Requests (closed)
Hey y’all,
Feel free to write in the comments below which movies you would like me to add on the site.
Remember I can’t just upload any movie, there’s a number of “rules” that I need you guys to follow in order to “green light” a film, they are the following:
- No Region 1 DVD/Bluray of the said film is currently in-print and available to purchase online, good places to check availability of films on DVD and Blu are eBay, Amazon and TCMShop (mostly for American films).
- For British films make sure the film isn’t available on Region 2 DVD if it is available and still in-print on DVD/Blu in the UK I will not upload it.
- The movie was released before the year 2007 (up to 2006 is good).
- For non-English movies I will only upload those that are not available or out of print on Region 1 DVD, if it is available but on a non-Region 1 release make sure the label who released it it’s not listed among the blacklisted companies/distributors mentioned in Rule 6.
- Make sure the film you want isn’t already available on Youtube (or if it is there it has to be a low quality copy or no subs in case of a foreign film), it takes me a lot of time to look for and upload each film and to end up seeing 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’re looking for is listed there it means I don’t have it.
- NEW Last rule and probably most important one: I will NOT be uploading (and don’t insist) films where any of the studios mentioned up next have been involved in either the production or distribution of the requested film: NBCUniversal and all its subsidiaries, WarnerMedia (including everything from the pre-May 1986 MGM library), TNT, HBO, Turner Entertainment Networks, RKO Radio Pictures, Monogram Pictures, Cannon Group, Milestone Films, Castle Rock Entertainment, New Line Home Entertainment, Orion Pictures, Lorimar, Gaumont, Multicom Entertainment, Big World Pictures, Pathé & StudioCanal (including Canal+, StudioCanal UK and Arthaus). To check this information you can go for example to IMDb, search for “Company Credits”, click on it and it will show you the production and distribution companies involved in the film.
1 request per user please, you may include a second film as an alternative if you think I might not have the first one.
Thanks for understanding.
Jon.
———NOW CLOSED———
Thank you for all the suggestions/requests, I am working on them while I’m writing this, it will take a while until I can get every single film uploaded on the site but I will upload all of them, well, those that don’t break any of the rules above, I have over 200 films pending to upload so I thought it was time to close this so it doesn’t keep accumulating, I don’t know when I’ll be taking requests again but probably not before I upload all these. If your comment was deleted could have been for one of two reasons, 1) don’t have it and will be added to the Wanted list 2) I do have it and was deleted to clear space so people don’t have to scroll until eternity to leave their requests.If you are anxious to know whether your request will be uploaded or not you can email me to jon@rarefilmm.com or contact me via Twitter.
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
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.
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.
The movie The Fall is based on (The Fall itself, while difficult to find, is not impossible) is a Bulgarian film called Yo Ho Ho from 1981. Can’t find it anywhere but would love to see it
Nice to see you back! My request, and this might be an odd choice, but the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie has to be it. It is literally not available on any streaming service. It’s not available to rent on YouTube, there is no Region A Blu-Ray (there is a Region B, but it’s unplayable in USA), and the film is not owned by any of your listed studios. It was produced by Hollywood Pictures & Lightmotive.
Hollywood Pictures= Disney. This title can’t be uploaded here. It might be OOP now, but it’s extremely common
Welcome back, again!
I would like to see:
FACE TO FACE (1976) Ingmar Bergman’s 177 minute 4 part television version.
there’s a crummy copy on YouTube without English subs. and neither that original cut nor the roughly 2-hour theatrical were included in Criterion’s recent Bergman set.
Thanks!
Hi Jon, Great to have you back to give us some winter cheer!
Caravan aka Caravane (1934) by Erik Charell.
This is the version with Charles Boyer and Annabella, not to be confused with the film of the same name and year with Charles Boyer and Loretta Young.
My alternate is the Marcel Pagnol film, Jofroi also made in 1934.
I think the problem with both of these may be about finding find English subtitles.
Not subtitles for either of those, Tony, sorry!
So great to see the site back – thank you for all your efforts to make it better than ever!
I’d love to see the two Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair films that form a loose trilogy with ‘Cardinal and the Corpse’ which you have. Those films are THE FALCONER and ASYLUM, both BBC productions and not available anywhere.
The other rarity is Werner Schroeter’s TV movie version of SALOME: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375036/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_22
Glad to see you back!
My request:
Gates to Paradise / La croisade maudite (1968) by Andrzej Wajda
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062461/
Thanks
Hey!
This one is super rare but it existed on a subbed tvrip: West tako Cheerleaders (https://letterboxd.com/film/the-west-tako-cheerleaders/)
Hi Jon, Glad to see you’re back online! Any chance of finding ARRUZA (1972) by Budd Boetticher? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068223/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Thanks!
