I already a similar list on Niume, but it has only 8 movies (click → 📋 if you want to see it anyway) and I was re thinking about it and kept saying myself "I should have added this movie or this other one.." so I decided to make a newer list with partially new movies.
Since tons of movies come out every year, it is likely that will miss some of them, whether they be Academy-worthy or not...Blame it on the fact that it hasn't been publicized that much or it was an indipendent movie or, simply, it hasn't been aired in your country. So here's a list of nearly unknown movies I've watched in the last decade or so...and you should watch too!
- Dear Frankie (2004) is a bitter sweet story about a single mom, who replies to her son's letters pretending she's his father, working on a ship. But when the ship is scheduled to dock in the town they're living in, she comes up with a controversial solution rather than revealing the truth to her son.
If you'd like to know more, my review is here → 🎬
- The Painted Veil (2006) set in London during the "Roaring Twenties", a young girl marries a man she's not fully in love with, but as she follows him in a travel in the poorest regions of China, every belief she had will change.
- The Air I Breath (2007) a mixed stories movie, where a group of people's lives (who don't know one another) intersect. Stunning Brendan Fraser in a tragic role!
- Charlie Bartlett (2007) a troubled boy, seeking for acceptance and trying to be someone worthy of people's time, move from a private to a public school. What he'll be able to do there is astonishing!
- Taking Chance (2009) it is a TV movie with Kevin Bacon, escorting the body of a fallen soldier back to his hometown. It's heart melting how many lives the soldier touches, even if no longer alive.
- Cracks (2009) a story of female education and growing with Eva Green, portraying a strong and charismatic teacher, tested by the arrival of a new student, apparently immune to her methods.
- Paris Manhattan (2012) it follows the life and love misadventures of a parisian pharmacist with the passion for Woody Allen's movies.
If you'd like to know more, my review is here →🎬
- Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014) a funny French commedy about a father of 4 daughters, all married to non French and non catholic men...except the youngest, who reveals she was proposed from a Catholic guy...when the parents go to meet him, they'll have a huge surprise!
If you'd like to know more, my review is here → 🎬
- A Perfect Day (2015) a tragicomic day in the lives of a group of aid workers in former Yugoslavia, by the end of the war. It has hilarious moments and really cruent ones, but I belive this is a must see!
- The Fundamentals of Caring (2016) a wordless author start a paraller career as caregiver: his first patient is Trevor, quadriplegic young boy...Surprisingly they'll help each other with their own weaknesses during a road trip!
This is my list of not so famous movies that everyone (in my opinion) should read. Did you see some of these? What's on your list? Let me know in the comments!
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