The 'Identify A Movie For Me' Thread 2 - Identify Harder

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SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

I've been trying to track this one down off and on for a while, with no luck. I had it taped off BBC 2 (in the UK) where it was shown as part of some animation season, probably in the early-mid 90s.

It was animated, the character designs looked like they were in a similar style to Fido Dido, with white pupil-less eyes, wavy lines for hair and so on. It was about 2 guys (brothers) and their dog.

I really dont remember that much about the story, I think it was pretty ubsurdist, and involved the brothers fleeing from villains with guns. The end of the movie it shows that the brothers have been telling their story are now hanging on hairhooks (a hook by which one is hung by the hair) in hell, and features the line "And thats how we came to be here, hanging on a hairhook in hell". Then their dog busts through the wall of hell driving a bus, rescues them, and the villains (somehow) end up hanging on hairhooks instead.

I swear to god I'm not making this up, nor did I dream it. My brother remembers it too, but doesnt remember any more details than I do.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2010 18:56

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 18:34

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Enigmatica posted:

I'm trying to remember the name of a movie that I watched about 10 years ago on either IFC or the Sundance channel. I believe it was set in Australia, but I could be wrong. For some reason, a man is harassed by a local dickhead cop, and the man stands his ground. The man stays in his farmhouse (with his girlfriend) and this results in a huge standoff with authorities. Near the end of the film, his friends and his supporters camp out on his farmland while the police continue trying to negotiate with him. A police sniper accidentally shoots the mans dog, but it lives and gets patched up. I can't remember much beyond that. I would be eternally grateful to the person that helps me identify this. Thanks in advance!

I think I've seen this, but the name escapes me. I think it ends with the authorities making a deal with him that they'll let him off all charges if he agrees to sign up for the army (I think the vietnam war was ongoing and because the guy had been made into a local hero they thought that it would encourage others to sign up too) not realising that because hes illiterate he wouldnt be eligable for the army anyway (or something like that).

# ¿ Aug 11, 2010 13:20

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

libberlibber posted:

Ok I have been trying to remember this movie for the last decade..

- animated fantasy movie. There was a giant or possibly cyclops who took the good guys (a group of them I think) from an inn at night and stuffed them into a bag. He may have punched a wall and grabbed them. I also believe there were dragons but could be wrong. I dont remember the plot, I just remember in, possibly-flawed retrospect, it was semi hobbit-like. I think there was a princess? I also remember a lot of evil glowing red eyes.

I was born in 1985 and I think I watched it when I was between 6 and 10. It scared the poo poo out of me and I had nightmares for months. Got in on VHS from a video rental store

I wish I could give more details.

Its a long shot, but Flight of Dragons? It has dragons, glowing eyes, and although I dont remember cyclops being in it I think there is a scene with people being snatched from an inn.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2010 22:01

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

El Estrago Bonito posted:

The other movie is even more vague. I know I saw it sometime after 2003 and that it was a medieval period piece. I seem to remember it not having a lot of plot and mainly featuring a guy walking around in the woods. At some point he finds the body of a warrior or knight and takes his armor/gear. It had very pretty shots of the mountains and stuff.

Not a Knights Tale? Tthe main character does take a dead knights armour if I remember right.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2010 15:44

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Masa posted:

This one has been bugging me for a long time because of how well I can remember parts of it.
Near the beginning the main characters come up with plan to get a roommate and kill him while he's taking a bath. After they kill him, they cut off his hands and feet and smash his teeth so that he can't be identified, and one of the characters works in a hospital and disposes of the hands and feet with the medical waste there. Then at the end of the movie there's a mystery of where some money that was stolen is hidden and one of the characters is shown stabbed to death in his apartment. The camera pans down, shows the knife going through him into the floor, then goes down below the floorboards and reveals that that's where the money was hidden.
It's British and I probably saw it in the late 90s, and it couldn't have been too old at the time.

The murder doesnt fit, but the panning down through the floor to show the cash is definately in Shallow Grave. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111149/ Its totally possible that another film used a similar shot, but it has them disposing of the body of a flatmate.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2011 11:14

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Masa posted:

After watching the ending on Youtube, that's definitely it. Awesome. Except it's not available on Netflix

Even if the roommate wasn't murdered, did he at least die in the bathtub? I distinctly remember a body in the tub and IMDB has somewhere credited as "Bath Victim".

Honestly, I saw it years ago now, and I wasnt paying that much attention. Someone presumably does die in a bath, but it definately isnt the roommate. I mainly remember the very begining and very end of the film, the middle is a bit of a blur to me. Luckily one of the scenes you mentioned is literally the only bit I remember well!

