15 Best Underrated Movies:-
15 Best Underrated Movies which are hidden treasures that never make it to the limelight but leave a real dent the one time they finally manage to be found. A handpicked selection of 15 underrated movie masterpieces which really glitter in detail follows.
1. Good Time (2017)
Good Time, by the brothers Safdie, is an unending, high-energy thriller-a showcase for one of Robert Pattinson’s best performances. Desperate to break his brother with a developmental disability out of jail, Pattinson’s spiraling bank robber proceeds further into chaos and regret within one long night. Unflinching in its depiction of desperation, it’s also a profound exploration of family loyalty and the length people will go toward loved ones. Though it received critical acclaim, it didn’t exactly make a dent in the mainstream conversation, even though one couldn’t deny both the intensity and craftsmanship.
2. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Derived from a satirical novel by the great Bret Easton Ellis, Rules of Attraction is a scalding view of spoiled college kids whose empty lives are filled with self-absorption, shallow relationships, and no aim or direction at all in living. It’s a disorientating, fascinatingly vital film that packs a nonlinear narrative and caste of jumping-out-of-your-skin vivid characters. Darkly comic and at times disturbingly insightful in terms of youthful excess, some brilliant names lined up include Jessica Biel, James Van Der Beek, and Ian Somerhalder. It will stay below the radar for many unfamiliar with its bite in commentary about modern life’s meaninglessness.
3. Disobedience (2017)
A romantic drama featuring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, the film tells of a woman who returns for her father’s funeral to her Orthodox Jewish community, while the obnoxious reunion with her child friend has turned into forbidden love. It is a film about identity, faith, and repression-those are huge words flowing into a fragile dance of love against restraint. Under the sensitive direction of Sebastián Lelio, Disobedience gained poignancy as a meditation on complicated relationships; it never reached the broader success it really deserved, powered by great performances from Weisz and McAdams.
4. Stardust (2007)
Stardust is a fantasy replete with sorcery and fairy tales, threaded through with romance, adventure, and a tinge of black comedy. Ensemble cast includes Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro. It’s about a young man who sets out to recover a fallen star and learns that it is actually a heavenly being that has taken human form. A small kind of cult following has amassed and it’s rarely mentioned alongside our genre of fantasy films. It has everything that the genre has: vibrant eccentric characters, stunning images, and a story just full of charm and magic.
5. 99 Homes (2014)
Driven by the housing crisis of 2008, the movie 99 Homes features Andrew Garfield playing a single father who gets kicked out of his house and then works for a corrupt real estate broker in trying to win his house back. Being sharp-eyed against the predation in the real estate business gives Garfield a great opportunity for an emotionally charged performance. Despite its timely idea and one which really makes you think, the movie went very much passed over by audiences; hence, it comes into the category of hidden gems, with which everybody should keep their watchlist updated.
6. Chloe (2009)
Atom Egoyan’s Chloe is a psychological thriller in which Julianne Moore plays this woman suspecting her husband of cheating on her and hires an escort to seduce him, after which she is supposed to report back to her. Further, it’s a maze of lust, deceit, and manipulations. While the movie was not a box office hit, it really opened up the aspects of affairs and made such complex moralistically ambiguous characters that make it enjoyable to watch. Performances of Moore and Seyfried are what lift the film as an underrated psychological drama.
7. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale of betrayal, revenge, and redemption finally reached the big screen in 2002. The Count of Monte Cristo was an epic action-packed adventure with depth, starring Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantès, a man wrongfully imprisoned who, upon his eventual escape, puts his mind to rights by means of a treasure and vengeance. Clear in its visual appeal, along with its narrative amplitude, the movie mostly remains underrated and slips to the back often compared to other period epics.
