underrated movies
 

the one i made with danny himself is thoroughly underrated.

pinnochio 964
electric dragon 8000v
wild zero
rubber's lover
bad lieutenant
bell from hell
night train to terror
driller killer
monster high
thou shalt not kill... except
nowhere
the demon

If there was a movie for the SUPER KOOL JADE CLUB then that

there's a few floating around, but nothing official that stars more than two members.

The Fugitive

Idiocracy with Luke Wilson went under the radar.

Bubba Hotep!!!!!

hm, i've read good things about bubba ho-tep in "indie" film circles, but it didn't have mainstream success.

anything by the kuchar brothers is not only underrated, but unknown

sam fuller's movies are underrated: shock corridor, the naked kiss, the china gate, the big red one. he's really awesome, though he could be a bit... mmm... pulpish at time.

guy maddin is underrated. not only did "the saddest music in the world" hasn't got the recognition it deserves, but who has even heard of tales from the gimly hospital ???

francois ozon is underrated, perhaps because his sensibilities do not match big american markets.

hadwig and the angry inch is underrated, that movie was fucking awesome.

curse of the golden flower came & went without much fanfare yet it was visually incredible & delicious like an overripe fig.

there are tons...

The first time I saw Hedwig, I thought it was just all right. The second time I saw it, I enjoyed it a great deal.

I also want to contribute Dumb and Dumber to this and all lists of movies that haven't received enough praise. That movie...well, there are no words for a movie like that. On long car rides, my brothers and I play Dumb and Dumber trivia games, and try to see how obscure we can make our questions while still knowing the answers. I know more about that movie than any sane person ought to. Yes, much love for Dumb and Dumber.

oh i haven't seen yet dumb and dumber but i want to

also now that you posted, it reminds me-- light sleeper is a wonderful movie nobody ever remembers.

Yes, Light Sleeper all the way. The performances in that movie are impeccable, but not overstated.

Dumb and Dumber is the kind of movie that I think everyone should start watching from an early age and then just continue to watch regularly throughout the duration of their life. I love hearing people quote that movie. I don't care when or how often it occurs. It is always funny. It definitely needs to be counted among all of those other misunderstood movies.

"Pretttty biiiiird, prettttty biiiiird."

Battlefield Earth

He he.

Terl (John Travolta): Crap-lousy ceiling! I thought I told to get some man-animals in here and fix it.

"Carlson. I've got something to tell you. I'm not from West Covina. I'm from Internal Affairs."

"You should not have done that to my brother, Cruzito, ese! Know what I mean jellybean? You wanna dance? I know a tune, it's called stick and cut. "

Yeah, Blood in Blood Out rules.

wtf is that? the box looks more horrid than a leper. it's 3 lepers! ???

Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor) is a 1993 film directed by Taylor Hackford. It follows the intertwining lives of the three Chicano relatives, Miklo (Damian Chapa), Cruzito (Jesse Borrego) and Paco (Benjamin Bratt) from 1972 through to the mid 1980s. They start out as members of the fictional street gang Vatos Locos in East Los Angeles and as dramatic incidents occur, their lives and friendships are forever changed. Blood In Blood Out was filmed throughout the Spanish-speaking areas of Los Angeles and inside San Quentin State Prison.


Check it out!!!

"Slap me around and call me Susan"


"They're my theme music. Every hero's got to have some."

hmmm... it is one of those movies that it's so bad it's good?? or is it just good?

Bob Rafelson was praised in the early 70ies for two films, Five Easy Pieces and the King of Marvin Gardens, both with Jack Nicholson.
His later films were neglected by the critics (apart from The Black Widow).
Rafelson was tore down to pieces by that guy who wrote about the new Hollywood. Anyway, this guy spat at everyone, apart from Hal Ashby who had had the good taste of dying.
This being said, it's really sad Blood and Wine didn't get the credit it deserved. It's a B-movie, with Nicholson and Michael Caine, both being great, Jennifer Lopez (no miracle), Judy Davis and Stephen Dorff.
The use of violence is eye-widening. In a fight, once a character is about to kill his openent, once he feels safe for himself, you see on his face that he suddenly understand that he is inflicting pain to another human being, and that there's a struggle within himself. Shall I go on and kill, or should I find a way to stop it all without being hurt in return by that guy I'm driving mad.