Hello I never made any requests here before but I’m looking for various Colombian films. I’m from there and can speak spanish so I don’t need any subtitles in fact it be better without any cause it can get distracting. Anyway I have found many on youtube but there’s still many I can’t find or are on there in extremely bad quality or dubbed in english.
The following films are the ones I’m looking for mind you all the titles are in spanish if you need an wiki or imdb page I’ll try and help you out with links to any but anyway here goes: Canaguaro 1981 (on youtube but horrible quality), La agonia del difunto 1981, El dia de las Mercedes 1985, Mariposas S.A. 1986, Milagro en Roma 1989, Con su musica a otra Parte 1983, Funeral siniestro 1977, Area maldita 1979, 27 horas con la muerte 1981, Triángulo de oro aka La isla fantasma 1984, Extraña regresión 1985 (this one is on youtube but dubbed in english), La boda del acordeonista 1986 (sometimes label as 1)coming out im 1985 or 1988), Técnicas de Duelo 1988 (on youtube but terrible quality), Pasado el meridiano 1967, Bolivar so Yo 2002 (on youtube bad quality), El embajador de la India 1986, Golpe de estadio 1998, Te Busco 2002, Todo está oscuro 1997, De amores y delitos: Amores ilícitos 1995, Ayer me echaron del pueblo 1982, El taxista millonario 1979, Un hombre y una mujer con suerte 1988, Caín 1984, Colombia Connection 1979, Pisingaña 1986 (on youtube horrible quality), and Los niños invisibles 2001.
Sorry I asked for so many I just thought I’d take the advantage to ask as many as possible since the first time I found this site it was taken down 3 weeks later. Hopefully you can eventually find all of them. Oh by the way some of these are on youtube but not blocked in my counrty and I used a vpn and went through 40 countries but no luck with any of them but if they are in yours please let me know to see if my vpn will work if I set it to you country.
Last but not least I want to thank you for this site and for all the uploads you do. Right now I do not have any financial way to show my appreciation and I don’t when I will have any but if I ever do I will donate as much possible to make sure this site stay up. Thank you for everything and have a nice day.
Hi Jon,
I’m really surprised in a positive way that there are so many people out there looking for forgotten or hard to find movies. So many requests in such a short time!
My request this time would be:
Kotoshi no koi / This Year’s Love (Kinoshita; 1960) [thanks to you I’m only missing two more of his movies after this!!]
Alternative pick: Natsukashiki fue ya taiko / Lovely Flute and Drum or Love and Separation in Sri Lanka (the two remaining Kinoshita films)
As always, thank you very much and all the best! Stay safe and healthy!!
Hey MH,
Sorry but no subtitles for either of those 2 Japanese film, I’ll keep an eye on them tho as they might get subbed soon.
Thanks.
Hi there,
Looking for the following,
The Company (1991 pilot to the series Undercover) (UK VHS release)
Harrison- Cry Of The City (1996 UPN pilot with Edward Woodward)
Stunt Seven (AKA The Fantastic Seven 1979 pilot with Elke Sommer)
Nick And Nora (1975 ABC tv pilot with Craig Stevens)
The Seal (1981 NBC tv pilot with Ron Ely)
Doctor Scorpion (1978 ABC tv pilot)
Them (1996 Fox tv pilot)
Rosetti And Ryan- Men Who Love Women (1977 NBC tv pilot)
The Rookies (1972 ABC tv pilot)
Thanks!
Sorry Eric, no luck with those pilots, some pilots really can be super hard to find, I’ll add them to the Wanted list, there might be some tv collectors out there who might have them.
Thanks.
Lina Wertmuller’s “Camorra” with Harvey Keitel.
No subtitles for this one yet 🙁
Hello, John! Well come back! I only have one request: the French classic ”Entree des artistes (1938) with English subtitles. Thanks,
No subtitles for this one at the moment.
Great to see you back, Jon! Terrific site and some great new titles! My request is:
-Alf Sjoberg, ‘Barabbas’, 1953.
Thanks in advance,
Jarvis
Hello
my requests if i may:
1) Still (1969)
2) Wait (1968)
3) La mujer de las camelias (1953)
4. Vor Sonnenuntergang (1956)
5. L’eau vive (1958)
6) Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946) (kurosawa)
7) Monte Carlo Baby (1953) (with aydrey hepburn)
8) De Nuremberg à Nuremberg (1989)
So good to have you back!
I’ve been looking without success for a film called DOWN THERE IN THE JUNGLE (1988) starring Robert Powell.
I know there is a ten minute clip in English on Youtube, so it must exist somewhere! But I can’t find it, so I’m putting it in your reliable hands Jon 🙂
Hello. I am looking for the 1960s version of THREE PENNY OPERA. Here is the link on the IMDB — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055932/
Thank you for your help. I’d love to see this film.
