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A reddit dedicated to Lost films and media. Discussion of lost films and restoration of lost and incomplete media.

A reddit dedicated to Lost films and media. Discussion of lost films and restoration of lost and incomplete media. Post questions, information and most of all films that have been found that were once thought lost.

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Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977)

Ive been trying to find this movie for ages and havent succeeded please if anyone has a website that i can watch it on or anything it would be very appreciated. Also director is Gilbert Cates and it is a tv movie.

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2025/02/03
02:30 UTC

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Found a lost film, need advice.

I'm a professional researcher which is why I'm using a throwaway account.

I'm currently writing the biography of an actor (deceased). While researching the person, I discovered a completely lost 35mm film that they starred in. I would release it on the basis of preservation, but here's the catch: It's a NSFW film and the actor partakes in extremely explicit sex scenes.

I have been working closely with the family of this actor to complete their biography, and it would not be ethical of me to be the one to release this film. I don't know what to do. I have not watched it nor do I want to. I want no part in releasing this because I have nothing but respect for this person and their family. But I know this film is extremely rare and sought after due to being a genre film / exploitation movie with other big names in the cast. The film also has queer themes which I find fascinating for its old age. It is a very interesting entry in grindhouse history, and I'm sure many people would appreciate its release. But I can't stomach being the one to do it.

I have considered donating it to a company that can handle it, but still feel horrible if I contribute to it getting distributed. All in all, I have no idea what to do.

Edit: Accidentally posted this post twice by mistake-- I just deleted the duplicate post. My bad!

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2025/02/03
00:11 UTC

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Pirate cannibal movie

as far as I remember this was direct to dvd and wasn’t made later than 2006. The only bits I remember are a pirate crew landing on an island, the captain getting sacrificed by natives and then getting resurrected to murder a group of people who encounter this same island years later. It was definitely a low budget film but that’s all I got so any help is appreciated

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2025/02/02
08:27 UTC

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Das Kalte Paradies (1971) a German anti drug movie

Das Kalte Paradies (1971) a German anti drug movie, sometimes attributed to Director John Schlesinger (?) but not listed on any filmography under that name. Is said to have been broadcast "years later" on ZDF. Soundtrack used the 1st Scorpion's album "Lonesome Crow", produced by Connie Plank

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2025/02/01
04:49 UTC

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Can't Find a movie

Hi guys im looking for a wierd movie that is still in my head but i can not find it. Somewhere in the beginning of the movie there is a scene where 1 of the main characters takes an ex actress to a bedroom and there is another guy filming it with his phone. Than the friend group has the idea to start making porn videos with ex movie actresses and they start making money. In the end it is something about 1 of the guys that is a virgin and he plays in 1 of the porn films. It is not "Barely Legal" or "the girl next door". And when i ask chatgpt she says it is a movie called "deeper with the devil (2015)" but i can not find anything about it. Does anybody know what movie it is or a link to the deeper with the devil movie? TNX

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2025/01/31
16:06 UTC

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Calucci's Department (1973). Dog And Cat (1977). Better Days (1986). Three short-lived shows that are not uploaded on the YouTube or archive websites.

Calucci's Department (1973). Dog And Cat (1977). Better Days (1986). Three short-lived shows that are not uploaded on the YouTube or archive websites. Calucci's Department is a sitcom about an unemployment agency in New York, stars James Coco. Dog And Cat is a cop series that starred Lou Antonio and Kim Basinger. That was created by the great Walter Hill, and inspired the screenwriter Shane Black. Better Days is a sitcom about a kid who moves in with his grandfather, and about the kid's two friends who help him adjust to the new area that he is in. I would love to see these.