The Tailor of Panama by John Boorman.

Shattered Glass.

Underrated where?
It all depends on which country you're talking about.
Jim Jarmusch films are very underrated in America.
The same goes for Fuller, who in Europe has always recieved more credit and respect.
Lynch seems to be going the same way.
For some reason or other, arthouse films go down better with the general public on this side of the atlantic ocean.

what do you think about the Reconstruction movie?

Hudson Hawk.

Risky Business with Tom Cruise.

Wonderful music in it (Tangerine Dream)

Moonstruck

Roman Polanski
Bitter Moon

Jim Jarmusch
Dead Man <Watched it last night for the 4th time. Brilliant film with a great cast.
The Straight Story

George Lucas
THX 1138

Brian de Palma
Carlito's Way

Zach Braff
Garden State

Luc Besson
Le Grand Bleu

Alan Parker
Bugsy Malone

John Boorman
Deliverance

Joel Coen
Miller's Crossing < Gabriel Byrne is great in this one.

Mary Lambert
Siesta

Neil Jordan
The Company of Wolves

timecode 2000
dancer in the dark
the idiots
audition
chopper
boys dont cry
christianne f
exorcist III
the tenant
the man in the glass booth
turtles can fly

toko, while some of the other movies you've mentioned are favorites of mine and others i haven't seen, i'm going to say no to these.

garden state and i've said above is a horribly trite movie, composed of cliches and horribly but horribly paced jumping from one stupid cliche scene to another, no, this movie is overrated because it gathers some commonplaces with mass appeal and shapes them into a likeable mess. but a mess.

le grand bleu is an overly long, meandering, chaotic movie that attempts to be poetic while remaining simply death-obsessed.

now if you want to talk about besson's underrated movies, léon (AKA the professional) is to me his best one, in every way, and one that doesn't get mentioned a lot unfortunately because of that space fable known as the fifth element and the success of the maladaptations of la femme nikita for american audiences in tv and film.

That is true.

Savage Messiah (1972)
Salon Kitty (1976)
Festen (1998)
Underground (1995)
Santa Sangre (1989)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Pretty Village Pretty Flame (1996)
I Stand Alone (1998)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
King Of Hearts (1966)
Sans Soleil (1983)
Asylum (1972)
Stalker (1979)
Born In Flames (1983)
Spring Summer Autumn Winter & Spring (2003)
No Man's Land (2002)
Mephisto (1981)
The Night Porter (1974)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
The Realm of the Senses (1976)
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
Winter Light (1962)
Mouchette (1967)
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
The Nomi Song (2004)
Russian Ark (2002)
Secretary (2002)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1992)
Spellbound (2003)
Madchen In Uniform (1931)
Turkish Delight (1973)
Lilya 4 Ever (2002)
Christiane F (1981)

I've seen that a million times, the book is excellent too.

léon , absolutely, definately his best work, but i like the stylized look of fifth element as well, it's refreshing to see that kind of color and bent vision in a sci fi movie

repo man
spun
can't hardly wait
whatever it takes
idle hands
airheads

i think this one is the one we used to quote in high school...

"quiubo vato?"
"wassup, vato?"
"hi five!"

that and that capoeira movie i always forget about.

Any original Tim Burton film.

"Beetlejuice"

"Edward Sissorhands"

"Nightmare Before Christmas"

"Ed Wood"

All very good films, its sad when movies like his re-make of "Planet of the Apes" (which was atrocious), and "Batman" ( which wasn't so bad) are his most popular films.

are they really? funny you should say that, i believe those you have picked as best (i agree they are) enjoy near-cult status while the others have been quickly forgotten in the dust of time.