Underrated Movies

[movingxpictures]

I hate when there are amazing movies out there, but they're just ignored and eclipsed by a movie that costs millions to make. What are some of the movies out there that you think are underrated?

Personally, I'm a big fan of Rocket Science.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u7aUbRyMX0

http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Rocket_Science/rocket_science_movie_poster_oneshee t.jpg

[HogarthHughes]

I know this isn't a well made movie or anything, but Saving Silverman has always made me laugh my ass off, no matter how many times I watch it. Jack Black and Steve Zahn should do more movies together.

[Thursdaysox]

Freddy Got Fingered got the shit bashed out of it by critics, but it's still one of my personal favorite movies. Tom Green is a genius.

[RiCCioLi]

bio-dome

[Spewk]

bio-dome
Really?

[jeremypeele]

Umm let's see, this past year it would have to be:

World's Greatest Dad

[sleepyseanzzz]

UHF although it's now a classic

[sleepyseanzzz]

bio-dome

I don't even know why people continue to make movies anymore, we'll never top biodome.

[drudo182]

Did Rocket Science get bashed? I liked that movie quite a bit myself.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

I know this isn't a well made movie or anything, but Saving Silverman has always made me laugh my ass off, no matter how many times I watch it. Jack Black and Steve Zahn should do more movies together.
Movie is hilarious

[squizzbeats]

Felon

[superdork]

The Invisble
i absolutely love everything about this movie... it's amazing (in my opinion)

[BryterJonah]

http://www.getreligion.org/wp-content/photos/2009/09/LiarLiar.jpg

Huge part of my youth

[4N6 science]

Freddy Got Fingered got the shit bashed out of it by critics, but it's still one of my personal favorite movies. Tom Green is a genius.

Agreed. My Dad loves this movie. Anytime we can watch it we do.

[Derka Derka]

Equilibrium

[MattADALIE]

Ghost Dad

[stereokiller]

Equilibrium

perfect example.

[fake empire]

From this year: Adam, the Damned United, Adventureland, World's Greatest Dad, Humpday

[murrich]

Porco Rosso, it's one of my favourite Miyazaki films but I never hear anyone take about it.

[1mastalker]

bio-dome
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac190/Lawalacaust/PaulyShore.jpg

[Until The Bombs]

Run Fatboy Run

[Smash Adams]

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind- I don't why that movie was such a failure, I mean Sam Rockwell in a Charlie Kaufman movie

[RiCCioLi]

http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac190/Lawalacaust/PaulyShore.jpg

duck billed platapus lol

[Until The Bombs]

Also, Starship Troopers, although people have come around on it since it's release.

[secretsociety92]

Breakdown, J.T. Walsh and Kurt Russell are great in this.

[And Hours Pass]

I know this isn't a well made movie or anything, but Saving Silverman has always made me laugh my ass off, no matter how many times I watch it. Jack Black and Steve Zahn should do more movies together.

Movie is hilarious

I'll third that. I own it on DVD and watch it way too often.

"She's kind of like Mother Theresa."
"Yeah, but with way better tits."

http://www.getreligion.org/wp-content/photos/2009/09/LiarLiar.jpg

Huge part of my youth

While I loved this movie, this wasn't really eclipsed by much. This was the 4th highest banking movie of its year.

EDIT: I'd also include Brick and Wristcutters: A Love Story in this list.

[spiffa0]

http://neil.fraser.name/news/2009/moon_movie.jpg

[tbone0329]

heavyweights

[movingxpictures]

Did Rocket Science get bashed? I liked that movie quite a bit myself.

Nah, it got rave reviews at the Sundance Festival, but not everyone liked it because its quirkiness was "overly done" and it was such a small movie, no one paid any attention to it.

Personally, I thought it was brilliantly done. The style in which is was shot was pretty honest and simple.

[FallOutBoyPunch]

Freddy Got Fingered got the shit bashed out of it by critics, but it's still one of my personal favorite movies. Tom Green is a genius.

