the best movies never made

CaptainCalvert

Little Big Man (1970)
Dustin Hoffman plays Lemuel Gulliver as he travels through strange lands where he first meets giants and then finds that he himself has become the giant when he arrives in Lilliput.
Terry Gilliam's humorous 1987 remake is usually considered superior, but there is still much praise for Hoffman's portrayal of a man having to define his own place in a confusing world.
 

Sokolov

Insomnia (2002)
Marissa Ribisi and Shane West star in this teen RomCom about two struggling college students struggling to sleep who meet each other at a study hall one night. Together will they succeed in overcoming sleep loss and finishing college with top marks?
Criticised for lack of lack of character development, poor acting, depth of plot and its short 1h 10min runtime which gives it a rushed tone.
2.8/10 on IMDB
 
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Prison of Belief (2002): A documentary on the infamous Church of Scientology, featuring testimony from various well known former Scientologists. Directed by Louis Theroux, the documentary went in depth on allegations of abuse, extortion, and disturbing behind the scenes practices. The film would inspire further investigation into the church, eventually leading to the arrests of several high profile members of the church, including it's leader David Miscavige. The documentary is also notably for being the first time Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were interviewed since moving to Australia following Cruise's abrupt exit from the church the year prior.
 

Peg Leg Pom

Grease (1978)

In 1965 the social life of teenagers in a small English town revolves around the transport cafe and motorway services on the edge of town.
 

The Ranger

Roots- US Drama series about the Republican movement in Ireland, from the activities of the early Fenians through the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War to the modern IRA and Real IRA, that was heavily critized by some politicians in the UK for seeming to be too pro-IRA.
Maleficent - A film about Putin's invasion of the Ukraine, made in 2025.
Lost Boys-A film about the Children's Crusade.
Guys and Dolls-A documentary about males who own Barbies.
Last Christmas- A film about the Canterbury Christmas Riot of 1647.
Brave-A film about the defense of Thermopoly against the Persians.
Abominable-A film by Ken Loach about the abuse of people on benefits by the Tories.
Dolittle-Slacker comedy.
Pride and Prejudice-Drama documentary about the coming to power of the Nazis, showing how they brought pride back to Germany, but at the cost of a great deal of prejudice, racism and nastiness.
Death on the Nile-a film about the Seventh Crusade led by King Louis.
Evil Under the Sun-A war film set in a WW2 Japanese concentration camp.
A Star is born-A film about how Harry Styles become famous.
Oz : The Great and the Powerful (1943) Propaganda film about Australia in WW2.
Mission Impossible- A film about Georg Elser's attempt to bomb Hitler.
 

CaptainCalvert

One flew over the cuckoo's nest (2022).
A truly stunning nature documentary filmed using advanced near-silent drone technology to avoid disturbing the wildlife. Narrated by Jack Nicholson in one of his last film appearances.
 

CaptainCalvert

101 Dalmations
Dog-phobic Winston Smith faces his worst nightmare in Room 101 in this unintentionally comic film version of Orwell's 1984 dystopia.
Reversing the strange casting choice of Martin Freeman as Big Brother and Liam Neeson as Winston Smith might have been a better option, although this would have eliminated much of its comedy value.
 
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Donor
Father of the Bride - 1950

Due to a number of scheduling fubars and back studio disagreements, the planned Spencer Tracey/Elizabeth Taylor version of the film could not be produced. MGM executives in a panic to salvage something from the debacle, scrambled to completely recast the film. Even with the seat-of-the-pants origin, the film turned out to be both a critical and box office success, in the capable direction of Vincent Minelli

Stanley Banks - William Powell (Powell's star was on the wane by 1950, but he was well fitted to play the patient paterfamilias.)
Ellie Banks - Myrna Loy (Loy and Powell as a on-screen pair were legendary)
Kay Banks - Marilyn Monroe ( Monroe was a bit player on the cusp of breaking out as a star. Powell and Loy took the often emotionally fragile - even then - Monroe under their wings. In this case, life imitating art. That friendship and support remained till Powell's passing in 1984)
Buckley Dunstan - Paul Newman (Newman's first credited movie role)
 

