There was another thread floating around about overrated movies, but everyone kept bring up underrated movies. So as we close the year and my netflix playlist grows I want to add some good movies that might have been overlooked by the critics or public.
E.G. Kung Fu Hustle. Great movie by Stephen Chow and highlights some great Hong Kong cinematography and plot with a hodge podge of humor and kung fu
If we're trying to find movies that didn't get much play or get good reviews, that are actually entertaining, I would go with Idiocracy.
Narrator: "The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections."
I've seen this and loved it. It has an all star cast of the best voice actors too.
Everyone needs to see that movie. Mike Judge hits the nail on the head with satire every time.
Didn't know it was a Mike Judge. That changes everything for me. Office Space and Silicon Valley are two of my absolute favorites.
The Fountain and Cloud Atlas. I thought both were brilliant but both got relatively mediocre reviews from critics
Also, The Man From Earth is one of my top favorites of all time, and that has almost no ratings since it essentially never made it to theaters
What is the man from earth about?
Also what is cloud atlas about.
The Man From Earth is about a man who claims to not age and claims to have walked the Earth for 14,000 years. The film is mostly dialogue, as his professor colleagues try to prove him wrong, and as he tries to convince them of his tale by describing his experiences from all of human history
Cloud Atlas is about characters from six different time periods, and how all of their lives are intertwined and interconnected. The different plot-lines range from an ocean voyage by ship in the 1800s to a tribe living in a post-apocalypse Hawaii hundreds of years in the future. The film switches back and forth between the different timelines, making the viewer wonder whether the characters have been reincarnated and showing how their actions ripple across time
If your have the time, you should read Cloud Atlas (the book). The movie is good, the book is phenomenal.
Also, Doona Bae gets down and dirty in Cloud Atlas
The Fountain was great. One of my favorite movies.
I love The Fountain aswell. Makes some part of me believe in spirituality more. And the soundtrack is awesome. The Fall is a nice unknown movie and a piece of art. Adrenaline is a cool movie to watch high (or not) super underated (forget the stupid sequels). And top of mind I can recall The Cube, awesome suspense/thriller flick.
glad you're here GC, you're the film buff.
I have very childish taste in movies, my shelf is pretty much james bond, mob movies, surf movies, and stupid stuff like american pie and fast times at ridgemont high.
I don't know if it was underrated, but Hero with jet li is pretty awesome, it's all in subtitles, but the imagery, symbolism, and drama are all very good. plus some sick martial arts scenes
I loved Hero for the reasons you just mentioned. If you like Hero, I can strongly recommend Fearless.
Really, Cloud Atlas? I've tried watching it several times, but it's SO BORING.
I was a big fan of Cloud Atlas, but my friends thought I was nuts.
Lord of War O' Brother Where Art Thou (well-regarded but even still underrated and under-discussed)
Lord of War got good reviews, no?
thought is snoozed at the box office. But pretty solid film and Nic Cage didn't even have to pretend to do an accent like Con Air.
Batman v. Superman. I thought people were too hard on it
Yeah I agree, and while obviously no Nolan Batman it still delivered in its own way and had a different style of its own.
It's not possible to underrate Batman V Superman. Worst Lex Luthor ever.
Glengarry Glen Ross (stellar cast, must see for sales or real estate guys) Ronin (De Niro, best car chases since Steve McQueen in Bullitt) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Gary Oldman, based on John le Carre novel) Get Him to the Greek (P Diddy - "I'm mind-fucking you right now") Almost Famous (one of the greatest rock and roll soundtracks of all time)
Never saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, will have to check it out.
All good movies, but none underrated.
TTSS IS underrated. They deserved the Oscars
I love Kubric and I think Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is severely "underrated". It has high ratings but very few people have actually seen it and if I show it to somebody they rarely get it FFS. I was completely blown when I discovered the movie. With a rather sophisticated sense of humor this really brings it home.
Sphere
Yes, maybe the first underrated film in this thread.
+1 to Kung Fu Hustle.
Cable Guy
Not underrated
I'd also throw in the original Ace Ventura, hilarious
Sunshine
They slowly are popping into my head
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Great flick, more importantly it introduced me to Katrina Bowden
Bad Company is one of my favorite lesser known movies.
Two HBO movies are "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" & Conspiracy.
Both have some of the best acting I've ever seen.
In the Peter Sellers, he is played by Geoffrey Rush who is an acting powerhouse.
Conspiracy is about the secret meeting of Nazis who try to hash out Germany's final solution. An excellent movie about a garish subject staring Kenneth Branaugh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Tom Hiddleston(briefly), et. al. This was a good 15 years before all but Branaugh were household names.
25th Hour Scent of a Woman
Collateral is probably my all-time favorite movie. Excellent visuals, love the soundtrack, and there are some incredible scenes in there.
25th Hour is also a very good movie.
Neither of those underrated.
Not underrated.
Collateral rules.
.. 25th Hour is one of the rare movies that's as good/better than the book it's based on (written by Game of Thrones screenwriter David Benioff).
What Dreams May Come => Awesome visual effects (it won the Academy Award for Visual Effects) and starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr.
Not underrated.
I guess a better way to put it is relatively unknown. I don't know many people who have seen it. Also reviews online aren't great.
