Movies that you think are underrated and not enough folks have seen
 

I think most people have a film or two they enjoy that they think should have been bigger than it was at the box office.

I will throw my first two into the pot:

Wonder Boys - Micheal Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr. - Nice little film about an author who teaches at a college that once wrote a really popular book but is now having trouble following it up. It has some really funny bits, a good heart and I like Micheal Douglas actually looking his age in a film.

Strange Days - Ralph Fiennes , Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore - Written by James Cameron it is a sci fi action film about a former cop that has become a strung out dealer for a system that allows people to 'jack in' to another person's memories and live them as if they were their own. Through this he discovers a police conspiracy.

Which films would you throw into the pot?

House of Games

Release Date: 11 October 1987 (USA)

Director: David Mamet

A famous psychologist, Margaret Ford, decides to try to help one of her patients get out of a gambling debt. She visits the bar where Mike, to whom the debt is owed, runs poker games. He convinces her to help him in a game: her assignment is to look for "tells", or give-away body language. What seems easy to her becomes much more complex.

Trivia: According to Mamet, despite the excellent reviews the film received in a limited showing in four theaters, Orion decided against spending the money for the prints and publicity that would have accompanied a general release and sent the film almost directly to TV and video.

Cast

Lindsay Crouse ... Margaret Ford

Joe Mantegna ... Mike
Mike Nussbaum ... Joey

Lilia Skala ... Dr. Littauer

J.T. Walsh ... The businessman

Willo Hausman ... Girl with book
Karen Kohlhaas ... Prison ward patient

Steven Goldstein ... Billy Hahn
Jack Wallace ... Bartender, House of Games
Ricky Jay ... George / Vegas Man
G. Roy Levin ... Poker player
Bob Lumbra ... Poker player
Andy Potok ... Poker player
Allen Soule ... Poker player
Ben Blakeman ... Bartender, Charlie's Tavern

Will check yours out Sarah!

Here's my :2 cents:

Thursday: http://imdb.com/title/tt0124901/
Former criminal gets involved in all kinds of crazy situations. Hillarious.


Once Were Warriors: http://imdb.com/title/tt0110729/
This movie is based on a modern day New Zealand family, dealing with near poverty and violence from all sides, including the often inebriated father.

amores perros, mexican film, probably among the better films I've seen.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0245712/

yeah, brilliant film!
"what becomes of the broken hearted" (part 2 of once were warriors) was also really good
http://imdb.com/title/tt0197094/

a very weird movie underrated but one thatll stick with you

Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

http://imdb.com/title/tt0211915/

I have heard a lot of good about that one. It has been on my dvd delivery list for a while now.

When Peaches gets here she will join in the chorus of 'we liked that film'.

I have some how accidentally stumbled into being fairly well versed in Central and Southern American cinema. I am on the look for anything new from the region because it feels like I have seen more of what is on offer from the past few years.

i just saw AWAKW yesterday on dvd and that was actually pretty good. Do not know why it flopped in theaters...

I dunno if it really counts but a lot of people I speak to arent up on the film that I really enjoyed, Things to do in Denver when youre Dead.

Strange Days is one of my favourite films. :thumbsup

No lie, I was going to post House of Games as well. Great, understated film with Mamet's typically offbeat dialogue.

Also:
The Cooler - William Macy and Alec Baldwin star, gambling fans will probably appreciate it most.

Thirteen Days - Excellent film about JFK and his staff during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

I could think of many more after I actually wake up...

Across The Universe <--- This is a Musical based around 20 of the best Beatles songs, it is hands down a great movie! and deff worth a watch or two (or three) Features cameos by Bono & Eddie Izzard.

Slip Stream <-- (Dunno if this is actually out yet I got an advanced screener for this one) Sir Anthony Hopkins Wrote, Directed and Stars in this "David Lynch" style movie, IF your a fan of Lynch's movies you'll deff want to give this one a look!

Mr. Frost By far this is one of my fav "unknown" movies, made in the 80's starring Jeff Goldbloom as none other then the devil, it's a great movie for sure!

Dead Man Last but not least another great film no one has seemed to have heard of, featuring an all star cast, lead up by Johnny Depp, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, it also features: Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott (Bad Guy From The Crow), John Hurt, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne and others.

-Loki-

Heavenly Creatures -- one of Peter Jackson's early films, about the true story of 2 Australian girls who have a lesbian crush and kill their mother. kate Winslet's first movie.

Sunshine -- A GREAT scifi flick directed by Danny Boyle about a crew of astronauts on a mission to re-ignite the dying sun with a bomb the size of Manhattan. One of the most beautiful looking movies I've ever seen, it has a terrific score. No one saw it, but in 20 years, I'll bet it's looked upon as this generation's 2001.

Sexy Beast -- British crime thriller starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley as the scariest fucking dude you're ever likely to meet.

Freeway -- Reese Witherspoon like you've never seen her before, and Keifer Sutherland as murdering pervert. That's all I say about that one.

