What are some underrated films that you like?

[fantasticfour40]

1. Mallrats
2. The Frighteners
3. Clash of the Titans
4. Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
5. Manhunter

[Carnage Escobar]

Man on Fire

[Bloody Mary]

Man on Fire
Totally agreed!!! perfect movie and a great story (i'm really glad that they didn't use the alternative ending:)

[He Who Walks Unseen]

Equilibrium I think is the most underated film of all time as is HULK.

[halo7]

Butterfly Effect would be my number one underrated movie.

[Andrey83]

Basic. Loved the dark rainy tone of it. And thought the plot was good too. Love the actors. Sam is totally badass. What more can i ask for.

[the elmo zombie]

Hulk
Godzilla(1998)

[fantasticfour40]

I liked Godzilla 2000.

[the elmo zombie]

Devils Rejects is another one
Day of The Dead
Daredevil

[Kronos]

I have to agree with Hulk. Alien 3 also comes to mind.

[fantasticfour40]

Daredevil was excellent, Weekend at Bernie's was funny and so was it's sequel. I also liked Free Willy 3: The Rescue.

[Doomsday]

Ronin, awesome awesome movie.
In the Line of Fire, good politicalesque thriller.
Heat, it has a big following now, but at the time of it's release it didn't do too hot, so I guess technically it could be underrated.

[fantasticfour40]

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is another one I forget to mention.

[JBond]

Ronin, awesome awesome movie.
In the Line of Fire, good politicalesque thriller.
Heat, it has a big following now, but at the time of it's release it didn't do too hot, so I guess technically it could be underrated.

I love "In the Line of Fire", I can't change the channel everytime it's on TNT or whatever.

As for me, there's a great time travel movie (well, technically there's no time travel in it) called Frequency that doesn't/didn't get much attention. I also agree with Butterfly Effect.

[matthall]

Probably the most underated movie ever IMO is Harrison's Flowers. I twas an excellent flick.

[MousePotato]

how does one get an avatar in their post? I can't figure it out :(

[Frizzo the Clown]

how does one get an avatar in their post? I can't figure it out :(
I've never heard if that film. ;)


To answer your question...read the FAQ.

[cg124]

I love "In the Line of Fire", I can't change the channel everytime it's on TNT or whatever.

As for me, there's a great time travel movie (well, technically there's no time travel in it) called Frequency that doesn't/didn't get much attention. I also agree with Butterfly Effect.


I love Frequency. Great flick and the buttefly effect was pretty damn good too

[Brenzi51]

Bullitt. It is a classic that my generation fails to witness. It is one of Steve McQueen's best films. It trails The Great Escape which is also an amazing film...Two films that need to be seen and I don't think that a lot of people on these boards have seen them; unless you are into older films.

[Ronin]

Im not saying these are underrated because people who have seen any of them rate them highly. What I will say is these are UNDER DISCUSSED gems that I consider superior enteries into their genres.

Firstly 10 from the last few years-

Shaun Caruths PRIMER- Sci Fi/Time Travel
Bill Paxton's FRAILTY- Thriller/Gothic Horror
Lucky McKee's MAY- Horror/black Comedy
Joe Carnahan's NARC- Gritty Cop Film
Christian Duguay's THE ASSIGNMENT-Espionage Thriller
David Mamet's SPARTAN-Espionage Thriller
David Twohy's BELOW- Sub Thriller (Written By Darren Aronofsky)
Robert Myer Burnett's FREE ENTERPRISE- Romantic Comedy ala SWINGERS
Julian Richards THE LAST HORROR MOVIE- Horror/Black Comedy
Neil Marshal's DOG SOLDIERS- Horror/Action/Comedy
Gregor Jordan's BUFFALO SOLDIERS-War Comedy


and Ive probably listed to many already but, I cant resist mentioning a few older films that really deserve more attention-

