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Overlooked and/or Underrated Gems of Cinema

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6.9

1. The Vicious Kind (2009)

Very Overlooked, A bit unknown, underrated.

IMDb votes: a little over 2,000

Listal Votes: 26

IMDb Rating: a 7, which is good, but I think it deserves better.

Listal Rating: 6.8

My Rating: 9.5

The Cinephile's rating:

387

5.3

5.7

2. The Fan (1996)

Very Underrated.

IMDb Rating: 5.6

Listal Rating: 5.2

My Rating: 7.9

The Cinephile's rating:

6.1

6.5

3. What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

Overlooked, Unknown, Underrated.

IMDb Votes: about 5.5 thousand

Listal Votes: 30

IMDb Rating: 6.7

Listal Rating: 6.0

My Rating: 8.4

The Cinephile's rating:

184

5.9

6.3

4. Meet Bill (2007)

Overlooked, Underrated.

IMDb Votes: almost 10,000 (that's a good amount, but it's still overlooked.)

Listal Votes: 69

IMDb Rating: 6.4

Listal Rating: 6.1

My Rating: 7.8

The Cinephile's rating:

400

6.8

5. Bully (2001)

Overlooked, Unknown.

IMDb Votes: 18+ thousand (It's a good amount, but I don't ever hear anyone talking about it.)

Listal Votes: 170

The Cinephile's rating:

265

6.8

6.9

6. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Overlooked, Rather Unknown.

The Cinephile's rating:

195

6.4

6.6

7. The Loved Ones (2009)

Pretty Unknown, though Rotten Tomatoes has it at 96% for the time being, so it's definitely not underrated.

The Cinephile's rating:

7.2

6.9

8. Griffin & Phoenix (2006)

Rather Unknown, Overlooked.

The Cinephile's rating:

621

5.7

6.5

9. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Underrated.

IMDb Rating: 6.7

Listal Rating: 5.7

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 37%

My Rating: 8.3

The Cinephile's rating:

460

6.1

6.6

10. Run Fatboy Run (2007)

Underrated, Relatively Unknown.

IMDb Rating: 6.7

Listal Votes: 248

Listal Rating: 6.2

The Cinephile's rating:

478

5.2

5.8

11. Open Water (2003)

Underrated, Relatively Overlooked.

IMDb Rating: 5.9

Listal Votes: 278

Listal Rating: 5.2

The Cinephile's rating:

6.4

5.9

12. Tony (2009)

Extremely Unknown, Overlooked, Underrated.

IMDb Votes: a little over 1,000

IMDb Rating: 6.0

Listal Votes: 22

Listal Rating: 6.5

The Cinephile's rating:

6.1

5.4

13. How to Be a Serial Killer (2008)

Unknown, Overlooked, Underrated.

The Cinephile's rating:

2871

5.7

5.8

14. Pearl Harbor (2001)

EXTREMELY underrated.

The Cinephile's rating:

165

6.3

6.7

15. Intermission (2003)

Pretty unknown, not so much underrated.

The Cinephile's rating:

6.2

5.8

16. Baghead (2008)

The Cinephile's rating:

5.9

6.3

17. Five Fingers (2006)

The Cinephile's rating:

6.5

6.6

18. The Horseman (2008)

The Cinephile's rating:

523

5.8

6.2

19. The Hole (2001)

The Cinephile's rating:

5.3

4.4

20. The Virginity Hit (2010)

The Cinephile's rating:

372

6.2

21. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

The Cinephile's rating:

116

6.1

22. The Cottage (2008)

The Cinephile's rating:

490

5.7

6.3

23. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

The Cinephile's rating:

7.5

5.8

24. Death Valley (2004)

The Cinephile's rating:

224

6.9

6.8

25. Exam (2009)

The Cinephile's rating:

6.5

5.2

26. Screwed (2011)

The Cinephile's rating:

6.3

27. The Entitled (2011)

The Cinephile's rating:

335

5.8

5.9

28. Pushing Tin (1999)

The Cinephile's rating:

680

6.6

6.9

29. Men of Honor (2000)

The Cinephile's rating:

6.3

6.4

30. Criminal (2004)

The Cinephile's rating:

282

7.1

7.2

31. The Messenger (2009)

The Cinephile's rating:

832

6.8

7.1

32. Remember Me (2010)

The Cinephile's rating:

5.9

5.6

33. Absentia (2011)

The Cinephile's rating:

6.1

34. Thin Ice (2011)

The Cinephile's rating:

I found the following list of films to be gems. Some were great, and others were good, but a lot of people have not seen them, or just skip them do to the fact that they don't look worthwhile.

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Comments

Xanadon't

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Sep 16 3:04

Totally 100% agree with What Doesn't Kill You and Open Water. I consider both of them great films that haven't received the appreciation they deserve. High Tension was good, but definitely not my favorite of the recent French horror offerings.

A Guide... is a solid film as well.

Appreciate your admiration for The Vicious Kind, but I had some serious problems with it.

Haven't seen any of the others but will look into a few of them.

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Sep 16 18:01

Glad to hear you agree with me on "What Doesn't Kill You". I wish more people would see it, as it's pretty much just as good as a lot of mainstream crime flicks. I haven't seen many Foreign films in general, so I don't have a whole lot of knowledge in that department. I'll check some more out soon though.

The Vicious Kind is an acquired taste, requiring a certain sense of humor to really enjoy. I love Adam Scott as an actor, so I was pleased with the film, and also really like dark humor, so that worked. What were your issues with it?

levite67

Posted: 1 year, 6 months ago at Dec 8 20:45

pretty good list....

countzer0

Posted: 1 year ago at Jun 9 12:07

Lots to check out here, thanks. But Open Water - overlooked? Really? It's famous as having one of the best returns ever for a low-budget movie: it was made for $500K and took $52m at the box office...

The Cinephile

Posted: 1 year ago at Jun 9 19:34

I don't classify 'Open Water' as all that overlooked, counterzer0. This list also features movies in which I find to be underrated. The title says so. However, in terms of how much publicity it got/does get, in addition to the fact that not a lot of people have heard of it, its a bit overlooked. Even despite its 52 million dollars at the box office.

I've asked a few people if they've heard of it/seen it, and most of the time the answer is no to both. It isn't very well known.....