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2025/01/29
22:57 UTC

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Rock & The Money-Hungry Party Girls (1988)

I'm looking for a copy of this film or just somewhere to watch. It came out in '88, directed by Kurt MacCarley. If anyone has any info or could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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2025/01/29
17:46 UTC

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Japanese Sack Man

Hello! I’m looking for a movie that I saw clips of a hundred years ago on YouTube. What I remember of it is that there’s a guy and his testicles are a small little alien sack guy and the other guys looking at this and flicking the little guy? I believe they also squeeze the little guy and he oozes?? This sounds ridiculous but I nEED to show my friends this video from my childhood

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2025/01/29
17:05 UTC

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Strange Days - Katherine Bigelow 1995

Does anyone have this film digitized? I cannot find it anywhere.

7 Comments
2025/01/28
18:11 UTC

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Celeste in the City (2004)

This was an abc family movie that was only played on TV. There is a 360p version on YouTube but for the life of me I can’t find a good quality version. Theres a bootleg dvd on ebay as well but again after buying I found out that it was likely pulled from an old vhs (poor quality). I’m trying to find a decent quality version for my wife. Does anyone here happen to have a lead?

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2025/01/27
20:36 UTC

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missing movie by jean Claude van damme called (the van damme effect)

there was this movie that jean claude did back around in the mid to late 90's called the van damme effect or van damme effect that was a parody or spoof action film on him...i don't remember who all was in it with him...but there was this distinctive scene i remember wear he was in a mall talking to this girl when this guy came out harassing her...so van damme preformed a kick that doesn't make contact with the guy's face but he did this on purpose to scare the guy...van damme followed this up by asking the guy.."what does the bottom of my boot say?"...he replied.."hawk/hawx" cause that was the brand name of the boots jean claude was wearing.

the cover art to the movie had van damme facing towards the person looking at the cover with him pointing his left hand to his right putting two fingers together like a gun..as he points them towards a fire hydrant that burst with water shooting up from the ground.

i hope personally that this isn't a "mandela effect" situation...ironic as it sounds.

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2025/01/26
23:33 UTC

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3D Animated Movie with Two little siblings

I don't remember very much of it, only a few details, it's a 3d animated movie, the animation remind me of the little prince the movie, the two protagonists (i think) are two little siblings, a girl and a boy, i remember that the little girl have a Hijab, the plot of the movie i don't remember very well but it was a Racism-discrimination and prejudice, i think, or maybe it was about the future, or both, there were a crowd of people that insulted the two siblings, or maybe there was a villain who hinders them, i don't remember very well, sorry for the bad english.

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2025/01/25
16:00 UTC

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Super charged heart animated movie or cartoon

So as a kid I remember watching this animated movie or show about people with a device on their hearts, (I think it super charged them, giving them superpowers) the MC had one and when they over used them their hearts would stop. It was definitely an for adult because I remember there was a man and a woman looking for the MC and I guess the man was famous because a woman walks up to him and asks him to sign her chest the man wants to but is pulled away by his female partner it, I know I watched it before 2014.

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2025/01/25
03:10 UTC

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Car chase sequence from the movie /w Steve McQueen in futuristic concept car

I do recall catching this on TV a long time ago in the late 90’s or early 2000’s. It may have been part of some movie special special effects show on TV.

The sequence showed a clip of the car chase sequence from Bullitt but with Steve McQueen in some sort of futuristic Chrysler or Ford concept car (like the Chrysler Thunderbolt).

4 Comments
2025/01/23
02:36 UTC

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Forgotten Animation Movie

I will give as much info as possible in the hopes of finding this movie. For reference, I'm 44 years old. When I was around 5 yrs old I remember watching an animation that I believe was similar to anime or Asian drawn cartoons. It was about two girls. One was good and the other was bad. I remember there being a well and a frog. I remember the good girl feeding a row of babies in highchair porridge or baby food in a bowl. I think I remember the bad girl turning the good girl into a frog and the frog got trapped in the well (or something like that). I believe there was a king or maybe just an older guy, possibly a father or grandfather. I don't remember much else. If anyone recognizes this story, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

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2025/01/22
16:37 UTC

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New, Three-Part Deep Dive Into Marilyn Manson’s “Groupie” [Partially Lost]

NOTE: I hope this is okay to post here. I messaged the mods a while ago but never heard back.