John Frankenheimer's SECONDS- Thriller
Alan J Pakula's THE PARRALAX VIEW-Espionage Thriller
Micheal Mann's THIEF- Heist
Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART- Noir Thriller
John Boorman's POINT BLANK- Crime Thriller
Arthur Penn's NIGHTMOVES- Crime Thriller
Adrian Lyne's JACOBS LADDER-Thriller
William Friedkin's TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA-Cop Thriller
Micheal Winner's THE MECHANIC- Hitman
Micheal Winner's SCORPIO- Espionage Thriller
Don Siegel's MADIGAN-Cop thriller
Sidney Lumet's THE HILL-War

God I love all these films, Soem of the best from each genre, enjoy

[matthall]

Bullitt. It is a classic that my generation fails to witness. It is one of Steve McQueen's best films. It trails The Great Escape which is also an amazing film...Two films that need to be seen and I don't think that a lot of people on these boards have seen them; unless you are into older films.

I'm 21 and I love Bullitt, then again I love McQueen.

[Doomsday]

Bullitt. It is a classic that my generation fails to witness. It is one of Steve McQueen's best films. It trails The Great Escape which is also an amazing film...Two films that need to be seen and I don't think that a lot of people on these boards have seen them; unless you are into older films.

Steve McQueen is one of my all time favorite actors. I've seen most of his popular ones, there's still others like The Thomas Crown Affair that I have yet to see. One of my fav McQueen movies is The Getaway, one of the coolest movies I've seen.

[Cloud Buster]

"The Frighteners" and "Black Hawk Down" are the top two underrated movies on my personal list.

Quite frankly, a lot of the movies I see listed in this thread I think are underrated for a reason.... :)

[JBond]

Yep, all of them but yours. ;)

[matthall]

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is another one I forget to mention.

Good one.

[Fiverrabbit]

Butterfly Effect, Heat, Hulk and Prince Of Thieves too.

[He Who Walks Unseen]

Daredevil was excellent, Weekend at Bernie's was funny and so was it's sequel. I also liked Free Willy 3: The Rescue.

Yeah Daredevil is an awesome film. It is definately underated.

[He Who Walks Unseen]

* Dog Soldiers
* Heat
* The Last Samurai
* King Arthur
* Doom

[Andrey83]

Ronin, awesome awesome movie.
In the Line of Fire, good politicalesque thriller.
Heat, it has a big following now, but at the time of it's release it didn't do too hot, so I guess technically it could be underrated.

Well, guess that depends on how you see underrated. Imo underrated has nothing to do with box office intake. If everyone loves a movie its simply not underrated.(rated, as in how good you think the movie is, i.e 'how would you rate the movie..' etc...)

If most people (critics, public opinion etc) hate a movie you love - bam: underrated.

If it sucks at the box office thats underachived imo.

THough i'm no definition expert, but i stil think that money takes away the whole meaning of underrated.

So technically, no ;)

[fantasticfour40]

One movie that I think will be underrated this year is Lucky Number Slevin. It was in fifth place at the box office this weekend and it looks like it's not going to make than $30-$35 million dollars.

[Andrey83]

Again, what has underrated got to do with money?

[fantasticfour40]

I see your point, andrey83.

[Ronin]

Totaly agree money has no bearing on film quality, in fact 95% of the time its the complete opposite...

Under rated to me means great films that arent talked about often enough. Hence I titled my list Under Discussed.

Movies that people havent seen, but should have.

Cinema that is as good, if not better than the films that the masses have flocked to because of media saturation.

[the elmo zombie]

The Postman

[fantasticfour40]

Totaly agree money has no bearing on film quality, in fact 95% of the time its the complete opposite...

Under rated to me means great films that arent talked about often enough. Hence I titled my list Under Discussed.

Movies that people havent seen, but should have.

Cinema that is as good, if not better than the films that the masses have flocked to because of media saturation.

I love both kinds of movies. Movie that the massive amount of audience flocks to and underrated cinema. Lucky Number Slevin is probably one of the most underrated gems will see this year. It's got a good cast and surprisingly something that the massive amount of people didn't go to see over the weekend. How does at the box office, I don't care.

