The Freshman (1990 film) Puns

I'm trying to find a short film that I saw at a film festival in ~1996-1998. In the film (which I think may have been black-and-white), a group of people is out in the middle of nowhere (flat, barren landscape), and they find a hole. They lower stuff into the hole with a bucket and rope, and some unspecified, barely-heard creatures at the bottom swap the things they lower into the hole for gold. So, like, they lower down a sandwich and when they bring the bucket back up, there's gold in it. Flashlight goes down, gold comes back up. Then one member of the group gets greedy, and has his friends lower him down into the hole to get all the gold. When the friends pull up the rope, the guy is gone, and there's gold in his place.

Things I know about this film

-Italian

-He is a man who lives with his wife but they do not have sexual relations. One day he meets a woman on the street identical to his wife, but more sensual. Over time she becomes his lover. In the end he discovers that the woman was his wife.

-In several scenes, surreal things appear in the background, such as a bear riding a unicycle.

-Not sure about the year

Thanks!

What 1980s/1990s horror films would you reboot or remake if you had to choose?

My examples are Blood Rage, Psycho Cop, The Prowler, The People Under the Stairs, Graveyard Shift, Neon Maniacs and Class of Nuke ‘Em High.

I must have been 7 or 8 years old so it was possibly 2001-2003 when this random vampire movie was playing on cable in the background of my aunt’s house.

It looked more like a low budget movie from the late 90s and I remember very specific imagery. The movie was centered around a young man with brown hair, college aged. He had a brief interaction with a woman at a club I believe. The next day, he started having blood cravings. One particular scene I recall was where he was standing on the sidewalk and staring at a random lady’s neck. You could see her jugular pulsing under her translucent skin tone during a zoomed in shot. She had dark hair and may have been wearing pearls which accentuated her neck.

The tone felt gothic and sultry yet it was set in present day. If I recall correctly, there seemed to be very little dialogue so it’s hard to remember what the actual plot was. There were no special vampire powers involved and it seemed to mainly focus on bloodlust.

Looking for some good sleazy, sexy and erotic films from above mentioned era. Watched risky business again and damn it has one of best erotic scenes. None the less i enjoy watching this movie for 80's nostalgia and silly plot. I think this movie was director way of portraying capitalism. Basic Instinct, fatal attraction, true lies, species, unfaithful, showgirls are some other example of films i am looking for. I DONT care for IMDB rating. I want Movies recommendation which You personally liked. Any language or country welcome.

In A scene a woman rubs a liquid in her hands (only her hands were shown) in a party and a few scenes later an old guy is rushed to the bathroom to take a diarrhea. He sits on the toilet but finds out He's inside a truck . he stands up but the truck's door is closed.

It reminds me of a "the naked gun" movie.

Edit: the liquid was poisonous and she rubbed it in her wrists i think.

Edit: the truck moves and takes the old guy with it.

Hi everyone. This is kind of a vague one, but there's this movie that's been stuck in the back of my mind for a long time.

I can unfortunately only remember one scene, but there's something like a smokestack (image for reference) that crumbles over during a storm or something like that. I think it's a kid's movie? I saw it when I was a kid, for that matter. But what sticks out is that the scene of that smokestack falling is impactful in the context of the film.

I get the feeling that the movie may have been in a cartoon style or animated in some way. Animation style may range from Scooby-Doo (the style in the 70s) to Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). But again, it may have been animated- I'm not sure. Could also be non-fictional from what I recall.

Thank you in advance for your help!

My turtle turns 20 years old in April, and I’ve long forgotten the name of the film that included the turtle after which he’s named. The turtle in the film is completely insignificant to the plot, so I haven’t been able to find the film’s name by Googling.

In the film, a young boy and girl are outside, possibly in a grassy field. The children are both white, and I’d guess that they’re somewhere between ages 7-14. (I’m not good at guessing children’s ages.) The boy might have a small group of friends with him (other boys). I’m not sure whether the boy and girl are siblings, neighbors, classmates or some other relation; all I remember was that they were rivals of some sort. They went to shake hands for a “truce,” and the boy slips a small turtle into the girl’s hand as a joke, and she immediately withdraws her hand and drops it. Next, there’s a close-up shot of the turtle on the ground in the grass walking away, and then the film cuts to the next scene.

