Best little known Gems
by horrornscififlick | created - 07 Jun 2020 | updated - 07 Jun 2020 | PublicThese movies are masterpieces that should be more famous, great stories, great film choreography, and entertaining.
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1. District 9 (2009)
R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood
Votes: 717,242 | Gross: $115.65M
2. Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
R | 76 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in Eisenhower-era Brooklyn.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Richard Romanus, David Proval, Jesse Welles, Tina Romanus
Votes: 1,280
3. Fire and Ice (1983)
PG | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
At the end of the ice age, an evil queen and her son are set on conquering the world using magic and warriors. The lone survivor of a crushed village fights back as does the king of Fire Keep.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Randy Norton, Cynthia Leake, Steve Sandor, Sean Hannon
Votes: 12,647 | Gross: $0.76M
4. American Pop (1981)
R | 96 min | Animation, Drama, History
The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Mews Small, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky
Votes: 5,512 | Gross: $6.00M
5. Future X-Cops (2010)
99 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A cop travels back in time to take on a corporation that's out to eliminate a doctor who has created a new technology which can break up the monopoly on a energy resources.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Barbie Hsu, Bingbing Fan, Jiao Xu
Votes: 978
6. The Wandering Earth (2019)
TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
Director: Frant Gwo | Stars: Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng
Votes: 36,363 | Gross: $5.88M
7. The Resistance (2011)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a time of war, when occupation turns to genocide, one woman choose resistance over death and takes on the empire of Japan.
Director: Peng Zhang Li | Stars: Lingmeng Hu, Peng Zhang Li, Jeremy Marr Williams, Zhang Xiao Hua
Votes: 1,157
8. Umi to yuuhi to kanojo no namida sutoroberi firuzu (2006)
91 min | Drama, Family
The setting is the town of Tanabe in the central prefecture of Wakayama. Four schoolgirls are fast friends. However, when Risa, Mika and Maki die in a car accident Natsumi is alone, ... See full summary »
Director: Takafumi Ohta | Stars: Aimi Satsukawa, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yuria Haga, Ayu Higashi
Votes: 15
9. Yasmine (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Drama
A young woman who lives with her strict father works to become a a champion at Silat, Indonesia's version of kung fu.
Director: Siti Kamaluddin | Stars: Liyana Yus, Reza Rahadian, Roy Sungkono, Nadiah Wahid
Votes: 246
10. Chuyen cua Pao (2006)
98 min | Drama
Set in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real ... See full summary »
Director: Quang Hai Ngo | Stars: Do Thi Hai Yen, Ta Am, Nguyen Thai An, Thu Diep
Votes: 179
11. Real Playing Game (2013)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Wealthy Steve Battier is desperate to find a way to stay alive, as he is old and terminally ill. When a company known as "R.P.G." offers him the chance to become young again in return for a large amount of money, he doesn't think twice.
Directors: Tino Navarro, David Rebordão | Stars: Cian Barry, Alix Wilton Regan, Nik Xhelilaj, Pedro Granger
Votes: 1,140
12. Moon 44 (1990)
R | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An unconventional corporate agent is given the task of shaping a group of violent criminals and technical wizards into a helicopter defense force assigned to protect a mining station on a remote moon.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Michael Paré, Lisa Eichhorn, Dean Devlin, Brian Thompson
Votes: 5,731
13. Streets of Fire (1984)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan
Votes: 24,271 | Gross: $8.09M
14. Fist of the North Star (1986)
Not Rated | 110 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In a post-nuclear hellscape, a master of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two kids and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to battle the tyrants who kidnapped his lover.
Director: Toyoo Ashida | Stars: Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ôtsuka
Votes: 7,297
15. Gandahar (1987)
PG | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
Director: René Laloux | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier
Votes: 5,327 | Gross: $0.37M
16. The Guardians (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.
Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak, Alina Lanina
Votes: 14,562
17. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,873 | Gross: $8.55M
18. Dance to Death (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Moscow, 2070s. In a sealed bunker in the post-apocalyptic ruins of Moscow, young people struggle against each other in a deadly dancing tournament. Only the winners will live.
Director: Andrey Volgin | Stars: Ivan Zhvakin, Lukerya Ilyashenko, Nikita Volkov, Aleksandr Tyutin
Votes: 987
19. Lunar Eclipse (1999)
95 min | Drama
A young newlywed has a chance encounter with an enigmatic minivan driver with a passion for photography. When the amateur photographer confesses to her a previous love affair with a woman who bears an uncanny resembalance to the newlywed, the young woman falls under the spell of this soft-spoken, unkempt, and seemingly hapless young man.
Director: Quan'an Wang | Stars: Nan Yu, Xiaoguang Hu, Chao Wu, Shaoquan Huang
Votes: 91
20. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
Votes: 38,199
21. Black Angel Vol. 1 (1998)
107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents and is only saved from sharing their fate by an underground hitwoman who goes by the ... See full summary »
Director: Takashi Ishii | Stars: Riona Hazuki, Reiko Takashima, Jinpachi Nezu, Kippei Shîna
Votes: 921
22. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)
PG-13 | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A crime boss searching for the world's best fighters pursues a talented Japanese drifter and his American ex-classmate, while an Interpol agent and a US Army captain seek to bring him down.
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masane Tsukayama
Votes: 9,908
23. Ninja Scroll (1993)
Not Rated | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Osamu Saka
Votes: 40,755
24. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,623 | Gross: $0.64M
25. A Single Child's Story (1994)
89 min | Drama
Can a young girls heart be enough to save the life of her mother?
Director: Guo Lin | Stars: Shuo Yang, Shuqin Yan, Baohua Liu, Xiuyun Zhao
Votes: 152
26. Tintin et le lac aux requins (1972)
81 min | Animation, Adventure, Crime
Tintin and his friends visit Professor Calculus at his country laboratory, only to find him and a pair of local children threatened by criminals after the inventor's work.
Director: Raymond Leblanc | Stars: Jacques Careuil, Georges Atlas, Jacques Balutin, Nadine Basile
Votes: 3,015
27. Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill (2013)
120 min | Drama
An autistic savant who works for the police is suspected of committing crimes. However, he believes the culprit is an old friend with the same mental disorder.
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Chiaki Kuriyama, Kazuki Kitamura, Maki Horikita, Yasuko Matsuyuki
Votes: 114
28. Murder at Shijinso (2019)
119 min | Crime
Every student is encouraged to join an extracurricular club and this one joins the university's Mystery Club.The club has a couple of veterans, but the real thing - an actual detective - is... See full summary »
Director: Hisashi Kimura | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Shôno Hayama, Yûma Yamoto
Votes: 270
29. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard
Votes: 4,854 | Gross: $7.13M
30. The Three Musketeers (1993)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
France, 1625: Young d'Artagnan heads to Paris to join the Musketeers but the evil cardinal has disbanded them - save 3. He meets the 3, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, and joins them on their quest to save the king and country.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt
Votes: 59,412 | Gross: $53.90M
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