Trying to Find this French-Italian Film Noir Movie :
Les Deux Vérités (1951) …aka….Le Due Verità…aka…The Temptress (1951)…movie directed by Antonio Leonviola……cast principally is Anna Maria Ferrero, Michel Auclair, Michel Simon….Looked Hi & Lo to see if there are any Dvd-r Private Movie sellers/websites so far without success any help would be appreciated, also if found I am hoping for English Sub-Titles for the Fim
I’m still looking for the ever elusive Veraz/Welcome To Veraz (1991), the ‘Holy Grail’ of Kirk Douglas movies and the only one of his I haven’t seen!
Jazz ’34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing by Robert Altman. There’s a 55 minute version on YouTube, but the full version (70-ish minutes) is impossible to find.
Theres to movies that i cant find it anywhere, its A Taste of Killing and Romance (1994) and Web of Deception (1989), they are both Hong Kong films. Just wondering if its possible, thank you!
I would like to request Carlos Diegues’s Dias Melhores Virão, a movie I can’t find anywhere at all on the internet. It was released on DVD in Brazil, but it is currently out of print and the only torrent I’ve found of it has no seeds.
Could you have this Joseph Conrad adaptation-
—Victory (1996)
Welcome back Jon!
A few requests:
The Miracle Man (’32)
The Way of All Flesh (’40)
Il Bidone (’54) (English version)
For Ladies Only (’81)
The Lifes and Loves of a Male Stripper (’87) (low budget straight to VHS film)
Solo Para Demas (’81)
Machos (’90)
Request : The Clean Machine, directed by Ken Cameron with Steve Bisley, 1988.
Almost 300 requests again, so it might take some time… but it doesn’t matter because i’ve been waiting years to see this one:
Shinji Somai – Tokyo Heaven
Thank you very much for your effort Jon!!!
Mike
Hello,
I am looking for 2 western films.1st is “End Of The Trail” 1936 starring Jack Holt and 2nd is “Duel At Apache Wells” starring Ben Cooper made in 1957.Thanks for any help.
I have a few requests for your site
Hangover (1973) aka Romantic Memoirs, Baksmälla (original title)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069764/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Beyond Innocence (1989) aka Devil in the Flesh (original title)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097194/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2
Terminal Exposure (1987)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094122/
Hot Acts of Love (1975) or any other Corinne Marchand movies!
I would love any of Andy Warhol’s films with Edie Sedgwick. The prints I have found have all been just terrible.
Two Russian films that are out there but I cannot find English subtitles for …
Lenin v Polshe / Lenin In Poland (1966) by Sergei Yutkevich
and/or
Romans o Vlyublyonnykh / A Lover’s Romance (1974) by Andrey Konchalovsky
cheers
This site is an absolutely phenomenal resource/database! Would it be possible to upload “The French, They Are a Funny Race” (1955) by Preston Sturges? It’s known in the UK as “The Diary of Major Thompson” and in France as “Les Carnets du Major Thompson.” It’s basically impossible to find the film anywhere to purchase or stream! Many thanks in advance.
Here’s another request
The Marilyn Diaries (1990)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100113/
Hi, thanks for uploading all these movies! could I request Only The Brave with Gary Cooper? been looking for it for ages! thank you.
Hello! This site is such a wonderful resource/database for classic cinema! I have one request – Preston Sturgess 1955 film “The French, They Are a Funny Race”
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047921/
Many thanks!
Sorry, I accidentally posted this in the wrong section earlier….
With the recent passings of Hal Holbrook and Cloris Leachman, I’d love to see the TV movie Suddenly Single.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067802/
Thanks, Mr. W.!
Any chance you have Anthony Perkins’ film TWO ARE GUILTY (French title: Le glaive et la balance). I’m looking for an English print. I’d like to hear Perkins speak in English. Thank you for your help!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057106/
in 1989, i saw a beautiful film from Georgia called Living Legends. I have never come accross it since and it is not listed in IMDB.
do you have special powers?
Hi, love your site!
I’ve looked all over for Imamura’s ‘History of Post-war Japan as Told By a Bar Hostess’ but would love to see it. Thanks!
I’d be delighted if you could upload any Santo or Blue Demon films, particularly Santo and the Blue Demon vs Dracula and the Wolfman. Also, any more films from Nobuhiko Ôbayashi would be greatly appreciated.
Looking for Andrew Horn’s Doomed Love (’84). It streamed in a few places two years ago but unable to find it since. Seems like it would go well with some of the films on this site.
I’m looking for a couple of German films:
Sturme de Leidenschaft/Storms of Passion/Tempest (1932) directed by Robert Siodmak
and
Affaire Blum/The Blum Affair (1948) directed by Erich Engel
Thanks for all your work on here!
Hi thank you guys for your job! Really apreciate someone is searching for gold out there, I wanted to ask if you could upload “Napoli Millionaire” by Eduado De Filippino, I’ve been looking everywhere and nothing maybe you can help? Already thanks.