THIS.

My favorite movie of all time. SO quotable, and very misunderstood. Some of the shit is way ahead of its time. People just don't get it. C'mon, the guy holding the sign up at the end of the movie ("Will this movie ever fucking end") is just priceless. The fact that a movie can poke fun at itself is quite novel. Ebert and Roeper can go fuck themselves.

[Akissforher]

waiting...

[deadkidsean]

Everyone is naming guilty pleasures, it seems.

[Circa1628]

I'm not sure how it was received by critics but most of my friends haven't seen or heard of it

SLC Punk, one of my all time favorite movies

[justlikehoney]

Joke Answer: Juno

Real Answer: Requiem for a Dream

[Hamlet]

http://neil.fraser.name/news/2009/moon_movie.jpg

Woah that pic goes crazy on my eyes when I scoll down.

[Circa1628]

Ghost Dad
This was probably my favorite movie growing up, definitely need to go back and re-watch this for nostalgic purposes

[jbaseball44]

Liked The Good Shepherd, thought it was better than most.

[jbaseball44]

Joke Answer: Juno

Real Answer: Requiem for a Dream
Was under the impression that Requiem got a decent amount of acclaim.

Edit: Same goes for Moon

[BryterJonah]

http://neil.fraser.name/news/2009/moon_movie.jpg

That has a strong fanbase and critical reception

[arson]

heavyweights

haha yes

also, Empire Records and Stand By Me - two of my favorite movies

[bladerdude360]

From this year: Adam, the Damned United, Adventureland, World's Greatest Dad, Humpday
I loved Adam and Adventureland, both great movies.

[brokenmixtape]

Half Nelson

[Stephen Chamberlain]

Some definitely not underrated movies in here.


http://www.hollywoodtoyposter.com/poster_images/Pledge.jpg

http://stallionbackups.co.uk/images/narc.jpg

[RiCCioLi]

Breakdown, J.T. Walsh and Kurt Russell are great in this.

fuck yea

[RiCCioLi]

airborne

[Prestonxsmith]

http://www.getreligion.org/wp-content/photos/2009/09/LiarLiar.jpg

Huge part of my youth

Always feels short to me. I like Yes Man a whole lot better.

[Prestonxsmith]

heavyweights
One of Judd Apatow's best movies and people never will realize it.

[yoyostring]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Ready_to_rumble_poster.jpg

http://repressyourself.files.wordpress.com /2008/11/chwait.jpg

http://www.movingimageposters.com/images/airheads.jpg

[only the clouds]

EDIT: I'd also include Brick and Wristcutters: A Love Story in this list.I love Brick. It was really well received but not enough people have seen it.
My contribution: the Chumscrubber. Alternately hilarious and mildly disturbing.

[dissident]

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http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1869/lastboyscout.jpg

[dissident]

god damn that's a post.

[Prestonxsmith]

Here is my film that I think is sooooo underrated:
http://theperryboys.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/big-trouble-in-little-china.jpg

[&IllBeTheReason]

Pretty much anything by Wes Anderson, which just prompted my avatar change.

[Unique Dragon]

We Own the Night and Seven Pounds. two really good movies for me that got shit reviews.

[optimusrob]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Electroma.jpg/383px-Electroma.jpg

[Illadelphia]

I'm not sure how it was received by critics but most of my friends haven't seen or heard of it

SLC Punk, one of my all time favorite movies
Yeah nobody's heard of it, but I think it's a great movie. I don't know why, but I like Matthew Lillard in everything.

[Thomas Balkcom]

Everyone is naming guilty pleasures, it seems.

seems like it.

[flks511]

http://cache.cinemanow.com/images/boxart/175/Multiplicity_FDZLA_175.jpg

[ohitsmark]

bio-dome

I was super shocked when I found out Kylie Minogue was in that. And I'm even a huge fan of hers, haha. She was even in Street Fighter.

