most underrated movies of all time.

yes absolutely,a very underrated film.

THEN YOU MUST WATCH

ROMPER STOMPER

np.i agree its best to give a summary.i would expect people here to think critically,not superficially.what ideas does the movie promote?then we maybe able to understand why these movies lacked either,support,marketing or were just flat out suppressed or rejected by the mainstream or the public.

when the thread is dead,maybe i'll tally them up and post links.

blood in blood out

that's not a movie

its a fucken epic journey

White Hunter Black Heart

i do contradict that as joel edgerton is australian and he did a good job in warrior.
as for romper stomper,i must concede that one but technically russell is from new zealand.

I just watched the movie, it was just released.

I torrent sometimes :/

The Act of Killing.


Its worth a view if you get a chance.

I'm still deciding how i felt about it.

It was good, check it out

bang goal!!!
imho over time blood in blood out has become the pre-eminent movie of the genre during that period.when movies like colors,menace to society,boyz in the hood came out,this is the stand out.its actually my road map should i end up in the joint,play sides off against each other then cut the head of the snake.vatos locos forever!!!

I love that movie! Can watch it online on Netflix.

Bella

i posted a link on page 5.

Everyone made a big fuss over "The Sixth Sense", yet two movies were much more complicated than that one. "The Illusionist" and "The Prestige"

People loved "Dead Poets Society" which was excellent, but I think "The Emperor's Club" and "Mr. Holland's Opus" were better movies on teaching.

Big ratings for "Howards End", yet "Remains of the Day" was better. In this case I think they were afraid of repeating the Oscar for best picture to the same people two years in a row.

Absolutely the most under rated movie - drama is SAVIOR with Dennis Quad.

[link to www.imdb.com]

A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.

Brilliant, chilling

I just saw this a few weeks ago, beautiful film


Ultimate cult classic

my nominee

Copland

[link to www.imdb.com]

I am not a Sylvester Stallone fan but he is so good in this movie I completely changed my opinion of his acting abilities. Deniro, Keitel, Liotta, Cathy Moriarty

It's like a Scorsese film with the cast.

damn you are right ahhahahahahahahah

i guess ultimately time has told with most award winning films.some are forgotten,some merely precede something better.great movies serve as a marker which represent a generation and a period of time.

heath ledger is probably an exception

this movie launched heath and rose byrne.

God Bless America

YouTube the trailer. You will want to watch it.

Thanks OP for making this thread. I've written down the movies that you all have shared.

It's true that some of the best movies are those that have not been hyped up.

My contribution is "The Uprising". It was on tv (HBO first I think - then other channels. It is about the Poles rising up against the Nazis. It was awesome. Sat on the edge of my chair watching and chewing my cuticles.

It would be good to watch in this day and current Nazi time.

How did this get underrated? It was notable to pretty much any movie watcher, it flopped in theaters due to the terrible trailers they portrayed, but afterwards it got a lot of attention once people watched the DVD and passed it on. Wouldn't call that underrated at all.


Fantastic movie, saw it twice in the past and love it due to the subtle lines and the true care of a parent. I'd call this a true underrated movie.



Fantastic movie that will open your mind and give you some pretty cool thoughts on each scene. I would say this reminds me of a movie called Mr. Nobody, a pretty awesome movie that deserves a watch.



Such a great film, i'll agree it became underrated and more people watched the Matrix than this. I can't believe how well it was made and can't imagine them not making a sequel sometime.



Not even close to underrated, i'd put this in the same category as Pineapple Express, they both deserve to be watched if not back to back. Toke up and just laugh.



Never was underrated and guarantee you ask any child who grew up in the 90's they will say they loved it.


Never was underrated either, but many people didn't take to the darkness of it. It was fantastic and Norton should of won many awards for it.


Truly fantastic film with Depp playing a writer lost inside his own mind.

Underrated i'd say.

Wouldn't say those are underrated just a little too out of peoples boundaries unless they can find art inside each one. I watched Primer when I was younger and it went over my head, then watched it a few years later and loved it. Trainspotting is a drug driven movie that has a lot of great stuff portrayed in it. I'd recommend Requiem For A Dream.
Oldboy was a dark and very artsy film that many people disliked the rawness of it.