[Citizen Kane]

fantasticfour40 spontaneously combusts: the movie

[fantasticfour40]

Man, just because I ruined the ending to Lucky Number Slevin doesn't mean have to get mad at me.

[Citizen Kane]

Yes it does.

[the elmo zombie]

Man, just because I ruined the ending to Lucky Number Slevin doesn't mean have to get mad at me.

no but over 100 threads a day will do the trick

[fantasticfour40]

Huh!

[halo7]

The road to 3000 posts is a long one bud.


Deal with it.

by the way its "?"

[fantasticfour40]

I know it's going to be a long road to 3,000 posts.

[the elmo zombie]

not the way your going it wont

[fantasticfour40]

Man, I'm only going be on here for 2 more days, and then I'll be gone until next month.

[the elmo zombie]

"The Frighteners" and "Black Hawk Down" are the top two underrated movies on my personal list.

Quite frankly, a lot of the movies I see listed in this thread I think are underrated for a reason.... :)

is Black Hawn Down underated?

[matthall]

is Black Hawn Down underated?

No but it should be, it wasn't that good IMO.

[fantasticfour40]

Black Hawk Down was excellent in my opinion.

[Doomsday]

Well, guess that depends on how you see underrated. Imo underrated has nothing to do with box office intake. If everyone loves a movie its simply not underrated.(rated, as in how good you think the movie is, i.e 'how would you rate the movie..' etc...)

If most people (critics, public opinion etc) hate a movie you love - bam: underrated.

If it sucks at the box office thats underachived imo.

THough i'm no definition expert, but i stil think that money takes away the whole meaning of underrated.

So technically, no ;)

Hmm, I guess that's one way of looking at it, tou che.

[He Who Walks Unseen]

Black Hawk Down is extremely underated. It is the best military film of all time. The whole film is one constant battle scene !!!! Other underated films are:
* Fantastic Four
* Van Helsing

[Andrey83]

Hmm, I guess that's one way of looking at it, tou che.

And now that I was hoping for this great comeback argument :P

[fantasticfour40]

Black Hawk Down is extremely underated. It is the best military film of all time. The whole film is one constant battle scene !!!! Other underated films are:
* Fantastic Four
* Van Helsing

Van Helsing was horrible. Fantastic Four was good.

[Tornado]

Van Helsing was horrible. Fantastic Four was good.

I can understand someone hating Van Helsing (which I liked, to a certain degree), but liking Fantastic Four? Bleh. Pure garbage in my book.

[fantasticfour40]

It wasn't to me, Tornado. I mean it had it's share of problems but it was a still pretty good movie. My only gripe about the film was that Dr. Doom didn't turn into the villain until the very end.

[the elmo zombie]

van helsing was too long for what it was, and every non-action scene seemed like a lead up to another action scene. they didnt focus on the story as much as they should have. it was kinda boring too

other underated ones i like:

the mummy
the mummy returns

[Glordreen]

13th warrior

sure it wasnt great, but it was entertaining.

[spide-ed]

Outland with Sean connery
The Keep, michael Manns 2nd film.
Serenity, a ****in great film, dont listen to what people say.

[Brenzi51]

Outlaw Joesy Wales. It is quite possibly my favorite film performed by Clint Eastwood, who is a genious by the way...I think that OJW is going to be on USA for those of you who have yet to see it...

[Andrey83]

Serenity, a ****in great film, dont listen to what people say.

Basicly everyone who sees it loves it so how on earth can it be underrated? And why not listen to people then? I dont get it.

[NewDawnFades]

Anything by John Cassavetes. Especially The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Awesome film.

[Doomsday]

Outlaw Joesy Wales. It is quite possibly my favorite film performed by Clint Eastwood, who is a genious by the way...I think that OJW is going to be on USA for those of you who have yet to see it...

One of my fav Eastwood movies. I've own it on DVD but end up watching it every time it's on tv anyways.

[SnoBorderZero]

Actually I enjoyed Van Helsing quite a bit.

