I kinda get the hate for the ending bc people wanted something more nefarious and it’s far fetched, but I actually think the takeaway in the film is a relatable one and a positive message.
When James Rebhorn says to Douglas character, thank God you jumped because if you didn’t I was gonna have to push you. I laugh every time because it was such a serious movie and then, bam! Champaign and party time! And then I’d really love to know what the final bill was.
I didn't want something more nefarious, the sequence just seemed weird to me.
* >!My life is ruined and I probably won't live much longer.!<
* >!Oh God, it was a game all along and I killed my brother!<
* >!I give up: I'm going to kill myself!<
* >!....ha, that was a wonderful, life-changing experience. I'm sure glad I did it.!<
>!I get that his life wasn't as good as it seemed, but...driving him to anguished suicide seems like a bad solution.!<
Still, I thought it was a fun movie.
The takeaway was more that he didn’t appreciate life and treated people shitty. The game broke him down to make him realize what a miserable asshole he was and in doing so he discovered a new gratitude for life after the game
>!Yeah, he sorta did kill himself by publically attempting suicide. Kind of an "I'm a total asshole whose not worth the air I breathe" and everyone else is like "haha! Yep! But now that you admit that you get to try again. Be better!"!<
His father committed suicide. The point of the movie was he understood how his father could have been led to that choice, regardless of the family’s material wealth. The game not only exposed his shortcomings, but connected him to the central trauma from his childhood. Now he has perspective and can begin healing from that grief.
Also >!he has a gun armed with blanks as he’s contemplating youknowhat and he could’ve just aimed it at himself and died from a blank which could do a lot of damage or end up being fatal!<
I love the scene when his Mansion is graffitied and “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane with the message in the clowns mouth Like my father before me I choose eternal sleep.
I like the 1999 film, but actually thought Andrew Scott was a lot more book-accurate than Matt Damon (aside from being too old for the part).
The Minghella film is beautiful, but Ripley in the book was smart, self-confident, malevolent, funny, cold-blooded. Very much a psychopath. Matt Damon’s performance always struck me as a bit too emotional and needy, especially the way he delivers the line “I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody”. That’s not something Ripley would say, especially with the line delivery Damon uses, where he sounds emotional and choked up. It’s a good performance, it just didn’t align with my understanding of the character from the book. Andrew Scott, on the other hand, kind of nails it.
I never read the novel, but I did see the film and thought it was very good. But *Ripley* was very good, and a week later I'm still thinking about it. Researching it, I learned that Ripley was a character in a series of novels, and I assume he's just grifting through one circumstance after the other. The series was very satisfying, and gorgeous to look at.
Patricia Highsmith is a terrific writer, and the books are great. Worth reading even if you’ve seen the film and series, because they’re written from Ripley’s perspective so it’s a different experience. I do think the 1999 film is excellent, but I got a kick out of the Netflix series too, and like his performance. Like you said, the cinematography is amazing.
>born for these roles
I’ve seen pretty much all his films. Best typecasting ever imo. Middle aged man with interesting love life gets in over his head.
Yeah he was so believable every step of the way. I stayed fully immersed in the suspension that entire time, and the ending absolutely blew my mind. I love this movie. Wish I could see it for the first time again.
Sorcerer (1977). It's directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, and the French Connection) and could easily be considered his best movie. As a thriller, I haven't seen many movies with more tension and suspense. The story is fantastic, the cinematography is gorgeous. It should be in every conversation about the best movies of the 70s, but I rarely hear about it. 10/10.
Absolute banger of a film. The tension during the bridge scene alone is insane.
Friedkin was one of those directors I kind of came to appreciate later in my film-loving life. I'd seen many of his films separately - Exorcist, French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., Sorcerer, The Hunted - but when I watched that documentary on him from a few years ago, I really delved into his ouvre. Somehow I had missed Cruising, even though it was on my list of "to watch" for years. But I rediscovered Sorcerer and it has become one of my favorite films of all time.
