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Underrated movies that more people need to watch

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  • Barbara Kent and Glenn Tryon in Lonesome (1928)

    1. Lonesome

    19281h 9mPassed
    7.7 (2.8K)
    Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?
    DirectorPál FejösStarsBarbara KentGlenn TryonFay Holderness
  • Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    2. Eyes Wide Shut

    19992h 39mTV-MA69Metascore
    7.5 (404K)
    A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanTodd Field
    Kubrick's most misunderstood movie. If you think it's supposed to be "sexy," then you missed the point.
  • Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

    3. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

    19791h 42m72Metascore
    7.6 (35K)
    A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid cop struggle to free a princess from an evil count, and learn the secret of a treasure that she holds part of the key to.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsYasuo YamadaEiko MasuyamaKiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Buster Keaton in Battling Butler (1926)

    4. Battling Butler

    19261h 17mPassed
    7.0 (4.2K)
    A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
    DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSnitz EdwardsSally O'Neil
  • Blind Husbands (1919)

    5. Blind Husbands

    19191h 42mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.8K)
    An Austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife.
    DirectorErich von StroheimStarsSam De GrasseFrancelia BillingtonErich von Stroheim
  • Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margit Carlqvist, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ulla Jacobsson in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

    6. Smiles of a Summer Night

    19551h 49mNot Rated
    7.7 (15K)
    In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsUlla JacobssonEva DahlbeckHarriet Andersson
  • Wil Wheaton, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Elizabeth Hartman, and Arthur Malet in The Secret of NIMH (1982)

    7. The Secret of NIMH

    19821h 22mG76Metascore
    7.5 (48K)
    To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of rats, with whom she has a deeper link than she suspected.
    DirectorDon BluthStarsElizabeth HartmanDerek JacobiDom DeLuise
  • Michel Strogoff (1926)

    8. Michel Strogoff

    19262h 48m
    7.2 (141)
    In 1860s Russia, a young officer is sent on a mission to save his country from invaders.
    DirectorViktor TourjanskyStarsIvan MozzhukhinNathalie KovankoAcho Chakatouny
  • Le brasier ardent (1923)

    9. Le brasier ardent

    19232hNot Rated
    7.3 (369)
    A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on the other hand, torments himself by imagining rivals. One morning she awakens from a nightmare in which she has been pursued by a man in various guises, who turns out to be the famous Detective Z, whose memoirs she has been reading. When she and her husband quarrel over leaving Paris permanently for a country estate, he goes to the "Trouve Tout" Agency and hires, of all people, Detective Z, to win back her affection. She promptly steals their marriage contract. Z tracks down the document and is nearly seduced in the process, but he resists her and returns to the comforts of home, his adoring mother, and a pet bulldog. In a chic restaurant one evening, she challenges him to a dancing duel, which he wins. After her confession of love, he goes home with a toothache. The contract is returned, the married couple plan to go away on a trip - all is ending as it should...
    DirectorIvan MozzhukhinStarsIvan MozzhukhinNathalie LissenkoNicolas Koline
  • That Night's Wife (1930)

    10. That Night's Wife

    19301h 5mTV-MA
    6.9 (1K)
    A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. He begins to feel remorse though, which makes him question his decision.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsMitsuko IchimuraTokihiko OkadaChishû Ryû
  • Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

    11. The Most Dangerous Game

    19321h 3mApproved
    7.1 (15K)
    A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
    DirectorsIrving PichelErnest B. SchoedsackStarsJoel McCreaFay WrayLeslie Banks
  • Donkey Skin (1970)

    12. Donkey Skin

    19701h 31m70Metascore
    7.0 (7.2K)
    A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.
    DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveJean MaraisJacques Perrin
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

    13. The Young Girls of Rochefort

    19672h 5mG
    7.7 (13K)
    Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
    DirectorJacques DemyStarsCatherine DeneuveGeorge ChakirisFrançoise Dorléac
  • Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Pickup on South Street (1953)

    14. Pickup on South Street

    19531h 20mApproved
    7.6 (17K)
    A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkJean PetersThelma Ritter
  • Allen Baron and Molly McCarthy in Blast of Silence (1961)

    15. Blast of Silence

    19611h 17mApproved75Metascore
    7.4 (6.1K)
    A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
    DirectorAllen BaronStarsAllen BaronMolly McCarthyLarry Tucker
  • Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House (1932)

    16. The Old Dark House

    19321h 12mApproved
    7.0 (14K)
    Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffMelvyn DouglasCharles Laughton
  • Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno in The Temptress (1926)

    17. The Temptress

    19261h 2mPassed
    6.9 (1.4K)
    An architect tries suppressing his passion for a seductive woman.
    DirectorsFred NibloMauritz StillerStarsGreta GarboAntonio MorenoMarc McDermott
  • Umirayushchiy lebed (1917)

    18. Umirayushchiy lebed

    191749m
    7.0 (1.1K)
    A grief-stricken ballerina becomes the obsession of an increasingly unhinged artist.
    DirectorYevgeny BauerStarsVera KaralliAleksandr KheruvimovVitold Polonsky
    A good companion piece to Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes.
  • Sumerki zhenskoy dushi (1913)

    19. Sumerki zhenskoy dushi

    191348m
    6.4 (737)
    A young, rich woman decides to dedicate her life to helping the poor, but a tragic incident changes her life.
    DirectorYevgeny BauerStarsNina ChernovaA. UgrjumovV. Demert
    Socially and artistically ahead of its time!
  • Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, and Elizabeth Patterson in Love Me Tonight (1932)

    20. Love Me Tonight

    19321h 44mPassed
    7.5 (4.9K)
    A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldCharles Ruggles
  • Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain in Lolita (1997)

    21. Lolita

    19972h 17mR46Metascore
    6.8 (72K)
    An English professor falls for a minor, and has to face the consequences of his actions.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJeremy IronsDominique SwainMelanie Griffith
    I prefer the Kubrick film, but this is still a good adaptation, if a little too romanticized.
  • Michael J. Fox, Leonard Nimoy, James Garner, John Mahoney, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Jacqueline Obradors, Steven Barr, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, Jim Cummings, Phil Morris, Don Novello, Patrick Pinney, Florence Stanley, Cree Summer, and Natalie Strom in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

    22. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

    20011h 35mPG52Metascore
    6.9 (143K)
    A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
    DirectorsGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsMichael J. FoxJim VarneyCorey Burton
    Very flawed but the cast is charming and the dieselpunk elements are a lot of fun.
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, and Toshia Mori in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)

    23. The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    19321h 28mPassed
    6.9 (4.7K)
    A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckNils AstherToshia Mori
  • Within Our Gates (1920)

    24. Within Our Gates

    19201h 19mNot Rated
    6.4 (3.9K)
    Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.
    DirectorOscar MicheauxStarsEvelyn PreerFlo ClementsJames D. Ruffin
  • A Page of Madness (1926)

    25. A Page of Madness

    19261h 10mNot Rated
    7.3 (5.1K)
    A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
    DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie Nakagawa

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