Hi, im looking for Le comte de monte cristo 1954 with English subtitles. Cant find it anywhere on the internet.
Thanks, John.
On the search for Beyond the Shining Sea (1986), directed by Toshiya Fujita
Thank you for your hard work! <3
Hi Jon,
Looking for the TV Movie The Islander (1978) with Dennis Weaver. This was shown on Channel 5 in the UK a couple of times 15-20years ago but no one seems to have a copy.
Thank You.
Phil.
I would also really love to see warszawa. année 5703,since I haven’t been to find it either.So please make it possible.,and thank you for you help.
Hi i’m searching the movie “Sei bounty killers per una strage”, year 1973
AKA (France) Six tueurs pour un massacre-(Germany) Zahl und stirb-(World-wide (English title)) Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre. Many thanks
Hi Jon
You’ve created a fantastic site. Thanks for all the great films!.
I’m hoping you can find a copy of a French film by Michel Drach – Élise Ou La Vraie Vie [AKA Elise, Or Real Life].
Preferably with English subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066618
Thanks!
Hello Jon, Like to request one movie please, Fighter Attack 1953
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045765/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Thank You as Always..
Hi Jon,
I’ve been looking for Susumu Hani’s Aido: Slave of Love but just can’t seem to find it anywhere. If you can upload it, it would be much appreciated.
Hi John! I am looking for My Girl Tisa (1948)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040628/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Mr. White Goes to Westminster
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142671/
Hi Jon, everybody, as I wrote in the chat room I’d love to see Pilotinnen aka Drifters (1995) by Christian Petzold uploaded on this site. Thanks!
Hi, I would love if you could add “Bawdy Tales” (AKA “Storie Scellarate”), a 1973 film directed by Sergio Citti and overseen and written by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Alberto Grimaldi produced. It is not on video ANYWHERE, much less Region 1. I have asked a number of U.S. boutique labels about releasing it, and their answer is always, ‘We aren’t interested’. I would love to get it on the site here. Also, as a backup, I’d also like to get Sergio Citti’s “Casotto” (Beach House), with Jodie Foster, from 1976, on here. Thank you for your time.
Hi there,
I was wondering if you’d be able to upload the following:
1) Narita: The Peasants of the Second Fortress (1971, Shinsuke Ogawa)
2) Profile in Anger (1984, Bryan Leung)
Thanks in advance.
Hello Jon, Many thx for your great job. I am looking for a french film : Le bal from Wilhelm Thiele on screen in 1931. This is the first film with Danielle Darrieux born 1916, 14 y.o in Le bal. Thank you.
Any of these Dinara Asanova films:
‘Rudolfio’ (1970)
‘Trouble’ (1977) [available on Youtube without subs]
‘The Wife has left’ (1979) [available on Youtube without subs]
‘The Useless Girl’ (1980)
‘What Did You Chose?’ (1981)
‘Boys’ or ‘Tough Kids’ (1983) (fairly easy to find, but the only english sub avilable
online is some sort of automated translation and pretty much useless)
‘Children of Discord’ (1984)
Thanks for the site and thanks in advance if you can provide any one of these.
Hello,
Is it possible to find Love and Separation in Sri Lanka (1976) by Keisuke Kinoshita?
Thank you very much!
In my efforts to be a Godard completionist; I am having issues finding “Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company.” Any help would be greatly appreciated.
hello, i would like if you uploaded bendel & pettersson (1933), as the one VOD service with it is geo-restricted to the EU. thank you.
Love your work! If I may ask, I’d love to have A Luminous Woman (1987) by Shinji Sômai & Utamaro’s world (1977) by Akio Jissôji. The best copies I found were in worldscinema.org but those dickheads only upload on Nitroflare, a scummy, money grubbing site. They are the only site that has a copy of ‘A Luminous Woman’, as well as the best copy of ‘Utamaro’s world’. idk how you’ll do it, but if you can it would be awesome.
https://worldscinema.org/2020/09/shinji-somai-hikaru-onna-aka-a-luminous-woman-1987/
https://worldscinema.org/2019/05/akio-jissoji-utamaro-yume-to-shiriseba-aka-utamaros-world-1977/
Hello,
Looking for an Egyptian film named “Rabia Al Adawyya” (1963) I’m just looking for an English subtitle. It can be found on YouTube but only in Arabic. Thanks!
Hassan and Nayima (1959) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309658/
Please find a better copy of Family Rescue (1997) https://www.moviefone.com/movie/family-rescue/20046452/main/
May have been a made for TV movie. The YouTube copy is awful. The movie looks to be oop.
L.A. Takedown by Michael Mann. 1989 TV movie that would later be re-made by Mann as Heat.
hello, i’d like to request Parpaillon (1993)
thank you!!
Hi Jon.