[ohitsmark]

Super Mario Bros.
Run, Lola, Run
Street Fighter

[Stephen Chamberlain]

nothing by wes anderson is underrated.

[drivthru182]

The Brother's Bloom was good but overlooked this year. Big Fish was an amazing movie that got mediocre reviews when first came out (if I remember correctly). Mirrormask was a movie that came out a few years ago, and it was recommended to me like Labyrinth and Dark Crystal-esque and it was great.

[Wake Up]

Super Mario Bros.
Run, Lola, Run
Street Fighter

I'd hardly say Run Lola Run was either critically underrated or monetarily underrated. As it made over 7 million on a 1.7 million dollar budget.

[ohitsmark]

I'd hardly say Run Lola Run was either critically underrated or monetarily underrated. As it made over 7 million on a 1.7 million dollar budget.

Really? Normally when I talk about that movie, no one has any idea what it is. Even some of my buddies who watch move movies that I do.

[dissident]

Pretty much anything by Wes Anderson, which just prompted my avatar change.

i don't think you know what underrated means.

[Prestonxsmith]

nothing by wes anderson is underrated.

Bottle Rocket is. Everyone I know, that swear they absolutely love his work, has yet to see it.

[Wake Up]

Really? Normally when I talk about that movie, no one has any idea what it is. Even some of my buddies who watch move movies that I do.

I guess its just my opinion. The nearly a decade old thing could play a part as well. I mean how old were you in '98?

[shes.a.ghost]

Half of these movies aren't even underrated... You guys were just too young to pay attention to them.

Dead Man On Campus

Orange County (Kinda sparked the whole OC / Laguna Beach, obsession with teenagers is southern California hype. (IMO)

[wroteurname]

I'll third that. I own it on DVD and watch it way too often.

"She's kind of like Mother Theresa."
"Yeah, but with way better tits."



While I loved this movie, this wasn't really eclipsed by much. This was the 4th highest banking movie of its year.

EDIT: I'd also include Brick and Wristcutters: A Love Story in this list.
Wristcutters was one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. Weird for the sake of weird and too "indie" for it's own good.

waiting...
Love this movie.

[ohitsmark]

I guess its just my opinion. The nearly a decade old thing could play a part as well. I mean how old were you in '98?

I was only 13. I believe the first time I saw it was around 2001-2002, so I was like 16 or 17. Bravo had it on and all I saw was a girl with bright red hair and I was immediately interested it in.

[Wake Up]

Half of these movies aren't even underrated... You guys were just too young to pay attention to them.

(IMO)

Exactly

[spiffa0]

That has a strong fanbase and critical reception


unless you know indies i don't think the common population knew it ever existed. but it is incredible and everyone should know about it

[&IllBeTheReason]

i don't think you know what underrated means.
Maybe to you, but where I'm from Wes Anderson might as well not exist.

[Wake Up]

I was only 13. I believe the first time I saw it was around 2001-2002, so I was like 16 or 17. Bravo had it on and all I saw was a girl with bright red hair and I was immediately interested it in.

Damn........ The fact that Bravo played Lola ruins my indie cred. Now I want to put my blu ray copy on ebay.

[Star Slight]

In Bruges and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. They both got good reviews, but barely anyone I know has heard of them until I show the movies to them.

Someone else said SLC Punk, and I'll back that up.
Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten were both panned by the critics
From Dusk Til Dawn
Sleepaway Camp- much better than the original Friday the 13th, even though its still a cheesey movie
The Rules of Attraction got terrible reviews because the characters were unlikable, but was a pretty good adaptation of Ellis' characters in the book

oh and The Sandlot got horrible reviews when it came out, and thats considered a classic movie amongst almost all of my friends

[Manicapathy]

Dead Winter. Why this never received nation wide release is beyond me.
Stupid hatred of subtitles!

FvRByG04ZME

[RiCCioLi]

Run Ronnie Run

[Wake Up]

In Bruges and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. They both got good reviews, but barely anyone I know has heard of them until I show the movies to them.

