Recent movies that no one remembers

This one.

This one is from 1988, I saw it in the theater, and liked it. No one I ever knew heard about it.

I am so glad that I saw "Birth" in a local ol' fashioned real theater, which is a few months away from its 100th anniversary of existence. I really found it exasperating and at the same time there were some spellbinding scenes. So, of course i purchased the dvd, too. I know Nicole Kidman is DL-poison around here. I have only seen her in a few movies and for me it was the exact opposite of it being forgettable or hate-able, this one. I will put it on my to- do list to find some hate for a film that meets the OP's criteria.

I was the poster who nominated "Birth" but as flawed as that movie was, it did contain some of the best acting Nicole Kidman supplied this side of "The Others." In better hands, this could've been a major critical success.

I saw this one in the cinema, but don't remember a single moment from it.

Huge meh .......

I saw Birth, too - fished the DVD out of a dollar bin somewhere. It was flawed but interesting

War Horse

The only reason I remember this movie is that it was the first movie my partner and I went to see together when we started dating:

Here's another one I actually paid to see - I was the only person in the theater

Contact is not in any way, shape or form a film that no one remembers.

This one for sure:

Bobby falls into the "laughable attempt at Oscar Bait" category

I actually like this film, but it seems to have faded out of the cultural memory.

Quiz Show is the only movie I remember so far.

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Cider House Rules

Sadly, I am the fan of "Birth" that found it to be a memorable film. and dammit if i don't find "Contact" to be the same, a lot of it boils down to the connection between the daughter and the father that is , to me, nicely portrayed. the stuff with Matthew Mc, well i know, they tried but that, to me, was forgettable the first 5 times i watched the movie. Never saw it in a theater, but it was in that crazy late 90's window of having a pirated "box" that allowed me to watch movies being broadcast on cable at the time. This is an intriguing thread, I commend the OP, and am still thinking about a film that i find forgettable and sad that I saw in the last 20 years.

I saw this on a date during high school, but I don't remember anything about it.

Changing Lanes

Except for "Bobby," I've seen every single one of the movies mentioned.

You can't quite say that nobody remembers "Avatar," considering it's the highest-grossing movie of all time, but does anyone think about it anymore? I'm sure Sigourney Weaver occasionally has to be reminded, "Oh, yeah, I was in that" before her mind drifts back to "Aliens" and "Ghostbusters."

The Matt Dillon thread reminded me of this

"Inception" ... I saw it in a theater but was I was so slow on the uptake trying to follow it. I know it is probably remembered and revered, but for me it was very forgettable due to my difficulty following it. Some great cgi scenes, though. I am the guy who remembers "Birth" and "Contact" and I also admire the balls of whoever mentioned "Avatar", cuz i do agree.

This Jennifer Aniston mess

Contact is one of the biggest sci-fi films from the past few decades. It's silly to say no one remembers it.

Very recently 'Mr. Holmes' with Ian McKellen. Decent reviews and good press---sank without a trace. I am the only person I know who saw or even heard of it.

Sorry, but I thought Birth was a really good film, and Kidmen was great in it. Though, Nichole gave her best performance in The Others.

Once upon a time, they tried to make Anne Heche a thing

And how about A Kiss before Dying, R21, in which he marries Sean Young? Talk about movies best left forgotten.

This one!

Sorry, R23, but that mess is impossible to avoid. It seems to be on TV more days of the year than it isn't.

Was intrigued by Birth.

America's Sweetheart, a lazy piece of work baited with multiple 1990s stars in dull, hasty cameos, flopped at the box office. It felt good.

Full Frontal (2002).

R30, that film is actually pretty underrated and has its own following.

[quote] Contact is not in any way, shape or form a film that no one remembers.

I don't remember it.

The recent movie about Brian Wilson. Excellent. Not good with names. Young Brian was played by a brilliant uoung actor. He played one of the shooters in the movie based on Columbine. In Little Miss Sunshine he plays the older brother of the girl. Brooding, depressed, intuitive . Handsomr as anything. Why do movies fly faster then bullshit out of Trump's lips. They don't stand a chance against these moronic alleged blockbusters. Rant over

What was the name of the movie, r35?

Love and Mercy.... you are right, it will be forgotten but it should not be. Paul Dano was outstanding as young Brian Wilson, agreed.

Matchstick Men

"Contact" belongs in "Movies that are always on cable" thread.

hmmm, guess Contact is not a big DL favorite, can we try ....anything with Adam Sandler in it in the last 20 years, and damn buddy i used to like Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore back in the day. but yes i still love The Wedding Singer.

Flyboys

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

North

The Wedding Singer is the only Adam Sandler movie that I like, and it's currently on Netflix.

[quote]Contact is not in any way, shape or form a film that no one remembers.

[quote]I don't remember it. that was easily disproved

[italic]Not a film that no one remembers[/italic] does not mean [italic]a film that everyone remembers.[/italic] So no, it was not easily disproved to those who understand logic.

Oh God, yes, R1! I saw that with my sister, and what a borefest! This left me in no mood to see his subsequent effort, UNDER THE SKIN. And I don't even like the video for Karma Police (great song btw).

UNDER THE SKIN was fantastic. One of the best films of 2014.

There must be a curse. There are at least 3 films I've seen with my sister so far (all meh if not outright megaboring). And these are films I've ONLY seen with my sister. We don't get along so I guess we're programmed not to have fun.

Quiz Show is one of my favourite films. Even if it's not the greatest of films, it's still immensely likeable. I loved seeing it at the cinema (I was 16), we have it at home and watch it at least once or twice a year, maybe more. My girlfriend is enamoured with the look and the story, and we call Ralph Fiennes "Quiz Show".

R25, my gf and I are currently streaming Mr Holmes. The only reason we stopped was because there was a bug with the stream. I really like Bill Condon as a filmmaker.

Full Frontal is the shittiest shit that ever shat. Community theatre doing improv is better than this.

I might have tried Love and Mercy, which got a rave from The New York Times, but it has two actors I try to avoid in it - John Cusack and Elizabeth Banks. Ugh.

John Cusack could own this thread.

John Cusack could own this thread #2

John Cusack could own this thread #3

And I've seen all these shitty movies, and I don't even like John Cusack. I did like Bridget Fonda at some point, ditto Molly Parker.

Another Cusack shitfest, literally. I've not seen this one, has anyone?

I'll see your BIRTH and raise you THE HUMAN STAIN.

Somehow The Human Stain has been all over this thread from the beginning. Must have been the Anthony Hopkins connection (who wisely decided to stay off movies some decades ago).

The "James Franco Flops That No One Cared About" trilogy - Annapolis, Flyboys, and Tristan and Isolde. Because I had a crush on him (why?) and saw all three of these awful movies

At least Franco was a lot better looking back then. Since he decided he's a serious artist, you could now fill this thread with "James Franco indie flops meant to raise doubt over his heterosexuality" like "Interior Leather Bar" and "Howl."

Two Spielberg efforts: "The Terminal" and "Memoirs Of A Geisha". The former was on local L.A. television this past weekend- -on one of those off-channels that air mostly straight-to-DVD movies.

R59, I think Rob Marshall directed "Geisha".

Third vote for "Full Frontal" being the shittiest, most instantly forgettable movie by an often great director.

I want to see "Mr. Holmes" and "Love and Mercy". They came and went very quickly from the cinemas.

I love "Quiz Show".

It is interesting which movies just fade away and aren't even remembered. "Blow" and "Big Fish" were huge releases at the time and were too boring to be remembered. This is what happens to MEH movies.

"Suffragette" will soon be tossed into this category.

So will THE IRON LADY.

Premium Rush

I loved Under the Skin, can't wait to watch Birth. I remember it being panned at the time of its first release, but i read that in the past 10 years it's become a critics' fave, and i like Nicole Kidman in almost anything (sue me)

Some good films that no-one talks about:

25th Hour

A Serious Man (the most under-rated of the Coen brother movies)

Master & Commander: Far Side of the World

Shadow of the Vampire

Wonder Boys

I watched Shadow of the Vampire a few weeks ago, R64. It's a very good movie, but it's not the kind of thing that will fill a multiplex(unfortunately).

well, i'm finally watching Birth, so far it's great. can't imagine how anyone who's seen it could forget it. it's quite haunting.

Does even Oliver Stone remember making this? It came out at the point when people were just glad that the nightmare the movie was dealing with was ending and didn't care to dwell too much on what was basically preaching to the choir.

Stone's World Trade Center is another film that no one talks about. People still talk about Alexander though, but for all the wrong reasons.

A few movies that got a lot of press but no one can really remember watching would be "The Changling" "Cold Mountain" and "The Hours".

[quote] "The Hours"

Are you kidding me?? It's mentioned in every undeserved Oscar discussion here.

Gods and Monsters and Love and Death on Long Island. I don't know anyone who's seen these--outside of Datalounge.

The Crying Game

The Road to Perdition -- very serious Oscar bait that I forgot about before the sunlight even hit my face outside the theater exit.

Like Crash, had a suffocating sense of self-importance.

The Crying Game's supposed plot twist had a good shelf life in popular culture.

Glazer's movies are an acquired taste, to put it mildly. People who dislike them tend to insanely loathe them. I thought Under the Skin was utterly brilliant but I know people who look at me like I'm out of my mind when I say that.

I saw Strange Days in the cinema, and remember it being a big thing at the time. Seems completely forgotten now.

Ed Norton was all the rage with "Primal Fear" but it's now forgotten.

Million Dollar Baby. People wouldn't shut up about that now it's just as punchline in jokes.

I thought "Primal Fear" was one of those movies that always showed up on basic cable, like so many of those mid-to-late nineties legal thrillers.

Sky Captain's mention above reminded me of a few other movies I saw back on original release with my group of friends who were more into blockbuster movies than me - the drama and indie kid: Van Helsing, Chicken Run, From Hell, and Clash of the Titans.

Brando and Broderick! Two of the greats.

Gladiator

25 mainly forgotten US number 1 movies from the 2000s

I actually had forgotten most of these

The "Let's Make Kevin Spacey a Leading Man" flops: K-Pax, The Shipping News, etc.

The 90s version looked even worse

I have a soft spot for JOHN Q. I loved it as a kid, probably watched it 10+ times. I haven't seen it in years though.

I Love Trouble

Dante's Peak

Saw this one on cable at 1 am

1997 and 1998 were twin disaster movie years. '97 with Dante's Peak and Volcano (Anne Heche was really busy around that time) and '98 with Armageddon and Deep Impact.

R89: cashing in on all the impeding millennium doom anxiety

^impending

12 Years a Zero Dark Blue Valentine, True Grit remake, A Serious Man, The Master, Inception, Oyhood, Birdmenses, Poxcatcher, Silver Jennifer Hustle, etc. ugh, so many of them never deliver their shining promise even though they're coated in oily hype and baptized in movie critic cumspew. Cinema de la magnesium citrate - bon appetit, hipster millennials!

Another vote for Cold Mountain. What a bore, and a terrible use of good actors and scenery.

W was a very forgettable movie... There's not much I remember from it apart from the hazing scene at the beginning. But then, the same could be said of Wag the Dog (only remember Kirsten Dunst) and Primary Colors (Emma Thompson makes a great lesbian, I did have a huge crush on her back in the mid-90s). Primary Colors might be the best of bunch, but that's not saying much.

Give us VEEP!!!! In the Loop, another great politics movie. Even All the President's Men.

The Changeling was a very compelling watch (apart from John Malkovich's distracting wig combined with his equally annoying acting). Wouldn't want to watch it again.

R94, I've always believed that "Primary Colors" is the most underrated film of the past twenty years. People thought it was about the Clintons, but what it's really about is how we deal with people like them, and has the best work Kathy Bates has ever done on film. It may not be remembered that well, but it should be. It's a legitimately great movie disguised as a Clinton parody.

"W" was forgettable, except for the fact that Thandie Newton played Condi Rice the same way that she played her character in "Beloved."

I barely remember Kathy Bates from the movie... Wasn't she playing a lesbian? I see her clothed on a bed, somehow

The Express

Meet Joe Black - WEHT Claire Forlani?

I had to watch Cold Mountain but I gave up in relief once Phil Hoffman died (spoiler!). Died in the movie, that is.

Silver LInings Playbook. Instantly forgettable.

Paul Thomas Anderson cast Patty McCormack in The Master, and then gave her nothing to do. But Joaquin and Hoffman were indulged like nobody's business.

Janet McTeer got an Oscar nomination for Tumbleweeds (1999); I don't think anybody has watched it since then.

In fairness, the only thing Patty is good for is the use of a human mattress

Michelle Pfeiffer Oscar Bait

Anyone remember the movie Dream With the Fishes? Starring David Arquette and Karherine Erbe. I saw it in the theater, my stoned college-aged self looooved it.

R96, I so agree with you....one of my favorite films.

The Buttarah

Claire Forlani was in a movie with Jamie Bell. I had almost forgotten about her.

Most of these movies were forgotten for good reason. They were utter shit.

Birth is frequently mentioned in threads but the premise is utterly ridiculous.

Three Billboards

The Interview

Fury

Noah

The Butler

Red State

The Artist

127 Hours

I adore my fellow middlegays and eldergays, declaring 1990 to be "recent".

In the Cut

A lot of the films on this list (In the Cut, Birth, etc.) are well-known among film geeks and get written up in academic journals.