Requests (Closed)
Hey guys,
Feel free to write in the comments below which movies you would like me to upload.
Remember I can’t just upload any movie, there’s a number of “rules” that need to be followed in order to “green light” a film, the rules are the following:
- No Region 1 DVD/Bluray is available to purchase online.
- For British films make sure the film isn’t available on Region 2 DVD otherwise I cannot upload it.
- The movie was released before the year 2006 (2005 is the limit).
- For foreign films I will only upload movies that are not available on Region 1 DVDs, if the movie was released on DVD or Bluray but only in country of origin make sure it’s region locked, some studios release them region-free and include English subtitles, in that case I will not upload them.
- Lastly, make sure the film you want isn’t already available on Youtube (or if it is it has to be low quality), it takes me a lot of time to upload movie film and to see that it’s already up on YT it ends up being a waste of time so please check before requesting it here. Also, check out the WANTED films list, if the movie you want is listed there it means I don’t have it.
Thanks.
Jon.
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Re-opening date announcing soon.
Greg, here’s ANZUKKO (1958) – http://rarefilmm.com/2018/05/anzukko-1958/
Here’s Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro – https://youtu.be/sizxkR5oNQM
A Woman’s Sorrows – https://youtu.be/wsFfXvW60-A
Learn from Experience, Part 1 – https://youtu.be/NiCCrFT9Oxw
Learn from Experience, Part II – https://youtu.be/PIlqAtjXsVg
The Road I Travel with You – https://youtu.be/j8rsmhvJOvA
And here’s The Actress and the Poet – https://youtu.be/nYdQ1m_TLRE
Wife! Be Like a Rose! – https://youtu.be/F9cLE_73Cbw
sven klangs combo 1976
Hi Gregory.
I have almost all of them, I will start with “Furusato no Uta” (1925) and “Josei no Shori” (1946).
Please for next time stick to not more than 2 requests.
Thank you.
Best,
Jon.
Thank you for your hard work. Amazing!
There are several films with the legendary Jean Gabin which still have never been subtitled into English… All of these titles are available on DVD (or VHS) in Europe, but do not have English subtitles:
“Gloria” (1933)
“Varietes” (1935)
“Le Messager” (1938)
“Pour l’amour du ciel” (1950)
“Tonnerre de Dieu” — there are DVD copies circulating, but only in very bad phonetic English (1965)
“Pour un soir..” (1931)
“Pour l’amour du ciel” (1950)
“La Sang a la Tete” (1952)– very bad phonetic English-subtitled version available online
“Coeurs joyeux” (1933) — I actually own a very good copy of this on a CD-ROM (but it doesn’t have any English subtitles)
“La Cas du docteur Laurent” (1956)
“Drapeau noir flotte sur la marmite” (1971)
“Paris-Beguin” (1931)
“Chacun sa Chance” (1930)
“Verdict” (1974) — Jean Gabin and Sophia Loren.
Thank you!
Maybe there are some French-speaking rarefilmm fans who can help to subtitle some of them? (( can dare to dream!)
For subtitles I find the best site is:
http://www.opensubtitles.org/ followed by https://subscene.com
If you can’t find subs in English (or your desired language) or you need to
resync, adjust or otherwise modify them, I use very good freeware:
http://www.nikse.dk/subtitleedit
It will do automatic translations using Google which can range from quite good
to somewhat comical, but mostly you get the idea. To English, I find transations
from Portuguese, Spanish and Italian to be quite good. From Romanian not bad,
from French not so good (I think French is much more idiomatic). From Germanic
and Scandanavian not bad. In any case, you may not get the subtleties of the
original, but you will understand what’s going on.