Down in the Valley -- Can't say too much for fear of giving too much away, but Ed Norton is great in this flick, and favorite hottie, Evan Rachel Wood is in it also.

The Descent -- only the best horror movie in the last decade. Five cave exploring ho's run into some trouble underground.

What Dreams May Come

Watch this one with your woman - she'll love you for it and you'll actually enjoy it too.

After the death of their two children, Dr. Chris Nielson and his wife Annie find continuing their lives fraught with difficulties, especially for Annie. When Chris dies and goes to Heaven he meets Albert and discovers that Heaven is even more wondrous than anything he could have imagined. However, Chris's death is the last straw for Annie and in her madness commits suicide and journeys to a place very different from Chris. On discovering Annie's misfortune, Chris forces Albert to enlist the help of The Tracker and together they journey into the depths of despair to discover the destiny of Annie's soul and attempt a rescue.

Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra

It was one of my husband's faves and he got me into it. I remember it coming out when I worked in a cinema in high school and I think it was marketed wrong. I can't remember what it came out against but I think it was the same weekend of a blockbuster and they didn't really push the scifi element of it or push it enough.

I often tell people it isn't about if they are paranoid but if they are paranoid enough ;)

Curdled it was produced by Quentin Tarantino but was never pushed and barley made it out of the indie theaters.

London


Hard Candy I am not an easy person to shock but this movie shocked me.

First Snow on of the greatest movies I have ever seen.

great movie I like Robin Williams his non comedy movies, death poets society for instance, but this one is good for sure

Way of the Gun

Gummo
Man Bites Dog
Bad Taste
Trust
Kolya
Pi
Barton Fink
Romper Stomper

Many more but that's a start.

21 Grams - http://imdb.com/title/tt0315733/

"rudy", I think more people should see this movie.

This film is set in New Zealand. Peter Jackson is a Kiwi.

I mentioned his fim 'Bad Taste' in the post above but I also recommend 'Brain Dead' (US: 'Dead Alive')

Drop Dead Gorgeous. I love that movie.

one of the best lines in any movie "shut that bitch up before I fuck start her face"

i heard alot of people saying they found "strange days" very good and underrated, ive seen it more than once and it just has a b-movie feeling to me, its not underrated - its just not a very good movie (in my opinion).

i agree about "thursday" thats indeed a good movie, ive seen it a really long time ago, i remember the chick in that red latex dress gave me a boner.

The Shawshank Redemption

Clifford The really big Movie.

I dont get to see much else, unless it's the Backyardagins. or something similar.

:(

Not really underrated, but I think because it's a Chinese movie, not many people from the western civilization know about it. It's one of my favorite movies.

Mou gaan dou (Internal Affairs)

Shawn Yue plays a young police officer who has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Edison Chen plays a young mafia member who is infiltrating the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Tony Leung and Andy Lau respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midsts and destroy him.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

Anybody seen Baraka? Another good one I seen is Riding Giants. Haha and no it's not porn, it's about big wave surfing!

i know that everyone else will probably think it's horrible, but i love the movie vulgar. it's a dark comedy that i had to turn away from at times because it was so.. vulgar. :) but in the end it's all about karma, and that's what made the movie for me.

I love Strange Days.

Already mentioned:
Way of the Gun (the line was "shut that c'unt's mouth before i come over there and fuck start her head" btw)
Shawshank Redemption (I can't believe someone mentioned this because its hardly underrated)
Freeway
Pi
Gummo
Hard Candy

Other movies I'd recommend:
Swimming with Sharks (Kevin Spacey, Benecio Del Turo)
May (thanks ninjasteve!)
Memento
Dark City
Fido (A touching dark comedy about a boy and his zombie)
Happiness

Can't remember any more as I'm heading out the door, but i'll be back later.

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Hard Candy I am not an easy person to shock but this movie shocked me.

Is it WRONG that I've went out of my way to make EVERY girl I know watch this movie?

It deff was a killer movie, and I was more then shocked during that one scene.... you know the one I mean ;)

-Loki-

Made with Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. One of the funniest comedies ive ever seen

Is it WRONG that I've went out of my way to make EVERY girl I know watch this movie?

It deff was a killer movie, and I was more then shocked during that one scene.... you know the one I mean ;)

-Loki-

I saw Heavenly Creatures a long time ago and enjoyed it. Freeway is one that I really like and a lot of people haven't seen. It was before Keifer had made his comeback and you hadn't seen him in anything much. So, to have him be the human version of the Big Bad Wolf (Freeway is a modern and rather different telling of Little Red Riding Hood) was strange and good at the same time. Plus, mature (and now passed away) porn star Kitty Fox is briefly in it.

The Descent is one my BF really liked and I thought was okay.

Isn't that Infernal Affairs? I think The Departed was a remake of that.

HARD EIGHT

Trailer below (great fuckin movie, amazing cast)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=MO-BlCHcwe8

Yes I know the part and how this movie didn't even get one oscar nomination is beyond me

What a great movie.