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Underrated Greatness and Gems

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  • Tigerland (2000)

    1. Tigerland

    20001h 41mR55Metascore
    6.9 (45K)
    A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellMatthew DavisClifton Collins Jr.
  • Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Simon Pegg, and Rosamund Pike in The World's End (2013)

    2. The World's End

    20131h 49mR81Metascore
    6.9 (308K)
    Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin Freeman
  • Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Naomi Watts in St. Vincent (2014)

    3. St. Vincent

    20141h 42mPG-1364Metascore
    7.2 (112K)
    A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.
    DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsBill MurrayMelissa McCarthyNaomi Watts
  • A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)

    4. A Somewhat Gentle Man

    20101h 53mNot Rated68Metascore
    6.9 (7.6K)
    Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
    DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBjørn FlobergJorunn Kjellsby
  • Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet, and Alex Ferns in Joyeux Noel (2005)

    5. Joyeux Noel

    20051h 56mPG-1370Metascore
    7.6 (33K)
    In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
    DirectorChristian CarionStarsDiane KrugerBenno FürmannGuillaume Canet
  • Anne Parillaud in La Femme Nikita (1990)

    6. La Femme Nikita

    19901h 57mR65Metascore
    7.2 (80K)
    Convicted felon Nikita isn't going to jail; she's given a new identity and trained, stylishly, as a top secret spy/assassin.
    DirectorLuc BessonStarsAnne ParillaudMarc DuretPatrick Fontana
  • Eric Bana in Munich (2005)

    7. Munich

    20052h 44mR74Metascore
    7.5 (248K)
    After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsEric BanaDaniel CraigMarie-Josée Croze
  • Night on Earth (1991)

    8. Night on Earth

    19912h 9mR68Metascore
    7.7 (69K)
    An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
    DirectorJim JarmuschStarsWinona RyderGena RowlandsLisanne Falk
  • Sunshine (1999)

    9. Sunshine

    19993h 1mR71Metascore
    7.4 (16K)
    The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
    DirectorIstván SzabóStarsRalph FiennesRosemary HarrisRachel Weisz
  • Dustin Hoffman in Lenny (1974)

    10. Lenny

    19741h 51mR61Metascore
    7.5 (19K)
    The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establishment as too obscene for the public.
    DirectorBob FosseStarsDustin HoffmanValerie PerrineJan Miner
  • Richard Jenkins and Danai Gurira in The Visitor (2007)

    11. The Visitor

    20071h 44mPG-1379Metascore
    7.6 (46K)
    A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
    DirectorTom McCarthyStarsRichard JenkinsHaaz SleimanDanai Gurira
  • Sound of Noise (2010)

    12. Sound of Noise

    20101h 42mR72Metascore
    7.1 (10K)
    A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
    DirectorsOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna Persson HalapiMagnus Börjeson
  • The Robber (2010)

    13. The Robber

    20101h 41mNot Rated65Metascore
    6.7 (4.7K)
    A story based on Johann Rettenberger, an Austrian marathon runner and a bank robber.
    DirectorBenjamin HeisenbergStarsAndreas LustMarkus SchleinzerRoman Kettner
  • Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin (1992)

    14. Chaplin

    19922h 23mPG-1347Metascore
    7.5 (64K)
    An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.
    DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsRobert Downey Jr.Geraldine ChaplinPaul Rhys
  • Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman in The Fountain (2006)

    15. The Fountain

    20061h 37mPG-1351Metascore
    7.1 (254K)
    As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsHugh JackmanRachel WeiszSean Patrick Thomas
  • George Clooney and Violante Placido in The American (2010)

    16. The American

    20101h 45mR61Metascore
    6.3 (105K)
    An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
    DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsGeorge ClooneyPaolo BonacelliViolante Placido
  • Pi (1998)

    17. Pi

    19981h 24mR72Metascore
    7.3 (190K)
    A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsSean GulletteMark MargolisBen Shenkman
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

    18. The Last Temptation of Christ

    19882h 44mR80Metascore
    7.5 (66K)
    The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsWillem DafoeHarvey KeitelBarbara Hershey
  • Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bud Cort, Anjelica Huston, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

    19. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    20041h 59mR62Metascore
    7.2 (217K)
    With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsBill MurrayOwen WilsonAnjelica Huston
  • Johnny Depp in Dead Man (1995)

    20. Dead Man

    19952h 1mR62Metascore
    7.5 (107K)
    On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
    DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin Glover
  • Harvie Krumpet (2003)

    21. Harvie Krumpet

    200323mTV-14Short
    7.9 (9.6K)
    The odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
    DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn Flaus
  • Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

    22. Martha Marcy May Marlene

    20111h 42mR75Metascore
    6.8 (57K)
    Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
    DirectorSean DurkinStarsElizabeth OlsenSarah PaulsonJohn Hawkes
  • Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)

    23. 28 Days Later

    20021h 53mR73Metascore
    7.5 (505K)
    Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher Eccleston
  • George MacKay in Captain Fantastic (2016)

    24. Captain Fantastic

    20161h 58mR72Metascore
    7.8 (245K)
    In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.
    DirectorMatt RossStarsViggo MortensenGeorge MacKaySamantha Isler
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jack Lemmon, Tony Danza, Ossie Davis, James Gandolfini, Edward James Olmos, George C. Scott, Hume Cronyn, Dorian Harewood, Courtney B. Vance, William Petersen, and Mykelti Williamson in 12 Angry Men (1997)

    25. 12 Angry Men

    19971h 57mPG-13TV Movie
    7.8 (20K)
    Twelve men must decide the fate of one when one juror objects to the jury's decision.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsJack LemmonGeorge C. ScottHume Cronyn

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