If you are really desparate, there is a Python script which uses speech to text
libraries to create a subtitle file directly from the film, then uses
translation libraries (using Google) to translate them. (this part doesn’t work unless you register for a Google API key, so I use subtitleedit to do the translation as they recommend in the instructions below)
I’ve tried it and the results are reasonable. It drops some of the dialogue but it does handle a good part of it and will give you an idea of what’s going on. Sometimes the results are pretty good and other times not so much. But it is quick (about 5m) and easy, so give it a try. If the results stink you are no worse off.
https://github.com/agermanidis/autosub
TO install: https://github.com/agermanidis/autosub/issues/31
Greetings. Back in the late 1970’s I saw this Brazilian Film in a theater in Mill Valley. The plot was that some evil developer was trying to buy all the real estate in this community to redevelop.The community revolted against this plan. I think boulders were rolled down the hill at cars? After they won the people partied; dancing in the streets. Any excuse, these people partied. After seeing this film, our friends and I would say, Let’s Bahia or party. Does anyone know the name of this masterpiece? or where I can find it with English subtitles?
For some reason I’ve retained the memory of a very positive review of a film called, (I think,) “Barnardo of the Mountains”, released sometime mid 1990’s. All I remember is that it was a partisan war drama so I’m guessing could be from Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, etc.. Haven’t been able to find mention anywhere. Also just to reiterrate a request for “Les noces de papier” (The Paper Wedding) 1989 made for television Canadian film directed by Michel Brault with Genevieve Bujold. Thanks for all the wonderful work. Cheers.
A friend of mine would like to see any of the following:
Forbidden Paradise (1924) english intertitles?
Ghosts 1915
The Stolen Voice 1915
Silk and Saddles 1929 Marion Nixon
The Shining Adventure 1925
Savages of the sea 1925
Valley of Hate 1924
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1916 demille
Any chance of finding any of these composer biopics?
The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953)
The Mozart Story (1948)
Mozart (1936)
Puccini (1984)
Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009)
Ludwig (2016)
Bizet’s Dream (1994)
Rossini’s Ghost (1996)
Liszt’s Rhapsody (1996)
Sibelius (2003)
Beloved Clara (2008)
I, Don Giovanni (2009)
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1938)
Albéniz (1947)
Thanks for Puccini!
Hello Jon. I may be asking about a movie you are working on, since you have mentioned it in the past—Marie-Louise (1944 or ‘45). I think it is the first foreign-language movie to win an Oscar in any category (original screenplay). No particular hurry, just wondered if it was still on the way. Nick Jason
I saw you uploaded Codine (1963)! Thank you! Really appreciate you still uploading it even though it was a very old request.
If you’re still uploading films, then my next request would be Atraco a las tres (1962) by José María Forqué. Backup would be El arreglo (1983) by Fernando Ayala.
Thanks again!
Thanks for requesting CODINE, I really liked it, not knowing anything about it besides its being directed by the great collaborator on early Resnais films!
Hello, Jon.
Happy New Year and I hope you have managed to recover from the problems of uploading the films.
Please, could you tell me how long, you could put on the site the movie “Sarah (1983)”, which I asked for last year? I look forward to watching this movie. Once again, thank you very much for having achieved “Antoine et Sebastian”. It was a wonderful Christmas gift!
Hugs and continue with this wonderful website!
Hi Jon,
I have two films which I would like to have with subtitles if you can obtain them. I have both but without subtitles and I can provide you with the films, if necessary.
Proshchaniye s Peterburgom(Farewell to St Petersburg) 1972 by Yan Frid. A Soviet film about Johan Strauss made the same year as the US version of Strauss The Great Waltz.
Le pays sans étoiles 1946 by George Lacombe. This is an early film with Gérard Philipe but surprisingly no subtitles available as far as I know
Looking for 2 Rasputin movies from France (in English-friendly versions): LA TRAGEDIE IMPERIALE (Marcel L’Herbier, 1938; with Harry Baur) & RASPOUTINE (1954; with Pierre Brasseur). Thanks in advance.
Les Miserable 1925 all 7 hours?
Man of the People TV show with James Garner
Merci mille!
Thank you so much for all your hard work! Below is a film I’ve been seeking for a long time;
Port Chicago Mutiny: A National Tragedy (1990)
VHS tapes are still indexed on WorldCat, but I can’t find a digital copy anywhere.
Hi
Firstly thanks for the site!
