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Overlooked and/or Underrated Gems of Cinema

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

147

6.6

The Vicious Kind (2009)

Very Overlooked, A bit unknown, underrated.

IMDb votes: a little over 2,000

Listal Votes: 60

IMDb Rating: a 7.1, which is good, but I think it deserves better.

Listal Rating: 6.8

My Rating: 9.5

The Cineast's rating:

487

5.3

5.9

The Fan (1996)

Very Underrated.

IMDb Rating: 5.8

Listal Rating: 5.3

My Rating: 7.9

The Cineast's rating:

6.2

6.6

What Doesn't Kill You (2008) (2009)

Overlooked, Unknown, Underrated.

IMDb Votes: about 5.5 thousand

Listal Votes: 45

IMDb Rating: 6.7

Listal Rating: 6.1

My Rating: 8.4

The Cineast's rating:

221

6.2

Meet Bill (2008)

Overlooked, Underrated.

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

Listal Votes: 111

IMDb Rating: 6.4

Listal Rating: 6.0

My Rating: 7.8

The Cineast's rating:

536

6.8

6.9

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: 248

The Cineast's rating:

327

6.8

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Overlooked, Rather Unknown.

The Cineast's rating:

317

6.6

The Loved Ones (2009)

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

The Cineast's rating:

107

7.2

Griffin & Phoenix (2007)

Rather Unknown, Overlooked.

The Cineast's rating:

717

5.7

6.4

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)

Underrated.

IMDb Rating: 6.5

Listal Rating: 5.7

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 37%

My Rating: 8.3

The Cineast's rating:

550

6.2

6.6

Run Fatboy Run

Underrated, Relatively Unknown.

IMDb Rating: 6.7

Listal Votes: 325

Listal Rating: 6.2

The Cineast's rating:

630

5.3

5.7

Open Water (2004)

Underrated, Relatively Overlooked.

IMDb Rating: 5.7

Listal Votes: 364

Listal Rating: 5.2

The Cineast's rating:

6.3

6.2

Tony (2009)

Extremely Unknown, Overlooked, Underrated.

IMDb Votes: a little over 1,000

IMDb Rating: 6.1

Listal Votes: 35

Listal Rating: 6.3

The Cineast's rating:

5.8

5.5

How to Be a Serial Killer (2008)

Unknown, Overlooked, Underrated.

The Cineast's rating:

3431

5.8

6.2

Pearl Harbor (2001)

EXTREMELY underrated.

The Cineast's rating:

194

6.4

6.8

Intermission (2003)

Pretty unknown, not so much underrated.

The Cineast's rating:

6.2

Baghead (2008)

The Cineast's rating:

5.8

6.4

Five Fingers (2006)

The Cineast's rating:

6.4

6.5

The Horseman (2008)

Pretty much the perfect revenge flick. You won't regret checking this one out.

The Cineast's rating:

619

5.8

6.2

The Hole (2001)

The Cineast's rating:

5.8

4.6

The Virginity Hit (2010)

The Cineast's rating:

554

5.9

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

The Cineast's rating:

141

6.1

The Cottage (2008)

The Cineast's rating:

595

5.8

6.3

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

The Cineast's rating:

6.7

5.7

Death Valley (2004)

The Cineast's rating:

409

6.7

6.8

Exam (2010)

The Cineast's rating:

6.4

5.6

Screwed (2011)

The Cineast's rating:

6.3

6.2

The Entitled (2011)

The Cineast's rating:

376

5.9

Pushing Tin (1999)

The Cineast's rating:

874

6.6

7.2

Men of Honor (2000)

The Cineast's rating:

101

6.2

6.4

Criminal (2004)

The Cineast's rating:

353

7.1

The Messenger (2009)

The Cineast's rating:

1055

6.8

7.1

Remember Me (2010)

The Cineast's rating:

118

6.3

5.8

Absentia (2011)

The Cineast's rating:

5.8

6.2

Thin Ice (2011)

The Cineast's rating:

6.7

6.5

Scenic Route (2013)

The Cineast's rating:

6.5

6.3

Favor

The Cineast's rating:

6.7

6.4

Resolution (2012)

The Cineast's rating:

131

6.6

6.3

Prince Avalanche (2013)

The Cineast's rating:

302

6.6

6.5

Pontypool

The Cineast'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.