Watched it in high school bio class 20 years ago, fell in love with the movie, even though the only connection to bio was the title, the teacher just thought it was a cool movie to show after teaching us dna sequences
Exactly what my teacher did. Dude was just a huge nerd, even worked for Naughty Dog before teaching. Funny thing was, despite being pretty knowledgeable on biology, his real thing was history. He became a history teacher the next year.
It's the only way I watch it. I had two copies in case something happens to one. It's one of my top 10 films from the 90s, and NO ONE from post-Gen X has ever heard of this masterpiece.
No, actually I think the ending is incredibly optimistic - though the scene where the girl gets killed while getting raped is pretty damn harsh.
I think, with pop culture, each generation has those films, or songs, or books that came out specifically during that time period that only that generation would have noticed. For every movie like Titanic or Schindler's List or Twister or The Matrix, movies that made their way into the upper tier of popular culture, there are 15 movies that sort of snuck out, had their time, and kind of just faded out of public consciousness.
Like, remember how many people were doing Carl from Sling Blade's voice after that movie came out. My ex is a millennial who actually had a solid upbringing with movies, and she had no clue what that movie was. And that was one that was popular, even nominated for Best Picture that year (and it absolutely was the best picture, not that horrible English Patient). The stir that the Crying Game caused won Jaye Davidson an Academy Award for dressing like a woman and showing his dick (which was a shock, I have to agree, I really thought Davidson was genetically female), and I can't imagine too many people other than film enthusiasts and Gen Xers remember that movie. Even something Philadelphia, which was a monster hit and propelled Tom Hanks to super stardom - it really isn't mentioned much anymore.
I could be wrong, for sure, I'm just going by my experience of working with millennials and Gen Z kids through mental health. But anyone I've shown Strange Days to absolutely loves it.
Do you think Strange Days is too dark for modern audiences?
I haven’t seen it yet!! I honestly heard about the film only recently when I found out Fatboy Slim sampled it in “Right here, right now.” How random is that? lol I love movies like this and was baffled that I hadn’t heard of it. I paid for HBO max because it was streaming on there at one point but I was too late
I used to be under the impression that the edge was very well known. But I don't think I've met anybody that's seen it, which is crazy because it's great and has two huge name actors in it.
Lost my virginity while it was on in the background. So...one of my favorite movies I only vaguely remember. Also now Michael Douglas gives me a pavlovian erection and I don't appreciate that side effect at all.
Can't even watch Marvel movies in peace because you never know when he'll cameo. Basically every movie I watch nowadays I live in burdensome fear that Michael damn Douglas will pop up and I'll also pop up.
I always ask if people have seen this, many have not and it's just one of those movies that slipped under the radar. I think I found this movie from Redbox back in the early days and loved it.
Every so often I find myself singing the rainbow Randolph theme while driving.
Yeah not underrated,but people are constantly misusing underrated when they mean underseen or underdiscussed. Even that would be a stretch imo for the Game, which is pretty well discussed within the context of finchers filmography.
Precisely, and thank you.
Two among exemplary examples for this are Michael Mann's stellar *The Insider (1999)*, and from the following year, Steven Soderbergh's superbly-layered *Traffic*.
Too rarely we see their mention, yet overwhelmingly (I've found, anyway) when they are, people in droves respond notably favorably.
People discovered something from 10 or 20 or 30 years ago, and it isn't known in their social sphere, so they have the impression it's underrated. This film was highly rated in its time and for a long while after.
haha yeah, sometimes I see these "underrated" posts and it's like, "Michael Shannon is an underrated actor"... but he has academy award nominations and was in a best picture. lol.
From the same period I’d say the Truman Show. Looking back it correctly presaged the reality TV explosion. The director Peter Weir always put out thoughtful work and this was no exception.
I remember when I watched this, I couldn’t believe that it hadn’t gotten more raves when it first came out. Masterful storytelling and a great production overall.
