Forgotten, underrated, but 1st class films.

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	"One of the 80s most dark and truthful films. What happened to its director?"

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	"Says everything The Wire said 20 years before,  in 1.5% of its running time."

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	"One the best French new wave films - but ridiculously obscure - why?"

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	"Makes 'Shawshank' look the lame Disney fantasy it is. No 'redemption' here."

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	"One of the best post-apocalypse films - and made way before they were trendy."

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	"Forget John Hughes - brutally honest and painfully funny about school life."

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	"From the 'Cutters' crew. What is it with John Heard? This isn't even on DVD!"

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	"OK - it's Weird Al, but I defy you not to laugh. Look out for a young Kramer!"

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	"Jeff Bridges again! This time in  John Huston's best film since the 40s."

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	"No one did Shakespeare as good as Welles. Haunting and humane."

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	"Billy Wilder and Kirk Douglas at their raging best - so why so hard to get?"

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	"Maybe not underrated - at least not by anyone who's seen it! Unique."

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	"As above - this time with the added bonus of a Marvin and Hackman face-off."

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	"Hackman again - 2nd maybe only to Chinatown as a dark 70s P.I. movie."

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	"Connery never really surpassed his roles directed by Sidney Lumet...."

The list author says:
	"... and this one is further proof of that."

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	"Pryor could have made a great 'serious' actor, as this Marxist thriller shows."

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	"Disturbing, cynical and surreal. So 'noir' no light can escape it gravity!"

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	"The first of a surreal, beautiful trilogy with poet Kobo Abe - buy 'em all!"

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	"Terrific child's fantasy - see it before Burton and Depp get their paws on it!"

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	"Before Godfather and Tango, Brando got back on form with this lefty gem."

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	"It wasn't always zombies with Romero - as this vampire (?) classic shows."

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	"A big international hit at the time, but now strangely forgotten."

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	"Scorsese was rejected for this - which may have been a good thing..."

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	"OK - this is a recognised masterpiece. So why is it only on region 1???"