I am looking for Amsterdam Affair (1968)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062665/
aLTERNATIVES
Hammer The Toff
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218317/
or
Salute the Toff
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045117/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Dialogue of the Carmelites with Jeanne Moreau (1960)
I would love to see Duvidha (1973) by Mani Kaul here. I found the film on Youtube but its was low quality and had no subtitiles sadly.
Hello
Looking for the adding machine
Stars milo o Shea
1969
Hi thanks for the uploads! It’s really a joy to find some rare films here
I am looking for Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d’une femme released in 1968 and Mefiez vous mesdames in 1963. I found some videos on ok.ru but it’s all dubbed, was wondering if you might have it in the original audio?
Hi, please is there any chance to upload Rocinante a 1986 British film starring John Hurt?
Have wanted to see DISC JOCKEY (1951, Monogram/Allied Artists) for years. Some great performers in the film along with many legendary disc jockeys from around the country.
The Third Part of the Night by Andrzej Żuławski from 1971. I’ve been searching high and low for this film. English subs would be terrific, as that is my native tongue, but I’ll watch it without if I have to. Thanks in advance!
There are copies of the film on eBay. It was released in the UK on DVD a number of years ago – with English subtitles.
cheers https://ulozto.net/file/u9qLq0LJ4peE/trzecia-czesc-nocy-1971-720p-bluray-x264-ac3-mkv
Marry me again (1953)
Hi Jon,
I’ve been trying to track down a 1998 mockumentary called The Thin Pink Line for some time. It’s a gay parody of The Thin Blue Line, and it features an incredible cast of comedic talent, including some of Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer’s earliest film appearances. As far as I can tell based on my own attempts to find it, its only home media release was a DVD in Japan some time in the mid-noughties. Otherwise, I can find no trace of it. If you were able to track it down, I think it could be a wonderful addition to the story of nineties alternative comedy.
Hi Jon,
I’m looking for a copy of LA NOTTE DEI FIORI (Night of the Flowers) directed in 1972 by Gian Vittorio Baldi and starring Macha Méril, Hiram Keller and Dominique Sanda. Thanking you very much in anticipation!
.
No subs for this 🙁
Films featuring Terry Hu!
Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1976)
The Life God (1975)
Far Away from Home (1977)
Request: Good News-1930 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020929/
Two suggestions for films I’ve been wanting to see forever and can’t find anywhere:
Combat d’amour en songe / Love Torn in a Dream (2000) Raoul Ruiz
Celine (1992) Jean Claude Brisseau
my request
Venerdì nero/Dark Friday(1993, Aldo Lado)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237136/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_3
Greetings…
Looking for this 1987 remake of the 1954 classic.
Nijushi No Hitomi (aka Children On The Island)
dir: Yoshitaka Asama
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202499
Hi! I have a request for you:
http://shochikufilms.com/product/the-ondekoza
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6323538/
https://mubi.com/fr/films/the-ondekoza
this looks like great stuff with a beautiful scenery but cant find it so far 🙁
thanks in advance! and thanks a lot your the work you do on rarefilmm.
Hi, Viva la vie (1984) with English subs pls !
Hi Jon! Wonderful uploads! My first request is; Perfumed Nightmare (1977) by Kidlat Tahimik
Dear Jon
Is it possible to upload Jose.Luis Berlanga’s “Los jueves, milagro” (Miracles of Thursday) (1957). It is released on Blu-ray a couple of years ago in Spain, but without any English subtitles. Thanks in advance.
I would love to find the 1992’s German film “Schtonk!” with English subtitles. I can only find it without subtitles.
I’ll keep an eye on subs for this one, they are not available at the moment.
Two from Sweden with Harriet Andersson by Jorn Donner
A Sunday In September / En Sondag I September (1963)
and/or
To Love / Att Alska (1964)
Faubourg St. Martin — Jean-Claude Guiguet
The Documentary ” One Man Beatles ” 2009 about musician Emitt Rhodes.
Un Beau Monstre aka Love Me Strangely 1971 Helmut Berger Virna Lisi
i would love to find
Mandala (1971)
and as back ups if that isn’t available
Doctor Glas (1968)
Banana Peel (1963)
thank you Jon we appreciate it!
I would like to request La Ciénaga by Lucrecia Martel
Kathleen Qunilan, not Quintana. Darn autocorrect on my phone! Also, I would love Forfaiture (1937) with English subs!
I would love to have Hasan wa Naimah (1959), dir. Henry Barakat https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309658/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 I’ll be really greatful if you can get it!
I’ve heard about this German TV movie titled The World that Summer and whilst oI don’t think it exists anywhere (unless someone videotaped it of German TV back in 1980 and somehow made a rip out of it) but it’s worth a shot – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194525/
Thanks!
A copy exists but no subs for it unfortunately, if you’d like to see it anyway let me know and I’ll send you a link.
Thanks!
Hi Jon,
Any chance you can find this with english subs please?
Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1974)
aka That Which Grows is a Beard
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233281/
Many thanks for your excellent site!
Hey Mike,
No subs for this unfortunately, sorry!
I would love to see “Mother Love” (1989) starring Diana Rigg if you can find it! As far as I can tell, it hasn’t received a Region 1 DVD release, and Region 2 DVDs seem to exist, but are almost impossible to find. Thank you so much!
Looking for Space Travelers/ “Supêsutoraberâzu” (2000).
Appreciate you taking the time to do this, found so many movies on my watchlist here.
Great site. I love it!
Do you by any chance have the very rare Italian sci-fi production “The Fifth Glacial Era” (1978)? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13516042/
Love the site!
My request: The original cantonese version of Drunken Master 2. Super easy to find in English, but I’ve never seen any copies available for purchase which had English subtitles.
La Marge (The Margin) 1976 – Walerian Borowczyk
Le Garcu 1995 – Maurice Pialat
Thanks!
Hey Jon,
Could I request the latter Hillman mysteries directed by Arne Mattsson, the first two are on Netflix but ive had no luck aquiring the others…
Ryttare i Blatte ( rider in blue) 1959
Vita Frau (lady in white) 1962
Den Gula Bilen ( the yellow car) 1963
Thanks very much!!
Hi Jon! I hope you are doing good and your mum is well. I was wondering if I could request: The Age of Earth (1980, Glauber Rocha, Brazil)?
And as a backup: Slade in Flame, from 1975
Thank you!
Open House (1998) Isao Yukisada, pleasee 🙁
Huge fan of your work, Jon – and as such I’m not fussed about a particular film. But any otherwise unavailable British film from 1925 to 1935 would do me perfectly, the more obscure the better. Otherwise, your choice – I know it’ll be a good one. Cheers!
The Soul Hustler (1973)
Hello. I’ve been looking for this film forever – St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) an Italian film by the Taviani brothers
Hi Jon!
Avid online streamer of rarefilmm here.
I would like to request YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP (2004) by Naoko Ogigami please?
Hello, Any chance of getting The Days of No Return 1978 tt0241617, This movie is amazing.
If you could add Bloodhounds of Broadway, from 1989, that would be great Thank you for what you’re doing!
I was wondering if you had access to the 1959 remake of THE BLUE ANGEL, starring May Britt and Curd Jurgens and directed by Edward Dmytryk. It seems pretty hard to see these days … I saw it as a kid and its glossy weirdness haunts me. Thanks so much for posting so much outstanding stuff, and I hope this finds you well.
Would love to see a nice print of:
THE SEX SYMBOL, with Connie Stevens (the uncut European version)
MARILYN: THE UNTOLD STORY (superb TV-film with Catharine Hicks)
SOMETHING ABOUT AMELIA
Sorry, I forgot second choices.
The Long Weekend (O’Despair) (1989) by Gregg Araki and Lion’s Den (1988) by John Ottman. Again, thank you so much!!
My last request has resolved itself, since I’ve found The Sea Children. So I’ll start anew.
Request: The Last Summer (2004)
Alternate: Emma And Daniel: The Meeting (Emma & Daniel – Mötet, Sweden 2003)
Hey Willy,
Thanks for letting me know about The Sea Children.
You can rent The Last Summer (2004) on Vimeo for $2: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thelastsummer
No Eng. subs currently available for Emma & Daniel but you can download a copy in original language from uloz: https://ulozto.net/file/VF5IYP13XhEP/emma-och-daniel-motet-2003-swedish-dvdrip-xvid-andreaspetesson-avi#!ZJV2MwR2A2DjBGZ2ZmyvLzZjMQxjZIOSnSuZZRZ4HRkvqmSyZN==
Thanks,
Jon.
Hello! I love your website and I want to thank you over and over again for this precious initiative. I have a particular request for a series that I have been looking for continuously without any results. It is available online but without subtitles so I can’t fully enjoy it. The name in English is My uncle Napoleon, it is Iranian. I would appreciate if you could just find the subtitles for me in an .srt file. Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the kind words and support, Wijess, truly means a lot to me.
There’s a poor copy of the whole series floating around but without subs unfortunately, maybe one day it will be subbed but there’s not many Iranian fansubbers out there I’m afraid, it’s a shame because there’s a lot of great, obscure Iranian gems out there that need subs, maybe one day 🙏🙏
My requests are two hard to find Chor Yuen films:
Fascinating Affairs (1985):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089128/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_8
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6703&display_set=eng
and if hard to find:
That Enchanting Night (1987)
https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6925&display_set=eng
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093413/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_5
Hi.
Only have ‘That Enchanting Night’ at the moment, don’t know how’s the quality of English need to check, some of the subtitles for Chinese films are really terrible but hopefully they are decent. ‘Fascinating Affairs’ looks like it was released on VCD many years ago but I can’t find a copy online, will add it on the Wanted list.
