Best "under-rated" movies
 

Yeah we all know Apocalypse Now, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction etc.. etc.. are good movies. Cool movies.

But what are the movies that not everyone may have had an appreciation for? What great movies would you recommend people see?

If you haven't seen it, see "Glengarry Glen Ross". Amazing movie.

Movie rules Baldwin is so funny in that

Clerks

Quentin Tarantino is greatly overrated
his shit sucks face it

snatch.........that movie is bad ass!

I don't like that movie for some reason. Don't know why, it's too slow for me I think. I put it in a "class" with Wall Street and Boiler Room (both GREAT movies), but I just can't get into it.

Boiler Room is probably one of my all time favorites.

Memento

That movie was cool. You really had to be on the ball or you got lost! Got that shit on DVD. Clerks was another fucking cool movie!

Fight Club, and Snatch for sure. :2 cents:

I didnt know that those were under rated?


I thought they were over rated!
A bit like memento...

It takes much more than a clever plot for a movie to be entertaining...

But it always look good to say that you really liked a clever movie... :2 cents:

They're not under-rated. You misunderstood me. Although they're good... what I'm saying is they always make everyone's "best movie" list.
I'm looking for other movies that maybe not everyone has seen.

I'd also recommend the original "Sunset Boulevard", or the 1935 version of "Mutiny on the Bounty"...

Last of the mohicans.. Seen it 6-7 times

"Bully" is a pretty cool movie.


It's on the HBO channels alot.

"Highlander" the first one. The rest sucked ass.

12 angry men - new and old are brilliant.
shallow grave - one of ewan macgregors first.
pitch black - surprisingly good.
dead man on campus - watch high.
office space - sleeper hit.
pirates of silicon valley - good history of the PC/Apple war.

Soylent Green.

revenge of the nerds
rambo
first jaws

DEFINATELY...

that movie is Bad Ass..


Snatch is great too..

Just to name a few offhand...

Backdraft
Snatch
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Mallrats
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Big Labowski
In the Name of the Father

Loads more, just having some blockage now.

royal tennebaums is one of my all time favs. rushmore is another one to add to the list too.

Definitely! After graduating from college, I worked in a lot of telemarketing rooms and that movie was eerily close to reality...I identified with/"knew" each of the characters and their characteristics...god, I love that movie...great acting, excellent dialog, a ton of humor (though most of it is "inside" humor)

"...get them to signed on the line that is dotted..."

for underrated gems, I'd have to go with "Welcome To The Dollhouse" and "Gummo"...although "Gummo" is one of those movies people either love or hate....no middle ground.....

I loved that movie, my wife absolutley hated it...I guess the humor was waaaay too pitch black for her liking ;)

Bound by honor

outstanding movie - have seen it at least a dozen times

Agreed :thumbsup

"So....... you like dags???"

Snatch
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Big Lebowski
(thanx NiteChatDotTV for the copy+paste :thumbsup )

And some more (blame it to Europe!)

A Clockwork Orange
Novecento
Adrenaline
Pi
Delicatessen
Bocaccio 70

I'm sure I'm missing quite a few, and I'd also add some shameful trash that I like a lot :winkwink:

swimming with Sharks

Kevin Spacey
Frank Whalley

:1orglaugh

the wizard

available everywhere on vhs! :)

Pitch Black
Blade Runner

2 fantastic Sci-fi movies.

The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk. way fucking funny fung fu movie with a young Jet Li (not TOO youn, i think ti was made ni the early 90s) but damn funny shit none the less... oh, and Real Genius... I dont know if that was underrated, but its pretty badass too.
Drew

I thought Glitter war a misunderstood masterpiece

it had the trappings of Xanadu and the gravity of Carpool the genius work of Tom Arnold

Y Tu Mama Tambien (And your mother too). Great Mexican coming of age film :thumbsup

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/YTuMamaTambien-1110860/

First Time Felon

of course I agree with all the Kevin Smith mentions and I thought Memento was great. Memento left me totally disorientated afterwards and anything that can play with my mind that much gets my thumbs up.

I will throw into the ring:

Strange Days - much underrated imho. Excellent performances, good premise, good amount of action and a great directoral debut. The crowd scene at the end is admirable just for the organisation. We have watched it over and over and still like it. I worked in cinema when it came out and the trailers put me off but I realised when I saw it that they were selling a different movie than the one they actually made.

Frailty
amazaing

way of the gun

Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Buffalo '66

Nowhere?
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me

Frailty: Never heard a thing about it untill I saw it sitting on the video rack. Religion, Insanity, and Serial Murder... what else could you want ina movie? Great flick!

The Gift: (Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes) good movie... not real scary, but defiantly worth a $1.75 rental on a Friday night.


Eve's Bayou was another good one.

:)

Pi
The Cube

If u want to step it up a notch check out these.

La Dolce Vita
8 1/2
Contempt
Breathless
Citizin Kane
The Seventh Samurai
Barry Lyndon

And of Course...totally out of Left Field but a classic.

FLETCH.

Two more i thought of...

Love and a .45 - for those who liked Natural Born Killers.
Twin Dragons - Good Jet Li action flick.

hey have you checked out http://www.CinemaNow.com they are starting to get under rated stuff now too as well as the mainstream shit.

True Romance

"Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulin"....

Dunno if there's an english version but I think you speak french Chris?

Sling Blade

What a great idea! So many nites we sit around and try to think of good movies to watch....I am printing out all your ideas!

Red Violin: Very original, must pay attention
Run Lola Run: Great portrayl of what happens when things change even the slightest bit.
Sliding Doors: Same idea as Run Lola Run
Frances: True story. Makes you realize, if you don't surround yourself with good people than you too may get very damaged and lost in the system
The Others: Just really well done