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So, what are some great movies that went unnoticed, never won any rewards or just kind of went under the radar?

I'll start things off with the Thomas Crown Affair. I just saw it recently again, and I forgot how good it was as the first time I saw it was like 5 years ago!

Pool Hall Junkies. This movie is awesome. Christopher Walken is the man.

Super Troopers
Cheaters
Office Space

All of these never really got the attention they deserved.

Julian Donkey Boy.

Human Traffic,.. although it does get a bit more appreceiation here on TA than any place else

The Boondock Saints
Igby goes down
Mean Streets

Napoleon Dynamite....

the beach - i dont understand why this was such a flop. Its such a great movie. I guess you must have experienced proper beach life to have a greater appreciation for it. it portrays the atmosphere as a tourist in south east asia so well... loved every minute of it!

though City of God has grown to be quite big, a lof of people have never heard of it... I recon its one of the best movies ever made

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Originally posted by Dirk W. Super Troopers Cheaters Office Space All of these never really got the attention they deserved.

Office Space wasn't mainstream, but it's a cult classic. Great film.

Human Traffic is awesome too. I used quotes from the movie on a disc I made. One from early in the movie (for early in the set), one from later (during the peak of the set), and a quote from the comedown (at the end). I just rented it again recently. Never gets old.

Dark City

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Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka the beach - i dont understand why this was such a flop. Its such a great movie. I guess you must have experienced proper beach life to have a greater appreciation for it. it portrays the atmosphere as a tourist in south east asia so well... loved every minute of it!

That old addage about the film is never as good as the book.....well it was completely wrong for the Beach. It followed the book pretty true until it got all screwed up right at the end. It was as if the movie ran out of budget....

I say Breakdown with Kurt Russell is one of the most underrated movies ever. My friends told me it was crap though.....

The Insider

On IMDB its pretty high up though, but I never heard much about it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/

If anything, I agree with Office Space, reminds me of my job haha.

One Movie I always liked was Boiler Room aswell.

Memento I think recieved alot of praise, but not many people I know have ever seen it.

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Originally posted by {b.s.e.} Dark City

meh...


the best thing about that movie is the track: Gary Numan - Dark


Top 100 best songs

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Originally posted by Kaz The Boondock Saints Igby goes down Mean Streets

definitely agree with the first 2! never seen Mean Streets.


Rules of Attraction - i think they advertised this movie the wrong way, making it seem like a typical college-humor movie, when in reality it was pretty dark. usually everyone i talk to hates it unless they've read the book first.

Garden State - easily the best movie i've seen this year. Zach Braff is amazing, and Natalie Portman did such a great job in it as well.

Donnie Darko - now a cult classic.


i rarely ever bother seeing the blockbuster hollywood flicks, i tend to stick to the arthouse theaters where they play a lot of independent, Sundance, and foreign films, so most of my favorite movies are underrated or people never know of them.

Vanilla Sky is very underrated - most people seem to go "what the fuck is that?" or "Oh, I saw that movie....uh....." I really, really loved it. A lot will come out and say the original was better...I have no idea as to where I would even see the original, or whether I would want to become part of the elite snobs that look down of this work of beauty merely because it was a 'remake'.

Oh well...

Did anyone see 'Frailty'?

The Fifth Element- Loved how different shots were incorperated in making one big sceen. Plus, lots of quite humor which was awesome.

Treasure of the Four Crowns

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones DIRECTOR'S CUT/IMAX

Pi

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Originally posted by jonSun Julian Donkey Boy.

Hah, wow. Someone else on here has actually even heard of that movie.

Shallow Grave
Very Bad Things

frailty was awesome

btw, dont you think you should regard imdb ratings? after all, the thread title is "most underrated movies"....

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Vanilla Sky is very underrated - most people seem to go "what the fuck is that?" or "Oh, I saw that movie....uh....." I really, really loved it. A lot will come out and say the original was better...I have no idea as to where I would even see the original, or whether I would want to become part of the elite snobs that look down of this work of beauty merely because it was a 'remake'. Oh well... Did anyone see 'Frailty'?

Yeah Frailty definitely falls into the underrated category. I have it on DVD and play it for all my friends. It's fun to watch people's involvement in the movie and see their reactions to the twists and turns. I usually like to mess with them a bit too.

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Originally posted by {b.s.e.} Dark City

Yes definitely, +1 for Dark City

I love the throwback to 40s film-noir and the homage to Metropolis . Absolutely engaging and beautiful.


Also Triplets of Belleville, a nice underrated piece of animation from last year. It was nominated for best Animated feature but lost to Finding Nemo. I really like this movie a lot as well.

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Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka though City of God has grown to be quite big, a lof of people have never heard of it... I recon its one of the best movies ever made

Rent Bus 174 , its a documentary that covers some of the same topics, but be warned you'll come away from the experience feeling very icky.

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Originally posted by Mebot Yes definitely, +1 for Dark City I love the throwback to 40s film-noir and the homage to Metropolis . Absolutely engaging and beautiful.

Here's an interesting page that shows every scene in The Matrix was also in Dark City.

http://galeon.hispavista.com/cinera...rixdarkcity.htm

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Originally posted by Absolut_Vodka the beach - i dont understand why this was such a flop. Its such a great movie. I guess you must have experienced proper beach life to have a greater appreciation for it. it portrays the atmosphere as a tourist in south east asia so well... loved every minute of it! though City of God has grown to be quite big, a lof of people have never heard of it... I recon its one of the best movies ever made

+1

"The Beach" was an awesome movie and i dont even live by any beaches..hehehe



"City Of God" is spectacular. Its a REALLY powerful movie. definately agree with you on that one.

oh yeah... and "PI". i think it won some film festival awards, but nardly anyone i know has heard of it. crazy good movie.

as for comedy i would say... "Half Baked" great flick

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