Underated films!


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Movies that are underated, regardless of the specific genre that they belong to. These films, although some may not enjoy them, should be seen by most as they are absolutely astonishing works of art!

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Basquiat (1996,  R)
Basquiat 4.0 Stars
A truly tragic & true tale of a genius who did not realize his own worth. A VASTLY underated film!!!
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The Last Broadcast (1998,  Unrated)
The Last Broadcast 4.0 Stars
A great film! An interesting, and surprising, ending.

I also take pride in the fact that when I first searched for this movie on Flixter they didn't have it! I had to find it on imdb to confirm the actors that were in the film & with a picture I submitted it to them they added this movie to their site bc I requested it! I'm so proud of myself...
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Light Sleeper (1992,  R)
Light Sleeper 4.0 Stars
This movie has no explosions, no aliens, no dinasours, and no cliffhangers that make you yearn for a sequal, like some movie's do (i.e. the first time you saw The Matrix). This movie is atmospheric. It moves at a pace that is slower than most movies. This is a movie that makes you think, ponder, and want to explore. This is a movie that pulls you in, it does not suck...you in. If you don't have a brain to speak of then you will probably not like this movie!

~This is a rare movie, that has the description of "character driven story", so very much so that this movie is the very definition of it!~
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Trees Lounge (1996,  R)
Trees Lounge 5.0 Stars
Probably Buscemi's greatest work to date. Wickedly funny!
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A Midnight Clear (1992,  R)
A Midnight Clear 5.0 Stars
A rare movie, that has the title of "character driven story", so very much so that this movie is the very definition of it!
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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1987,  R)
The Serpent and the Rainbow 4.5 Stars
Truly astounding! ESPECIALLY, as a true story, or as a movie based on true events. A VASTLY underated horror film! And it gives some interesting insight into the Haitian culture and their level of immerseness into voodoo.
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Spoorloos (The Vanishing) (1988,  Unrated)
Spoorloos (The Vanishing) 3.0 Stars
A true horror movie! A VERY scary movie, that shows that monsters really do exist!

I gave it three stars bc I am not a fan of unhappy endings & this movie does NOT end happily...
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Less Than Zero (1987,  R)
Less Than Zero 5.0 Stars
A brilliantly acted, directed, & scripted film, to say the least! And although Downey may have not been acting so much as playing himself, he gave soo much of himself to play this role that one can not question his abilities as an actor. And if you do then you are a fool!
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987,  R)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5.0 Stars
One of the funniest movies that I've ever seen! The very best movie that Steve Martin & John Candy has ever done, separate or together.
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Gleaming the Cube (1989,  PG-13)
Gleaming the Cube 3.5 Stars
A very good, VERY underated, movie that takes an interesting look at racism from an apathetic and a "don't know what you've got till it's gone", point of view.
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Diggstown (1992,  R)
Diggstown 4.0 Stars
A very funny, and rather underated, movie.
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Pump up the Volume (1990,  R)
Pump up the Volume 3.5 Stars
A pretty good movie about "spitting into the eye of the dragon"! Fairly underated as well.
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Solaris (2002,  PG-13)
Solaris 4.0 Stars
This movie is a the absolute epitome of the vastly underated 'character driven story'. This movie is spooky, scary, really freaking wierd, and a damn good movie to watch, not for the things that it shows you, but for what it holds back and it lets you imagine...
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Permanent Midnight (1998,  R)
Permanent Midnight 4.5 Stars
...dk798 IS WRONG! Although this is a dramatic script, this movie is filled with hilarity, but primarily only of the slapstick & sick humor kind. If you don't like that sort of thing then stay away from this movie! But if you can appreciate that, then this is something that you should definitely see!
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2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984,  PG)
2010: The Year We Make Contact 4.0 Stars
I see Jeff Shannon didn't screw this one up!

This was a damn good film that was beaten up by many ppl who think the sequal should never have been made, when they probably didn't even see this movie.