My two MOST WANTED are
ANGELS OF DARKNESS/DONNE PROIBITE from around 1954 with Linda Darnell, Giuliuetta Masina, Valentina Cortese and Anthony Quinn – about prostitutes whose brothel closes down.
THE NAKED BRIGADE from 1964 or 65 – Shirley Eaton as a bikini clad, machine gun toting partisan taking on the Nazi menace in World War two – and Amen to that!
On the basis of this description I’m happy to second the vote for The Naked Brigade 👍
Been trying to find the following TV pilot since the 1990s — some of the last work of Graham Chapman AND Hal Ashby: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake's_Journey
Don Quixote 1957 Soviet Union. Searching for the version that was dubbed into English. It used to be available from Corinth on VHS 30 years ago, but they seem disinterested and do not respond to my RFI.
What a treasure trove! How about the Axel Corti trilogy—Santa Fe, God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore, Welcome in Berlin? Great movies that are superbly humanist and compassionate. About the Jewish experience during and after WW II. Any chance? Allen
I’m loving your website! I was only introduced to it 2 months ago and have not stop picking out movies to watch!
My request is a short film that Dyan Cannon written and directed. The film was released in 1976 and was titled NUMBER ONE. If there is any chance you ever come across a copy, could you please post it on your magnificent site.
Thank you very much.
Tom McC
In the mid-sixties there was an experimental German made for tv movie called “The Empress.” Supposedly one of the great unknown movies. How about taking a shot at that one? Love the site. allen
Hi Jon,
Just discovered your site, it’s a true Aladdin’s cave !!!
I have a request of 3 Claude Chabrol movies I’ve nerver seen :
– Les Magiciens (with late Jean Rochefort)
– Le sang des autres (film version) ; the TV version, much longer; is available on Youtube
– Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde, which contains L’homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel, his sketch with Catherine Deneuve
1000 thanks !
German Film // Am Tag als der Regen kam (1959)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052553/
I second this request.
Stage on Screen: The Women (2002)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329638/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
This is an excellent production of the original version of the Clair Booth Luce play.
There was a DVD offered by PBS in the early 2000’s but that is long OOP. This was also on YT, cut up into 10 parts with terrible video and even worse, unsynchronized audio, but even that is gone.
Thank you for all the work you do.
Hi Jon,
Terrific site!
Looking for Morgen in Alabama, aka Man Under Suspicion (1984) by Norbert Kückelmann, starring Maximilian Schell. From West Germany. I have several resources at my disposal, including karagara and a guy in Europe with a catalogue of 85000 titles for sale, and none have this listed!!! It isn’t on any torrent site either!
If you can find it I’ll be incredibly gratified.
My #2 title – a backup – is Claude Boissol’s super rare 1960 technicolor farce 3 Etcs and the Colonel, aka Trois etc. du colonel, aka Tre eccetera del colonnello.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
Nate
The closest I’ve ever come is a 35mm print of this that was circulating on Ebay a couple years ago for about $200. I didn’t spend the money but I wish I had.
Hi Nathan.
I might be able to find a copy of “Morgen in Alabama”, I’ll email you if I find it.
Also, please let’s not sell bootleg copies of movies here, I’m all against those kind of sites and so anyone trying to sell unofficial copies of movies that are requested here would be seen the same way.
Thanks.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for helping all of us movielovers here.
My choice for the month is-
The grand moment/ O Grande Momento (1958)
Thanks.
The Yakuza (1974) – https://ok.ru/video/1049421744820
Red Skies of Montana (1952) – https://ok.ru/video/1151542495924
Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) – https://ok.ru/video/556822432408
Bandido (1956) – https://ok.ru/video/1076454492852
Can you locate Life,Love Death by Claud Lelouch
Hi Jon,
First many thanks for this excellent site and your channel on ok ru
I have two films this month which I would like to have with subtitles, if you can obtain them. I have both films but without subtitles .I can provide you with the films, if necessary.
