Non-Poll: Top 3 Underrated Movies of the past 17 years.

[Coffee Warlord]

In no particular order.

The Ninth Gate
Crismon Tide
Idiocracy

[korme]

Some of these choices have a decently sized cult status - Dazed & Confused, Boondock Saints

Not that I have a problem witb it, just speculating.

[Abe Sargent]

Oh, my thnird film,

Donnie Darko #1
Saved #2
Ronin #3 - that movie is hot.

[Bad-example]

Starship Troopers

Richard III

Goldeneye

[cartman]

Another trio to consider:

Cannibal! The Musical
Quiz Show
Out of Sight

[korme]

OMFG I need to see Quiz Show, you just reminded me how bad Best Buy sucks (they never have it nor has any employee heard of it)

[Clark]

1. A Perfect World
2. Nobody's Fool
3. A River Runs Through It

[SteveMax58]

Unknown

12 Monkeys

Girls Gone Wild

[ntndeacon]

1. The Witches
2. Dead Again
3. Thirteen Days
4. The Station Agent
5. The 3 Burials of Melaquiades Estrada

[SplitPersonality1]

Road to Wellville
Set it Off
House of Flying Daggers

[ISiddiqui]

1) Royal Tenenbaums
2) O'Brother Where Are Thou
3) South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

Right behind are "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle".

[Deattribution]

Go!

The Professional/Leon

Kingpin

Could list a few more, but I think for the most part those fit the bill.

[Arles]

1. Noises Off
2. The Greatest Game ever played
3. For Love of the Game
4. Unknown

Two more movies with a little more press but I think were underrated were The Count of Monte Cristo and The Game.

[oykib]

1. The Sandlot

2. Sister My Sister (come on, a great movie about incestuous lesbian French chambermaids that noboby's heard of...)

3. Gattaca

[k0ruptr]

I agree with mentions of BASEketball, It was so awesome.

I'll Say

Office Space.
Jerry Maguire (yea definitely in my mind underrated)
and For love of the game.

[Julio Riddols]

1. Waking Life
2. Martin and Orloff
3. Audition

Also receiving votes:SLC Punk, Thank You For Smoking, Kids In The Hall: Brain Candy, Idiocracy

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by k0ruptr

I agree with mentions of BASEketball, It was so awesome.

I'll Say

Office Space.
Jerry Maguire (yea definitely in my mind underrated)
and For love of the game.

See, for me, Office Space would top my most OVERrated list since everybody seems to love it and I spot all of the issues.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

3. Audition

Ugh. That movie is fucked up.

[thesloppy]

The scary thing about 'audition' is that movie is mild for Miike.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Ugh. That movie is fucked up.

Miike is fucked up, I agree, but I think he does the gore/horror/suspense/thriller combo better than anyone right now.

[WVUFAN]

1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Fantastic film that no one watched. The director/writer also wrote the first Lethal Weapon movie.

2. Oldboy - Screwed up Korean flick about a man who is imprisoned for years, and his search to find out who did it.

3. Battle Royale - Why some American director hasn't tried remaking this, I have no idea.

[Marc Vaughan]

1. What Dreams may Come* (fantastic movie, one of my all-time favourites)
2. Serenity
3. The Terminal

*If you haven't seen this and have a significant other who's in the slightest bit romantic rent it out and watch it together ...

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

2. Oldboy - Screwed up Korean flick about a man who is imprisoned for years, and his search to find out who did it.

Oldboy is part of a trilogy, just in case you didn't know, and the two other films ('Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance', and 'Symapthy for Lady Vengeance') are equally as skewed and squirm-inducing.

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

3. Battle Royale - Why some American director hasn't tried remaking this, I have no idea.

Ohhhhhhh, but they did! And with Stone Cold Steve Austin, even.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0443473/

[WVUFAN]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

Ohhhhhhh, but they did! And with Stone Cold Steve Austin, even.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0443473/

I would akin The Condemned more to "No Escape" with Ray Liotta than Battle Royale:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0110678/

[Butter]

Originally Posted by oykib

3. Gattaca

Was just on my way to pick this one.

I'll go with a couple others:

1. The Fisher King
2. (don't know if this qualifies as underrated, but definitely under-seen) United 93
3. Road to Perdition

[korme]

No Escape was funny

[Sgran]

good calls on Starship Troopers (it's afraid!) and They Live (wait, let me see if I have this straight: the Reagan Revolution was actually aliens taking over the world? hmmm...). Here are mine:

The Prestige

12 Monkeys

Memento

The Kung-fu Hustle

In all 4 cases, no academy awards means underrated.

[Sublime 2]

1. Memento
2. Casino
3. Heat

[Jas_lov]

1. Donnie Brasco
2. Ed Wood
3. Road to Perdition

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

1. What Dreams may Come* (fantastic movie, one of my all-time favourites)
2. Serenity
3. The Terminal

*If you haven't seen this and have a significant other who's in the slightest bit romantic rent it out and watch it together ...

