the best movies never made

Pretty woman

Pretty woman with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. But with the introduction of wire fights.:)
 
Leon (1971):
Spanish documentary about the old North-Spanish kingdom.

Chinatown (1987):
Historical movie about the first European diplomats in the Forbidden City. Won 3 Oscars (of 10 nominations).

Das Boot (1952):
One of those typical heart-warming (or reality-denying, depending on your POV) German movies from the 50s with Heinz Rühmann, about his boat trips on the weekend with his two buddies.

American History X (1991-2000):
Part 10 of the series in 18 parts. Well, what did you expect? It's not really something controversial...

The Maltese Falcon (1956):
A colossal movie about Andrea Doria, Grandmaster of the Maltese knights and hunter of Muslim pirats.
 
The Decline of the American Empire - historical drama about a family and freinds living in the last years of the Canadian-American Confederation, among the Roaring Eighties.

The Barbarian Invasions - the sequel of the before mentionned movie, 15 years after, set in the anti-latinos civil troubles in southern American states where the family moved.
 
You know, it don't sounds so ATL... :p :eek: :D

Elvis Gratton - The improbably story of the french-canadian Robert Gratton and his rise to the status of the first rock star ever in the American and Canadian Confederation
 

Superdude

Banned
Mission: Impossible(Historical)- SS operative Otto Skorzeny's mission to kill Joseph Stalin is code-named "Impossible" due to Stalin's insane security measures. The final scene where Skorzeny blows himself up when cornered to complete his mission is one of the most powerful scenes in cinema.
 
starship troopers (action/drama) this true story about the heroic crew of the one ship who held off an entire nazi fleat long enough for mars to be evacuated, will have you on the edge of your seat, and crying at the same time. won more awards than any other film in history
silence of the lambs: (comedy) tom green finally crossed the line (if not many lines) with this sick shock flim.
 

NapoleonXIV

Banned
From Russia, with Love

Unusual and thought provoking combination of reality, biography and documentary. A story of old Europe, and the newest Internet business, told within the context of producer-directors Michael Moore's tumultuous marriage to beautiful mail order Russian bride Natalia Varikova
 
Primary Colors: How Adolf Hitler was the subject of a new type of therapy involving painting, and how it backfired horribly.

Birth of a Nation: The rise of the Manhattan Commune.

Batman Begins: A documentary of the Caped Crusader's first year (1949) fighting crime in Gotham City, based on the book Batman: Year One by Jason Todd.
 
Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) - Nazi TV series about a fictional spy working in Moscow during spring of 1942 to speed up the Soviet collapse during a renewed German offensive. A powerful drama showing the Soviet leadership realizing the futility of the war, and the portrayal of welcomed German liberation of the populus from the Soviet Empire.

Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) - a movie following the story of an Uzbek soldier stranded in the desert and his encounter with the backward population living there during the great modernization and prosperity of the Uzbek Empire in the 1920s contrasting the two sides of the country.

The Peculirarities of Russian Hunting (1995) - a documentary film made in America outlining the hunting traditions and customs of Russian Tsars beginning from Peter I the Great to Nicholas III.
 

King Thomas

Banned
Birth of a Nation

A documentary about the end of aparthied in South Africa and the first democratic elections in 1994

Gladiator

A film about the 2003 Gulf War from the point of view of the crew of one US tank as they make a Thunder Run into Bagdad.Great CGI graphics and battle scenes, but has been termed propagandist by some.

Heaven's Gate

Arnold Swartznegger most foil a plot to assassinate John Paul II. The critics panned it on release
 
The Towering Inferno (1976) - A dramatic movie about the last hours in the lives of people in Pompei before the volcanic erruption. An instant classic, however sparcely seen and recognized outside the Roman Empire.

Twelve Angry Men (1957) - A horror movie following the lives of 12 serial killers rampaging New York.

The Core (2003) - action film based on a true story of two American spies traveling through Nazi conquered Eurasia-Africa on a mission to get to the core of the Empire itself - Berlin.
 

King Thomas

Banned
The Dark Crystal

A DEA-funded documentary about the dangers of methamphetimine abuse, with graphic detail about how the drug can wreck lives.

Titanic

A disaster film set during the 2004 Boxing Day tusnami
 
Chris Oakley said:
JAWS--A biopic recalling the career of former heavyweight boxing champ Ernie "Jaws" Moran.

Or an alternate version of the same idea...

JAWS--Biopic recalling the career of heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson, who gained this sobriquet through his penchant for biting off the earlobes of his opponents.
 
bowling for columbine(2002): a comedy about two men both trying to win the affections of a woman named jenny columbine, who in the end turns out to be a lesbian to the shock of the two men (dispite all the hints drop thoughout the film that she is, in fact a lesbian) the title comes from the fact that both try to impress her by entering a bowling competion after they discover she loves the sport, however, niether are good at bowling, and the fact that they sabotage each other's games distorys any chance either of them had. in the end another lesbian ends up winning the competion, and jenny. tom green, jack black, lucy lu.
 
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