this movie so much. It's a comedy on a car dealership in LA. Hilarious in every way.


Shark Tank Redemption - Kind of a mini-film that is a spoof on Shawshank Redemption with 'Shawshank Prison' being working in a cubicle at a film agency in LA. And Andy Dufresne is a character named 'Randy Tulane' with Red as a character named 'Fred.' HEEE-LARRY-US. I always look out for this film and it's almost impossible to find.


TV Funhouse - Was on Comedy Central briefly and was based off of Robert Smigel's work from the SNL TV Funhouse skits.










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[Mash]

Twin Peaks - Show that got cancelled after two seasons. Left with a whole lot of questions because of the cancellation though.

I Saw the Devil - One of my favorite movie discoveries ever. A revenge film that is a bit violent, but done well enough not to ruin it.

I saw the Devil is a classic....

Another one is a Spanish movie called "The secret in their eyes"

A recent one I watched was a English movie with Micheal Cain called Harry Brown

Tv Shows

Homeland

If you like soaps.......most know this show.....Downton Abbey

Last few are not lesser known......sorry

 

[Mash]

Been wanting to see that one for some time now. But have not found it online for free yet. Oops.

If you like that you might like man from nowhere.

Some other asian movies (went through a bit of a phase a few months ago)...

Audition
Cure
Suicide Club
Been wanting to see Ichi the Killer but have only found it once and it had no subtitles.

Thks will have to see if I can find them on torrent .....

 

[EGTuna]

Movies:
"Point Blank" (French thriller from 2010)
"Gomorrah" (Italian crime movie - modern day "Mean Streets")
"Sin Nombre" (Spanish movie that is a gripping tale of coming illegally to USA from Cental America)
"City of God" (Brazillian flick about children in the RIo ghettos)
"Before The Devil Knows Your Dead" (Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke in a great thriller)
"Before Sunrise" & "Before Sunset" (The original and it's sequel 9 years later should be required viewing for all High School seniors).
"A Prophet" (French prison/crime flick that is really good)

Another one is a Spanish movie called "The secret in their eyes"

I enthusiastically second this opinion. One of the best on-foot chase scenes inside a soccer stadium you will ever see.

TV:
Everything I would recommend has been mentioned.

 

[DFWJC]

Red Rock West
White Sands
Welcome to Colinwood
Fargo

Good list except...uh...Fargo had seven Academy Award nominations
. Extemely popular flick

 

[The30YardSlant]

Not sure how well known it is but I never hear anyone talk about "The Town" with Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner. I love that movie, one of the best flicks about robbery ever IMO.

"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is an extremely well acted, well written movie that will absolutely crush your soul. It's a movie that delights in having you leave the theatre feeling worse about the world.

Others include "Frequency", "Cube", "Arlington Road", "The Butterfly Effect", "Mr. Brooks" and "Buried".

As far as TV shows, it was only on for one year but I really enjoyed "Now and Again".

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I liked a show called The Event. It only lasted one season and then gone but I liked it.

I liked the Night Stalker. Both the original and the remake were pretty short lived.

I liked Alcatraz. I think that could have gone in a lot of interesting directions. I think it's gone now.

There was a show called Campus Ladies that came out on Oxygen of all places. It was funny but nobody ever watched it so.........

There was a show called Dead Like Me that I loved but it was gone in two seasons.

Rubicon was a show about an intelligence firm who analyzed intelligence for ABC agencies. It was quality television IMO but I guess nobody watched it. That show is better then 95% of the TV out there right now IMO.

I liked BSG but there was a show called Caprica that I thought was pretty good. I started to really like it but it too was cancelled.

Also, I liked a show called the deep end. It was only on for about 6 episodes but I like Addy Fisher so maybe that's why I liked it.

 

[Arch Stanton]

Good list except...uh...Fargo had seven Academy Award nominations
. Extemely popular flick

Independence Day grossed $817 million. Fargo grossed $60 million.

I'd say Fargo wasn't that popular with the public.

 

[Wimbo]

Rubicon was a show about an intelligence firm who analyzed intelligence for ABC agencies. It was quality television IMO but I guess nobody watched it. That show is better then 95% of the TV out there right now IMO.

lol... I'll remove it.

 

[Lodeus]

Been wanting to see that one for some time now. But have not found it online for free yet. Oops.

If you like that you might like man from nowhere.

Some other asian movies (went through a bit of a phase a few months ago)...

Audition
Cure
Suicide Club
Been wanting to see Ichi the Killer but have only found it once and it had no subtitles.

I really like The Man from Nowhere. Been meaning to check a few of those out also.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

:moon: :ref: :nervous:

Really?


OK, fixed it.

 

[Wimbo]

Really?


OK, fixed it.

sorry, that was a funny typo, though.