I think the turtle was shown in an earlier scene if the film, maybe in its tank. I’m not sure how it’s revealed that the turtle’s name is "Herbert" — my best guess is that perhaps the boy said its name when showing it to his friends.

The turtle was the size of a half-dollar coin, small enough to be in the palm of a child’s hand, and it was a semiaquatic turtle (not a tortoise). I can’t clearly remember which species of turtle it was, and it’s hard for me to know what’s a true memory or just my mind trying to fill in the blanks. It was possibly a red-eared slider (which are green in color), a yellow-bellied cooter or other common turtle you can find in pet stores. Definitely not a snapper or softshell turtle.

It’s a color film with real people (not a cartoon / not animated). The setting was either in a rural area or possibly an older suburban area (definitely not in a city and probably not cookie-cutter identical suburban houses). The setting felt like it had a wholesome 1950s-1970s vibe, and the film most likely would have been released sometime between the 1950s-1990s. I think I watched it in school in 5th grade (which was 2001-2002), so it would have been appropriate for young kids, so I’d say it had to have been rated G, PG or unrated (if it was before films were rated). I don’t think the movie was used for any lesson plans; it was more likely just a random movie put on when we had a substitute teacher.

In the early 90s I owned a VHS of a strange clay stop-motion children's film.

The plot involved a blonde, handsome prince who was arrogant and cruel. He is cursed to be a hideous hunchback and is forced to be a servant. He is tasked to go out for errands and meets a beggar. He gives the beggar a coin and is punished by his master. After doing this three times, the beggar is revealed to be his mother and he is released from the curse.

Other random scenes I recall:

• A well, possibly throwing a coin down a well.

• A shot looking up through the middle of a spiral staircase.

• Possibly scenes of ringing a church bell.

This memory has been haunting me for over a decade, I greatly appreciate any help!

My mom and I are going nuts trying to remember the name of a movie we used to rent from blockbuster when I was a kid in the mid/late 90’s. It was an animated movie about a spirit or specter that haunted a garden or courtyard(?) of an old house. I think he may have been stuck there because he had fallen in love with some woman when he was alive, and I believe the movie ended with him being reunited with this woman or finally moving on. There was also something to do with a flower or flowers. I remember him being blue- a cross between a slate blue and a dusty turquoise. It wasn’t necessarily a scary movie, but I definitely remember it having a ghost. I keep wanting to say it’s something along the lines of “ghost in the garden” or “spirit in the tower” or something along those lines, but Google isn’t giving me anything.

Edit to add: the movie was from the perspective of the main characters who were living children/teenagers. Pretty sure they helped the spirit move on.

Ok so I am Canadian I don't remember much from this film other than, it was probably on either IFC, Movie Central, HBO, or AMC. It was late at night when I saw this film, so my memory isn't the best, it could have just been a dream. It was either a claymation or CGI film, about a kid that ends up in a place where they are attacked by someone and end up riding a bed. I was tired, young and had found it by flipping through channels, so I didn't see the opening and forgot the ending. I think the kid had fallen asleep, so it was probably a dream. It kind of reminds me of Little Nemo, except not as old and I really don't think it was a cartoon.

As a huge fan of John Cassavetes, especially his 16mm films, I just saw Wanda by Barbara Loden and was blown away. This made me intrested in discovering more American indiependet films.

What are your favourites on the channel? (or films from other countries as the same vain as the films above)

There was a song that I remember being in an animated movie. The song was sung by a male singer, and it was very tongue-in-cheek and peppy. The lyrics I recall are "Use your head, or your/you're behind." There was a clear implication of it being a pun about butts. As in, if you don't use your head, you're an ass. I think there was also a lot of visuals of whatever animated animal it was waving its butt in the air, but I have reason to be skeptical of whatever visuals I think I remember.

The problem is that I remember the animal being a dragon, but I also for years was picturing the dragon from Quest for Camelot. I've gone through the soundtrack for that movie several times, and none of the music in that even comes close, even if a few of the visuals for "If I Didn't Have You" are similar. So clearly something got garbled in child-me's head.

The only things I'm sure about are the lyrics, what the singer's voice sounded like, and snippets of tune that I can't string together enough for any of the music identifying apps to help me with.

I've been looking for this fruitlessly for many years now, so any ideas at all are appreciated.