I don't think Se7en gets any credit. All my friends go "OMG SAW IS AMAZING!" Pffft that movie is weak. Whenever I say "you guys should watch Se7en" they have no idea what that is.Se7en is one of my favorite films ever, yet there's no talk about it and it's one the greatest thrillers ever IMO.

[fantasticfour40]

Seven is a great movie but I wouldn't call it underrated.

[SnoBorderZero]

Meh not enough people know about it to satisfy me.

[NewDawnFades]

Actually I enjoyed Van Helsing quite a bit.

I don't think Se7en gets any credit. All my friends go "OMG SAW IS AMAZING!" Pffft that movie is weak. Whenever I say "you guys should watch Se7en" they have no idea what that is.Se7en is one of my favorite films ever, yet there's no talk about it and it's one the greatest thrillers ever IMO.

Se7en was great. SAW was just stupid.

[ViRUs]

A really good movie is "Mystery, Alaska" I havent found anyone who has seen it yet, but I liked it.

I'm sure that I'm the only one that would say Alexander, but I actually liked that movie.

[Ryan Wild]

When a Stranger Calls. That is a great movie. i loved it. classic horror movie.
but it's underrated.

[matthall]

A really good movie is "Mystery, Alaska" I havent found anyone who has seen it yet, but I liked it.

I'm sure that I'm the only one that would say Alexander, but I actually liked that movie.


Mystery Alaska is a great film!

Also Se7en is not underated. Many list it as one of the best movies of the last ten years, it has a big ole' special edition dvd, the kind they only make for movies that are big. Definatley not underated. Maybe it is with younger kids that weren't very old when it came out, and it is way better than Saw.

[the elmo zombie]

When a Stranger Calls. That is a great movie. i loved it. classic horror movie. but it's underrated.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Also Se7en is not underated. Many list it as one of the best movies of the last ten years, it has a big ole' special edition dvd, the kind they only make for movies that are big. Definatley not underated. Maybe it is with younger kids that weren't very old when it came out, and it is way better than Saw.


I f*c*i*g love the Se7en

[Ryan Wild]

why NOOOOOOO?

[cg124]

When a Stranger Calls. That is a great movie. i loved it. classic horror movie.
but it's underrated.


Classic Horror Film? Are you talking about the original or the new one that just came out?

[the elmo zombie]

Halloween 3 is another one i liked but NOBODY else did

[Ronin]

Anything by John Cassavetes. Especially The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Awesome film.

Good call my friend. I also totally dig Killing Of A Chinese Bookie.

Shadows, Love Streams, A Woman Under The Influence, Faces, Husbands- all great Cassavettes films few have seen. The criterion box set is a must.


Have you seen Elaine May's Mickey and Nicky? Its a great film with Cassavettes and Peter Falk.

[Ryan Wild]

Classic Horror Film? Are you talking about the original or the new one that just came out?

the old one was a classic horror movie

the new one was great too

[the elmo zombie]

the old one was a classic horror movie

the new one was great too


i forgave you with the first line, but am back to the ashamed of you stance at line 2

[NewDawnFades]

Good call my friend. I also totally dig Killing Of A Chinese Bookie.

Shadows, Love Streams, A Woman Under The Influence, Faces, Husbands- all great Cassavettes films few have seen. The criterion box set is a must.


Have you seen Elaine May's Mickey and Nicky? Its a great film with Cassavettes and Peter Falk.

No I haven't! I will certainly check it out. But I did recently buy the Criterion box set for Cassavetes. A Woman Under The Influence is a lot to take in but an absolutely wonderful film. You seem to have good taste if you like Cassavetes. Awesome.

[MissMcGee]

Meet Joe Black was good and underrated, in my opinion

[Sable]

Actually I enjoyed Van Helsing quite a bit.

I don't think Se7en gets any credit. All my friends go "OMG SAW IS AMAZING!" Pffft that movie is weak. Whenever I say "you guys should watch Se7en" they have no idea what that is.Se7en is one of my favorite films ever, yet there's no talk about it and it's one the greatest thrillers ever IMO.

