100 Most Underrated Movies(1984-Present)

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Criteria:

These Underrated movies recieved great critical acclaim but

were generally overlooked by the public for reasons such as
little or no Oscar wins at the Acedemy Awards, another
blockbuster released at the same time, or lack of promotion,
yet deserved more credit than they recieved for overall
cinematic quality.

Newly added names are in Red

Edited By: Lew

Last Updated: 2017-09-20

Most Underrated Movies

Title - (Year, director) (Main Actors)

1. Miller's Crossing - (1991, Joel Coen) (Gabriel, John

Tuturro)
2. The Thin Red Line - (1998, Terence Malick) (Sean
Penn, John Cusack)
3. Quiz Show - (1994, Robert Redford) (Ralph
Fiennes, John Tuturro)
4. Road To Perdition - (2002, Sam Mendes) (Tom
Hanks, Paul Newman)
5. Casino - (1995, Martin Scorsese) (Robert De Niro,
Joe Pesci)
6. Malcolm X - (1992, Spike Lee) (Denzel Washington,
Angela Bassett)
7. Clean Shaven - (1994, Lodge Kerrigan) (Peter
Greene, Megan Owen)
8. Ghost Dog - (1999, Jim Jarmusch) (Forest
Whitaker, John Tormey)
9. Fresh - (1994, Boaz Yakin) (Samuel L. Jackson,
Sean Nelson)

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10. Bringing Out The Dead - (1999, Martin Scorsese)
(Nicholas Cage, John Goodman)
11. Big Night - (1996, Stanley Tucci) (Stanley Tucci,
Marc Anthony, Tony Shalhoub)
12. Man On The Moon - (2002, Milos Forman) (Jim
Carrey, Gerry Becker)
13. Downfall - (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel) (Bruno Ganz,
Alexandria Maria Lara)
14. 25th Hour - (2002, Spike Lee) (Edward Norton,
Rosario Dawson)
15. Ronin - (1998, John Frankenheimer) (Robert De
Niro, Jean Reno)
16. Blow - (2001, Ted Demme) (Johnny Depp,
Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta)
17. Boiler Room - (2000, Ben Younger) (Giovanni Ribisi,
Nia Long)
18. In The Company Of Men - (1997, Neil Labute)
(Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy)
19. The Sweet Hereafter - (1998, Atom Egoyan) (Ian
Holm, Sarah Polley)
20. Kundun - (1997, Martin Scorsese) (Tenzin Thuthob
Tsarong, Tencho Gyalpo)
21. The Limey - (1999, Steven Soderbergh) (Terence
Stamp, Luis Guzman)
22. The Glass Shield - (1994, Charles Burnett) (Michael
Boatman, Ice Cube, Lori Pett)
23. Munich - (2005, Steven Spielberg) (Eric Bana,
Daniel Craig)
24. True Romance - (1993, Tony Scott) (Christian
Slater, Patricia Arquette, Val Kilmer)
25. Requiem For A Dream - (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
(Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans)
26. Strange Days - (1995, Kathryn Bigelow) (Ralph
Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis )
27. Go - (1999, Doug Liman) (Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr,
Sarah Polley)
28. Any Given Sunday - (1999, Oliver Stone) (Al
Pacino, LL Cool J)
29. Leaving Las Vegas - (1995, Mike Figgis) (Nicholas
Cage Elizabeth Shue)
30. Eyes Wide Shut - (1999, Stanley Kubrick) (Tom
Cruise, Nicole Kidman)
31. Men Of Honor - (1999, George Tillman Jr.) (Robert
De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr)
32. A Soldier's Story - (1984, Norman Jewison)
(Howard Rollins, Denzel Washington)
33. The Insider - (1999, Michael Mann) (Al Pacino,
Russell Crowe)
34. Empire Of The Sun - (1987, Steven Spielberg)
(Christian Bale, John Malkovich)
35. Carlito's Way - (1993, Brian De Palma) (Al Pacino,
Sean Penn)

