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What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie?

Posted by Cliff on from the future-cult-classics dept.

Moses Lawn asks: "With the impending re-release of Spirited Away, I've been wondering about this. There are a lot of movies I love that no one else seems to know about. Some of them disappeared from theaters within a week, some came out years ago and seem to have been forgotten. Here are a few of my favorites: The Hot Rock, The Pope Must Diet (formerly 'The Pope Must Die'), They Might Be Giants, and The Big Hit. Maybe you like these, too. Maybe you think they stink up the joint. So what are your favorite forgotten movies?"

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  1. Hudson Hawk by HeyBob! · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Didn't anyone get it? - it's a farce!

  2. OT: Music tie-in by onemorehour · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Huh. I think it's interesting that of the four underappreciated movies listed, two of their titles have been referenced by bands (They Might be Giants is, of course, a band; The Hot Rock is the title of my favorite Sleater-Kinney album).

  3. Forgotten by ipxodi · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ice Pirates. Space Herpies!
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th DimensionGeeky, yet delightful.
    Zardoz John Boorman and Sean Connery. Yeah!

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  4. Darby O'Gill and the Little People by JerMarHill · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is a Disney 'cotton candy' movie, light and entertaining.

    Where else can you get Leprechauns and Sean Connery at the same time?

  5. Buckeroo Banzai by TheWanderingHermit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

    It's a definate original. If only they had been able to make the planned sequal.

  6. Kentucky Fried Movie by miracle69 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Has to be Kentucky Fried Movie

    "This requires total concentration."

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  7. The Boondock Saints by FreeMath · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Great movie. I have yet to find more than a few people who have seen it, and appreciate it.

    While we're at it, I have yet to find someone who truely appreciates Fight Club on the same level I did.

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  8. Amelie by swordgeek · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OK, so it was nominated for a billion awards. More people have seen it than most of the movies in this list.

    But how many have watched it...twice? Three times?

    As popular as it was, I call it underrated because not enough people know how UTTERLY BRILLIANT it is! The massive 5% zooms, the monochromatic scenes (except for one item), the jokes that you don't realise were jokes until the next day, the mood, the characters, the...oh man, the everything. Having watched it about 10 times on DVD, I'm only BEGINNING to see the real detail that went into this work of art.

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  9. Werd by EvilAlien · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Absolutely! Boondock Saints is an excellent movie, well worth seeing and owning if you have a collection that includes Satch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and other films of that ilk. I was commenting on this flick myself and got the good ol' "you suck because someone already said this" /. error.

    Firefly on DVD? I'll be all over that like a fat kid on a smartie.

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  10. The Man in the White Suit by epeus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ultimate geek movie, starring Alec Guinness as the man who invents a fabric thta repels dirt and won't wear out.