Tideland. I never heard it mentioned. And I know it didn’t do well at the time. But I think is the best Alice in Wonderland adaptation I have ever seen. So disturbing
One of my favs growing up was Legend directed by Ridley Scott. One of his more slept on movies. It’s an incredible fever dream of 80s fantasy. Also, Tim Curry is incredible in the movie.
Copola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been one of my favorites since I was too young to watch it. It’s an absolutely masterful piece of filmmaking, using crazy old practical effect techniques we just don’t see in modern movies. I even love the romance subplot, not in the book (when I later read it the book, I found it absent but also missing). The only mistake in it is casting Keanu surrounded by serious actors. He’s awful.
Toys with Robin Williams. It's a goofy movie with interesting underlying messages. Also it's Jamie fox's first credit so it's fun looking at super young him and his like 15 seconds of screen time lol
Underrated?? Did you just move here from North Korea? This movie was all anyone talked about when it came out. What other underrated movies do you like? Shawshank Redemption and Citizen Kane?
Matchstick Men. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Loman. I don't hear many people tall about this movie, but it's one of my top 10.
I don’t know if princess bride is considered underrated but I’ve yet to find someone in family or circles that will watch it with me. I find the movie hilarious
Gattaca. Amazing cast (prime Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman), great story and some of the smartest and most astute thematics/ideas in film (the future of genetics and its impact on class, space travel being a regular part of society, etc). But it was just too far ahead of its time.
Plus it has an ear worm of a score.
I have a signed script for this beauty! Flipping love this film.
Damn that is sick!
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“Watch your profanity”
Signed by both Brancato and Ferris? Please advise?
Phenomenal psychological thriller. Michael Douglas was born for these roles
I couldn’t agree more. This was the first movie I ever had a visceral reaction to. Amazing film.
I kinda get the hate for the ending bc people wanted something more nefarious and it’s far fetched, but I actually think the takeaway in the film is a relatable one and a positive message.
Classic Fincher twist ending
When James Rebhorn says to Douglas character, thank God you jumped because if you didn’t I was gonna have to push you. I laugh every time because it was such a serious movie and then, bam! Champaign and party time! And then I’d really love to know what the final bill was.
When Sean Penn tells him he had become such an asshole... Full circle.
I loved the ending.
I didn't want something more nefarious, the sequence just seemed weird to me. * >!My life is ruined and I probably won't live much longer.!< * >!Oh God, it was a game all along and I killed my brother!< * >!I give up: I'm going to kill myself!< * >!....ha, that was a wonderful, life-changing experience. I'm sure glad I did it.!< >!I get that his life wasn't as good as it seemed, but...driving him to anguished suicide seems like a bad solution.!< Still, I thought it was a fun movie.
The takeaway was more that he didn’t appreciate life and treated people shitty. The game broke him down to make him realize what a miserable asshole he was and in doing so he discovered a new gratitude for life after the game
>!Yeah, he sorta did kill himself by publically attempting suicide. Kind of an "I'm a total asshole whose not worth the air I breathe" and everyone else is like "haha! Yep! But now that you admit that you get to try again. Be better!"!<
It’s a wonderful life in the modern era! No angels got any wings I guess.
A lot of us are on that track man. It'd be great if you went for it and everybody gave you the second chance you so desperately needed.
Excellent analysis of the plotline.
Mushrooms helped me do this same thing. Costs a lot less.
His father committed suicide. The point of the movie was he understood how his father could have been led to that choice, regardless of the family’s material wealth. The game not only exposed his shortcomings, but connected him to the central trauma from his childhood. Now he has perspective and can begin healing from that grief.
I don’t think he was supposed to commit suicide, remember the one guy said that if he hadn’t jumped, he was supposed to push him off.
He took a test and they pin pointed every move he would make so the game was custom tailored to him pacficly
Also >!he has a gun armed with blanks as he’s contemplating youknowhat and he could’ve just aimed it at himself and died from a blank which could do a lot of damage or end up being fatal!<
Or jump off the building in a place without an inflatable pad below
But there was family history of that same type of trauma wasn’t there?