8. The Village (2004)
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village is typically thought of as one of his lesser projects, having received mixed reviews upon its initial release and now, for the most part, being fairly maligned over time. A moody thriller about a secluded village whose residents keep in constant fear because of mysterious beasts in the woods escalates into a plot reveal that’s still surprising to this day-a bold take on fear and control, isolation. Boasting subtle performances-most noteworthy Bryce Dallas Howard and Joaquin Phoenix-the general creepiness factor makes this one of the better movies within Shyamalan’s cannon that doesn’t quite get the credit that it should receive.
9. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Offbeat, dark, and then unexpectedly touching, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is that apocalyptic comedy-drama featuring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley-a film that puts together two strangers finding their unlikely bonds while facing the end of the world after an impending asteroid collision. This is a film about loneliness, love, and the human need to connect feathered with levity and existential introspection. Although upon its release it was a movie filled with deep emotion and performances that went unnoticed, in the genre of apocalypse movies, it was a little jewel passed over.
10. Jennifer’s Body (2009)
Killed by critics and viewers at the time it cameout forbeing a teen horror, Jennifer’s Body is now, as it were, a cult classic. In Karyn Kusama’s film, written by Diablo Cody, the titular possessed high school student-a role for Megan Fox-started to kill her male classmates. Though it didn’t quite click with audiences first time round-its campy humor and incisive feminist subtext passing many by-in recent years, it has been revalued for its sharp observation of society and outstanding performance from Fox. Jennifer’s Body is that kind of movie that becomes substantively richer as a viewer reflects upon it than perhaps was initially observed.
11. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin is an address to the mesmerizing lead performance of Tilda Swinton, a mother in pursuit of coming to terms with the aftermath of her son’s heinous actions. Adapted from a novel by Lionel Shriver, this burrows into complex parenting and guilt, and the character of evil as Swinton’s character seems helpless to understand her son’s growing violence. A profoundly distressing psychological drama, We Need to Talk About Kevin feels ‘necessary’ in large part due to its non-linear storytelling and really disturbing imagery. Even with Swinton’s critically acclaimed performance, this was one of those films that just never seemed to catch the widespread attention it should have.
12. Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation by Alex Garland resists being pigeonholed into any genre and instead settles for an intellectually demanding, visually stunning science fiction movie-one that will involve aspects of self-destruction, transformation, and the unknown. Starring Natalie Portman as a biologist investigating some sort of environmental anomaly, the creepy tone and impenetrable plot divided audiences but won critical acclaim for smart ideas and stunning visuals. Even if it was never going to be mainstream, Annihilation continues as one of the most original and boldest science fiction movies of this century.
13. Chef (2014)
Chef is another heartwarming, feel-good film in which he plays the role of a chef who gets fired from his job and then opens up a food truck business, reacquaints himself with the passion for cooking once again, and gets reunited with his son. With an ensemble cast featuring Sofia Vergara, Bobby Cannavale, and even Robert Downey Jr., it was going to be one entertaining movie, no doubt. Sure, its narrative might be a little light, but it’s rooted in so much emotional depth; the love for this culinary creation is contagious. Chef might not have lit up box office numbers, but it still manages to be one of the most charming and underrated films of the decade.
14. Two for the Money (2005)
Matthew McConaughey stars in this drama about a former college football star who gets caught up in the high-pressure world of sports betting. Al Pacino plays his mentor-a charismatic, morally dubious figure. Two for the Money is a remarkably energetic and entertaining look into worlds of addiction, greed, and manipulation that are integral to the world of sports betting. With fine performances, augmented by razor-sharp direction, the movie never really achieved due recognition, which was eclipsed by flashier entries intothe crime genre.
15. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
From the bestseller novel by Patrick Süskind this was a quirky and almost creepy film about a man who has an extraordinary inborn sense of smell and becomes obsessed with perfecting an ideal scent at any human cost. A visually stunning and intellectually ambrosial meditation by Tom Tykwer on the story of obsession in search of beauty, though it didn’t quite impress the box office as much. Perfume is a singular experience for anyone who would dare venture into its dark sensual labyrinth.