Uma(Horse) 1941 by Yamamoto. This film was co-directed by Kurosawa and for some film experts should be considered as his first film as Kurosawa directed most of the scenes.
La danse de mort 1948 by Marcel Cravenne. This is a French film version of Dance of Death(Strindberg) with Erich von Stroheim in the title role
Miss Lonelyhearts (the 1983 “episode” from American Playhouse – starring Eric Roberts)
The Troublesome Double (1971)
Stolen Memories: Secrets From The Rose Garden (1996)
IMDb lists The Troublesome Double as a film from 1967, but this must be a mistake.
I would like to request the film Black Eagle (1948) starring William Bishop. or , as a backup, Ghost Town (1956) starring Kent Taylor. Thank you for offering my previous requests.
A ROYAL AFFAIR with Maurice Chevalier
Many thanks!
Hi Jon,
I would love to see “Molly,” the 1950 film version of the radio and TV show “The Goldbergs.”
Thank you!
Stephen
Great to see this section in operation again! Thanks for all the uploads. My September requests are:
a) 1+1=3 (Heidi Genee), 1979
b) Sziget A Szarazfoldon (aka The Lady from Constantinople) (Judit Elek), 1968
Keep up the great work!
Hi Jon,
Glad to see you open for requests again.
I’m looking for Advice From A Caterpillar (1999) and I don’t have an extra pick at the moment.
Thanks!
Hello sir,
I am have been looking for the 1953 film Taxi, which marked Geraldine Page’s movie debut. Dan Dailey played the lead. I hope you might be able to track this down or maybe one of your loyal followers has a lead! Thank you very much.
Hi,
I’m looking for the Japanese film “Winkle” from 1992
Thanks!
“That Girl From Boston” (1975) starring Alexandra Hay and Mamie Van Doren, directed by Matt Cimber, written by Robert H. Rimmer, cinematography by Dean Cundey
This film was completed but never released. A long shot, but stranger things have popped up on this very site, so I’m putting the request out there just in case somebody has it…
Wonderful to see you back — it’s amazing how many requests you got in such a short time!
I’d love to find the first film made by Ed Hunt, who made the absolutely incredibly weird Flying Saucer movie Starship Invasions. It’s called Point of No Return and it’s from 1976. Here’s the IMDB link:
As a backup, how about the wacky Hong Kong feature, Snake Curse (She Zhou) from 2004. There’s a version dubbed in Hindi with no subs on Youtube, but it’s so insane that one hopes for a better version.
Incidentally, any idea where I could find the subs for the Czech time travel film Neco je ve vzduchu? it’s up on youtube, but so far no subs anywhere! And Czech is a language which is notoriously hard to autotranslate…
Thanks for all the great films! I’ve caught quite a few of your uploads on Ok.ru, and plan to watch yet more! Keep up the great work, and I’m glad to hear that things are going well enough that you can resume the requests! Thanks!
Hi, great to see you taking requests again, thanks for all that you do!
I’m still desperate to see The Dressmaker (1988) and the other requests I have previously made and am keeping my fingers crossed that they may appear one day, but I’d like to request another title this month, and that’s Downtime (1997) starring Paul McGann.
Many thanks!
Glad to have you back, Jon! I am looking for the 1953 Rosemary Clooney starrer “The Stars are Singing.” This used to be on Amazon Prime or Netflix a few years ago, but now it’s nowhere to be found online. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the work you’ve done so far! I ended up finding a film I hadn’t even thought to look for and was pleasantly surprised.
I’d like to ask for two other films of Assumpta Serna’s to be found, if possible. Her works can be very hard to find!
Momentos Robados (Stolen Moments) (1997)
or
La Vieja Musica (The Old Music) by Mario Camus (1985).
I have a good chunk of her collection (so if you get any additional requests for stuff she’s in let me know), but these ones are either impossible to find or are very expensive. And I’ll take any film she’s in, really.
Thank you!
Hi Jon,
Here are some requests they are probably very hard to find but…
Shirley Thompson versus the Aliens (1972)
The Office Picnic (1972)
Changes (Hall Bartlett 1969)
Follow Me (Gene McCabe 1969)
Many thanks, Nick
Hi there,
Your site is amazing!