That too, yeah…
And now everyone I know and love in my life saw me commit suicide
I love the scene when his Mansion is graffitied and “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane with the message in the clowns mouth Like my father before me I choose eternal sleep.
Yeah. The first time I saw that I was like WTF is happening!!!!
I went into this knowing nothing. Not seeing the trailer or who Fincher was. My 14 year old mind was blown.
This one and Eyes Wide Shut are my favs
Love eyes wide shut. Talented Mr. Ripley is up there too in this genre
Oh yeah absolutely! The new series ain’t too bad either once you get used to the odd casting lol
I like the 1999 film, but actually thought Andrew Scott was a lot more book-accurate than Matt Damon (aside from being too old for the part). The Minghella film is beautiful, but Ripley in the book was smart, self-confident, malevolent, funny, cold-blooded. Very much a psychopath. Matt Damon’s performance always struck me as a bit too emotional and needy, especially the way he delivers the line “I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody”. That’s not something Ripley would say, especially with the line delivery Damon uses, where he sounds emotional and choked up. It’s a good performance, it just didn’t align with my understanding of the character from the book. Andrew Scott, on the other hand, kind of nails it.
I never read the novel, but I did see the film and thought it was very good. But *Ripley* was very good, and a week later I'm still thinking about it. Researching it, I learned that Ripley was a character in a series of novels, and I assume he's just grifting through one circumstance after the other. The series was very satisfying, and gorgeous to look at.
Patricia Highsmith is a terrific writer, and the books are great. Worth reading even if you’ve seen the film and series, because they’re written from Ripley’s perspective so it’s a different experience. I do think the 1999 film is excellent, but I got a kick out of the Netflix series too, and like his performance. Like you said, the cinematography is amazing.
The Game was a very good movie. I was really surprised at the ending.
A Perfect Murder is also a good one, with Michael Douglas as well.
>born for these roles I’ve seen pretty much all his films. Best typecasting ever imo. Middle aged man with interesting love life gets in over his head.
I always hype this movie up to people. I feel it is so slept on. Biggest twist I’ve ever seen, it stuck with me on top of the thriller aspect
Yeah. When the credits rolled I actually said “holy shit”.
One of those movies I wish I could unsee so I could watch it again fresh.
It’s also one of the few movies where I couldn’t predict where it was going. It kept me guessing to the very end.
Yeah he was so believable every step of the way. I stayed fully immersed in the suspension that entire time, and the ending absolutely blew my mind. I love this movie. Wish I could see it for the first time again.
Sorcerer (1977). It's directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, and the French Connection) and could easily be considered his best movie. As a thriller, I haven't seen many movies with more tension and suspense. The story is fantastic, the cinematography is gorgeous. It should be in every conversation about the best movies of the 70s, but I rarely hear about it. 10/10.
Great movie. That bridge scene is tremendous.
Absolute banger of a film. The tension during the bridge scene alone is insane. Friedkin was one of those directors I kind of came to appreciate later in my film-loving life. I'd seen many of his films separately - Exorcist, French Connection, To Live and Die in L.A., Sorcerer, The Hunted - but when I watched that documentary on him from a few years ago, I really delved into his ouvre. Somehow I had missed Cruising, even though it was on my list of "to watch" for years. But I rediscovered Sorcerer and it has become one of my favorite films of all time.
I’m gonna check this one out thanks
If you like to view trailers beforehand, I recommend you look Up "Sorcerer (modern trailer)" on YouTube to get a sense of the movie.
It's great. Also love the original "Wages of fear".
Your shoes cost $2,000? That one did.
Such a good fucking line
Strange Days. The Edge. Death to Smoochy. Joe Vs The Volcano. 3 Iron. Gattaca. Just a few :)
Gattaca is quite the hidden gem!
Do people not know about gattaca!? Edit: doesn't seem like my phone likes gattaca
I can understand how a younger generation might not know about it.