Wow, se7en is hardly underrated. I see a lot of people loving it including some of my friends. Actually, I have never even talked to anyone who didn't like it if they saw it.

And Van Helsing... Words cannot express how much i disliked that movie... aahh bad flashbacksss... Maybe it doesn't help that i watched it on a really bad quality VHS.

[darthspielberg]

I can understand someone hating Van Helsing (which I liked, to a certain degree), but liking Fantastic Four? Bleh. Pure garbage in my book.


but did you see his name? of course he liked it. he was going to no matter what trashy tripe they threw on the public. and it was horrible. BLEH!


as for underrated, i would go with The Frighteners...

or the Dolph Ludgren "Masters of the Universe" movie. so bad, but so awesome at the same time.

[PsYkOoOoO]

Hmm.I wonder if Before Sunrise and Before Sunset counts as being under-rated films.

[fantasticfour40]

Man on the Moon

[RedVader 2004]

1 The League Of Extroadinary Gentlemen. That was a good movie. It just came out against Pirates Of The Caribbean.

2 The Punisher. This was one of my favorite comic movies. I know most didn't like Thomas Jane in it but it was good.

3 The Rundown. I know it was a pop con flick but the best Dwayne The Rock Johnson film to date.

4 All 3 Prophecy films. Who does not like Chris Walken as Gabriel the arc angel.

5 Hidalgo This was a very good Viggo Mortenson film.

6 The Man In The Iron Mask. The best John Malkovich role in my book.

7 Kingdom Of Heavan. This movie was probably Orlando Blooms best movie next to the Rings trilogy.

8 Underworld 1,and 2. This has to be the most underrated sequel films going. Yet very entertaining. Its not for veryone but it far better then alot of crap done by Uwe Bol.

[MissMcGee]

yeah, man in the iron mask! i totally forgot- that was a great film i think

[fantasticfour40]

Underworld 1 and 2 are so underrated it's not even funny.

[ComedyMan90]

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

I think it may be a cult classic, but I am 15 and just discovered this film today. Man it was just a great movie! I was surprised at the 6.6/10 on imdb. Though the imdb staff gave it a 7.9/10.

Some others:

Armageddon- Not the greatest movie but it isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It's entertaining.

Friday Night Lights- This is one of the better sports movie's that I have seen in a long time. Great drama, a good score, good direction.

Jarhead- I don't get how critics didn't like this! This movie was GREAT.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Does what you expect, entertains!

Lord of War- A very solid film, deserves more respect.

War Of the Worlds (2005) - Very enteraining, and I thought that besides the ending it was a good story.

[fantasticfour40]

I agree with you on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was overlooked at the box office and there should've been more praise for the film.

[judomaster]

the jaguar lives
that could' been a good martial arts/spy franchise
infra-man

[Doomsday]

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

I think it may be a cult classic, but I am 15 and just discovered this film today. Man it was just a great movie! I was surprised at the 6.6/10 on imdb. Though the imdb staff gave it a 7.9/10.



I just watched that yesterday on HBO, probably the same time you were watching it. Awesome 80s movie.

I put this in the Apocalypto thread, but Mel Gibson's Man Without A Face is a really underrated movie that I watch every time it's on tv.

[ComedyMan90]

I just watched that yesterday on HBO, probably the same time you were watching it. Awesome 80s movie.

I put this in the Apocalypto thread, but Mel Gibson's Man Without A Face is a really underrated movie that I watch every time it's on tv.
Haha nice! I think it was sometime between 3-4 o' clock right?