The Ranger

101-Dalmations-Film about Tito and the early partisans.
Anchors Aweigh- Comedy film about Admiral Roshestvensky's voyage around the world to fight the Japanese
Return to Neverland- Documentary about the failure of Brexit.
Antz-Violent gangster film about a street gang called the Antz.
Transiberian-A film about the Czechoslovak Legion escaping from Russia.
The Sound of Music-A film about how the boy band One Direction formed.
Shark Tale-Gangster film about Charles Crimaldi, who becomes a loan shark.
A Matter of Loaf and Death- Film about the Holodomor in the Ukraine
Gilda-Spin off of My Little Pony focusing on Gilda the Griffin.
The Great Escape-Flim about Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan.
Wives and Daughters-Suffragette drama
Monsters, Inc-A film about what happened in Abu Garib Prison when it was controlled by the US Army.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - An Equestrian film by Canterlot Productions about the changeling invasion.
King Rat-A film made in 2030 about Boris Johnson.
Russkies -A film about the Third World War of 1945 to 1952 between the USSR and the West.
 

gladiator8085

Driftless said:
Father of the Bride - 1950

Due to a number of scheduling fubars and back studio disagreements, the planned Spencer Tracey/Elizabeth Taylor version of the film could not be produced. MGM executives in a panic to salvage something from the debacle, scrambled to completely recast the film. Even with the seat-of-the-pants origin, the film turned out to be both a critical and box office success, in the capable direction of Vincent Minelli

Stanley Banks - William Powell (Powell's star was on the wane by 1950, but he was well fitted to play the patient paterfamilias.)
Ellie Banks - Myrna Loy (Loy and Powell as a on-screen pair were legendary)
Kay Banks - Marilyn Monroe ( Monroe was a bit player on the cusp of breaking out as a star. Powell and Loy took the often emotionally fragile - even then - Monroe under their wings. In this case, life imitating art. That friendship and support remained till Powell's passing in 1984)
Buckley Dunstan - Paul Newman (Newman's first credited movie role)
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That would have been a good movie. Am I correct in assuming that this means that Marilyn Monroe did not die of a drug overdose?
 
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Donor
gladiator8085 said:
That would have been a good movie. Am I correct in assuming that this means that Marilyn Monroe did not die of a drug overdose?
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That's my thought. She had met Powell at some later point in time and he remarked to Marilyn that she very much reminded him of Jean Harlow, who Powell had been engaged too a couple of decades earlier. As Marilyn greatly admired Harlow, she felt that was one of the kindest things said to her in Hollywood. By this point in their careers, Powell and Loy were old pros and generous in helping younger actors, so that kind of true help and friendship would have benefited Monroe's psyche a ton (IMO)
 
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The Ranger

Oliver-Film about Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War
2001-A Space Odyssey-Program about the 2001 US Mars Landing
Brigadoon-Scottish pirate film
The Dukes of Hazzard-Film about a Norman Duke in 1100 defending his section of the Welsh Marches against Welsh attacks.
To Have and Have Not - Docu-drama about the causes of homelessness.
 
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Donor
The Ranger said:
The Dukes of Hazzard-Film about a Norman Duke in 1100 defending his section of the Welsh Marches against Welsh attacks.
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This one brought "The Warlord" to mind. Charlton Heston, Rosemary Forsythe, Richard Boone. James Farentino. Cheesy plot, heavy emoting by Heston and Farentino, decent action sequences though.

BTW, for AH fun, this one was set in the Frisian marshes.....
 

kaijudirector

The Sword of Shannara trilogy (1981-1983) - An animated adaptation of Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara trilogy, by Disney. A major hit financially and critically, it helped lay the seeds for the Disney Renaissance. (Replaces The Black Cauldron).
 
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