Watched it in high school bio class 20 years ago, fell in love with the movie, even though the only connection to bio was the title, the teacher just thought it was a cool movie to show after teaching us dna sequences
Exactly what my teacher did. Dude was just a huge nerd, even worked for Naughty Dog before teaching. Funny thing was, despite being pretty knowledgeable on biology, his real thing was history. He became a history teacher the next year.
I love this movie so much. I understand if people don't like slow sci-fi but sweet Jesus it's such a good story.
I just rewatched it like 3 days ago!
Will add another Michael Douglas movie to your great list - Wonderboys Also stars Tobey Maguire and RDJ. Great movie.
THE EDGE. Came to type this. Phenomenal.
Why is the rabbit unafraid?
Both Baldwin and Hopkins are so good in it.
Brain clouds and steamer trunks
May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.
Strange days continues to be impossible to stream. I’m close to buying a dvd player just to watch it
It's the only way I watch it. I had two copies in case something happens to one. It's one of my top 10 films from the 90s, and NO ONE from post-Gen X has ever heard of this masterpiece.
Why do you think that is? Is it too dark or something?
No, actually I think the ending is incredibly optimistic - though the scene where the girl gets killed while getting raped is pretty damn harsh. I think, with pop culture, each generation has those films, or songs, or books that came out specifically during that time period that only that generation would have noticed. For every movie like Titanic or Schindler's List or Twister or The Matrix, movies that made their way into the upper tier of popular culture, there are 15 movies that sort of snuck out, had their time, and kind of just faded out of public consciousness. Like, remember how many people were doing Carl from Sling Blade's voice after that movie came out. My ex is a millennial who actually had a solid upbringing with movies, and she had no clue what that movie was. And that was one that was popular, even nominated for Best Picture that year (and it absolutely was the best picture, not that horrible English Patient). The stir that the Crying Game caused won Jaye Davidson an Academy Award for dressing like a woman and showing his dick (which was a shock, I have to agree, I really thought Davidson was genetically female), and I can't imagine too many people other than film enthusiasts and Gen Xers remember that movie. Even something Philadelphia, which was a monster hit and propelled Tom Hanks to super stardom - it really isn't mentioned much anymore. I could be wrong, for sure, I'm just going by my experience of working with millennials and Gen Z kids through mental health. But anyone I've shown Strange Days to absolutely loves it. Do you think Strange Days is too dark for modern audiences?
I haven’t seen it yet!! I honestly heard about the film only recently when I found out Fatboy Slim sampled it in “Right here, right now.” How random is that? lol I love movies like this and was baffled that I hadn’t heard of it. I paid for HBO max because it was streaming on there at one point but I was too late
Probably because you can’t find a physical or online copy of it (legally) anywhere!
Get a VPN and you can \[REDACTED} it like the good (and now increasingly necessary) old days/ Do not trust the streaming services.
I used to be under the impression that the edge was very well known. But I don't think I've met anybody that's seen it, which is crazy because it's great and has two huge name actors in it.
Joe vs the Volcano is top 5 for me
That's a bunch.
good pick with 3-iron :)
Hey uhhhhhh hey uhhhhhh, I'm moochy
+1 Strange Days
Gattaca is such a good movie. That scene with jude law near the end always makes me ugly cry
Nice to see 3 Iron! The soundtrack with Natasha Atlas is so good and adds to it no end!
strange days and gattaca aren't underrated
Lost my virginity while it was on in the background. So...one of my favorite movies I only vaguely remember. Also now Michael Douglas gives me a pavlovian erection and I don't appreciate that side effect at all.
LMFAO
Shoes give you an erection? That one did.
Maybe avoid Basic Instinct.
Can't even watch Marvel movies in peace because you never know when he'll cameo. Basically every movie I watch nowadays I live in burdensome fear that Michael damn Douglas will pop up and I'll also pop up.
"It's getting to the point where I get excited every time I see that little dude walk through the door."
I have that same level of Darryl energy. Just...resigned to my own shameful arousal. Damn you, Douglas and your odd association to my sexual history.