Thanks!
I suspected as much but honestly i’m content we getting my hands on any copy. Thanks for the hard work. I appreciate it.
Thank you so much for everything you do! What a treasure trove!
I’d be ecstatic if La mort d’un bûcheron by Gilles Carle were to one day become available here.
Thanks again for everything, sincerely.
I forgot to make note of the release year. My apologies!
La mort d’un bûcheron (1973)
Hi R.
I have this but only English dubbed or French but without subs, is English dub OK? Let me know and I’ll add it to the queque to upload.
Thanks,
Jon.
I attempted to find English subtitles to pair with the original audio, but to no avail. The dubbed version would be more than fine.
Thank you so much, Jon! I deeply appreciate your help.
Thanks once more for all the hard work you do.
Hello there,
I don’t think my comment went through, but I just want to say thanks for your hard work. Also, I was wondering if you have Heinosuke Gosho’s Elegy of the North (1957) available for upload. Much appreciated.
Hi Anne.
Thanks for the support!
I added Elegy of the North to the uploading queue 🙂
Thank you so much for providing this incredible content for free! I still can’t believe this site exists.
If possible, is there any way to upload a hi-res version of Harvey Keitel’s 2006 film “A Crime”? IMDB URL is https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489010.
I searched everywhere and found it with great difficulty in extremely low-res (289MB) so I thought I’d request a hi-res version. Please forgive me and ignore this if I’ve inadvertently broken any of your rules — if I have, please rest assured it’s not intentional. I have the utmost respect and gratitude for you — providing us with such stellar rare content must be a feat and doing it for free is just… a rarity in itself. Thank you again for everything that you’re doing here.
Hi, really appreciate everything you do.
Im looking for Foam bath(Habfürdö) from 1980 with english subs.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079258/
Thank you.
Added to the queue.
Hi,
I am such a fan of this website. Thank you for providing all of these films! I’m looking for Tulips (1981) directed by Rex Bromfield, Mark Warren, and Al Waxman. I haven’t been able to find a way to watch or purchase it,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083236/
Thank you!
Hi Victoria.
I added ‘Tulips’ to the queue, it’s from VHS so don’t expect great quality, seems to be all there is avaialble for now.
Thanks!
Hi! Thank you much for all these wonderful movies.
I want to watch Only the Brave 1930 Gary Cooper, Mary Brian.
In KG has a VHS/DVD version with reasobable quality. If anyone could make a good rip.
This site is amazing. If I could get any one film on here it would be Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii’s Crazy Family. Alternate choice would be Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Chizuko’s Younger Sister
Again thanks for the great uploads
Added “Crazy Family” to the queue.
Focus (1996) Satoshi Isaka
Added to the queue. Very interesting suggestion btw.
Hi! Thanks so much for all your hard work, your site is a literal godsend.
May I please request Our Last Day (1999) by Soi Cheang? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14149556/
I’ve been searching for WEEKS with zero success.
Cheers~
The Name of the Game Episode 02.04 The Emissary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0657024/?ref_=fn_ep_tt_2
Some movies that I believe would be important to have here:
The False Road 1920
The Witness for the Defense 1919
Lost and Won/Castles for Two – Marie Doro
On Dangerous Ground 1917
Destiny’s Toy 1916
The Great Divide 1915
– The Ice Flood 1926 upgrade Grapevine
– The Fighting Coward 1924 upgrade Grapevine
Best of all!
Hey Isaac,
Sorry but I don’t have those at the moment but I might be able to get a copy of some of them, there’s a copy of ‘The Fighting Coward’ on Youtube, not very good quality but seems watchable.
The Great Divide looks like Grapevine successfully raised funds for a restoration along with some other Siegmund Lubin shorts, you can pre order it on their website: http://www.grapevinevideo.com/great-divide-1915.html $20/25 for DVD/Bluray for stuff this rare I think it’s a pretty good deal.
Thanks.
Hi, I wonder if you can find Junji Sakamoto’s Another Battle (2000) with subtitles? The Japanese title is Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai, but it shouldn’t be confused with the 1974 movie by that title. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269859/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 (it’s supposed to be tied to Fukasaku’s ’70s series, but not in any direct way).
Also, I believe I have one of the movies on your “also looking for” list on a bootleg DVD. I’ll try to dig it up and let you know if I do.
Hi Toei.
I have a copy but no subtitles for it unfortunately 🙁 If you have any other suggestions feel free to post again.
I’m very curious about which film would it be the you have from my Wanted list, please email me if you find it, I really want to try to shrink that list to the ground as much as possible.
Thank you!
Hi! I would like to request a filipino film called “Hesus Rebolusynaryo” or Jesus the Revolutionary by Lav Diaz. It was released in 2002 and is impossible it seems like to find. Thank you in advance!
Added to the queue.
