18 Great Noughties Movies You May Have Missed

Lesser spotted, but equally deserving...

By Mark PowellDec 11th 2009
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La Sombra Del Caminante (The Wandering Shadows, 2004)

In A Nutshell: Surreal black-and-white odd couple drama from Colombia, following the bizarre relationship of convenience between a victimised local amputee and a gruffly silent fringe figure who appears one day, wearing steampunk-style aviator goggles and with a makeshift sedan chair strapped to his back.

Why You May Have Missed It: It was never released theatrically here. And let’s face it, you would’ve been forgiven for skipping it on the grounds of sounding utterly bonkers if it had been.

Why Missing It Is Mad: Think David Lynch directing the world’s lowest-budget superhero movie, and you might be somewhere close.

As if the mysterious chair-carrying stranger’s broody, near-mute presence isn’t mesmerising enough, a shady back story begins to emerge in the second half which reveals a linked past between the two men that's much, much darker than we’ve been led to expect.

All in all, a deeply fascinating gem for anyone with the patience for monochrome and subtitles.

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    • Hadouken76

      Dec 11th 2009, 15:39

      id like to add that zatoichi, twilight samurai, dirty pretty things, in search of a midnight kiss, dead mans shoes to that list and even though it came out in 1998 i still think legend of 1900 is an underated gem

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    • sjsmith88

      Dec 11th 2009, 18:28

      I didn't miss You and Me and Everyone We Know, I caught it. Wish I hadn't. Following your 4-star review I had it in my head that I was in for a pleasant little indie. Instead it was your run-of-the-mill pretentious art-house rubbish. Dreadful.

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    • skinjob

      Dec 12th 2009, 8:38

      I'd like to add taxidermy - not a pleasant film to watch by any stretch of a twisted imagination but worth watching for the second and third acts on its own and the climactic scene is one that will stay wih me for a long time! if swallowed - do not induce vomiting!!

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    • namedropper

      Dec 13th 2009, 14:24

      We call them Neds and not Chavs up our way and I thought Sweet Sixteen was mainly set in Greenock and not the Port! Anyway I'd like to add Dear Frankie as a movie also set in the same area. Cracking performances from all concerned but especially the child playing Frankie. Will bring a tear to your eyes! Still hoping that Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer will get together at some point!

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    • domduck

      Dec 14th 2009, 11:21

      The Year of the Dog should be in here - and Waitress. The perfect hangover double-bill.

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