Best Underrated Films!!!
These are the kind of movies that you can watch again and again and still dig the heck out of them while at the same time think to yourself, why the heck was this not more popular?
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- DirectorJonathan MostowStarsKurt RussellJ.T. WalshKathleen QuinlanA man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.Tense, exciting and great performances make this one of the best thrillers I've ever seen. Kurt Russell's change from yuppie to dirty harry is so well done it's scary.
- DirectorShane BlackStarsRobert Downey Jr.Val KilmerMichelle MonaghanAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.Written and directed by buddy-action-comedy master Shane Black, this mystery-comedy makes you wonder why it took us so long to see Robert Downey Jr as the big star he is today. Oh yeah and Val Kilmer's pretty good too.
- DirectorTim HunterStarsCrispin GloverKeanu ReevesIone SkyeA high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.One word, Crispin Glover. Ok, that's two words, but still, Crispin is a manic genius in this film...and some other stuff happens.
- DirectorJody HillStarsDanny McBrideBen BestMary Jane BosticAn inept tae kwon do instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow tae kwon do enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Wallace.Dark, funny gem of a movie...This was all the resume Danny Mcbride needed to get into the movie business.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer RubinA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.Peter Weller + Philip K. Dick = Great scifi flick
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsDanny MulheronDonna AkerstenStuart DevenieMultiple animals and insects experience the sleazier side of show business while working on a variety show.Ever wonder about Peter Jackson's early films? Yeah, they rock... Just a suggestion, don't watch this with your kids. Or do, that's really up to you, just make sure you have a nest egg for their therapy.
- DirectorMatthew BrightStarsReese WitherspoonKiefer SutherlandBokeem WoodbineA twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.Little Red Riding Hood this isn't but the dark subject matter is just a front for a subtly hilarious movie.
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsPeter SellersRingo StarrIsabel JeansThe world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".Peter Sellers is a comic god, and this is his psychedelic, twisted masterpiece. Ringo's in it too!
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTerry PotterPete O'HerneCraig SmithThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.More of Peter Jackson's early work, this was made for pennies comparatively and is much better than a lot of alien invasion movies I've seen. It's pretty gross too, which I love!
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsTerence StampPeter FondaLesley Ann WarrenAn extremely volatile and dangerous Englishman goes to Los Angeles to find the man he considers responsible for his daughter's death.I don't generally like Soderbergh, but this is such a great revenge flick and it's executed so well that it makes me forget about Solaris.
- DirectorWalter MurchStarsFairuza BalkNicol WilliamsonJean MarshDorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.Creepy, fantastical and fun. This is what kids movies should be like, sure the kiddies will have a few nightmares, but that builds character!
- DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsBruce CampbellOssie DavisBob IvyWhen residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.Elvis fighting an ancient soul-sucking mummy in a retirement home? Yes, I think I will, thank you!
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.This a basically about a man, a book and the devil...and it's brilliant!
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsJohnny DeppChristopher WalkenCourtney ChaseAn unimpressive, everyday man is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter.It's Christopher Walken being super Christopher Walkeny, which is great! And there's a plot and stuff and things all happen in real time. Eat it, 24!
- DirectorKelly MakinStarsDavid FoleyBruce McCullochKevin McDonaldA pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.This is the kids in the hall movie, if you haven't heard of them, then basically you haven't lived your life properly up to this point. Get it sorted. Then come back and watch this...four or five times in one night. I did, and I'm all the better for it!
- DirectorJames GunnStarsRainn WilsonElliot PageLiv TylerAfter his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, but lacking in heroic skills.It's basically the story of a man going mental and maiming and killing a few people. But they probably deserve it anyway so it's funny! And he wears a superhero outfit.