Screw'em, their loss!
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The Interview (1998,  Unrated)
The Interview 5.0 Stars
I need to watch it again. It was awesome though! If & when you see it respond on here & let me know. I would like to know about anyone who thinks that he did or didn't do it & why. Personally, I think he's guilty as sin!
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Crumb (1994,  R)
Crumb 4.0 Stars
Seeing this movie explained, well, .... A LOT about the man who did so much for comic books, & the industry as a whole, at a time when we probably needed it most.
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The Believers (1987,  PG-13)
The Believers 3.0 Stars
Pretty good actually and truly scary in some parts.
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Gandahar (Light Years) (1988,  PG)
Gandahar (Light Years) 3.5 Stars
A vastly underated & virtually unknown movie. I found it interesting that there were two version's of the movie, each with their own screenplay, which seems to be quite similar to a regular version and a directors cut. Isaac Asimov wrote the screenplay for the American version & that was probably the version that I saw and I would love to see the original version. If anybody has it & can share it on winmx or limewire, or anywhere, leave me a message on my profile.

I also take pride in the fact that when I first searched for this movie on Flixter they didn't have it! I had to find it on imdb to confirm the actors that were in the film & with a picture I submitted it to them they added this movie to their site bc I requested it! I'm so proud of myself...
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Jackass - The Movie (2002,  R)
Jackass - The Movie 4.0 Stars
Guilty pleasure right here!
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996,  PG-13)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 4.0 Stars
A great movie all around! If you don't have a sense of humor then go to walmart and buy yourself one, ...I hear they sell'em cheap!
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Photographing Fairies (1998,  R)
Photographing Fairies 4.0 Stars
An excellent film! It is about a man who loses his wife, early in the film and, in their marriage. And he spends the rest of his life wondering "..what am I suppost to do with the rest of my life?". And it truly is an excellent piece of work. The ending makes me wonder...
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The Cable Guy (1996,  PG-13)
The Cable Guy 5.0 Stars
This movie was hysterical! I can't believe that so many ppl didn't like it... what a bunch of morons! Box office disappointment my ass! This movie is awesome and is vastly underated!
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Titan A.E. (2000,  PG)
Titan A.E. 4.0 Stars
This movie was really awesome! DOZENS of times better than Final Fantasy, which came out around the same time, but, ironically, bc Final Fantasy had the name recognition, it did quite well in the theaters and THE STORY SUCKED!!! Whereas Titan A.E., with no name recognition at all, excellent animation, and a great story, first rate actors, all of that not withstanding, did terrible in the theaters....wtf!?

Horrible!!!
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Havoc (2005,  R)
Havoc 3.0 Stars
mistyc10 pretty much hit the nail right on the head about parents looking out for their kids & kids watching out for who they choose as their friends.

A pretty good film, centering on the suburbiniteslobs who languish in their splendor and who repel when they are drawn into the reality of a little thing called 'the real world'! Wake up, pigs!

I expected a nuclear bomb to go off at the end of this movie. I mean, how could things get any worse?
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Paris, Texas (1984,  R)
Paris, Texas 5.0 Stars
The quintessential character driven story. Amazing in it's performances and bold in it's storyline.
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Requiem for a Dream (2000,  R)
Requiem for a Dream 5.0 Stars
A funny, gross, sad, & hysterical movie, all at once! At times I found it difficult to watch bc I had come to identify with, & be repulsed by, the characters, their dilemmas & their choices. LOL, eww, ...shit..., lmao, throughout the entire movie!
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Last Light (1993,  R)
Last Light 4.0 Stars
A stellar movie, very underated! You'd almost absolutely have to rent this movie to see it. Goodluck finding it on cable.