Awhile back, I decided to create a series for my Medium blog that covers controversial rock musician Marilyn Manson’s lost film, Groupie. I know many of you are familiar with this film, but for those who are unaware, here is the Lost Media Wiki description of Groupie:

“Groupie was a short film by Marilyn Manson (in his first film-making effort) that was shot in one night between 1996 and 1998. The short was recorded at an actual house party that Manson was hosting and involved a stooge actress portraying a young groupie being made to do more and more perverse and disturbing things in front of Manson's unknowing guests (who were only told that a woman would be arriving and that he would be filming her).”

https://lostmediawiki.com/Groupie_(partially_found_Marilyn_Manson_short_film;_1996-1998)

I’ve noticed a lot of websites/videos that discuss Groupie (including the Lost Media Wiki) seem to lack updates regarding the film’s specific role in the ongoing criminal investigation into Manson, as well as the various civil lawsuits Manson has been involved in as both a plaintiff and a defendant. I have also noticed that many of these websites/videos repeat information about the film that no longer seems to be considered truthful (such as the claim that “only three people have ever seen the film”), or fail to mention certain information about the film that has come out out in recent years (for example, the fact that the film was at one point in police custody, and is more than likely still there). Because of this, I created a series that gives on overview of all the major public discourse and information I could find pertaining to Groupie.

Since this film is such a controversial and fairly well-known piece of lost media (and it’s been posted about on this sub before), I figured I would share what I found here in case any of you are interested. Please feel free to read through and let me know what you think. Make sure to check out the trigger warnings at the top of each page, and always prioritize your mental health when engaging with topics such as this.

LINKS TO THE SERIES

Part 1 (Introduction):

https://medium.com/@societyofvictimization/the-most-controversial-film-youve-never-seen-part-1-introducing-marilyn-manson-s-groupie-01ce69fff92b

This section includes a brief summary of the film, and answers some potential questions/concerns I thought I should address before anyone delves into Parts 2 and 3.

Part 2 (Information Timeline):

https://medium.com/@societyofvictimization/the-most-controversial-film-youve-never-seen-part-2-summarizing-marilyn-manson-s-groupie-b1626fdcda25

This section consists of a timeline of all the major public discourse I could find pertaining to Groupie, from the fifty seconds of the film that were released in 1998, all the way up to the present day. I have tried my best here to summarize the various interviews and legal battles that are relevant to Groupie.

Part 3 (My Personal Questions About the Film):

https://medium.com/@societyofvictimization/the-most-controversial-film-youve-never-seen-part-3-questioning-marilyn-manson-s-groupie-4105c6b5b28f

This last section will focus on all my personal unanswered questions regarding Groupie. If you have any unanswered questions of your own, please feel free to share them in the comments. :)

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2025/01/21
04:24 UTC

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Looking for a hard to find French movie , One Two Two, 122, Rue de Provence, released 1978,

Starring Nicole Calfan, directed by Christian Gion, music by Ennio Morricone Was released on VHS. Depending on which country, how much was cut, Did find a copy on eBay 2 years ago in Australia, 12 minutes was cut , sadly I was outbid at the last minute

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2025/01/20
11:40 UTC

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Angel Dust (1994)

Been desperate to watch this film, saw some of the shots I’m very fascinated by the atmospheric of it. Any sources I can watch with full HD resolution, all I can find is 480p on YouTube. Thx in advance

3 Comments
2025/01/17
12:42 UTC

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Lost episode I’m looking for

So to start this is a new account as this will go in-depth and I don’t wanna be doxxed in any way. So when I was around 10 in 2019 and I was visiting some family in Leeds and I was in a room with my 96 year old now passed great grandma.She had a person to help her, a middle aged lady. She saw I was bored and put on the tv now this is my description of the tv show. It have some Amish people in it or set in the past it had a goosebumps feel.And it had a football ball with a mouth and sharp teeth and it the ball that’s sentient.This is all I remember I would really want this to be found so any help would be appreciated.

