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Underrated Movies/TV Shows!

by Ten-Inch-Toni • Created 5 years ago • Modified 4 weeks ago
This list contains movies and television shows that deserved much higher star ratings for their actors, scripts, music, editing, set designs, cinematography, etc.
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  • Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari in Bosom Buddies (1980)

    1. Bosom Buddies

    1980–198237 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.8 (4.9K)
    Two young single ad men must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
    CreatorsRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerChris ThompsonStarsTom HanksPeter ScolariDonna Dixon
  • Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog in Turner & Hooch (1989)

    2. Turner & Hooch

    19891h 37mPG36Metascore
    6.2 (79K)
    A detective must adopt a rambunctious dog in order to help him find a killer.
    DirectorRoger SpottiswoodeStarsTom HanksMare WinninghamCraig T. Nelson
  • The Midnight Hour (1985)

    3. The Midnight Hour

    19851h 34mUnratedTV Movie
    6.4 (2.5K)
    Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?
    DirectorJack BenderStarsJonelle AllenShari BelafonteLeVar Burton
  • Samantha Morton, Lynn Collins, and Taylor Kitsch in John Carter (2012)

    4. John Carter

    20122h 12mPG-1351Metascore
    6.6 (294K)
    A war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.
    DirectorAndrew StantonStarsTaylor KitschLynn CollinsWillem Dafoe
  • Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Jeff Gillen, and Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story (1983)

    5. A Christmas Story

    19831h 33mPG77Metascore
    7.9 (175K)
    In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavin
  • What About Dick? (2012)

    6. What About Dick?

    20121h 21mVideo
    7.3 (955)
    This movie begins with the birth of a sex toy invented in Shagistan in 1898 by Deepak Obi Ben Kingsley (Eddie Izzard), and tells the story of the subsequent decline of the British Empire as seen through the eyes of a Piano (Eric Idle). The Piano narrates the tale of Dick (Russell Brand); his two cousins: Emma Schlegel (Jane Leeves), an emotionally retarded English girl; her kleptomaniac sister Helena (Sophie Winkleman) and their dipsomaniac Aunt Maggie (Tracey Ullman) who all live together in a large, rambling, Edwardian novel. When the Reverend Whoopsie (Tim Curry) discovers a piano on a beach, a plot is set afoot that can be solved only by a private Dick, the incomprehensible Scottish sleuth Inspector McGuffin (Sir Billy Connolly), who, with the aid of Sergeant Ken Russell (Jim Piddock) finally reveals the identity of the Houndsditch Mutilator.
    DirectorsEric IdleAubrey PowellStarsRussell BrandBilly ConnollyTim Curry
  • Dale Belding, Don Castle, Virginia Grey, Eilene Janssen, Ardda Lynwood, Peter Miles, and Larry Olsen in Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948)

    7. Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin?

    194855mApproved
    4.6 (376)
    A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
    DirectorBernard CarrStarsLarry OlsenEilene JanssenPeter Miles
  • Susan Strasberg in Psych-Out (1968)

    8. Psych-Out

    19681h 41mNot Rated
    5.9 (3.1K)
    A deaf runaway is taken in by a psychedelic rock band while searching for her missing brother in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district.
    DirectorRichard RushStarsSusan StrasbergDean StockwellJack Nicholson
  • Andy Griffith and Jamie Smith-Jackson in Go Ask Alice (1973)

    9. Go Ask Alice

    19731h 14mTV Movie
    6.0 (1.2K)
    A 15-year-old girl in late-1960s America is sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs and eventually seeks help.
    DirectorJohn KortyStarsWilliam ShatnerRuth RomanWendell Burton
  • A Cold Night's Death (1973)

    10. A Cold Night's Death

    19731h 14mTV Movie
    6.6 (1.2K)
    Scientists Robert Jones and Frank Enari suspect that there is someone or something other than their research primates inhabiting their isolated polar station.
    DirectorJerrold FreedmanStarsRobert CulpEli WallachMichael C. Gwynne
  • Runaway! (1973)