# ¿ Mar 13, 2011 12:53

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

SavageMessiah posted:

Okay my friends are convinced I dreamt this one. I must have seen it as a kid sometime in the nineties, and it was probably on tv. All I remember is a bunch of disjointed scenes but the main character had an australian accent and was from a small island that a big corporation was trying to buy or something. At one point he crafts a helmet from scrap metal, I think it deflects a bullet later. At some point he goes to the states (I think maybe to make money to save his home?) and he meets a guy with a kilt, scottish accent, and a machinegun who takes a bite from a huge burger and says something like "I'm big... mac". Near the end some people are inspired by some cave drawings to throw beer cans at people. Also I think an island may be towed by a boat.

Is this actually a movie or is this some drug-addled dream I had?

The australian scrap metal helmet sounds like "Reckless Kelly" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107930/ but its a long time since I seen that and I dont remember much else. Warning; Link contains Yahoo Serious.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2011 19:47

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

amishsexpot posted:

Help! This movie name has eluded me for years, and even my strongest Google Fu has produced nothing.

I saw this movie on DVD (I think through a now ex-boyfriend's Netflix) about... 6 years ago.

There are Chinese or Japanese language parts that have subtitles, but the other actors speak in English. The plot loosely follows a young Asian tourist couple on their trip to Memphis to see the Graceland Elvis museum. The overall narrative has to do with some crazy stuff that happen in the area, I think within the same hotel as the couple, which culminate in a man getting shot. The movie moves along very slowly and deliberately.

Any ideas?

Mystery train? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097940/

# ¿ May 23, 2012 17:03

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Zamboni Apocalypse posted:

Actual content:

Era: VHS - early-to-mid 1980s, certainly not later than 1990
Type: Live-action theatrical release, with trailers containing all the best (IE, watchable) parts. Action/adventure, pretty sure it was PG-rated.
Keywords: clone/ripoff/coat-tail rider of Indiana Jones - manly (not really) adventurer in khakis and leather jacket facing the tropical <?> hazards and enemies both primitive and modern. IIRC he had a geeky glasses-wearing partner, and jeeps were featured heavily (possibly just in the trailer). Nobody famous that I can recall, but just a couple clean-shaven white guys. I remember renting this shite based purely on the trailer, and managed to sit through it exactly once.
Not: Raiders/sequels, King Solomon's Mines, Firewalker, Romancing the Stone, or any TV show/cartoon/anime.

I've been vaguely curious as to what this is for years now, and am still only vaguely interested.

It matches very few of the details, but I've seen people be wrong on more details about a film if you know what I mean, so long shot guess as others seem to have exhausted all the more likely candidates: "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze". Its from the 70s but I'm pretty sure I saw it on VHS in the 80s and it doesnt match all your details but I remember it as having a similar feel to a lot of the films others have suggested.

# ¿ Jan 2, 2015 22:42

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OxMan posted:

Is it ok if i asked about a show? It was a reality series contest in a country with an accent which to my 8 year old mind could have been british, australian, or even Scottish. The show was about 4 or so contestants that would have to navigate a whole bunch of traps and obstacles in rooms in a giant waterside castle. Does anyone remember this? It is from the 90s.

Was it a kids show? In the UK we had Fun House, but there were a few others. How long ago were you 8?

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 23:12

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Neo Rasa posted:

A movie with a scene soon after some guy has murdered another guy's wife via an arrangement with him. Apparently this was a misunderstanding and he was not supposed to do this. The two guys argue about it but the husband doesn't seem particularly upset and it's played for laughs. Can't remember if the movie is actually meant to be a straight up comedy or not.

Throw Momma from the Train?

# ¿ May 29, 2016 10:28

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

kaesarsosei posted:

Really weird request. The 2000 Dungeons and Dragons movie is notoriously bad but I once saw a hilarious compilation of clips involving a minor background character who for some reason was pulling stupid faces the whole time. But I cannot for the life of me find it.

Are you sure you arent thinking of Orlando Bloom in the background of group shots of LotR?

# ¿ Sep 21, 2016 20:56

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

ravenkult posted:

I don't remember enough to even attempt a description, but I watched some soft porno thriller once and I'm looking for it. Anybody know the usual suspects of the soft porno genre so I can do some research?

Was it on channel 5 in the UK about 11pm a few years ago? If so its a Shannon Tweed movie.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2016 19:17

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Hat Thoughts posted:

how did you even make this leap

Because he gave no details at all, but for literally YEARS after it launched in the UK channel 5 would show "erotic thrillers" in that slot (usually but not exclusively on a friday night). And a hell of a lot of them seemed to star Shannon Tweed. I thought I'd take a punt.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2016 11:21

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Capn Jobe posted:

Somehow a movie came to mind recently that I can't identify for the life of me. Timeframe was 80s or early 90s, and it was about a group of mental patients who escape from the hospital to find their doctor, who had gone missing.

One of the patients was a heavyset guy who liked to quote commercials, I remember him randomly saying "Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee"
Another was delusional, thinking he was actually the doctor's assistant
Another patient was a nudist for reasons of faith, claiming "we are all naked in the eyes of the Lord"
I'm picturing another one of the group as played by Michael Keaton, but I've combed through his Wikipedia page and can't seem to find a match. This guy, no matter who played him, was prone to bouts of violence (I think)

At the end they find the doctor, who is in a hospital bed, apparently dying.

