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Most Underrated Gems in History

posted 7 years ago by BillHicksFan (10716)
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Harry and Tonto
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A Woman Under the Influence
Buffalo '66
Fat City
Joe (1970)
The Swimmer
Mikey and Nicky
Umberto D
Ace in the Hole
The Incident
Dodsworth
The Devil and Daniel Webster
A Taste of Cherry
The Little Fugitive
The Happy Ending
Hombre
Knife in the Water
Shadows in Paradise
Thief
David and Lisa
Whity
Lies My Father Told Me
Johnny Got His Gun
Hondo
The Roof
The Working-Class Go To Heaven
The Caretaker
Come Back, Little Sheba
Zandy's Bride
A Special Day
The Blue Hotel
Dry Summer
Nuts in May
The Fifth Monkey
The Collector
Stroszek
Payday (1973)
Fist in Pocket
Hunger (1966)
What Happened Was...
My Dinner With Andre
Never on Sunday
Crossfire (Dmytryk)
Bad Boy Bubby
The Woman On The Beach
Red Beard
The Outrage
One Eyed Jacks
Paper Moon
Home of the Brave
Hell in the Pacific

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

The Fall, 2006.

Probably my favourite film ever. Few people have seen it, for some inexplicable reason.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I just watched this last year.

What a beautiful movie. It was one of our movies we watched with our little movie club.
I never would have watched it on my own.
So glad I did!

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I'm glad you saw it. Words fail me to properly describe it, but beautiful is certainly one word I'd use.

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

It was visually a beautiful and stunning film.
The story and just everything about it.

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

That's a great movie, but I thought it was pretty highly praised at the time, now Self/Less by Tarsem I just watched and was shocked to see it's popularity is close to nil, I loved it as much as the Fall

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I wouldn't know if it were highly praised at the time or no, since I almost never read reviews.

I stumbled across it by accident 5 or so years ago, never heard of it, thought I'd give it a try, and DAYUM! I'm going to have to look up Self/Less and see if I can locate it. If you loved it as much as The Fall, that says a LOT.

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

It was more from the boards that I was gleaning a negative response, (for Self/Less), personal experience reviews not critical. My impression of the Fall's reception comes from working at blockbuster at the time. I never heard a bad word about it, so it doesn't seem very underrated.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I never heard *any* word about it, from anyone. That's why I was so shocked at how sublime it was, and why I think it's underrated.

Someone on the board on IMDb said the problem was distribution, and lack of ability to market it well. It wasn't a kid's movie, yet co-starred a child. Don't know if that was it or not, although it would make some sense.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Never heard of it. Is it a Disney movie ???

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Disney? No 😂

You're hardly alone though. Most people haven't heard of it.

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Labyrinth, maybe more recently everyone has come around to it, but when it came out everyone trashed it, it's a classic

[–] twinA (4921) 7 years ago

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[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Hard to Kill with Steven Segal

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Conan the Barbarian is close to my favorite film, and nobody ever mentions that movie for the masterpiece that it is

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78597) 7 years ago

My favorite movie...it gets NO credit for being the epic adventure, fantasy and romantic masterpiece that it was

One other poster around these parts likes it quite a lot...we seem the only three to even recall it though lol!!

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

If I could only have one movie on a desert island (and some way to play it) it would be Conan. It is a part of me

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

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[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 7 years ago

The Fall (2006)
Titus (1999)
The Hunted (2003)
Night Moves (2013)
Cube (1997)

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Cube. "I ain't dyin in no fuckin rat maze!"

[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 7 years ago

Great line!

[–] BillHicksFan (10716) 7 years ago

I remember being told my a good friend about "Cube" in the late 90s, and just haven't remembered, so thanks for the reminder :)

[–] TheLovelyAnomaly (619) 7 years ago

No problem! You should definitely check it out when you have a chance. :)

[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I forgot about Cube. It was good.

[–] Renovatio (2990) 7 years ago

Gamer (2009) ...

Misunderstood by critics who didn't see the satire and Cassandra-esque warnings and social commentary, whereas it was hated by social media people and gamers because it hit too close to home... Sometimes we don't like what we see in the mirror...

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

If....1968

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

That sounds an awful lot like "Taps" (1981)

[–] PeteRose (2893) 7 years ago

Not really like Taps at all. Any description you could possibly have read surely would not do it justice, especially if it sounded like Taps

[–] brux (14840) 7 years ago

Well, I just saw snippets of Taps when it came out and never like it, or the idea, so "If" is at least not like that then.