My request is Shinoda’s film of Demon Pond 1979:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079041/
There is an old VHS somewhere but no DVD of any region I can find. I even managed to buy a promo glossy on ebay, but no dvd!
Thanks much for considering this. I think it fits well with what you do.
And again, thanks for all this work you do for all of us!
Best to you always,
Martin
Any chance for HIGHWAY 395?
Thanks in advance.
Neige (1981) dir. Juliet Berto & Jean-Henri Roger
Thanks so much for everything!!!
This is a long shot but I’d love to see Jazzmania (1923). It exists and has even been restored but I don’t think it’s ever been shown outside of a couple of festivals.
Thank you for these great films
I would like to see “Kimi No Nawa” part 1 1953 and “Kimi No Nawa” part 2 1953 Thanks in advance
Spaghetti House (1982)
Please help me see this shit show.
I hope you can find for me the 1973 TV movie What Are Best Friends For? Thank you!
Looking for two films directed by Shinji Somai
Luminous Woman (1987)
And
Tokyo Heaven (1990)
Thank you so much
Looking for a Filipino movie released internationally called The Beggar aka Ang Pulub (1969)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353185/
Or perhaps another obscure Philippine exploitation film called Outrages of the Orient aka Atrocities of the Orient
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094945/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
Many thanks!
Rafael Gill Don Quixote De La Mancha is available @ https://gloria.tv/video/1HDzzSSak8CvApmu2v2Hok71c and is entirely in Spanish. Can you please upload the film to download with English subtitles?
So cute to have similiar interests :3
Hi Jon,
I been searching online for a 5 episode series, not a movie. Is it ok to request series aswell? Its based on the Goldie Hawn & Chevie Chase movie “Foul Play” from 1978. Its “Foul Play” from 1981 with Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foul_Play_(TV_series)
Thanks for all the entertainment you give us!
Erik
Hello, I would be grateful for English subtitles for Dieter Meier’s (of Swiss pop group Yello) 1981 film Jetzt und Alles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKRDiU50cI
Danke!
Thanks for the great shares on here.
Could you please somehow find a copy of this movie. Its got a great cast with henry Fonda, Nimoy and Hagman. I saw it so many years ago and still remember it
The Alpha Caper (1973)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069693/
many thanks
Hi Jon, thanks for this wonderful, wonderful site. I’ve been looking for Woman Without a Face (not to be confused with A Woman’s Face) by the Swedish director Gustaf Molander with no luck. Any chance of an upload? Thanks in advance!
Don’t know the title about this one, maybe you can help: I am looking for a movie about a couple on the run after having committed a crime. One scene takes place on a deserted beach. The guy gets shot (by mob hitmen?) standing by the sea, while his long-haired brunette girlfriend watches from afar, sitting in the dunes. The bullets make an eerie sound on the quiet beach. The guy falls down and the waves wash over his body. I think it is a French movie, maybe Spanish, definitely European. Probably 1990s. Thanks in advance.
Hello! Thanks for accepting requests. I am searching for some forgotten french films.
1. Le grand cérémonial (1969) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063029/?ref_=wl_li_tt
2. La fille du garde-barrière (1975) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072984/?ref_=wl_li_tt
I would be very grateful if you uploaded any of these two, they seem to be near impossible to find nowadays.
Hi, I’d like to request: ‘Athens, Return to the Acropolis’
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205753/
Thanks.
Chase A Crooked Shadow and Fiend Without a Face are still in print. Beast of the City’s been available on DVD-R for 10 years now. Also, it might help if you read the top of this page.
Hey! This site is incredible, thank you for all the effort you put into it!! If you could find Roe vs. Wade (1989) dir. Gregory Hoblit that would be very much appreciated!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098212/
Diamond Hill by Soi Cheang
Thanks Jon.
Currently looking for a 1994 film entitled Words Upon The Windowpane about spiritualism in period Dublin
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)? Thanks!