Someone else said SLC Punk, and I'll back that up.
Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten were both panned by the critics
From Dusk Til Dawn
Sleepaway Camp- much better than the original Friday the 13th, even though its still a cheesey movie
The Rules of Attraction got terrible reviews because the characters were unlikable, but was a pretty good adaptation of Ellis' characters in the book

oh and The Sandlot got horrible reviews when it came out, and thats considered a classic movie amongst almost all of my friends

i totally agree with In Bruges.

[kbi the crowing]

I know this isn't a well made movie or anything, but Saving Silverman has always made me laugh my ass off, no matter how many times I watch it. Jack Black and Steve Zahn should do more movies together.

I'd hardly say that's an underrated movie, everyone I know loves it

Equilibrium

holy shit, yes
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Electroma.jpg/383px-Electroma.jpg

so sad



my vote:

http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/7/O/8/londonposter.jpg

[shes.a.ghost]

SLC Punk is not underrated. Plenty of people know and love that movie.

Requiem For A Dream is not underrated. It received critical acclaim and many people love this movie.

Thinking that The Sandlot is underrated is just completely idiotic.

This thread should be called "Underrated Movies According to People Born Post 1990"

[kbi the crowing]

SLC Punk is not underrated. Plenty of people know and love that movie.

Requiem For A Dream is not underrated. It received critical acclaim and many people love this movie.

Thinking that The Sandlot is underrated is just completely idiotic.

This thread should be called "Underrated Movies According to People Born Post 1990"

:appl:

[dstix]

I caught Rocket Science recently and I have to say I enjoyed it. Saving Silverman is hilarious. Freddy Got Fingered is a twisted comedic good time. Tom Green makes me cry from laughing so hard. My favorite part of that movie would have to be the Daddy would you like some sausage part. Anyways, I digress. The Rocker and Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny are pretty cool.

[Kozzy333]

SLC Punk is not underrated. Plenty of people know and love that movie.

Requiem For A Dream is not underrated. It received critical acclaim and many people love this movie.

Thinking that The Sandlot is underrated is just completely idiotic.

This thread should be called "Underrated Movies According to People Born Post 1990"

OMG you are so cool. Get off your high horse.

Cheats comes to mind, I've never met anybody who has heard of that movie when I bring it up.

[Genuma]

Dead Winter. Why this never received nation wide release is beyond me.
Stupid hatred of subtitles!

FvRByG04ZME
yeah, you mean dead snow which it clearly even says on that trailer but whatever. it got a DVD release and was fairly (critically) successful over here.

[Manicapathy]

yeah, you mean dead snow which it clearly even says on that trailer but whatever. it got a DVD release and was fairly (critically) successful over here.
......FUCK!

[Genuma]

......FUCK!
don't worry about it, sometimes acting cool backfires.

[iJason]

i have to say, all those people that love Rocket Science should watch Thumbsucker. itssss pretty damn similar, came out a few years before Rocket Science and i like it quite a bit more. damn well made movie.

[Momo32T]

i have to say, all those people that love Rocket Science should watch Thumbsucker. itssss pretty damn similar, came out a few years before Rocket Science and i like it quite a bit more. damn well made movie.

Funny, I liked Thumbsucker and was disappointed by Rocket Science. Oh, second to whoever mentioned Wristcutters.

[iJason]

Funny, I liked Thumbsucker and was disappointed by Rocket Science. Oh, second to whoever mentioned Wristcutters.

yeah, watching rocket science was like a dumbed down thumbsucker lol. oh and i third Wristcutters, it was amazinggggg

[Circa1628]

Yeah nobody's heard of it, but I think it's a great movie. I don't know why, but I like Matthew Lillard in everything.
yeah same

[runningohfive]

http://www.thecinematheque.com/poster_primer1.jpg

http://www.big-pix.com/shop/images/posters/d-bric-b.jpg
^ EDIT: found a another image.

http://www.gmanreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bottlerocketposter.jpg

[kboe@bex.net]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G8BRQVWYL._SS500_.jpghttp://www.sieuthiphim.com/App_Images/2055.jpg

[drivthru182]

Also, Lucky Number Slevin

[iJason]

http://www.thecinematheque.com/poster_primer1.jpg

http://www.big-pix.com/shop/images/posters/d-bric-b.jpg
^ EDIT: found a another image.

http://www.gmanreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bottlerocketposter.jpg

haha

"Literal Expression While Reading This"

first picture.
-"Oh!"

second
-"Fuck!"

third
-"Yah."