Hi. I’d like to request Yasuzo Masumura’s Lullaby of the Earth (1976). Or really, any of Masumura’s lesser-seen films.
Hey Phil,
I added it to the queue.
Thanks!
Hi Jon,
Congratulations again on the new site. Do you have Yûrakuchô de aimashô(Koji Shima):https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329793/
As an alternate I would like to suggest: Taiyo No Kisetsu by Furukawa:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270685/
Added “Season of the Sun” to the queue, it’s been subbed recently 🙂
Thanks.
Hi Jon!
Here are my requests:
“Moving” by Shinji Sômai https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107736/?ref_=ttco_co_tt
“The Earth is a Sinful Song” by Rauni Mollberg https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071786/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
I am also trying to get a copy of “Dans la ville blanche” by swiss director Alain Tanner fully subtitled. The Youtube version, apart from being a real bad copy, doesn’t subtitle all the German or Portuguese parts. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085400/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Thanks a lot for all that you have been through to make this website possible!
L.
Hi Laurent,
I’ll add the Finnish movie to the queue, the other two films you are looking for are already on the site:
http://rarefilmm.com/2017/08/ohikkoshi-1993/
http://rarefilmm.com/2021/04/dans-la-ville-blanche-1983/ (Not sure if the German and Portuguese parts are subbed but they might be, if they are not please let me know).
Thanks!
Onna wa nido umareru AKA Women Are Born Twice (1961) by Yuzo Kawashima
The file of youtube is bad.
Added to the queue.
Really trying to get a copy of Schanelec’s PLACES IN CITIES (1998) and I STAYED IN BERLIN ALL SUMMER (1994)
Added Plätze in Städten to the queue.
1996’s Crimetime directed by George Sluizer.
If at all possible, cheers.
Added to the queue.
Hi Jon! Looking for two titles that aren’t on YouTube and adhere to guidelines:
– Heaven and Hell aka Shaolin Hellgate (1980, Chang Cheh)
-The Invisible Avenger aka The Invisible Man (Tomei Ningen) (1954, Motoyoshi Oda)
Thank you!
Added to the queue.
Be aware that the English subs will probably not be very good as this seems to be the case for most HK and Chinese films that include English subtitles in their retail DVD/Bluray releases.
Thanks for all you do, Jon, and thanks for keeping us updated on the site’s ups-and-downs via Twitter!
I have a couple of films I’m looking for:
The Story of Shunkin / Shunkin Momogatari (1954)
and
Women in Prison / Joshu to Tomo ni (1956)
Thank you for the support!
No luck with those two films unfortunately, there’s a copy of The Story of Shunkin out there but no subs for it unfortunately 🙁
Will add Joshu to Tomo ni on the WANTED list.
Thanks for all your amazing work to keep these important films alive. I’m looking for two films (well, a lot more, obviously, but I’ll keep it short….):
The Indians are Far Away (Patricia Moraz, 1977), starring Isabelle Huppert
Il Prato (The Meadow) (Taviani Brothers, 1979)
Thanks again!
Yokohama BJ Blues (1981) please.
Added to the queue.
Thanks for all you do Jon, do you have any of these Masumura please ?
The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
Beauty is Guilty (1959)
Flood / Hanran (1959)
Stolen Pleasure (1962)
The Husband Witnessed (1968)
Thousand Cranes (1969)
Hey James,
Only one of those Masumura films is not available (Beauty is Guilty) the rest all exist but none with English subtitles unfortunately, I’ll keep an eye on them as they might get fansubbed soon, sorry I can’t help this time..
Hi Jon,
Do you have an English language print of The Condemned of Altona (1963) with Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, & Robert Wagner?
Thank you!
Not at the moment.
Hi! Requesting the following: The Deserter and the Nomads (Zbehovia a pútnici’, Directed by Juraj Jakubisko, 1968). There’s a poor quality youtube version, but it doesn’t have any subtitles. Thanks!
This one is coming soon.
Hi Jon,
I’ve been desperately looking for some of the really rare Lina Wertmüller films. Do you have any of these? I’d be over the moon if you had any single one.
Too Much Romance… It’s Time for Stuffed Peppers (2004)
The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics (1996)
Sotto… sotto (1984)
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit (1983)
Don’t Sting the Mosquito (1967)
Rita la zanzara (1966)
Thank you!!!
Damn Lina really loved to use some seriously long ass titles eh? haha.
Here’s a link where you can download “Too Much Romance… It’s Time for Stuffed Peppers” (2004), “Sotto… sotto” (1984) and “A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit” (1983), English subtitles only for “Sotto sotto”:
https://mab.to/mgxAE6BRU
Will upload Rita la zanzara and Don’t Sting the Mosquito here at some point, maybe next month, stay tuned!
You might be the greatest human on earth! THANK YOU!!! Going to go learn Italian now…