Listed below are some great movies that thoroughly deserve a second chance.1. THE GIGOLOS (2006) : It took two years to reach British cinemas, two more to reach DVD, but Richard Bracewell’s comedy-drama has slowly emerged as among the most assured recent British debuts. An unexpectedly funny and touching tale of a Mayfair escort and his clueless pimp, it boasts a superlative cast, including Susannah York, Siân Phillips and Anna Massey.
2. LAGAAN (2001) : If you only watch one three-hour Bollywood extravaganza, make it this one.The whole movie revolves around the game of Cricket blended with Patriotism and the Indian freedom struggle.
3. INNOCENT MOVES (1993) : Producer Scott Rudin (There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men) has named this taut, unsentimental drama about a chess prodigy as the one film of his he wished had found a wider audience.
4. LES REVENANTS/THEY CAME BACK (2004) : A zombie movie that prioritises conscience over carnage. The undead here suffer not from bloodlust, but homesickness; Robin Campillo’s unsettling debut wonders what we’d do faced with the population increase.
5. JUDGE PRIEST (1934) : Much of John Ford’s prolific early output has gone unheralded: this lyrical adaptation of Irvin S Cobb’s short stories about a good-natured lawman (played on screen by Will Rogers) urgently needs rediscovering.
6. BODY SNATCHERS (1993) : For a third screen adaptation of Jack Finney’s science-fiction touchstone, skip the Nicole Kidman plod The Invasion and pick up Abel Ferrara’s pulsating variant.
7. RESURRECTED (1989) : Where it all began for Bourne supremo Paul Greengrass: a punchy Channel Four Film drama marking traumatised soldier David Thewlis’s less-than-triumphant return from the Falklands.
8. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) : Taxi Driver and Raging Bull are re-released every other year; we need a new print of Scorsese’s heart-rending road movie with Ellen Burstyn’s heroine.
9. SATANTANGO (1994) : Hungarian miserabilist Béla Tarr’s eight-hour mystical-agricultural drama might qualify as the least commercial film ever made, but it’s also one of the most immersive narrative experiences you’ll have outside of a great novel.
10. FEARLESS (1993) : Jeff Bridges only won the Oscar this year, but he was equally rock-solid as the plane-crash survivor who believes himself immortal in Peter Weir’s haunting drama.
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