I would like to request Demon Pond 1979 (Ya-sha-ga-ike).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079041
Perfect request!!! I love all three Shinoda’s I’ve been lucky to see so far, and that one looks amazing. Best of luck to Jon finding it, looks like a tough one.
Hi Jon
Your site is a treasure. Thank you for the inspiration to watch more movies that are under the radar. There’s so much to explore here already that it feels gluttonous to make a request! I wondered if Marco Ferreri’s 1978 film “Rêve de Singe” (aka” Ciao Maschio” or “Bye Bye Monkey”) exists in a non-dubbed version, with English subtitles instead?
Thank you!
All the best,
Susan
Die andere Front 1965 is on your tube
problems to get the cc
From the East is on a Region 1 DVD. and Kung Fu Master! is on Blu-Ray
Un homme, un vrai (2003), dir. Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu
Do you know if there is a decent print of A man could killed (1966) starring James Garner. You have it on your site but it’s not great, though it’s better than the blurry copy on youtube. It’s such a rare film, that maybe this is all we can have. Great site. Thanks.
Cheerful Wind (1981) – Hou Hsiao-hsien
Any chance you have The Hatter’s Ghost (1982) by Claude Chabrol? Thanks!
Do you have Last Winter, an Israeli film from 1984 with Kathleen Quinlan?
Hello Jon!!
I’m looking for anything made by Stom Sogo, I’m having a hard time finding his films. Will really appreciate whatever can be found.
Thank you for this fantastic site!
I’ve been looking forever for Friends (1988) dir. Kjell-Åke Andersson, and I would be so thankful if you could find it!
Looking for ‘Supermom’s Daughter’, a 1987 episode of ABC Afterschool Specials! I can only find a 30 second promo and can’t even find the DVD set it supposedly should be on! Thanks in advance!!
Korean director Kim Ki-Young’s masterpiece of psychoanalytic horror (sounds pretentious, sorry) “Insect Woman” (1972) is up on YouTube in an practically unwatchable version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwh2Z1Q8q9o
I know that a better DVD version exists because it came as part of a now OOP box set: https://worldhealth-bokepzz.blogspot.com/2009/07/dvd-review-kim-ki-young-collection.html. I actually had this box set and lost it in one of many moves. 🙁
I think there is one print of this film with English subtitles floating around the world, because the one I saw on celluloid 20+ years ago, and the version in the box set, although both looked waaaaaaaaaaay better than the YouTube version currently available, had English subtitles superimposed above subtitles in another language, possible Italian.
If you could find the OOP box set and put up “Insect Woman,” you’d be doing the world a favor. And in future, you could keep going with the rest of the set’s contents. Kim Ki-Young is one of the giants of Korean filmmaking who is barely known in the English-speaking world.
hi john.
now i’m finding the (1957) directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
PLEASE HELP ME
I want to thank you so much for the French version of “La derniere femme”. There is another Depardieu film that is impossible to find: “La nuit, tous les chats sont gris” (1977). Perhaps you or your readers know something about this film? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076474/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_200
Btw: I have seen “La pupa del gangster” – on your “wanted” list – on YouTube. Dubbed in Russian, but better than nothing, i guess.
My first ever request on this site: Blueberry Hill (1988)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094770/
I would love to get a decent copy of Chan Kaige’s Yellow Earth. There are a couple grey market DVDs out there but the quality is poor.
Also, Heaven 6 Box by Oki Hiroyuki
Thanks. Love the site.
With due respect to the closing on Sunday:
Bristle Face (1964)
Captiva Island (1995)
The former was first shown as a two-part episode on television.
Hi Jon,
Here’s one held captive by Alex Staykov: I livets vår (The Springtime of Life) 1912.
As a backup, here’s one that was on the old site: Those Who Dance (1930)
Sorry. Make that until the end of today. Something came up and I have to leave tomorrow.
Two by Luc Moullet:
Toujours Moins (2010, short) and
The Comedy of Work (La comédie du travail, 1988)
Merci <3