# Underrated movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145 "2000-02-12T21:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/1 "2000-02-12T21:35:00Z")
What’s your favorite underrated movie? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/2 "2000-02-12T22:09:00Z")
UHF Shakes the Clown * * * – “it’s all real” “I KNEW IT!!!” O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/3 "2000-02-12T22:35:00Z")
_L.A. Story_ with Steve Martin. It’s got everything…humor, romance, Shakespeare, and a street sign that’s a reincarnated set of bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/4 "2000-02-12T22:45:00Z")
“The Bounty”, the 1982 remake of “Mutiny on the Bounty” starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Worth the rental price alone to hear Hopkins scream at his men in “old English”: “Goddam your blood, sir! You will suffer my correction whenever you’re at fault, damn your hide!” * * * “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/5 "2000-02-13T01:25:00Z")
“UHF” “Far and Away” “Better Off Dead” “One Crazy Summer” ---
**Author:** ![OJSimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OJSimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OJSimpson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/6 "2000-02-13T01:28:00Z")
Naked Lunch ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/7 "2000-02-13T01:35:00Z")
_Return to Oz_(1985). * * * \>\< DARWIN \> \_\_ **L\_\_\_L** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/8 "2000-02-13T01:39:00Z")
Nice choices! LA Story and Return to Oz have been unjustly forgotten. I do like _The Well_, though it’s totally obscure, not just underrated. _Ishtar_ is tremendously underrated – a pleasant and unassuming comedy that got panned only because it had a high price tag. _Jumanji_ was a surprise, too. * * * “What we have here is failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin, anticipating the Internet. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/9 "2000-02-13T01:47:00Z")
The Mighty Flight of the Navigator Muppet Treasure Island The Phantom Menace 😉 The Sandlot Kids * * * **-PIGEONMAN-** [The Legend Of PigeonMan](http://www.hotkey.net.au/~guanolad/pigeonman/) - **Shadow of the Pigeon** - Weirdo of the Night ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/10 "2000-02-13T02:04:00Z")
_The Mission_. Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro - fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/11 "2000-02-13T02:14:00Z")
## 200 Cigarettes Vibes Empire Records Dave Heavenly Creatures Hideous Kinky The American President Hackers Basquiat 54 “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/12 "2000-02-13T02:22:00Z")
My Life What Dreams May Come White Squall Romeo and Juliet(The Leo DiCprio/Claire Danes version) * * * “Everybody wants a rock to tie a piece of string around.” -TMBG ---
**Author:** ![Ladybird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@Ladybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladybird)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/13 "2000-02-13T02:37:00Z")
“Stella” with Bette Midler and John Goodman, made in 1990, is a great movie! I can really relate to it because I, myself have a teenage daughter. I own the videotape, and it makes me cry every time I watch it! I think that movie is definitely underrated. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/14 "2000-02-13T04:11:00Z")
One that comes to mind immediately is _The Hudsucker Proxy_. Cohen brothers, you know. Lots of great scenes and dialogue in this one. Very funny. And speaking of the Cohens, check out their first effort _Blood Simple_. Pretty twisted. ---
**Author:** ![Flang\_Dang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e4f/32.png) [@Flang\_Dang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flang_Dang)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/15 "2000-02-13T04:17:00Z")
“Enemy of the People”, Steve McQueen. One of his last movies and VERY good. Has anyone else ever seen this? I’ve never met anyone who has. (ca. 1979) ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/16 "2000-02-13T04:42:00Z")
The Manchurian Candidate, only because very few people I know have even heard of it, let alone seen it. ## Kinda brings a whole new light to Senator McCain’s presidential campaign… Jeremy… Nobody ever calls me after they’ve done something smart. ---
**Author:** ![Rincewind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Rincewind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rincewind)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/17 "2000-02-13T22:48:00Z")
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The Big Lebowski Go Fierce Creatures Ransom The Zero Effect * * * “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” Isaac Asimov ---
**Author:** ![inertia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@inertia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inertia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/18 "2000-02-13T23:12:00Z")
All those movies are weak. If you’ve not seen _The Razor’s Edge_ with Bill Murray you’re missing a great movie. My history professor in college told me that watching that movie is what made him decide to go into history after I suggested that instead of _Casa Blanca_ to watch in class. ---
**Author:** ![WIU\_Wozman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WIU\_Wozman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIU_Wozman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/19 "2000-02-13T23:38:00Z")
Crossworlds Spanish Prisoner Newton Boys * * * Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them. - Isaac Jaffee ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-movies/14145/20 "2000-02-13T23:42:00Z")
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