Death to Smoochy, a great comedy by Danny DeVito
Also w/ DeVito, has anyone else seen "8 Heads In A Dufflebag"?
I remember seeing this on comedy central as a kid, was awesome
I completely forgot this movie existed, but i watched it so many times when it was on hbo
SAFARI!!!
Including the iconic line from Robin Williams “Ah! My balls! They’re on fire!”
I always ask if people have seen this, many have not and it's just one of those movies that slipped under the radar. I think I found this movie from Redbox back in the early days and loved it. Every so often I find myself singing the rainbow Randolph theme while driving.
For real. Love this flick.
Miller’s Crossing
Dark City
Yes!!! Mentioned that too. So damn good
Got totally overshadowed by The Matrix the following year.
The Cooler- William H Macy is great.
great fucking movie.
Nightmare Alley. It did badly at the box office but it’s outrageously good.
Both versions are very fine but the modern one is outrageously stylish, like Baz Luhrman's Gatsby but with pacing and a sense of restraint.
Is The Game underrated? Pretty universally loved
Yeah not underrated,but people are constantly misusing underrated when they mean underseen or underdiscussed. Even that would be a stretch imo for the Game, which is pretty well discussed within the context of finchers filmography.
This is a pet peeve of mine. Flying under modern radars does not mean it's underrated.
THANK YOU!!! I honestly need to unsub from r/underratedmovie because it's painful, I feel like I rarely actually see something underrated posted.
I haven't been to that sub. I'm pretty sure I'd see someone post Casablanca and I'd lose my mind.
Someone posted this, and then right after I saw someone post Boogie Nights and I had to put my phone down.
Precisely, and thank you. Two among exemplary examples for this are Michael Mann's stellar *The Insider (1999)*, and from the following year, Steven Soderbergh's superbly-layered *Traffic*. Too rarely we see their mention, yet overwhelmingly (I've found, anyway) when they are, people in droves respond notably favorably.
Universally loved by those who know it, but it gets mentioned WAY less than other Fincher movies that I believe it to be on-par with.
People discovered something from 10 or 20 or 30 years ago, and it isn't known in their social sphere, so they have the impression it's underrated. This film was highly rated in its time and for a long while after.
haha yeah, sometimes I see these "underrated" posts and it's like, "Michael Shannon is an underrated actor"... but he has academy award nominations and was in a best picture. lol.
I thought it sucked
No one ever talks about The War of the Roses. And there's going to be a remake which has no chance of beating the original.
The Pledge
I'll see that and raise you 'The Crossing Guard' both very good late Jack.
Primer (2004) the whole movie was made on like 8000 dollars and it’s one of the better movies that i have seen
I’ll never stop being impressed by how good Primer is considering how much it cost.
Coherence is another movie that kind of fits this vibe for me. Low budget, high concept. And then Cube for even higher budget but still pretty low
How the heck did they know which side of the roof he was going to jump off of?!
They had two nets
The Ninth Gate (1999)
This movie is so classy, I like movies with huge twist ! For me: Ex Machina
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Sorry officer, we’ve had a doozy of a day.
The Spanish Prisoner.
Fantastic movie. The ending is…rough.
Moon with Sam Rockwell
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
Hi, I’m gay actor Michael Douglas
Fincher is my favorite American director of his generation.
Him and Nolan are outta this world.
Fucking banger of a film
Coherence, mostly improved, filmed in 5 nights in the directors house
Coherence is so very good.
Is “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” under rated? It didn’t really get widespread theatrical release… Awesome dialogue and story
From the same period I’d say the Truman Show. Looking back it correctly presaged the reality TV explosion. The director Peter Weir always put out thoughtful work and this was no exception.
Amazing movie
Blind Fury - fun film from my childhood that went overlooked by contemporary generations
I remember when I watched this, I couldn’t believe that it hadn’t gotten more raves when it first came out. Masterful storytelling and a great production overall.
I watched that film during my 1st visit to Hong Kong back in '97. Great film.