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36. Chasing Amy - (1997, Kevin Smith) (Ben Affleck,
Jason Lee)
37. Heat - (1995, Michael Mann) (Al Pacino, Robert De
Niro)
38. Maria Full of Grace - (2004, Joshua Marston)
(Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez)
39. Boondocks Saints - (1999, Troy Duffy) (Willem
Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery)
40. A Bronx Tale - (1993, Robert De Niro) (Robert De
Niro, Chazz Palminteri)
41. Syriana - (2005, Stephen Gaghan) (George
Clooney, Matt Damon)
42. Clockers - (1995, Spike Lee) (Mekhi Phifer, Harvey
Keitel)
43. Donnie Brasco - (1997, Mike Newell) (Johnny Depp,
Al Pacino)
44. Devil In a Blue Dress - (1995, Carl Franklin) (Denzel
Washington, Tom Sizemore)
45. Safe - (1995, Todd Haynes) (Julianne Moore, Peter
Friedman)
46. 11:14 - (2003, Greg Marcks) (Henry Thomas, Blake
Heron, Hilary Swank)
47. American Psycho - (2000, Mary Harron) (Christian
Bale, Justin Theroux)
48. The Last King of Scotland - (2006, Kevin
Macdonald) (Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy)
49. Cop Land - (1997, James Mangold) (Robert De
Niro, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta)
50. Enemy Of The State - (1998, Tony Scott) (Will
Smith, Gene Hackman)
51. Equilibrium - (2002, Kurt Wimmer) (Christian Bale,
Taye Diggs)
52. Nixon - (1995, Oliver Stone) (Anthony Hopkins,
Joan Allen)
53. He Got Game - (1998, Spike Lee) (Denzel
Washington, Ray Allen)
54. Zathura - (2005, Jon Favreau) (Josh Hutcherson,
Jonah Bobo)
55. Children of Men - (2006, Alfonso Cuarón) ( Julianne
Moore, Clive Owen)
56. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas - (1998, Terry
Gilliam) (Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro)
57. The Color Purple - (1985, Steven Spielberg)
(Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey)
58. Killing Them Softly - (2012, Andrew Dominik) (Brad
Pitt, Ray Liotta)
59. Bottle Rocket - (1994, Wes Anderson) (Owen
Wilson, Luke Wilson)
60. Jacob's Ladder - (1990, Adrian Lyne) (Tim Robbins,
Danny Aiello)
61. Krisha - (2015, Trey Edward Shults) (Krisha
Fairchild, Alex Dobrenko, Robyn Fairchild)

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62. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire - (2005, Mike
Newell) (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint)
63. The Road - (2009, John Hillcoat) (Viggo Mortensen,
Charlize Theron)
64. Summer Of Sam - (1999, Spike Lee) (John
Leguizamo, Jennifer Esposito, Adrian Brody)
65. Dark Blue - (2002, Ron Shelton) (Kurt Russell, Scott
Speedman)
66. The Gift - (2015, Joel Edgerton) (Jason Bateman,
Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton)
67. Ninth Gate - (1999, Roman Polanski) (Johnny
Depp, Lena Olin)
68. Rushmore - (1998, Wes Anderson) (Bill Murray,
Jason Schwartzman)
69. The Fountain - (2006, Darren Aronofsky) (Hugh
Jackman, Rachel Weisz)
70. Menace II Society - (1992, The Hughes Brothers)
(Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate)
71. Spartan - (2004, David Memet) (Val Kilmer, Derek
Luke, Tia Texada)
72. Winter's Bone - (2010, Debra Granik) (Jennifer
Lawrence, John Hawkes)
73. Vanilla Sky - (2001, Cameron Crowe) (Tom Cruise,
Penelope Cruz)
74. Lost Highway - (1997, David Lynch) (Bill Pullman,
Patricia Arquette)
75. American Honey - (2016, Andrea Arnold) (Sasha
Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough)
76. Independence Day - (1996, Roland Emmerich) (Bill
Pullman, Will Smith)
77. The Last Of The Mohicans - (1992, Michael Mann)
(Daniel Day Lewis, Russell Means)
78. Dead Again - (1991, Kenneth Branagh) (Kenneth
Branagh, Andy Garcia)
79. Hard Eight - (1996, Paul Thomas Anderson) (Phillip
Baker Hall, Samuel L. Jackson)
80. Darkman - (1990, Sam Raimi) (Liam Neeson,
Frances McDormand)
81. Take This Waltz - (2011, Sarah Polley) (Michelle
Williams, Seth Rogen)
82. Source Code - (2011, Duncan Jones) (Jake
Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan)
83. Garden State - (2004, Zach Braff) (Zach Braff,
Kenneth Graymez)
84. The Game - (1998, David Fincher) (Michael
Douglas, Sean Penn)
85. The Impossible - (2012, J.A. Bayona) (Naomi Watts,
Ewan McGregor)
86. Happiness - (1998, Todd Solondz) (Jon Lovitz,
Phillp Seymour Hoffman)
87. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - (2005, Shane Black) (Val
Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr)

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88. Black Coal, Thin Ice - (2014, Yi’nan Diao) (Fan Liao,
Lun-Mei Kwei, Xuebing Wang)
89. In Bruges - (2008, Martin McDonagh) (Colin Farrell,
Brendan Gleeson)
90. Very Bad Things - (1998, Pater Berg) (Jon Favreau,
Cameron Diaz)
91. Cemetery Man - (1994, Michele Soavi) (Rupert
Everett, Anna Falchi)
92. The Straight Story - (1999, David Lynch) (Sissy
Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz)
93. Slam - (1998, Marc Levin) (Saul Williams, Sonja
John, Bonz Malone)
94. The Darjeeling Limited - (2007, Wes Anderson)
(Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody)
95. Crimson Peak - (2015, Guillermo del Toro) (Mia
Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain)
96. Amistad - (1997, Steven Spielberg) (Anthony
Hopkins, Matthew McCounaghey)
97. Gridlock'd - (1996, Vondie Curtis Hall) (Tim Roth,
Tupac Shakur)
98. Bulworth - (1998, Warren Beatty) (Warren Beatty,
Halle Berry)
99. The Grey - (2011, Joe Carnahan) (Liam Neeson,
Dermot Mulroney)
100. Clouds of Sils Maria - (2014, Olivier Assayas)
(Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart)

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Miller's Crossing - (1991)
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