r/underratedmovies

For obvious reasons I think this is widely dismissed as typical B-movie shock garbage, and there is plenty of that aspect to it, but this is way more of a "real" movie than I think most people would be inclined to expect.

The writing is surprisingly competent and funny. Acting is actually decent. It felt to me like one of the fun joke episodes of Buffy or Supernatural; more of a satire of B-movies than a true B-movie itself. Very self-aware film.

In this movie Jim Carey is playing college student who becomes vampire. This movie is very funny and Lauren Hutton was very good as Countess .

anybody here watched the film “The Gorge” yet? I rarely see any reviews about it online and I think it’s so underrated!! It’s my top favorite film rn. Curious about everyone’s thoughts on it tho!

I think it’s underrated, in my view. The Elephant Man is not only a story of tragedy, it is a movie that touches upon many aspects of dignity, cruelty, compassion, and humanity. In it, one sees beyond the looks and learns to recognize the person inside. That emotional depth is why I think it deserves more appreciation.

Just watched In The Shadow of the Moon (2019) and this is so slept on. Netflix sold it as a basic serial killer thriller but it's actually a grimy 80s cop movie that turns into a sad a time-travel story. I put it up there with other underrated sci-fi films such as ‘Predestination, and ‘Coherence’.

Monster (2023) is genuinely one of the most overlooked movies of 2023. The storytelling, emotional depth, and way it slowly changes your perspective on the characters are incredible. I just wish more people talked about this one.

Saw it for the first time yesterday and had a total blast.

The practical effects were amazing and the kid actor is fantastic.

It gave me a very nostalgic feeling, the same feelings when I watch everything Amblin from the 80s & 90s

Really fantastic stuff that hadn't had a blu-ray release yet, only VHS & DVD.

I hope this gets the 4K Treatment sometime.

Rush (1991) is an underrated, gritty neo-noir crime drama directed by Lili Fini Zanuck. It stars Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh as undercover narcotics officers in 1970s Texas who slide into drug addiction while trying to trap a local kingpin.

IMdb - 6.8, RT - 77%

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Ok, the Rotten Tomatoes rating is a little more fair, but 6.8/10 is an incredible injustice to this awesome film. Perhaps not as bad as the injustices the protagonist endure, but I personally see this movie as a 9/10, especially considering it's a comedy which typically don't garner very high ratings. I feel like every comedic and dramatic actor in this film is firing on all cylinders. The course of the story follows bad break after bad break, tragic endings, cautionary lessons/tales, and it's all tied together with some hilariously quotable lines and situations.

I think about this movie probably once a year. I feel like it's a classic, and classics deserve more than a C+/D+

I have no idea why this movie hasn't had more attention.

I bought this dvd in 2004 when it came out. I was 14 and bought it for my Dad's birthday present (from Fopp) simply because it said "The Dandy Warhols" on the cover. He was a huge fan of their music and even took the whole family to see them live in Scotland. I'm pretty sure the gig is briefly featured in the documentary.

We watched the documentary as a family and then I have periodically, over the years, showed it to people. I just put it on today via Amazon BFI stream and man does it hold up.

Do yourself a favour and watch this. You won't be disappointed. One of the greatest documentaries ever made.

Can't sleep so watching this mp for first time

Honestly, I think Bugonia (2025) is underrated. It’s weird, unsettling, and different in a way most movies aren’t anymore. It won’t be for everyone, but if you actually sit with it, there’s a lot more to it than just the story. I feel like people judged it too quickly.

Saw this movie yesterday and it was so so good so underrated movie man. Probably my top 4. Leo and kate were so good in this movie.It tells about a couple how they thought they were different from others and then suddenly reality hit them and also shows the raw tension between a couple and the ending was very emotional.

Certainly one of the most underrated movies oat
It’s about a young girl who enters a strange dreamlike world filled with mystery superstition and unsettling encounters during one week of her life

I think It’s underrated because of its unique dreamlike atmosphere surreal storytelling and haunting visuals It deserves way more attention.

y’all should consider watching this movie

I watched this movie so many times we had to replace the vhs. It messed up on the part where the crows take the ring leader of the circus and it used to terrify me extra (since that scene is already disturbing).

I grew up an hour from where this is filmed. It captures small-town Appalachia without turning it into a caricature or a poverty postcard. There’s also an early-2000s quality to it that I think has aged particularly well. It comes from a period when American independent cinema could still spend a lot of time simply observing people and places. Before every movie needed to announce its themes, this film could just let two complicated young people wander around a small Appalachian town trying to understand themselves. The movie is messy and awkward in a very human way. People make mistakes, say the wrong things, hurt each other, and sometimes don’t know what they want.
I wish DGG still made movies like this.

I genuinely think audiences have forgotten how to understand/appreciate camp, and it’s robbing people of the ability to enjoy movies that are being extremely clever and funny on purpose. Everything gets judged by the same weird standard of realism and sincerity now. If something is heightened, ridiculous, aggressively theatrical, or knowingly stupid, people treat it like the filmmakers accidentally made a bad movie instead of considering that maybe the absurdity is the entire point.

Masters of the Universe and Stop That Train! are two recent examples that made this especially obvious to me. Both understand exactly what kind of movie they are making and commit to the bit, which is what makes them so fun. I can’t think of a better moment in cinematic history than “THE BRAKES ARE FRIED” and then a sudden cut to train brakes…covered in breading and frying in oil??? I think about this daily.

Are there any other movies that come to mind that were either received poorly or didn’t get the accolades they deserved?

Special Mission Lady Chaplin is a Eurospy movie (a genre of european spy b-movies heavily inspired by james bond) that is actually fun and stylish with an apparent budget way bigger than other movies in the genre.

It's about atomic missiles being stolen and a secret agent trying to find them, the plot is very similar to Thunderball with multiple locations arround the world and a lot of sea and submarine scenes. The titular villain played by Daniele Bianchi is the real star of the movie she is like a master assassin that have the charm and wits of a gentleman thief, she can desguise and infiltrate any place to kill, sabotage or steal anything. In daylight she is a world renown fashion stylist and the interesting thing is that her good taste reflect on her assassin job, everything she does is stylish and cool, it's one of the spy movies to better justify why a cold killer character has a glamorous and elegant lifestyle. There's an incredible train heist were you see all the planning and execution by lady chaplin; And a ship hijacking on sea trough helicopters that is as well made as any james bond set piece in the 1960s.

The movie manages to be campy but in a cool and stylish way, something I can't say about most eurospy movies, and honestly there's 10 or 12 actual james bond movies that aren't as good as this one. If you like this kind of movie give it a chance, there's no blu ray available but you can find on Youtube and other places.