Best little known Gems
These movies are masterpieces that should be more famous, great stories, great film choreography, and entertaining.
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- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence 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.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsRichard RomanusDavid ProvalJesse WellesAn outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in Eisenhower-era Brooklyn.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsRandy NortonCynthia LeakeSteve SandorAt 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.
- DirectorRalph BakshiStarsMews SmallRon ThompsonJerry HollandThe 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.
- DirectorJing WongStarsAndy LauBarbie HsuBingbing FanA 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.
- DirectorFrant GwoStarsJing WuMan-Tat NgZhi WangWith the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
- DirectorPeng Zhang LiStarsLingmeng HuPeng Zhang LiJeremy Marr WilliamsIn a time of war, when occupation turns to genocide, one woman choose resistance over death and takes on the empire of Japan.
- DirectorTakafumi OhtaStarsAimi SatsukawaMitsuki TanimuraYuria HagaThe 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, isolated and listless both at school and socially. When the three friends return, however, Natsumi is alone no longer.
- DirectorSiti KamaluddinStarsLiyana YusReza RahadianRoy SungkonoA young woman who lives with her strict father works to become a a champion at Silat, Indonesia's version of kung fu.
- DirectorQuang Hai NgoStarsDo Thi Hai YenTa AmNguyen Thai AnSet 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 mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother dies in an accident, and she begins to track down her birth mother. But her journey turns out to disclose an unsealed sentimental drama of the family in the past.
- DirectorTino NavarroDavid RebordãoStarsCian BarryAlix Wilton ReganNik XhelilajWealthy 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.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsMichael ParéLisa EichhornDean DevlinAn 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.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsMichael ParéDiane LaneRick MoranisA mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
- DirectorToyoo AshidaStarsAkira KamiyaYuriko YamamotoKenji UtsumiIn 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.
- DirectorRené LalouxStarsGlenn CloseChristopher PlummerPierre-Marie EscourrouAn evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.
- DirectorSarik AndreasyanStarsAnton PampushnyySanjar MadiSebastien SisakDuring 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.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperThe 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.
- DirectorAndrey VolginStarsIvan ZhvakinLukerya IlyashenkoNikita VolkovMoscow, 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.
- DirectorQuan'an WangStarsNan YuXiaoguang HuChao WuA 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.
- DirectorGerald PottertonJohn BrunoJohn HalasStarsRichard RomanusJohn CandyJoe FlahertyA glowing green orb that embodies ultimate evil terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsRiona HazukiReiko TakashimaJinpachi NezuIkko, 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 nom-de-guerre of "Black Angel." Years after escaping to America, Ikko returns to Tokyo as a young woman. She adopts the name "Black Angel" and is out for revenge.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsKôjiro ShimizuKenji HagaMiki FujitaniA 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.
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsKôichi YamaderaEmi ShinoharaTakeshi AonoA 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.
- DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka ImotoKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
- DirectorGuo LinStarsShuo YangShuqin YanBaohua LiuCan a young girls heart be enough to save the life of her mother?
- DirectorRaymond LeblancStarsJacques CareuilGeorges AtlasJacques BalutinTintin 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.
- DirectorHisashi KimuraStarsChiaki KuriyamaKazuki KitamuraMaki HorikitaAn 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.
- DirectorHisashi KimuraStarsRyunosuke KamikiMinami HamabeShôno HayamaEvery 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 also in their midst.The club goes on an outing in the wilds of nature and on a mountain. They feel they have done the right things and taken the correct precaution, but when daylight comes they are confronted with the reality that a murder has occurred.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyOrestes CalpiniStarsJessica DragonetteLanny RossPinto ColvigA doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsCharlie SheenKiefer SutherlandChris O'DonnellFrance, 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.