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List of the greatest movies that always get overlooked

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Yauch
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Ok
So im gonna come up with a list of movies that are pretty much NOT mainstream but some of the best movies of all time. Some of them get shunned by the media because they dont have good morals etc...Others just never got the attention they deserve, some are old movies that dont get the appreciation from todays generation. So everybody add to this list, but dont add movies like "braveheart" because braveheart is like a household name na mean?
so heres my beginning list

the brave little toaster
things to do in denver when your dead
the deer hunter
scarface
the big labowski
trainspotting
suicide kings
city by the sea
city of god
layer cake
thunderheart
blow
Fear and loathing in las vegas
the thin red line
best men
and national geographics "for all mankind" even though its not a movie,  on weed


so go ahead and add to this list everybody if theres a movie that you think is awesome but nobody seems to know about

Nov 27 2007 1:36AM
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five0
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Did you really dump a strawberry shake in Val's face?

.....Chocolate...
Nov 29 2007 4:45PM
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OAK_TREE
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Gigli, Beniffer's greatest and last performance ever.
Nov 29 2007 6:25PM
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Fintendo
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Nov 29 2007 7:00PM
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Phantom
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WOOOAAAAAHHHHH DUUUUUUUDDDEEE!
Nov 29 2007 10:34PM
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josh.
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le mans with steeve mckween
Nov 29 2007 11:20PM
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-+Siver+-
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old school
Dec 2 2007 9:21PM
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kozy
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very good movie

Dec 2 2007 9:53PM
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emopoppins
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BINGBINGBING
Dec 3 2007 3:08PM
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Yauch
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i forgot tequila sunrise
Dec 5 2007 2:28AM
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TWoods
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the royal tennebaums was very good. it's more mainstream but still overlooked for what it was.
Dec 5 2007 8:53AM
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Tasche
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How about fight club I know every college student has a hard on for that movie but main stream people didnt pay much attention.
Dec 5 2007 10:14PM
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Ace3+4
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such a gr8 movie
Jan 13 2008 5:54PM
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ski8990
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The Seventh Seal is considered a classic by most people and taught in most film classes so I wouldn't say it doesnt get recognized. