Any recommendations for a quirky little gem of a film

[waltzingparrot]

The type that doesn't sound great in its synopsis but turned out to be brilliantly entertaining, moving, hysterical. It's probably British. Definitely understated.

I'll offer Marvellous with Toby Jones

Watched Swimming With Men - fabulous!

This Beautiful Fantastic. Charming and heartwarming 😊

Oh I loved This Beautiful Fantastic!

Recently, on the plane, I watched (& enjoyed more than I expected to) Language Lessons and Here Today.

(I also loved Encanto, but I wouldn’t describe it as a quirky little gem!)

Recently saw Cuban Fury with Nick Frost, missed it when it first came out but it's brilliant.

Petite Maman, probably available now on one of the streaming platforms.

I was going to recommend Hope & Glory too - one of my absolute favourites

Not sure if these have been mentioned…

Everything is Illuminated
Short Term 12
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Me Earl and the Dying Girl

Nobody ever remembers mine - Letter to Brezhnev. Saw it at the cinema in the 80s, fantastic film. It’s never shown on TV.

Also - Peter’s Friends. It was around the same time as 4 Weddings but so much better IMO.

Yes I remember Letter to Brezhnev, with Margi Clark iirc

Help!
House movie party for boys and girls age 5 what movie should i play that both boys and girls can enjoy?

Havent RTFT so apologies if already mentioned. Lots more free films uploaded last week onto Prime, including Cinema Paradiso. If you haven't seen it, watch it and fall in love.

Locke with Tom Hardy.
Mostly him on the phone - brilliant in my view.

Booksmart is a great film .

The Way Way Back

Paddington?

Haven't rtft so hopefully not a duplicate but watched Man Up last week and it was quirky, funny and British. Loved it

This

'You can't steal a warehouse'

Not British, but I love What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

OMG, I'd completely forgotten about this thread I started back in the 2nd lockdown. Spotted it in Active Threads. I watched loads of the recommendations at that time and then I suppose life sort of started again post-lockdown and we went out instead of staring at the telly.

So glad you are still finding quirky films to add. I'm going to restart 'Friday Night is Movie Night' in my house, start rebuying the popcorn and watch all the later recommendations.

Thanks all.

Just watched "Marvellous" with Toby Jones, thanks for the recommendation!

Mostly already mentioned, my list includes
The Dish - Aussie small town with the observatory responsible for getting the first pictures of the moon landing, Sam Neill
Hunt for the Wilderpeople - more lovely Sam Neill
Sunshine Cleaning - Amy Adams and Emily Blunt set up a cleaning company for dealing with crime scenes
The Descendants - George Clooney family drama in Hawaii
Any Studio Ghibli film
Love and Friendship - Kate Beckinsale is hilarious in Jane Austen
David Copperfield - latest one with Dev Patel
Breaking Away - coming of age film with cycling obsessed teenager and his friends including a young Dennis Quaid

Just realised this is an old thread, think I posted on it originally too😁

Post away! Thanks for the Sunshine Cleaning rec that looks right up my street 😁

recommendations are always good!

Sunshine Cleaning is great.

But needs a TW: a lot of suicide content/story