Donny Brasco (Depp and Al Pacino) and Dark City

Avata...oh wait. This thread isn't for overrated movies.

I'll second StA and say Red Dawn.

I also saw Act of Valor the other day. It got very negative reviews by critics but I loved it. Very realistic war movie.

This is great, you guys are totally filling out my list of shit to pirate for me.

Clerks
Shortbus
Primer
Cube
In China They Eat Dogs (not underrated per se, but not known outside of Denmark)
Battle Royale

I've always wanted to see Shortbus. It seems like it would be my thing.
Also the movie version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Most people who've seen it, like it, but not many people have seen it. Not as good as the stage version though. Though what is really?

The Outlaw Josey Wales is a good one.

Oh Fuck Yeah

I love Kingdom of Heaven. THAT is a great movie.

What is the 1492 movie obi? Link me?

1492: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103594/

"Someone on this site (maybe llama?) recommended The Secret In Their Eyes. It's a foreign film from Argentina. Well received by people who pay attention to such things, but pretty much unheard of from Americans in general. A truly amazing film."

This. That was a fantastic movie.

Looks like 1492 is posted on Youtube - watch it before they take it down!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwLOte-557I

The theatrical and VHS cuts were (IIRC) about 3 hours, this one is 5 hours. 15 minutes in, and it already looks like some footage was added. The heretic burning scene at the beginning of the movie was extended a bit with a 'mercy strangulation' - really dark.

They Live by John Carpenter
Braindead (aka Dead Alive) by Peter Jackson
Videodrome by David Cronenberg
Unbreakable by Shyamalan
The Fly by David Cronenberg
Altered States by Ken Russell
Gattaca by Andrew Niccol

btw worst crap of the year: The Descendants
best movie of the year: Drive, Shame

It's amazing how Gattaca becomes more and more relevant as time passes - a truly prescient movie.

@hellalt - I like your list my friend, except Descendants *is* a good movie. Did you even see it before passing judgment on it? Unbreakable is my second favorit M. Night movie (Sixth Sense being first) but then, all but those two have been crap. I mean Signs? Who the fuck leaves an axe in the basement when they have been under siege from a shitload of aliens all night? Morons! And how the fuck did the elders in The Village keep planes from ever being visible and get that clothing so fucking bright yellow? I stopped watching his dreck after those two.

"Who the fuck leaves an axe in the basement when they have been under siege from a shitload of aliens all night?"

The radio said Philadelphia and the outlying counties are clear.

"And how the fuck did the elders in The Village keep planes from ever being visible and get that clothing so fucking bright yellow?"

I'm sure they had an explanation for the airplanes. As for the clothes, they weren't all that clean/bright.

I would agree that 6th Sense and Unbreakable are superior to the rest of his movies, but the rest aren't as bad as people make them out to be. It's the Godfather III problem - people have a hard time making fair comparisons.

to whomever mentioned Kiss Kiss Bang Bang earlier, +10, and I agree wholeheartedly. Funny and great plot.

"Assassination Tango". Robert Duvall's ode to Argentina, its people, and its most famous dance, (also his adopted second home). A phenomenal movie about a hitman. It's worth it just to watch the "hit". Crazy awesome.

"State of Grace". One of the best organized crime movies ever and consistently overlooked and forgotten Sean Penn, John Turturro, Ed Harris, Robin Wright Penn, John C. Reilly, and Gary Oldman.

"Magnolia". Trippy and weird with an all star cast featuring the only good acting ever done by Tom Cruise. Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards plus many others.

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" French film with subtitles, just noon-stop kick ass action movie with great historical backdrop.

"Black Book" Dutch film by Paul Verhoeven with subtitles. One of the best female heroines ever and a seering portrait of her will to survive and her fight against the Nazi's.

"The radio said Philadelphia and the outlying counties are clear."

Guess I'm just the type to take my weapons with me no matter what the radio said. And I saw the Village. The yellow was unnaturally bright.

"The yellow was unnaturally bright."

Just like the purple, orange, grey, red, etc. clothing for some characters were unnaturally vibrant and clear in Unbreakable. Or the girl's red dress in the black-and-white Schindler's List. It's a movie, not a docudrama - filmmakers are making sure something stands out in the audiences' minds when they do things like that.

But in Unbreakable, it was set in the modern day from the get go. We expect those colors to be available. In Schindler's List, it was clear that red was to stand out as the girls's dress wasn't the only red, there was every instance of blood when someone was shot. But in The Village, it was presented like a period piece so having something as disassociative as a modern bright color along with the other issues like the planes/helicopters just made it beyond the realm of "suspension of disbelief" for a movie set in reality.

Wanted was a great action movie imho.

I'm watching Taken right now. It is a very underrated action flick along with Ransom, Hostage, Payback, Edge of Darkness, and Unknown make for some seriously underrated action thrillers. Oh, and I almost forgot Collateral (Tom cruise and Jamie Foxx).

You also forgot hot fuzz, point break, and little trouble in big china.

It's Big Trouble in Little China... Point Break was mediocre. But Hot Fuzz was lot's of fun. Also Shaun of the Dead...

Yeah I meant that. One of my most favorite movies though, glad to see somebody else has seen it. And the action of hot fuzz is great too. As for your opinion of point break, I'll quote the movie "(it's) young, dumb, and full of cum."

The Trip to Bountiful.

Collateral, Unbreakable, and Hot Fuzz, hell yeah. I also agree that Taken and Magnolia are quite good.

Just watched "My Beautiful Laundrette" for a second time. Excellent movie, poignant themes of immigration, integration, family, sexuality, and class.