DumLum
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Going to watch this on Netflix soon. Looks different.
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[Film] Underrated Films
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Going to watch this on Netflix soon. Looks different.
exKT17
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Kingpin, if you like puerile stoner comedy
Vancouver film festival, circa 94, Bill Forsyth have an introductory talk, at the Ridge 'theatre' (cinema), on Arbutus, before the first local showing of (apologies either) this film (or was it Comfort and Joy?). Anyway, Local Her, Comfort and Joy and Gregory's girl are all underrated classics.
I would add the following (some of which are perhaps more 'cult' or more disregarded than underrated.....)
Rear Window
Vertigo
Mary Poppins
All of the Steig Larsson films (Dragon Tattoo)
Americal Werewolf in London
Blow Up
DumLum
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I enjoyed 'A Royal Affair' with Mads Mikkelsen. Nominated for an oscar and 7.6 on imdb but I guess it's under rated as I'm not that sure many people have seen it as it's subtitled?
Gabbafella
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It's a bizarre film but thoroughly enjoyable. Very dark in places, maybe too harrowing for small children towards the end. Typical Asian feel to it.
Philomena.
Vancouver film festival, circa 94, Bill Forsyth have an introductory talk, at the Ridge 'theatre' (cinema), on Arbutus, before the first local showing of (apologies either) this film (or was it Comfort and Joy?). Anyway, Local Her, Comfort and Joy and Gregory's girl are all underrated classics.
I would add the following (some of which are perhaps more 'cult' or more disregarded than underrated.....)
Rear Window
Vertigo
Mary Poppins
All of the Steig Larsson films (Dragon Tattoo)
Americal Werewolf in London
Blow Up
All really well known films that are highly regarded. None of those films belong on this thread.
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Brightonfan1983
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I always get a bit cross when The Prestige (yet another Christopher Nolan snooze-fest with Christian Bale and David Bowie with his preposterous multiplying rabbits) is seemingly lauded to the skies, whilst a year earlier The Illusionist, with Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti, is the cherry on the top of all conjuror-based-twisty-turny films. Criminally overlooked.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Any film with Mikkelsen is usually decent, a lot of his Danish films are worth a watch, but as you say, people unfortunately don't on the whole do subtitles, which is a shame because most foreign films blow English language films out of the water imho.
City of God
City of Men
Elite Squad
Elite Squad 2
Tsotsi
The Edukators
Cell 211
Sophie Scholl
36
13 Tzameti
Etc. Etc.
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Cheeky Monkey
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End of Watch, the LA police film with Jake Gyllenhall is an underrated film imho.
Also the Boston bank heist film The Town with Jeremy Renner and Ben Afflek.
Harsh Times with Christian Bale another.
Also the Boston bank heist film The Town with Jeremy Renner and Ben Afflek.
Harsh Times with Christian Bale another.
Cheeky Monkey
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And finally, imho the greatest and most underrated prison film ever made. Amazing performances from Kilmer, Dorff et al.
The Hunt with MM is a masterpiece.
Sussexscots
Fed up with trains. Sick of the rain.
The Swimmer.
Breaker Morant.
Breaker Morant.
Very Bad Things is excellent. Christian Slater and Jeremy Piven.
Maybe not underrated but Grosse Point Blank rarely gets a mention.
We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon is a saccharine and Americanised version of a British story but I loved it.
Singles by the same director, Crow, was also good. Bit dated now.
I also thought the lesser Eddie Murphy film, Boomerang is genuinely hilarious.
Maybe not underrated but Grosse Point Blank rarely gets a mention.
We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon is a saccharine and Americanised version of a British story but I loved it.
Singles by the same director, Crow, was also good. Bit dated now.
I also thought the lesser Eddie Murphy film, Boomerang is genuinely hilarious.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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The last supper.
A bunch of liberals have a weekly dinner party where they discuss left-wing matters.
One evening gets gatecrashed by a very right wing ex-marine.
With fatal consequences.
Saw it once at the cinema when the film I was going g to see had sold out.
It may just have been because i had no expectations. But one of my favourites none the less.
A bunch of liberals have a weekly dinner party where they discuss left-wing matters.
One evening gets gatecrashed by a very right wing ex-marine.
With fatal consequences.
Saw it once at the cinema when the film I was going g to see had sold out.
It may just have been because i had no expectations. But one of my favourites none the less.
DumLum
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Uh_huh_him
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Bob Roberts
Not sure if it's under rated or not, but another one ththat was an unexpectedly good watch.
Not sure if it's under rated or not, but another one ththat was an unexpectedly good watch.