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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1325904" data-attributes="member: 2013">Good, yet mostly unknown movies with a D&D application:Vincent Price's The Abominable Dr. Phibes - The perfect case study for creating a very insane, very intelligent, yet not irrational bad guy.  Just because you're insane doesn't mean you cackle and laugh and are irrational.I consider Alexander Nevsky to be one of the best "mass-combat" pictures ever... tactically, it's a great watch for the "hows and whys" of certain weapons in combat.  Not as colorful as LotR's mass combat scenes, and certainly lacks the same scale (and it's in B&W), but for my money, the longer shots give a better tactical feel than the "action" feel of LotR.Best unknown movie, period?  Hard to say, I don't see a lot of movies, but I'll throw this one out...I really liked "The Spiral Staircase" - saw it on PBS at about 1 am a few months ago - another B&W oldie but goodie that does a nice job with an insane arch-villain.--The Sigil</blockquote>