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2025/01/14
18:31 UTC

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[fully lost] lol Superman clip uploaded on tik tok?

So, I've been really intrigued by the existence of the 'lol Superman' and I've come across a version of it on TikTok. I'm curious if this is the same video people are talking about or if it's something completely different. Is this video real, or is it some sort of fake or edited content? I’ve tried searching for the origins of this clip, but I can't seem to find any concrete information about where it came from or who made it. It’s a bit unsettling, and I'm just wondering if anyone has any clarity on its authenticity or the story behind it.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FPuS5Y/

4 Comments
2025/01/12
21:08 UTC

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Gricka vjestica (1920)

Haven’t found this old Croatian film at any of the usual places. Super popular book series that just hasn’t been made into film more often for some reason.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301368/

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2025/01/12
05:48 UTC

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HELP ME FIND THIS MOVIE PLEASE

PLEASE HELP ME FIND THIS MOVIE!!!

so when i was a kid maybe around like 4 or 5 maybe idk im 17 rn so the movie would have been made around the (2000)s or earlier . i had this old dvd player where i put the movie in and it was like a laptop looking thing, anyways i would always watch this one specific movie . There was this girl and she was like in a bar or something and she went into the bathroom and she was like covered in blood if i remember right and it was like the opening scene i think and then she runs out and gets hit by a car and the movie case im pretty sure had that scene where she gets hit on it. PLEASE HELP ME FIND IT!!

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2025/01/12
03:38 UTC

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Zorba's Coney Island Vine

I have been looking for the zorbas coney island vine but cant find it. The guy in it said "Jeff at zorbas, Me at Zorbas, Everybody at Zorbas". My ap gov teacger is the one who made it, and me and my friends are trying to find it.

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2025/01/10
23:23 UTC

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Trying to fiding a children's, foreign and low-budget movie

A children's movie, probably Latin (I'm Brazilian, and when it was on the TV Channel, it was always dubbed, so I'm not sure what the official language of the movie is). It was on one of these children's channels, I don't remember which one exactly but it was between Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Nick JR or Discovery Kids, one of those. The movie started with a girl who would celebrate her birthday (teenager), and her parents wanted to travel to a farm or country house, something like that, and she could take a friend. This girl was hanging out with some popular girls or she wanted to be popular I think, but she couldn't convince any popular girl to go, I remember her being like a ticke and didn't touch it. Well, the movie was about friendship, and one of the main things I remember and that is a key point for him to be identified is that this girl takes an ex-friend of hers, in which she has not yet forgiven a conflict they had, but the other girl wants to reconnect the friendship they had. After that I remember very little, one was brunette and the other blonde, they arrive at this country house, meet a blond boy who lived nearby. It is also a more independent and simple movie, its production should be very low.

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2025/01/07
14:20 UTC

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looking for a japanese horror film inspired by an anime

hello, i think a year or two ago i saw a partial clip of a japanese film, the short clip of it was about a woman working an office job paying on online website to torture her boss, i cant remember exactly what happened but i believe he spilled his coffee during a meeting or something and had done something to make her want to pay more to the website

from my search in this i found that the plot is similar to the anime “hellgirl” with the doll from the anime being featured on the website though all ive found were live actions of the anime

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2025/01/07
06:35 UTC

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Los tres investigadores en el secreto de la isla del esqueleto

Los tres investigadores en el secreto de la isla del esqueleto alguien tiene esta película en español latino o alguien que la pueda buscar o que la tenga en físico y me haga el favor de subirla a algún servidor

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2025/01/06
02:33 UTC

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The Sugar Factory

Supposedly in 1997 or 98 there was a movie made called The Sugar Factory and I believe it is an Australian film because it is written from a book with the same title but an Australian writer named Robert Carter. I really love the book but can find very little on it let alone any footage.

2 Comments
2025/01/05
23:50 UTC

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