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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  1. 1.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen
  2. 2.
    The Thin Red Line
    by Terrence Malick
  3. 3.
    Quiz Show
    by Robert Redford
  4. 4.
    Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)
    by Sam Mendes
  5. 5.
    Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  6. 6.
    Malcolm X
    by Spike Lee
  7. 7.
    Clean, Shaven (The Criterion Collection)
    by Lodge Kerrigan
  8. 8.
    Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
    by Jim Jarmusch
  9. 9.
    Fresh
    by Boaz Yakin
  10. 10.
    Bringing Out the Dead
    by Martin Scorsese
  11. 11.
    Big Night

  12. 12.
    Man on the Moon
    by Milos Forman
  13. 13.
    Downfall

  14. 14.
    25th Hour
    by Spike Lee
  15. 15.
    Ronin
    by John Frankenheimer
  16. 16.
    Blow
    by Ted Demme
  17. 17.
    Boiler Room

  18. 18.
    In the Company of Men
    by Neil LaBute
  19. 19.
    The Sweet Hereafter
    by Atom Egoyan
  20. 20.
    Kundun

  21. 21.
    The Limey
    by Steven Soderbergh
  22. 22.
    The Glass Shield (Miramax Collector's Series)
    by Charles Burnett
  23. 23.
    Munich (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  24. 24.
  25. 25.
    Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)
    by Darren Aronofsky
  26. 26.
    Strange Days
    by Kathryn Bigelow
  27. 27.
    Go (Special Edition)
    by Doug Liman
  28. 28.
    Any Given Sunday
    by Oliver Stone
  29. 29.
    Leaving Las Vegas
    by Mike Figgis
  30. 30.
    Eyes Wide Shut (R-Rated Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick
  31. 31.
    Men of Honor

  32. 32.
    A Soldier's Story
    by Norman Jewison
  33. 33.
    The Insider
    by Michael Mann
  34. 34.
    Empire of the Sun (Snap Case Packaging)
    by Steven Spielberg
  35. 35.
    Carlito's Way - Ultimate Edition
    by Brian De Palma
  36. 36.
    Chasing Amy (The Criterion Collection)
    by Kevin Smith
  37. 37.
    Heat
    by Michael Mann
  38. 38.
    The Boondock Saints
    by Troy Duffy
  39. 39.
    A Bronx Tale

  40. 40.
    Syriana
    by Stephen Gaghan
  41. 41.
    Clockers
    by Spike Lee
  42. 42.
    Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
    by Mike Newell
  43. 43.
    Devil in A Blue Dress
    by Carl Franklin
  44. 44.
    Safe
    by Todd Haynes
  45. 45.
    11:14
    by Greg Marcks
  46. 46.
  47. 47.
    He Got Game
    by Spike Lee
  48. 48.
    Zathura (Special Edition)
    by Jon Favreau
  49. 49.
    Cop Land
    by James Mangold
  50. 50.

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Created by Jess on Mar 20, 2007.
 

Comments

youdontseeyouwant

Underrated? — 40 weeks ago

Harry Potter definitely deserved more recognition than it got.

Aug 12, 10:14PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

For what little it's worth, — 4 years ago

I might actually put Road to Perdition on a list of the 20 most overrated films of the last 25 years, along with other similarly dumbed-down, treacly, over-written and over-directed films like The Green Mile.

Apr 01, 09:12AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Perlle

Rushmore — 5 years 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.

Jul 09, 01:55AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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