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What do you think is the most underrated movie of all time?

Adora

Adora

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im just wondering is there any movie that you think didn't get the attention it deserves there are a lot of highly overrated movies but is there any movie that you believe that deserves more credit than it got?
 
A walk to remember! A powerful film with a powerful moral. It blew me away and one film that I could watch again many times and I am not into watching films: a book reader and yep, lol read the book too.
 
Gattaca. Seriously, anyone on this forum should be able to identify with at least one of the characters in that movie. It's especially poignant now when there are actual instances of parents having their children's DNA tested to determine what sports they will be best at. Oh and apparently this is happening for adults too.
 
This is a Sci-Fi movie the critics (and I) loved but was under-shown, under-seen and did not do well at the Box Office.

Children of Men
 
Roland Joffé's The Mission [1986]. Is and always will be my favourite film. It received a long list of nominations, and no small amount of critical acclaim, but it seems to have fallen from public memory since the 1990s. It rightly deserves to be elevated as a classic among redemption tales. Both De Niro and Irons were at the peak of their acting prowess. The cinematography and soundtrack were nothing short of brilliant.

The Mission (1986) - IMDb
 
Sunshine, probably Danny Boyle's least known film and, in my opinion, his best.

edit: Maybe not the most underrated movie ever, but still criminally underrated and the first one that popped into my head.
 
On Any Sunday. It was made in 1971 and I have seen it many, many times. I got a VHS copy in the early eighties. I watched it last, a couple of weeks ago.
 
NateSean said:
Gattaca. Seriously, anyone on this forum should be able to identify with at least one of the characters in that movie. It's especially poignant now when there are actual instances of parents having their children's DNA tested to determine what sports they will be best at. Oh and apparently this is happening for adults too.
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I haven't seen this! I'm going to track it down now.
 
Tom said:
This is a Sci-Fi movie the critics (and I) loved but was under-shown, under-seen and did not do well at the Box Office.

Children of Men
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I know that movie is it the one where the women in the world become infertile?
 
NateSean said:
Gattaca. Seriously, anyone on this forum should be able to identify with at least one of the characters in that movie. It's especially poignant now when there are actual instances of parents having their children's DNA tested to determine what sports they will be best at. Oh and apparently this is happening for adults too.
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Yeah remember this years ago didn't like the idea of that future I don't think Id be well received if I was born in that reality and I could imagine Australia doing the sports DNA test if it was possible
 
Ugh! A three-way tie.

Scarecrow (1973, Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, directed by Jerry Schatzberg)

This movie may have got lost in Gene Hackman's slew of post-French Connection releases in the early 1970s, but I think it's one of his and Pacino's personal best. A pair of mismatched drifters make their way across the country together. It's an actor's movie and the way the two men played off each other was fantastic. Hackman's strip-tease scene was truly inspired.


The Straight Story (1999, Richard Farnsworth, directed by David Lynch)

A quiet little film about an elderly man who rides a lawn tractor across Iowa and Wisconsin to repair his relationship with his sickly, estranged brother. It was Farnsworth's final performance. Gorgeous to watch and a beautiful story.


Glengarry Glenn Ross (1992, Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Alec Bladwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris and Jonathan Pryce, directed by David Mamet)

This is one of the best ensemble cast films of its kind, almost all of it taking place in one small real estate office. It's all about the dialogue and the atmosphere with this one. Best summed up as a film about quiet and not-so-quiet desperation. Even with the stellar cast and director to draw an audience it was a major commercial failure.


(I'm not a big Al Pacino fan. I just realized he is in two of my picks.)
 
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Tom said:
Its that way for me with Tom Cruise. I not a fan, but liked his work in The War of the Worlds remake, Oblivion and Edge of Tommorrow.
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Have you seen his real early movie legend I think that was an enjoyable film
 
Ste11aeres said:
Enemy Mine (1985)
It's not the best movie in the world, but it was a good movie, and, in terms of popularity and financial success, was a real failure.
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I love that movie. It's got its flaws, but Louis Gossett, Jr. was great in it. My brother-in-law's name is James and I occasionally call him "Yahmeez". He doesn't get the reference. He doesn't get me, period. :p

Tom said:
Its that way for me with Tom Cruise. I not a fan, but liked his work in The War of the Worlds remake, Oblivion and Edge of Tommorrow.
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That's so weird. I just saw the remake of WotW last night on TBS. It was the first time I saw it. Loved Tim Robbins' character. I thought Cruise was better than usual in that role. Disappointed by the end, though. Clumsily handled.

Judge said:
Empire Of The Sun (1987)

A very young Christian Bale....simply brilliant.
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Terrific movie and terrific performance by Bale. Speaking of young roles, I'm pretty much done with Mel Gibson but his performance in Gallipoli (1981) gets a free pass. The real stand-out was the other kid, though. Mark Lee.


I have a weird thing about Australian-made war films. Another fave is Breaker Morant, with Edward Woodward (The Equalizer TV series, The Wicker Man).
 
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