I am so glad someone else mentioned The Terminal. It's a criminally underrated film that comes closer to capturing the pure Capra style than anything else.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

3. Battle Royale - Why some American director hasn't tried remaking this, I have no idea.

Probably because it would get blamed for every school shooting that happens over the next 50 years.

[Noop]

1. 9 Songs
2. Caligola
3. The Weather Man

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

Looking for Richard--Pacino's take on Richard III/mixes comments from academia with scenes from the play
I Spy--Kelly Robinson!
The Red Violin--don't think Samuel L. Jackson gets enough credit for his role in this movie.

[14ers]

Originally Posted by molson

Brother, Where Art Thou is one of those movies that always shows up on these lists. And once you get to that point, you shouldn't be on the list anymore.

Same with Sideways.

God Yes! IF you would have added Lost in Translation you may have had the 3 most OVERATED movies in the last 17 years.


My 3 Underated movies are.
1) Suicide Kings (I love this movie)
2) Second Hand Lions (Great Family movie)
3) The Dish (Shows how much NASA has tampered with the moon landing video and pictures)

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I've heard this was supposed to be a trilogy, which is why it is so much character development/backstory, but it didn't do well enough at the box office (and Shyamalan turned out to be insane.)

I must have missed the "Shyamalan turned out to be insane" news. What happened?

SI

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

I would akin The Condemned more to "No Escape" with Ray Liotta than Battle Royale:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0110678/

But there is this...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0814023/

Since I don't have IMDBPro, I don't see anything but the title, and I did hear rumors that it was being remade.

I was thinking of mentioning Oldboy, Battle Royale or some of Miike's films, but they are very popular among people who actually do watch foreign films, so I don't consider them underrated (instead I consider the average american unworldy ).

If anyone thinks Audition is messed up, watch Ichi The Killer or Visitor Q. Those movies will change you...I also recommend Imprint, a short movie he did for Showtime's Masters of Horror (Showtime would not air it because it was too graphic, but they released it on DVD).

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by sabotai

If anyone thinks Audition is messed up, watch Ichi The Killer or Visitor Q. Those movies will change you...

Anytime the opening credits emerge from a puddle of sperm you know you're in for a good time.



I know I've asked this before (with no response), but are there any Takeshi Kitano fans on the board? One of my favorite Japanese directors (and stars), and I think his 'Boiling Point' is vastly underrated, even by Kitano fans.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I am so glad someone else mentioned The Terminal. It's a criminally underrated film that comes closer to capturing the pure Capra style than anything else.

I loved The Terminal as well
Two others I don't think get enough credit are Green Street Hooligans and White Man's Burden.

[Klinglerware]

Shall We Dance? (The Japanese Version)

The Ice Storm

I'll Do Anything

[dime]

red rock west.

modern noir done right.

[k0ruptr]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

I loved The Terminal as well
Two others I don't think get enough credit are Green Street Hooligans and White Man's Burden.

Green Street is one of my favorite movies ever.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I know I've asked this before (with no response), but are there any Takeshi Kitano fans on the board? One of my favorite Japanese directors (and stars), and I think his 'Boiling Point' is vastly underrated, even by Kitano fans.

He played the teacher in Battle Royale. I haven't gotten around to seeing any of his movies yet (ones he directed).

[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by sabotai

He played the teacher in Battle Royale. I haven't gotten around to seeing any of his movies yet (ones he directed).

Yes he did, I think he was even named Kitano in the film.

Sonatine, and Fireworks are widely considered Kitano's tops, and proably what I'd recommend for starters, as well as his take on Zatoichi, the blind swordsman. I'd love to hear your opinion if you catch one in the near future.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I must have missed the "Shyamalan turned out to be insane" news. What happened?

SI

There was a book written called "The Man Who Heard Voices" about Shyamalan and Lady in the Water that leaves no doubt either Shyamalan or the author are insane.


Kung Fu Hustle was another great choice by someone in this thread.

[mauchow]

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[Schmidty]

You know, at the risk of seeming lame, I just watched this with my daughter:

The Iron Giant

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

You know, at the risk of seeming lame, I just watched this with my daughter:

The Iron Giant

I've actually heard good things about that movie (from adults). I think I've seen part of it, but not the whole thing.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by sabotai

I've actually heard good things about that movie (from adults). I think I've seen part of it, but not the whole thing.

Well, I teared up at the end, which I don't do, so....there you go.

[Groundhog]

Yeah, The Iron Giant is a great film. I got teary as well.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

You know, at the risk of seeming lame, I just watched this with my daughter:

The Iron Giant

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Well, I teared up at the end, which I don't do, so....there you go.

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Yeah, The Iron Giant is a great film. I got teary as well.

That movie is awesome. I love it. It has some insanely high rating over at Rotten Tomatoes. I think close to 100% positive or something. It's woefully overlooked.

I always tear up at the end as well.