Little "GEMS" that must be seen!
by definatelyalady | created - 24 Aug 2017 | updated - 28 Sep 2019 | PublicThese are films I've come across that are surprising gems. They might not all be 10s but they do spark something inside or maybe just one of the performers stands out enough to start following their careers.This is how I've become the fan of some of Hollywood's biggest stars and hopefully these films will continue to make more big stars.
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1. Dark Planet (2008)
TV-PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A space traveler from the Earth of the 22th century - without wars, poverty and oppression - crashes on an unknown planet. Politically and economically that planet similar to the totalitarian human states of the 20th century.
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Vasiliy Stepanov, Yulia Snigir, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 5,794
Vasiliy Stepanov & Pyotr Fyodorov are standouts.
2. Dark Planet: Rebellion (2009)
105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Confronting the tyrannical power of his new planet, a space traveler from Earth discovers its true nature.
Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Vasiliy Stepanov, Yulia Snigir, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Garmash
Votes: 2,832
Vasiliy Stepanov & Pyotr Fyodorov are standouts. This is the conclusion to Dark Planet.
3. Jamesy Boy (2014)
Not Rated | 109 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young gang member turns his life around in prison, thanks to the friendship he forms with a convicted murderer who becomes his mentor.
Director: Trevor White | Stars: Spencer Rocco Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, Ving Rhames, James Woods
Votes: 6,344
4. Wuthering Heights (2009)
TV-PG | 71 min | Drama, Romance
Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches a vendetta against the family.
Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Andrew Lincoln, Sarah Lancashire
Votes: 9,838
Tom Hardy at his BEST!
5. Sky (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Romy (Diane Kruger) is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard (Gilles Lellouche). But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.
Director: Fabienne Berthaud | Stars: Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche, Q'orianka Kilcher
Votes: 2,418
Norman Reedus ...need I say more???
6. Godless (2017)
TV-MA | 65 min | Action, Drama, Western
In the 1880s American West, murderous outlaw gang leader Frank Griffin hunts for ex-protege Roy Goode. Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico--a town inhabited, after a mining disaster, almost entirely by women.
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy, Merritt Wever
Votes: 78,680
7. Starred Up (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Eric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell
Votes: 48,702 | Gross: $0.03M
8. Boys in the Trees (2016)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.
Director: Nicholas Verso | Stars: Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow
Votes: 4,305
9. Unconditional (IV) (2012)
PG-13 | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A woman's idyllic life is shattered when her husband is killed in a senseless act of violence. As she prepares to take matters into her own hands, two unexpected encounters begin to change everything.
Director: Brent McCorkle | Stars: Lynn Collins, Michael Ealy, Bruce McGill, Kwesi Boakye
Votes: 4,972 | Gross: $1.01M
10. Just a Little Chemistry (2015)
Unrated | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
Fan girl finds herself torn between the attraction for her film idol and her best male friend.
Director: Alfonso Albacete | Stars: Ana Fernández, Alejo Sauras, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz, María Esteve
Votes: 726
11. Strictly Sexual (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes.
Director: Joel Viertel | Stars: Amber Benson, Johann Urb, Kristen Kerr, Stevie Long
Votes: 5,526
12. Strictly Sexual: The Series (2011)
30 min | Comedy
Based on the hit independent film of the same name, this smart, introspective look at sex and love explores dating in the modern world, the balance of career and romance, and the challenges of friendship and keeping things strictly sexual.
Stars: Johann Urb, Stevie Long, Kristen Renton, Mercedes Manning
Votes: 218
13. Hidden Kisses (2016 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Nathan goes to a high school party and meets Louis. The two find themselves out of sight and kissing, but someone takes a photo of them. When the photo is placed online, a storm overtakes their lives.
Director: Didier Bivel | Stars: Patrick Timsit, Barbara Schulz, Bruno Putzulu, Bérenger Anceaux
Votes: 5,184
14. Some Freaks (2016)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
Director: Ian MacAllister McDonald | Stars: Thomas Mann, Lily Mae Harrington, Ely Henry, Lachlan Buchanan
Votes: 2,080
15. I Like It Like That (1994)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Money issues and misunderstandings divide a couple who struggle to raise their children in the Bronx.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Luna Lauren Velez, Jon Seda, Tomas Melly, Desiree Casado
Votes: 1,849 | Gross: $1.78M
16. Captain Fantastic (2016)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Director: Matt Ross | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso
Votes: 235,224 | Gross: $5.88M
17. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
TV-14 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl's secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life.
Director: Susan Johnson | Stars: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart
Votes: 123,936
18. A Beer Tale (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy
A coming of age romantic comedy centered around the lives of twin brothers Luke and Corey Frankenstein in the pivotal months following college graduation. Orphaned at the age of five, the ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Roy Kunz | Stars: Lee Roy Kunz, Cru Ennis, Zelda Williams, Scott Patterson
Votes: 223
19. Kept Boy (2017)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story of love, greed - and moisturizer.
Director: George Bamber | Stars: Jon Paul Phillips, Thure Riefenstein, Greg Audino, Diosiq Burné
Votes: 555
20. Barefoot (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life; he takes this naive young woman home for his brother's wedding.
Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons, Treat Williams
Votes: 27,069 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Cut Snake (2014)
R | 94 min | Thriller
An ex-convict is trying to make a new life for himself in a new city. But his new life is challenged when his foreboding and charismatic former cell mate arrives in town.
Director: Tony Ayres | Stars: Sullivan Stapleton, Alex Russell, Jessica De Gouw, Megan Holloway
Votes: 1,483 | Gross: $0.00M
22. Nerve (2013)
86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Nerve is a psychological drama that tells the story of Jakob Evans who has suffered an emotional breakdown from the death of his wife in a car accident. Having found his wife in bed with ... See full summary »
Director: Sebastien Guy | Stars: Christian Clark, Georgina Haig, Craig Hall, Gary Sweet
Votes: 171
23. The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Maria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle's Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.
Director: Gabor Csupo | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry, Juliet Stevenson
Votes: 11,001
24. Chained (I) (2012)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.
Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird, Julia Ormond
Votes: 20,905
25. Red Dog (2011)
PG | 92 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.
Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, Rohan Nichol, Luke Ford
Votes: 19,441
26. Forever's End (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Six years after an apocalyptic event killed her family and seemingly everyone else on earth, a lone girl on the verge of insanity is forced to question everything she has ever known when a strange man suddenly appears at her door.
Director: J.C. Schroder | Stars: Charity Farrell, Lili Reinhart, Warren Bryson, David Wetzel
Votes: 337
27. The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017)
104 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Espen "Ash Lad", a poor farmer's son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King - in order to collect a reward and save his family's farm from ruin.
Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose | Stars: Vebjørn Enger, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Elias Holmen Sørensen, Eili Harboe
Votes: 4,294
28. Altered Hours (2016)
TV-MA | 101 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young insomniac's black-market sleep aid sends his mind time-travelling one day into the future, where he's the suspect in the disappearance of a girl he hasn't met -- yet.
Director: Bruce Wemple | Stars: Ryan Munzert, Briana Pozner, Rick Montgomery Jr., Thea McCartan
Votes: 583
29. Always Be My Maybe (2019)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Everyone assumed that Sasha and Marcus would wind up together, except for Sasha and Marcus. Reconnecting after 15 years, the two start to wonder--maybe?
Director: Nahnatchka Khan | Stars: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau
Votes: 62,696
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