I've given a lot to work with; what movie was this?

Mixed nuts.

Edit, poo poo, no it's not. I've seen your movie too and apparently for years I had the title wrong.

SiKboy fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Feb 11, 2017

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 01:04

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Roeben posted:

That must be the scene that I'm thinking of. And these must be two seperate movies.

The other movie had small slicing (creatures? machines?) things in the sand that chased people and cut off peoples legs on and off-camera, whilst they were running for the safety of a house or standing still. I think they may have flown through the air short distances too. I remember it being quite gruesome at the time I saw it (late 90's).

It was also in a desert, as there was sand everywhere that the creatures moved through.

I mean, they arent small, but might as well rule it out anyway; Its definately not Tremors, right? (although swarms of underground slicing things in a desert also is tickling something deep in my memory... I've watched far too many low budget sci-fi films too long ago to narrow it down at all).

# ¿ Jul 19, 2017 15:44

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

therattle posted:

It�s no longer on Netflix UK, which is why your search didn�t work. I hope you�ve learned a valuable lesson.

That the real treasure was the friends he made along the way?

# ¿ Jan 19, 2018 15:25

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

There's an episode of supernatural with... I think it's a fountain that grants wishes? And a whole bunch of people in the town get various stuff.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 23:47

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

ynohtna posted:

This one has been infrequently haunting my dim brain for unknown reasons since seeing it probably around the early/mid 80s.

Super-vague memories: a scientist has created a realistic male android for the government but conscience makes him release the bot into 80s USA. Lots of Frankenstein allegories (probably stated outright 'cos I wasn't good at understanding things back then). Creator maybe dies or abandons the robot in a diner. Very down beat and low key feel to the film (likely due to a shoe-string budget in retrospect). And I think the climax is set in a dark and gloomy astronomic observatory.

Maybe D.A.R.Y.L.?

Edit to add: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088979/

# ¿ Apr 8, 2018 20:21

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Probably not, but maybe James Nesbitt? He did an undercover cop show in the early 2000s (Murphys law), is irish, and looks generally a bit skeevy in some roles.

Or, depending how sure you are about the "Irish", if its someone who looks a bit like James Nesbitt you are after, John Hannah?

As a bonus, both of them were in a movie in the 90's about the troubles (although neither was the main character): Resurrection Man

# ¿ Apr 21, 2018 11:04

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

codyclarke posted:

I just watched Final Destination 5 the other night, and there's a part in it where a gun left on a stove burner goes off, shooting and killing someone. I remember this happening in an action movie, like maybe the hero, during an action sequence, does that intentionally to kill someone, but for the life of me I can't remember what movie. Anyone remember this happening in something?

In Red, Bruce willis puts loose bullets in a pan over a stove so they go off after a while as a distraction, if that sounds right?

# ¿ Oct 14, 2018 13:10

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Sir Nose posted:

Cat from outer space wasn't black

I was about to correct you on Red Dwarf, but then read the preceding discussion. As you were.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2018 20:20

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

SkunkDuster posted:

There is a young man and young lady (maybe teens) on a train in a city. When the camera is looking at the girl from the boy's point of view, the bokeh effect on the lights in the background of the girl is in the shape of hearts. When she looks at him, her point of view shows the bokeh effect as Xs. They talk for a bit and eventually it is hearts for both of them.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World, the scene with Scott and Ramona on the bus.

Edit: Dis one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSE4dF_Feng

SkunkDuster posted:

I just watched the clip. It is every bit as bad as I remembered it. Thanks!

I loving love everything about Torque. Someone told me once (and Ive never looked it up to find out if this is true out of fear of disappointment) that the director told half the cast that they were making a serious action film hoping it would be a fast and the furious style franchise, and the other half that they were making a parody of the fast and the furious. Its probably not true, but drat its fun to watch that movie and try and guess who is taking it seriously. The motor bike product placement duel, the giant key, just Ice Cube in general, how can anyone not love that movie?

# ¿ Feb 6, 2019 20:01

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

SkunkDuster posted:

Thanks!

I've never seen all of Torque - only that clip. After reading your description, I'm interested in watching the whole thing.

It's either an earnest hilariously terrible movie, or a spot-on parody. I've seen it probably half a dozen times and I'm still not sure which. Either way its entertaining!

# ¿ Feb 6, 2019 20:44

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

Alan Smithee posted:

what dis

Dis looks like someone being trapped in the phantom zone. I'd guess its from Smallville.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2019 13:07

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 18:34

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Phy posted:

Is there a movie where one of the Hemsworth brothers is playing a very insecure version of themselves and starts to break down any time one of the more successful ones is mentioned?

Are you thinking of The Good Place (season 3 I think), where Tahani was in a relationship with "Larry Hemsworth", the 4th Hemsworth brother?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2020 11:10

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