I also take pride in the fact that when I first searched for this movie on Flixter they didn't have it! I had to find it on imdb to confirm the actors that were in the film & with a picture I submitted it to them they added this movie to their site bc I requested it! I'm so proud of myself...
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Something the Lord Made (2004,  Unrated)
Something the Lord Made 4.0 Stars
I sincerely hope that this movie is an accurate description of its inspriation, for if it is not a good & true accurate description of history then truly this movie sucks & history is perhaps worse, or better, & perhaps we will never truly know. I know for a fact that I would not enjoy the movie very much if it was largely fiction.
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Dangerous Liaisons (1988,  R)
Dangerous Liaisons 4.0 Stars
A character driven story to be sure, it is FAR FAR superior to it's remake which was mostly just a waste of my time.
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The Boost (1988,  R)
The Boost 4.0 Stars
It's been forever since I've seen it, but what I remember about it is that it is a very hardhitting movie with a very sad ending.
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Pumpkinhead (1988,  R)
Pumpkinhead 3.0 Stars
The original was a good horror movie. I saw the first sequal and it sucked soo bad that I wanted to get a lawyer and file a lawsuit against the stupid bastards who dared make such a piece of garbage and furthermore to rob me of 90 + minutes of my life....

Just watch the original!
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Dark City (1997,  R)
Dark City 4.0 Stars
It is an instant classic!

I'm glad that they eventually removed Jeff Shannons critique of this movie, that guy is a dumbass douche!!

This movie is awesome....
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This is My Father (1998,  R)
This is My Father 4.0 Stars
A highly underated film about love and family. Being Irish myself & interested in my own geneology this is perhaps something that I have waiting for me. The story surrounding the flashback can be distracting at times but it is not without merit & took away little from the film. A gem to behold...
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Shopgirl (2005,  R)
Shopgirl 4.0 Stars
An underated, purely character driven, poignant & funny tale of love & relationships in the modern age. I especially love the scene where the character Lisa mistakes Jeremy's character for the character of Ray and Jeremy gets laid!

STUFF LIKE THAT NEVER HAPPENS TO ME!!! LMAO!

A well served sndtrk throughout the entire film as well. If you can not appreciate classical music then you may want to skip this one.
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Blood In, Blood Out (1993,  R)
Blood In, Blood Out 4.5 Stars
A long, but formidable and powerful film!
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Purei (Pray) (2005,  R)
Purei (Pray) 2.0 Stars
An interesting chore to handle & sit thru. This movie actually made me angry with questions like "WTF is this movie about!?!". Tho I found the plot to be very good, as I sat there & grappled with the subtitles this movie played & I found it more than interesting while I found it to be more than a little suffering from a lack of character development!! I was surprised actually that the acting was so good since the character development was so poor.

I'm praying that this movie is remade with Delroy Lindo, Christopher Walken, Angelina Jolie, & John Cusack,...

For crying out loud, do justice to a good movie, fu very much, do right by it and what it deserves or don't make the movie at all!
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Lush Life (1994,  R)
Lush Life 5.0 Stars
This movie has perhaps the best character driven story I've ever seen and, although I can't really say that I have a single favorite movie, this movie is in my top five movies of all time. This movie is extremely underated!! You'd almost absolutely have to rent this movie to see it. Good luck finding it on cable.

I also take pride in the fact that when I first searched for this movie on Flixter they didn't have it! I had to find it on imdb to confirm the actors that were in the film & with a picture I submitted it to them they added this movie to their site bc I requested it!

I'm so proud of myself...
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American Psycho (2000,  R)
American Psycho 4.0 Stars
I was AMAZED at how good this movie was! Obscenely dark fucking funny!
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Brainstorm (1983,  PG)
Brainstorm 4.0 Stars
Jeff Shannon is an idiot! This movie is awesome! It is a character driven story, about characters dealing with an immensly powerful technology that could very literally be the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end for human civilization as they, the characters, know it. A powerful, and immensly underated, film.
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Maniac! (1980,  Unrated)
Maniac! 3.5 Stars
In a way it's a shame since this movie did have a lot of potential, not much of a story unfortunately. He does go buckwild with that shotgun, that's for sure!
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Boxing Helena (1993,  R)
Boxing Helena 4.0 Stars
An immensley disturbing and rather mysogonistic tale of lust & obsession boiling over! A great film, but if you are a prude stay away from this film...
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Infinity (1996,  PG)
Infinity 4.0 Stars
A poignant character driven love story. A date movie basically, which kinda means that this is basically a chick flick, which sucks, bc I hate most of those.
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Biloxi Blues (1988,  PG-13)
Biloxi Blues 4.0 Stars
This movie is a classic!
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