Here's a small handful of films I don't hear people talking about much anymore. But most will, of course, be known to true movie fans:

Badlands -- Terrence Malick's reimagining of the Charlie Starkweather murder spree of the late 50; later inspired Springsteen's Nebraska

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid -- unfortunately gutted by the studio but, still, has flashes of what Peckinpah was trying for -- Bob Dylan has a role and wrote "Knock Knock Knockin' at Heaven's Door" for it

Junior Bonner -- another of Peckinpah's valentines to a vanishing way of life, in this case rodeo; with Steve McQueen -- a bit slow-moving and it won't blow you away but still subtle and nice

Dillinger -- I just saw this again the other day and still liked it; John Millius' debut as a director featuring the great Warren Oates as Dillinger and Richard Dreyfuss not bad at all as Baby Face Nelson!

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia -- speaking of Oates and Peckinpah -- but this one is pretty well known

Hard Times -- Walter Hill's depression-era saga with Charles Bronson as a drifting boxer and James Coburn as the hustler promoting him

Slap Shot -- I haven't seen this in a long, long time but I loved it as a kid -- infamous at the time for its filthy language -- Paul Newman's every other word is "fuck"

The Longest Yard -- another sports movie -- all my jock friends insisted it was one of the greatest movies ever made and, do you know, when I finally watched it I liked it so much I was almost inclined to agree

High Plains Drifter -- my favorite Eastwood western apart from Unforgiven

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three -- one of the inspirations of Reservoir Dogs -- haven't seen it in a long time so don't know how it holds up

American Graffiti -- again, I don't hear people bring it up anymore -- I saw it on TV in Eastern Europe a few years ago and was really struck at how handmade the film felt -- pretty shocking Lucas never went near such subject matter again although it could be argued the end of innocence is the theme holding all his work together -- for me, the film held up surprisingly well

The Wind and the Lion -- another film by John Millius (is that one 'l' or two?) -- based on a true episode in turn of the century Morocco -- uneven but I can't help it, I love this movie -- with Sean Connery

The Passenger -- very slow moving and so not for everyone -- this dates from the time when Nicholson was trying to make serious movies with serious directors such as Antonioni -- he plays a journalist who switches identities with a dead arms dealer in his hotel -- great locations in Africa and Spain, including buildings in Barcelona by Gaudi

The Last Detail -- a legend to a number of my friends -- Nicholson again as a Navy MP escorting Randy Quaid to serve a long sentence for a five dollar theft or somesuch

Paper Moon -- this seems to be enjoying a kind of comeback -- Ryan O'Neal as a depression con man with his out-of-wedlock daughter Tatum -- great rip-off of John Ford's style

Bad Company -- Jeff Bridges becomes an outlaw as he runs away from conscription in the Civil War

The Parallex View -- also known as No Conspiracy -- Warren Beatty is a journalist investigating a political assassination in Seattle's space needle -- inspired by the Kennedy killing -- pretty gripping, as I recall

The Long Goodbye -- Robert Altman updates Raymond Chandler to seventies LA with Elliot Gould a very quirky Philip Marlowe -- gives a very good idea (I'm guessing) of LA at that time

The Man Who Would Be King -- John Huston's Kipling-inspired adventure with two British soldiers (Sean Connery and Michael Caine) in search of a legendary fortune

"The Great Rock and Roll Swindle" -- the Sex Pistols movie that was supposed to be made by Russ Meyer as "Who Killed Bamb?" -- has a very bad reputation but, personally, I got a kick out of it -- Johnny Rotten refused to participate but he's still present

"Quadrophenia" -- the Mods versus the Rockers at Brighton Beach -- obviously, very famous but, again, it's not mentioned much these days

I'm not sure if foreign movies apply but:

"Seven Beauties" -- Giancarlo Giannini attempts to survive a WWII concentrate camp by using his skills as an Italian lover to seduce the piggish female commandant of his Nazi prison camp

"Going Places" -- great French movie, I forget the title in French, in which Gerard Depardieu plays one of two petty criminals running amok with kidnapped beautician

"The Innocent" -- Giancarlo Giannini again playing a man torn between his beautiful wife (Laura Antonelli) and also his beautiful mistress (Jennifer O'Neill, her voice dubbed)

"Small Change" -- Truffaut's movie on childhood in a small French city -- the scene where the little girl uses a megaphone to alert her entire apartment building that her parents have left her alone with nothing to eat is a classic!

Okay, that's more than enough for now.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore-

Martin Scorcese's first film!
Ellen Burstyn- best actress 1974
'Alice' the cbs sitcom was based on this movie...
...remember Mel's Diner, and Flo, the waitress... and Vera!
Harvey Keitel's first picture! Jodi Foster's first movie!
Diane Ladd as Flo is awesome: 'kiss me where the sun don't shine!'
also, Vic Tayback (Mel), and Kris Kristoffersen (David, the rancher)
Filmed in Tucson (Jodi Foster:'Tucson? Tucson is the WEIRD capital of the world!... WE-IRD!!!)

'An Unmarried Woman'
'Manhattan'
'Lovers And Other Strangers'
'Swept Away By An Unusual Destiny In The Blue Seas Of August.'
'Dog Day Afternoon'
'Shampoo'
'Cabaret'
'Breaking Away'
'The Heartbreak Kid'
'Butterflies Are Free'
'Husbands'
'Diary Of A Mad Housewife'
'The Ritz'

Emperor of The North (greatest fight scene ever!)
Used Cars ($50 bucks never killed anybody)
Phantom of The Paradise (carborators man, that's what life is all about)
Plaza Suite (Walter Matthau in 3 roles)
Across 110th Street (Yaphet Kotto/Anthony Quinn)
Popi (Alan Arkin)
Freebie and The Bean (the original Lethal Weapon)
Buck and The Preacher (double barrelled Poitier)
The Getaway (way much better than the remake)
Coonskin (something to offend absolutely everyone)
White Line Fever (watch out for that flying truck!)
Blue Collar (Richard Pryor can act!)
Master of The Flying Guillotine (duck!)
The Great White Hope (Darth, I mean James Earl Jones at his best!)
The Mechanic (an intelligent Bronson movie?)
Papillion (McQueen/Hoffman)
Man in the Wilderness (Richard Harris vs a bear, guess who wins)
Superfly (my man Priest!)
And Justice for all (your all out of order!)
The Seven-Ups (best car chase ever?)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (Cathlic High school girls in trouble!)