[shes.a.ghost]

OMG you are so cool. Get off your high horse.

Cheats comes to mind, I've never met anybody who has heard of that movie when I bring it up.I'm not on a high horse at all. What I stated was a fact.

[Star Slight]

SLC Punk is not underrated. Plenty of people know and love that movie.

Requiem For A Dream is not underrated. It received critical acclaim and many people love this movie.

Thinking that The Sandlot is underrated is just completely idiotic.

This thread should be called "Underrated Movies According to People Born Post 1990"

Plenty of people that you know love that movie, I know very few that have seen it.

And the Sandlot is underrated because it was rated poorly by the critics? Plus I've met various people who have shrugged it off as a shitty kids movie.

But yeah, I disagree with Requiem

[And Hours Pass]

Wristcutters was one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. Weird for the sake of weird and too "indie" for it's own good.


Love this movie.

I couldn't disagree more. And just to clarify, this is one of the stupidest movies you've ever seen, and yet you cite Slackers as a personal favorite? Interesting...

In Bruges and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. They both got good reviews, but barely anyone I know has heard of them until I show the movies to them.

Someone else said SLC Punk, and I'll back that up.
Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten were both panned by the critics
From Dusk Til Dawn
Sleepaway Camp- much better than the original Friday the 13th, even though its still a cheesey movie
The Rules of Attraction got terrible reviews because the characters were unlikable, but was a pretty good adaptation of Ellis' characters in the book

oh and The Sandlot got horrible reviews when it came out, and thats considered a classic movie amongst almost all of my friends

Love both of those movies. Great stuff.

Funny, I liked Thumbsucker and was disappointed by Rocket Science. Oh, second to whoever mentioned Wristcutters.

Glad to find another fan! Quote a few above this doesn't seem to be as big of a fan...

[shes.a.ghost]

Plenty of people that you know love that movie, I know very few that have seen it.

And the Sandlot is underrated because it was rated poorly by the critics? Plus I've met various people who have shrugged it off as a shitty kids movie.

But yeah, I disagree with RequiemThe Sandlot was given 2 thumbs up by Siskel and Ebert, arguably two of the most prominent film critics to ever live. So... what the hell are you talking about? I literally don't know a single person who hasn't seen The Sandlot. Just because it wasn't a blockbuster doesn't mean it wasn't a huge film. It goes down in history as one of the best kids movies, if not one of the best baseball movies, for sure. Your argument is absurd.

[runningohfive]

haha

"Literal Expression While Reading This"

first picture.
-"Oh!"

second
-"Fuck!"

third
-"Yah."

I feel like watching them again. especially Primer.

[Star Slight]

The Sandlot was given 2 thumbs up by Siskel and Ebert, arguably two of the most prominent film critics to ever live. So... what the hell are you talking about? I literally don't know a single person who hasn't seen The Sandlot. Just because it wasn't a blockbuster doesn't mean it wasn't a huge film. It goes down in history as one of the best kids movies, if not one of the best baseball movies, for sure. Your argument is absurd.

It still stands at "rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes. Just because Siskel and Ebert like something doesn't mean that the majority of the film world does. And I thought that every person that I knew had seen the Sandlot until I got to college and a lot of kids had not seen it, nor had anyone that they knew. I was shocked, so I wasn't sure if it was just a thing that all my hometown friends had seen.