Not underrated at all. Critically Acclaimed and was praised by many.


Not even close to underrated, you go to any dorm room you will find posters.


Not underrated either, just ask anyone, they have seen it and love it.




Not underrated and is has a huge fanbase.


Can't remember demolition man right now but Office Space isn't underrated either.


Fantastic film that I wish more would see.


I love Kung Fu Hustle it was a pretty big thing when it came out but if you don't like kung fu movies or karate in general you probably won't like it, even if it is a giant satire of them and has comedy pushed into every corner.


Great movie, one of those movies where you think if you were in that position what would you do.





The Stand wasn't underrated but not many people knew how to find it after it aired on TV. I made my wife watch it not to long ago and it's one of Stephens fantastic creations.


Pretty funny and had some great lines, but it could have been better and wish the teenage girl was a different actress. But overall it's a great movie. Basically hates everything American Media has turned into and takes it out on the wrong people.


Once in a Blue Moon
Requiem For A Dream
Pi
Children of Men
Waterworld
Escape from NY & LA
Pan's Labyrinth & The Devil's Backbone
Into The Wild
In Bruges

np.i suppose expectations has a lot to do with it.if people go to watch an award winning film,chances are they will be disappointed...but mostly because hollywood and the film industry has lost grip on reality,and abandoned fundamental rules of good storytelling and replaced it with cgi special effects and big names.
good films sneak up on you when you dont expect it,great films grab you and either re-inforce something u know,or give you a whole new perspective on something relevant to you.so u expand your thinking.mainstream movies entertain you and little else.there nothing tangible.imho thats when ur most vulnerable to programming.example look at kids films.what is it a talking rat can teach you about the human condition? but im ranting now,sry.
the academy awards and the like,its a circle jerk.

tears in my eyes over trailer! looks great.

Story of Ricky - best kung fu movie ever
Troll2 - best b horror movie
Event horizon - best Sci FI horror movie
Equilibrium/Gattaca/Serenity - best underrated distopian movie
In Dreams - most underated weird-ass disturbing movie
Idiocracy - most prophetical movie ever
Invasion USA - most accurate depiction of the downfall of America
Undefeatable - best documentary on marriage relations
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - rednecks and rabbits!

I could go on and on... Pretty much all 80s movies are underrated and awesome... 80s Hollywood pretty much degraded me and changed my entire perception of reality, thanks alot you sleazy, deviant drugged up Marxist btards!

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet...

The Man From Earth


[link to www.youtube.com]

There is also a theatrical (stage) adaptation on youtube.

Heat

Good fellas

The French Connection

Casino

Pulp Fiction

The Game

Sin City

The Watchmen

The Thin Red Line

The Button Wars

The Edge

All Bond Movies :) huge fan

War of Aarows- excellent

Fried Green Tomatoes

Rum Diaries

Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

Pandorum

Brainscan

A Scanner Darkly

Howard The Duck

Braveheart

The Patriot

Payback

Training Day

And One

The Secrets of NIMH

Full Metal Jacket

Clockwork Orange

Apocalypse Now Redux

Apocalypse

Die Hard 1

Saving Silverman

Manchurian Candidate- Frank Sinatra

Evil Dead (2013)

Gattaca

The Postman

Waterworld

Things To do in Denver when your Dead

A Serbian Film

Iron Clad

Black hawk down

Fight Club

Event Horizon

300

Immortals

Predator 1&2

Alien (all of them)

Boys in the Hood

Belly

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Summer Vacation

Beetleguise

Radio Flyer

The Professional

Surviving The Game

Matrix1-3

Lord of The Rings Trilogy

The Hobbit

Falling Down


Man I can go on forever, get back to me after you fall in love with all these gems ;)

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Fallen

Is that with Michael Douglas?

I thought it was called falling down. My bad

Someone mentioned Funny Games - I don't know if underrated is the right word, but that movie disturbed the crap out of me. Especially the end.

Lords of Dogtown - for some reason I always loved this movie. I would agree it was underrated. It's not Oscar worthy or anything but I loved the acting and the skateboarding and a few scenes were actually quite moving.

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