Marshall and the Movies

SeThis page is dedicated to the weekly series I call “F.I.L.M. of the Week.” F.I.L.M. is a contrived acronym for First-Class, Independent Little-Known Movie. The primary requirement for a featured movie is the first word, that is, to be first-class.

I decided to list these movies on a separate page so that you as a reader can have easier access to some of the great movies that I have been reviewing without slogging through a unwieldy category page. Any movie listed on this page is a sure bet for a phenomenal rental.

Enjoy and happy moviewatching!

A
About Schmidt
About Time
Adaptation
Afternoon Delight
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
All About My Mother
Almost Famous
Amelie
Another Year
The Armstrong Lie
As I Lay Dying

B
Bad Santa
The Beaver
Bel Ami
The Believer
Beyond the Hills
Bill Cunningham New York
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Blue Steel
Boogie Nights
Big Fan
Broken Flowers
Bronson
The Brothers Bloom
The Burning Plain

C
Capturing the Friedmans
Casino Jack & the United States of Money
Cats Don’t Dance
Children of Men
A Christmas Tale
City of God
Changeling
Charlie Bartlett
Chuck and Buck
The Class
Closer
Citizen Ruth
Code Unknown
C.O.G.
The Color Wheel
The Constant Gardener
The Contender
Conversations with Other Women
The Cruise
Cursed

D
Dancer in the Dark
The Darjeeling Limited
Declaration of War
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Doubt
Down Terrace
Duplicity

E
Eastern Boys
The Edge of Heaven
Election
Elena
Even the Rain

F
The Family Stone
Far from Heaven
Fat Girl
A Field in England
Fish Tank
Following
For Your Consideration
Freeway
Friends with Money
Frozen River
Funny Games

G
Galaxy Quest
Garden State
The Gatekeepers
Gasland
Ghost Town
Gideon’s Army
Gimme the Loot
Girl, Interrupted
Good Night, and Good Luck
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

H
Half Nelson
Hard Candy
Headhunters
Heathers
A History of Violence
The Host
Hot Fuzz
The House I Live In
Humpday
Hunger

I
I Am Sam
Idiocracy
I Heart Huckabees
I Killed My Mother
I Love You, Man
I’m Not There
Impolex
The Imposter
In the Bedroom
In & Out
Inside Man
The Insider
In the House
Intolerable Cruelty
I.O.U.S.A.
Irma Vep
It Felt Like Love

J
Josie and the Pussycats

K
Keeping the Faith
Kicking & Screaming
Kid-Thing
The Kid with a Bike
The King of Kong
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kon-Tiki
Koyaanisqatsi

L
La Vie en Rose
Lenny Cooke
Little Children
The Lives of Others
The Lookout
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Love Actually

M
The Maid
The Man in the Moon
Man on the Moon
Man on Wire
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Marwencol
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Meek’s Cutoff
Mesrine
Michael Clayton
A Mighty Heart
Monster’s Ball
Mood Indigo
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Music of the Heart
My Country, My Country

N
Neighboring Sounds
No End in Sight
Notes on a Scandal
Near Dark
Night on Earth
North Country

O
The Oath
Old Joy
One Hour Photo
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
The Overnighters

P
Page One: Inside The New York Times
Paranoid Park
Persepolis
Pieces of April
Pleasantville
Poison
Police, Adjective
Polisse
The Professional
A Prophet

R
Rachel Getting Married
Red Eye
Red Road
Rescue Dawn
Requiem for a Dream
The Return
Revolutionary Road
Rocket Science
Roger Dodger
Role Models
A Royal Affair
The Royal Tenenbaums
Run Lola Run

S
The Savages
Searching for Sugar Man
Seven Psychopaths
Sherrybaby
Shopgirl
Sightseers
Small Time Crooks
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
The Snowtown Murders
Starship Troopers
The Squid and the Whale
Starlet
Street Fight
Sunshine
Swimming Pool
Swimming with Sharks

T
Tabloid
Take Shelter
Talk to Her
Taxi to the Dark Side
A Teacher
Thank You for Smoking
That Thing You Do
The Thin Red Line
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Is Martin Bonner
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Three Kings
Three Times
Thumbsucker
Timecrimes
Tiny Furniture
Tomboy
Topsy-Turvy
A Touch of Sin
Trucker
True Adolescents
25th Hour
Two Lovers

U
Undefeated

V
Volver

W
Wadjda
Waiting for Superman
Walker
Waltz with Bashir
War Witch
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
Wet Hot American Summer
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Which Way Home
White Material
Whitey: United States of America vs. James J. Bulger
Winter in Wartime
The Wrecking Crew
Wuthering Heights

Y
Year of the Dog
You Can Count on Me
Young Ones
Y Tu Mamá También