Saw this film on TV when I was a kid, on Lithuanian tv channel TV6 late at night. Been looking for it ever since.
The film was set in an old monastery, which was now turned into an orphanage for troubled teenage girls.
The story was something about this killer nun that slaughtered girls one by one (mostly by a spear.) In the end, it revealed, that the nun became this spoopy murdering ghost because a long time ago she had a baby and other nuns killed it.
The film might have been foreign (not English). Can't remember, because in Lithuania all films on TV were dubbed.
Anyways, this film traumatized the shit out of me and I still get shivers when I see actual nuns.
Yet, no matter how much I looked I don't seem to find it. Could I have made it up? Or will you help me, reddit?

I don't really remember much, but the film is from the late 90s to early 2010s.

It was a sort of action adventure with light comedy. A soldier/knight/musketeer-sort-of person is tasked to bodyguard a lady of nobility on her way to an arranged marriage.

At some point in their journey, their group is ambushed/attacked... some shooting, sword fighting is involved. They take refuge in some building ruins. The lady falls in love with her guard or one of the men in her party..

Any ideas or suggestions of the film would be appreciated.

PS: NOT Animation.

The male main character is going through a CIA/secret service initiation/training and is made to think he has been kidnapped by the enemy and held in the back of a van. He is tortured, with the people trying to get the name of the head guy in the CIA. The main character resists until the 'enemy' threated his female love interest at which point he gives up the name of the head guy. He is then released from the van to a crowd of other people in training.

Around the early or mid 1990's, ABC aired a film about a woman who was involved in some incident where she received a bionic hand/arm. The previews and commercials for it would have the narrator saying something like "Move over Arnold!", as it was in the year(s) after Terminator 2 and involved a protagonist becoming part Cyborg (or at least with one limb anyway!)

She might have been a police officer or something along those lines, and I do recall guns being used - perhaps in line with a law enforcement story arc?

One scene I do recall is her escaping from somewhere, possibly after the mechanical limb was put on her in a hospital, and she used it to punch some guy that was after her. Shortly afterward, there was a scene where a friend of hers caught up to her as it was raining. And she held her arm in the rain and it began crackling, like in terms of electricity enveloping her hand/limb. And they both started to laugh at it. Afterwards, I want to say she rejoined her law enforcement group and they began working on a case of some sort.

I believe it was a made-for-TV film... or maybe a low budget movie that ABC aired after a theatrical run. I don't think it was a TV series. If it was, it might've been one of those two-hour pilots they aired before picking something up (or not).

I also don't think this was relate to The Bionic Woman or any of its spinoff TV movies around that time, although I'd welcome any corrections there. I want to say that the lead female here was a brunette... and the film definitely aired on ABC around the 1992-1995 era.

Thanks in advance!

There was a kids film in the 90s/early 2000s (probably earlier) that stars an elephant and a kid (probably a girl) and the only thing I remember from this film a scene of the two stars in a lake and the kid was on the elephant, and another scene which is set in a brown or grey house in the middle of a field with no other houses in sight in which the kid was chased by a horde of angry bees or something like that and it's ends with the kid screaming and the camera zooming into the kid's mouth (I think). And that's all I can remember from it.

She is created out of clothing and thoroughly fits the racist stereotype of "Mami", the kindly black woman who loves her owner's/employer's children. There were also pirates (or maybe that's the sequel)

My brother and I watched this many Christmases growing up, so I think it's set around Christmas.

It's a children's movie

I always remember this movie, there was a bad guy scientist from the future, who had long white hair and looked something like Rutger Hauer. He was able to travel through time with a crystal that had symbols or some kind of screen on its top surface.

The only scene I remember is the guy trying to break into a complex of some kind, but he finds a fence in the way. He travels back in time to when the fence doesn't exist and walks past it and goes 'back to the future' if you will. As I recall he's in the mountains surrounded by green grass when this happens.

Santa is getting arrested and the girl says “Say it ain’t so Santa, say it ain’t so!”

It’s driving me crazy 😂

I’m born in 1986 and I had as a Christmas gift in the early 90s a VHS cartoon movie which i’m pretty sure involved kids getting into large robots and racing around the world.

I think the main character was called Robbie

I think it was in English and no sun titles

Probably would have been rated U (universal)

Im in the U.K. if that helps.