[SnoBorderZero]

1 The League Of Extroadinary Gentlemen. That was a good movie. It just came out against Pirates Of The Caribbean.

2 The Punisher. This was one of my favorite comic movies. I know most didn't like Thomas Jane in it but it was good.

3 The Rundown. I know it was a pop con flick but the best Dwayne The Rock Johnson film to date.

4 All 3 Prophecy films. Who does not like Chris Walken as Gabriel the arc angel.

5 Hidalgo This was a very good Viggo Mortenson film.

6 The Man In The Iron Mask. The best John Malkovich role in my book.

7 Kingdom Of Heavan. This movie was probably Orlando Blooms best movie next to the Rings trilogy.

8 Underworld 1,and 2. This has to be the most underrated sequel films going. Yet very entertaining. Its not for veryone but it far better then alot of crap done by Uwe Bol.
These movies are all like at most, 5 years old.

[Sable]

Armageddon- Not the greatest movie but it isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It's entertaining.


I quite liked Armageddon as well. Actually, I enjoy a lot of Michael Bay movies. I know tons of people absolutely hate him, but I don't see why. His movies are entertaining popcorn flicks that are fun to watch. His editing style takes a couple minutes to adjust to though. In the beginning of Armageddon, my eyes were hurting from all the fast cuts.

[SnoBorderZero]

I quite liked Armageddon as well. Actually, I enjoy a lot of Michael Bay movies. I know tons of people absolutely hate him, but I don't see why. His movies are entertaining popcorn flicks that are fun to watch. His editing style takes a couple minutes to adjust to though. In the beginning of Armageddon, my eyes were hurting from all the fast cuts.
If you see The Island or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you'll see why we ahte him.

[Doomsday]

If you see The Island or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you'll see why we ahte him.

I watched The Rock last night. There was a good movie in there somewhere, but it's hard to get one of those with Michael Bay at the helm. Geez, I forgot just how laughable some scenes were.

[JBond]

I haven't seen The Rock in a long time, but I remember liking it. What scenes?

[Andrey83]

These movies are all like at most, 5 years old.

The prophecy is 11........

[Andrey83]

If you see The Island or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you'll see why we ahte him.

Michael Bay didnt direct Texas Chainsaw Massacre......

And the Island was ok. Or, that is the first part was good, the second part fell flat.

[boydston_14]

As Red_Vader said, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a good movie that didn't get enough attention because it was up against PotC.

[Boro]

I really like Pitch Black. Aside from my brother, I can't say i know anyone else who does as well.

[halo7]

I really like Pitch Black. Aside from my brother, I can't say i know anyone else who does as well.

My mom loves that movie.

[matthall]

Hmm.I wonder if Before Sunrise and Before Sunset counts as being under-rated films.


Ohhh good one. I love these films and are easily the best series i've ever seen, also the best sequel ever. I don't know if they are technically underated or not though, the critics really praised them, but most people haven't a clue about them.

[SuperRyan]

Is Confessions of a Dangerous Mind underrated? If it is, then that.

It's one of my favorite movies.

[Sable]

If you see The Island or Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you'll see why we ahte him.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre wasn't directed by him and I did see the Island. I enjoyed it for the most part. I thought it was a mindless entertaining action movie, like all of Bay's movies.

[ruban]

Galaxy Quest.

None of my friends heard of it, but when I brought it over to a house to watch they laughed their butts off. It has a certain charm to it.

[HellaGood]

Whoever said Serenity, I agree with them. It's not incredible, but it deserves more than it got.

I also think Phone Booth is really underrated.

[Doomsday]

I haven't seen The Rock in a long time, but I remember liking it. What scenes?

The action is alright, but it has some horrible horrible dialogue.

"FBI, FREEZE SUCKA!"
"Whoaaaaa, marriage police pull over."
"Enough chitchat a-hole."

Among many others.

[spide-ed]

The Game

[JBond]

Galaxy Quest.

None of my friends heard of it, but when I brought it over to a house to watch they laughed their butts off. It has a certain charm to it.

I think Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies in recent years. You're not alone.

The action is alright, but it has some horrible horrible dialogue.

"FBI, FREEZE SUCKA!"
"Whoaaaaa, marriage police pull over."
"Enough chitchat a-hole."

Among many others.

Ah yes, it's coming back to me. I remember hating a lot of Nicolas Cage lines.