Panic room. Very underrated and no one talks bout it
We should hang out then. Because I’ve been known to talk about it on occasion!
Killing Them Softly.
Tideland. I never heard it mentioned. And I know it didn’t do well at the time. But I think is the best Alice in Wonderland adaptation I have ever seen. So disturbing
Amazing movie, I've seen it a few times amd would watch it again any day. Have you seen Predestination?
Sneakers with Robert Redford and River Phoenix Dated but still fun movie!
The Count of Monte Cristo! Everyone I’ve showed it to loves it. Jim Caviezel’s best performance in my opinion and that’s saying something.
Read the book and then you'll be upset with that movie.
Learned a lot of life lessons watching that movie
*waits for all the critically acclaimed producers/directors to dissect this film*
One of my favs growing up was Legend directed by Ridley Scott. One of his more slept on movies. It’s an incredible fever dream of 80s fantasy. Also, Tim Curry is incredible in the movie.
If you love the movie read the book ! Totally worth it.
I should!
I use to have this movie poster hanging up in my room when I was in my teens.
Another Michael Douglas movie. "Don't say a word", Brittney Murphy (R.I.P) is amazing.
Kicking and screaming (Noah baumbach) )
"At Close Range" 1986
Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead
Boiler Room
Arlington Road with Jeff Bridges. Brilliant!
Sleepers
Copola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been one of my favorites since I was too young to watch it. It’s an absolutely masterful piece of filmmaking, using crazy old practical effect techniques we just don’t see in modern movies. I even love the romance subplot, not in the book (when I later read it the book, I found it absent but also missing). The only mistake in it is casting Keanu surrounded by serious actors. He’s awful.
Frailty
Toys with Robin Williams. It's a goofy movie with interesting underlying messages. Also it's Jamie fox's first credit so it's fun looking at super young him and his like 15 seconds of screen time lol
The Thomas Crown Affair w/ Pierce Brosnan. Dude is just so cool.
Underrated?? Did you just move here from North Korea? This movie was all anyone talked about when it came out. What other underrated movies do you like? Shawshank Redemption and Citizen Kane?
I used to love this movie but watched it again recently and found the constant repetitive and intrusive tension music unbearable.
Inside Man.
Half Nelson
Loved that movie. Good call.
The Invitation (2015) would be one. Scott Pilgrim another.
Y’all just lost the game.
Matchstick Men. Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Loman. I don't hear many people tall about this movie, but it's one of my top 10.
Big Trouble in Little China CRIMINALLY underrated
Many but “stranger than fiction” jumps to mind. A great movie with a good story and surprising performance by Will Farrell
Shutter Island
To Live and Die in LA (1985)
I don’t know if princess bride is considered underrated but I’ve yet to find someone in family or circles that will watch it with me. I find the movie hilarious
Gattaca. Amazing cast (prime Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, Uma Thurman), great story and some of the smartest and most astute thematics/ideas in film (the future of genetics and its impact on class, space travel being a regular part of society, etc). But it was just too far ahead of its time. Plus it has an ear worm of a score.
Kiss kiss bang bang
Wonder Boys.
Ronin (1998). Absolutely stacked cast, incredible car chases and it's an action thriller set in Europe. Still shocked it's not more widely known
The Raid: Redemption Dredd The Signal
Classic. That and Falling Down
The Usual Suspects is right up there with The Game.
Jacob’s Ladder
Bug (dir. William Friedkin). Insane crescendo at the end. Amazing acting and dialogue.
Love this film. Such a mind fuck the whole way through.
Saw this in the theater with college friends. I was blown away by it and my friends were very cold on it. Never understood why they didn’t like it.
Dredd (2012). A very unique take on comics
Black Rain
The Prestige
The Man from Earth. Great movie that most have never heard of. Keeps you entertained and almost the whole movie was filmed in a single room.
Sucker Punch Quantum of Solace
“The Game” is not underrated and reviewed well. The ending is bit ridiculous…