100 Most Underrated Movies (1984-Present)

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Criteria: – These Underrated movies received either little or great critical acclaim but were generally overlooked by the public for reasons such as little or no Oscar wins at the Academy Awards, another blockbuster released at the same time, or lack of promotion, yet deserved more credit than they received for overall cinematic quality.

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    Miller's Crossing
    by Joel Coen

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  2. 2.
    The Thin Red Line
    by Terrence Malick

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  3. 3.
    Quiz Show
    by Robert Redford

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  4. 5.
    Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  5. 6.
    Malcolm X

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  6. 7.
    Clean, Shaven - Criterion Collection
    by Lodge Kerrigan

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  7. 8.
    Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
    by Jim Jarmusch

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  8. 9.
    Fresh
    by Boaz Yakin

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  9. 10.
    Bringing Out the Dead

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  10. 11.
    Big Night
    by Campbell Scott

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  11. 12.
    Man on the Moon

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  12. 13.
    Downfall
    by Oliver Hirschbiegel

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  13. 14.
    25th Hour
    by Spike Lee

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  14. 15.
    Ronin
    by John Frankenheimer

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  15. 16.
    Blow (Infinifilm Edition)

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  16. 17.
    Boiler Room
    by Ben Younger

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  17. 18.
    In the Company of Men
    by Neil LaBute

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  18. 19.
    The Sweet Hereafter (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Atom Egoyan

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  19. 20.
    Kundun
    by Martin Scorsese

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  20. 21.
    The Limey

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  21. 22.
    The Glass Shield (Miramax Collector's Series)
    by Charles Burnett

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  22. 23.
    Munich (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  23. 24.
    True Romance
    by Tony Scott

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  25. 26.
    Strange Days
    by Kathryn Bigelow

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  26. 27.
    Go
    by Doug Liman

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  27. 29.
    Leaving Las Vegas

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  28. 30.
    Eyes Wide Shut
    by Stanley Kubrick

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  29. 31.
    Men of Honor

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  30. 32.
    A Soldier's Story
    by Norman Jewison

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  31. 33.
    The Insider

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  32. 34.
    Empire of the Sun

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  33. 35.
    Carlito's Way
    by Brian De Palma

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    Heat
    by Michael Mann

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  36. 38.
    Boondock Saints (Unrated)

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  37. 39.
    A Bronx Tale

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  38. 40.
    Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
    by Stephen Gaghan

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  39. 41.
    Clockers

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  40. 42.
    Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
    by Mike Newell

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  41. 43.
    Devil in a Blue Dress
    by Carl Franklin

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  42. 44.
    Safe
    by Todd Haynes

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  43. 45.
    11:14
    by Greg Marcks

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  44. 46.
    American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)
    by Mary Harron

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  45. 47.
    He Got Game
    by Spike Lee

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  46. 48.
    Zathura (Special Edition)
    by Jon Favreau

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  47. 49.
    Cop Land
    by James Mangold

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  48. 50.
    Enemy of the State (Unrated Extended Edition)
    by Tony Scott

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Perlle
East Hampton

Rushmore — 44 weeks ago

For consistency sake, I changed this title to the Criterion version. It was the only film available in that collection not listed as such.