Yeah, 25th Hour is a cool movie, but Rotten Tomatoes has a 78% critical and 85% audience which is pretty good.
Bicycle Thieves => Pretty old (made in 1948) but very good nonetheless
Jeepers Creepers Meet Dave Running Scared
Luck Number Slevin
Not underrated
Jarhead Already said but Get Him to the Greek Resevoir Dogs (Underrated in the fact that it is overshadowed by all the other Tarantino flicks) Gangs of New York (Again, not a TRUE underrated film but overshadowed by other Scorsese films) Goon (if you're looking for some slapstick humor)
Not one of those is underrated.
@surferdude867" Resevoir Dogs and GONY aren't underrated in the traditional sense, as I stated.
Jarhead = 61% rotten tomatoes GHTTG = 6.4 IMDB Goon = 6.8 IMDB
Obviously, deeming whether something is underrated or not is a personal opinion. Personally, I would rate each of those films higher than their respective scores. Clearly, you feel that they are accurately represented in those scores. You are entitled to your own opinion, even if I do disagree with it.
Layer Cake My first intro to Daniel Craig, if you like Guy Ritchie type movies its similar to Snatch, LSATSB, Rock n Rolla etc.
Great movie, mostly unknown but not underrated.
How is Rock n Rolla? What's it about?
I briefly remembering it coming out
Good film, not at the level as the others I mentioned but worth seeing.
PCU
My Blue Heaven
Hilarious Steve Martin movie with Rick Moranis and great supporting cast. It is the only movie besides Toys where I actually like Joan Cusack. Steve Martin plays a wise guy who is put in the witness protection program and hilarity ensues.
I say underrated because it never gets mentioned in the same breath as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Jerk,
Arugula, it's a ve-ge-ta-ble!
@surferdude867" Do you have ADHD by any chance?
Yes, but what does that have to do with movie ratings?
Equilibrium
That movie is not underrated, it just sucks.
Mr. Nobody Sunshine Hard Candy Friday Night Lights
I also think Casino is underrated, insofar as I view it as a cinematic masterpiece on the same approximate level as Goodfellas (although Goodfellas is slightly better).
Casino is not underrated. And Casino is better than Goodfellas.
Oldboy (2003). The original from South Korea. Not the crappy 2013 American remake.
Starship Troopers anyone?
1,2, or 3?
The Good Shepherd
Interesting, I thought that was a slog. But, to each his own! Did you find it very slow?
It was slow, but I didn't expect it to be a Jason Bourne type of film. But I liked the era of the movie, the acting and the story it told.
Rock n' Rolla - highly entertaining Guy Richie flick
... and similarly, "Smokin' Aces" with a surprisingly big-name cast
The Butterfly Effect (The first 45 mins is slow, but it's mind-bending until the end after that) Munich The Inside Man The Ides of March Triple 9 Sicario Constantine The Kingdom Looper John Wick
Constantine is the only movie in that bunch that is underrated.
Don't think most of these are underrated but great list nonetheless.
Not a movie but Bloodline on Netflix is exceptional, especially season one. You must like character driven shows (its based on the inter-relationships and secrets of a complicated and well respected family in the Florida keys)
I'd watch it just for the performance of the dark-sheep brother Ben Mendelsohn alone, his performance is as good as any I've ever seen and I don't say that lightly.
Agreed, loved that show.
The Drop- starts a bit slow but a really solid Tom Hardy movie- intense, as his movies tend to be.
Eastern Promises- Awesome movie about Russian Mafia. Not underrated but not necessarily well known.
Burn After Reading- Cohen brothers' dark comedy
Enemy- super mindbending Villeneuve movie- not everyone will like it. Took me multiple watches to fully digest, but i'm a fan. Really, I'm a fan of anything by Denis Villeneuve
Legend- thought this movie deserved better reviews.
Sicario- Another Villeneuve movie. Not underrated but if you haven't seen it you should, imo.
I liked Legend a lot. I am assuming you are talking about the Tom Hardy movie and not the Tom Cruise movie of the same name.
Yep. That's the one. Didn't have high expectations, but I definitely enjoyed it.
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human.
Anything by Nicholas Winding-Refn The visuals are stunning. The dialouge-less acting is fantastic. Drive and Only God Forgives are two examples of it.
Home Alone 1 and 2...they have pretty low ratings but were some of my favorite childhood movies, especially the original
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Who the hell underrates Home Alone?
If you're talking about films with a low score on Rotten Tomatoes (60%) that deserve to have a better reputation...
Chronicles of Riddick Natural Born Killers The Fall Speed Racer The Fountain Revolver
No we're talking about underrated at a meta level.
Syriana: One of the best movies ever: really emotional. Critics hated it for some reason
What critics? Ebert & Roper gave it 4 stars, and the Academy gave it an oscar and an additional nomination.
Absolutely The Tenant by Roman Polansky! I really love it!
Only underrated by that idiot Roger Ebert.
Double Take
lol
The Prestige.
It was nominated for 2 academy awards, what do you mean underrated?
Eyes Wide Shut
If anything Eyes Wide Shut is overrated.
shoot em' up, blow, heartbreak kid(2007), donnie darko, super troopers, identity,
None of those are underrated, and Shoot em up is overrated.
Gone in 60 seconds.
True.
Medellín...one of Vincent Chase's most underated movies
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