    11. Runaway!

    19731h 13mNot RatedTV Movie
    5.9 (272)
    A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.
    DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBen JohnsonBen MurphyEd Nelson
  • Rachel Nichols and Jackson Hurst in A Bird of the Air (2011)

    12. A Bird of the Air

    20111h 48mPG-1342Metascore
    6.6 (1.5K)
    A man in search of his past, and a woman who lives in the moment, are brought together when they pursue the origins of a stray parrot in this comedic and romantic drama.
    DirectorMargaret WhittonStarsRachel NicholsJackson HurstAnjanette Comer
  • The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)

    13. The President's Plane Is Missing

    19731h 40mTV Movie
    5.9 (324)
    Incompetent Vice President Kermit Madigan takes control of the government after the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board.
    DirectorDaryl DukeStarsBuddy EbsenPeter GravesArthur Kennedy
  • Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974)

    14. Houston, We've Got a Problem

    19741h 14mTV Movie
    5.9 (114)
    NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
    DirectorLawrence DohenyStarsRobert CulpClu GulagerGary Collins
  • The California Kid (1974)

    15. The California Kid

    19741h 14mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.3 (1.3K)
    A deranged desert town sheriff has a murderous habit of forcing speeders to their deaths, until a young man with a souped-up hotrod arrives to possibly end it.
    DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsMartin SheenVic MorrowMichelle Phillips
  • Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, and Verne Troyer in Hard Cash (2002)

    16. Hard Cash

    20021h 56mR
    4.5 (3.7K)
    Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull off a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
    DirectorPredrag AntonijevicStarsChristian SlaterVal KilmerSara Downing
  • Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, and Bette Midler in Drowning Mona (2000)

    17. Drowning Mona

    20001h 36mPG-1325Metascore
    5.7 (16K)
    When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect.
    DirectorNick GomezStarsDanny DeVitoBette MidlerNeve Campbell
  • Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson in The Killer Inside Me (2010)

    18. The Killer Inside Me

    20101h 49mR53Metascore
    6.1 (37K)
    A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
    DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsCasey AffleckKate HudsonJessica Alba
  • Napoleon and Samantha (1972)

    19. Napoleon and Samantha

    19721h 32mG
    6.0 (1.2K)
    Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
    DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsMichael DouglasJodie FosterJohnny Whitaker
  • Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

    20. Romancing the Stone

    19841h 46mPG63Metascore
    6.9 (109K)
    A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVito
  • Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner in The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

    21. The Jewel of the Nile

    19851h 46mPG53Metascore
    6.1 (65K)
    When Joan Wilder is abducted while on a trip along the Nile, her boyfriend, Jack Colton, and pal Ralph rush to rescue her and retrieve a fabled jewel.
    DirectorLewis TeagueStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVito
  • Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)

    22. Fatal Attraction

    19871h 59mR67Metascore
    6.9 (107K)
    A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne Archer
  • Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy in Don't Say a Word (2001)

    23. Don't Say a Word

    20011h 53mR38Metascore
    6.3 (59K)
    When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...
    DirectorGary FlederStarsMichael DouglasSean BeanBrittany Murphy
  • Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

    24. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

    20091h 40mPG-1334Metascore
    5.8 (98K)
    Spirits of jilted lovers take a handsome, successful photographer on an odyssey through his many failed relationships.
    DirectorMark WatersStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerEmma Stone
  • Janis Carter, Arthur Lake, and Lynne Roberts in The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)

    25. The Ghost That Walks Alone

    19441h 3mApproved
    4.9 (111)
    Eddie Grant is a radio station sound-effects man whose honeymoon takes a turn for the worse when they discovers the corpse of a program producer in in their honeymoon suite.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsArthur LakeJanis CarterLynne Roberts

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