Maybe it would have been better if I had said The Little Giants, a classic amongst my group of friends that was absolutely panned by critics, including Ebert.
And the Mighty Ducks currently stands at 08% on Rotten Tomatoes and Ebert gave it a bad review. Now that I look at it, so it seems like movies that we all think are classics were torn apart when they first come out...That brings up a weirder question, what are the kids now going to be considering classic kids movies?

[CstSnow]

http://www.impawards.com/2004/posters/love_song_for_bobby_long_ver2.jpg

http://80.34.38.142:8080/cineparaleer/images/stories/2009dos/dogville.jpg

http://chasness.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/brothers_bloom.jpg

http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/goods_live_hard_sell_hard.jpg

[Robb]

http://dsmith77.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/sneakers-movie-poster.jpg

[Stephen Chamberlain]

Sneakers is a good one. While a fine film, I wouldn't call Dogville underrated except maybe on AbPunk.net

http://violentworldofparker.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/limeyposter.jpg

[PaperRival-Jake]

From this year: Adam, the Damned United, Adventureland, World's Greatest Dad, Humpday

Adventureland and World's Greatest Dad all were given pretty great reviews across the board. You are right on about Adam though. Fantastic little movie. I thought Away We Go got shit on a little more than it deserved, personally.

[PaperRival-Jake]

Bottle Rocket is. Everyone I know, that swear they absolutely love his work, has yet to see it.

Such is the case with many great directors. How many people have seen Blood Simple by the Coen Brothers, or Hard Eight by PT ANDERSON? Just because it's an earlier film in these directors careers and was under the radar doesn't mean it was underrated.

[PaperRival-Jake]

Half Nelson

Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Academy Award for his BRILLIANT turn in this movie. I would hardly call it underrated. Check out what Kevin Smith has to say about the movie... Any time someone calls you a "young Brando" or a "young Sean Penn", that is not underrating.

http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/reviews.html?sec=6&subsec=half+nelson

[fake empire]

Adventureland and World's Greatest Dad all were given pretty great reviews across the board. You are right on about Adam though. Fantastic little movie. I thought Away We Go got shit on a little more than it deserved, personally.
Great reviews, but not many people saw them. A lot of people on this site did see Adventureland, but overall it didn't make much money.

[Recovery Room]

http://dsmith77.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/sneakers-movie-poster.jpg
Winner.

And my choice:

http://edjop.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/unbreakable011.jpg

[Recovery Room]

And can't forget one of my favorite comedies ever:

http://www.impawards.com/1988/posters/dirty_rotten_scoundrels.jpg

[brokenmixtape]

Ryan Gosling was nominated for an Academy Award for his BRILLIANT turn in this movie. I would hardly call it underrated. Check out what Kevin Smith has to say about the movie... Any time someone calls you a "young Brando" or a "young Sean Penn", that is not underrating.

http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/reviews.html?sec=6&subsec=half+nelson

I stand corrected. I ended up seeing it on a whim and honestly didn't realize it was nominated. Good movie though

[CalRahhh]

Winner.

And my choice:

http://edjop.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/unbreakable011.jpg

Second this, such a great movie.

[kbi the crowing]

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Choke_Movie_Poster-Sam_Rockwell.jpg

[Derka Derka]

Winner.

And my choice:

http://edjop.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/unbreakable011.jpg

I love this movie

[ctmk]

http://neil.fraser.name/news/2009/moon_movie.jpg

great movie but it it not underrated. it got raves

i really like the sum of all fears

[FNF]

great movie but it it not underrated. it got raves

i really like the sum of all fears


Moon? I found it boring, fell asleep in the theater.

[FNF]

District 9 got overshadowed by the hurt locker and avatar last year but is one of the best sci fi movies ive ever seen

[ctmk]

District 9 got overshadowed by the hurt locker and avatar last year but is one of the best sci fi movies ive ever seen

well the hurt locker is a better movie but yeah, D9 kicks avatars ass

[wall e]

In Bruges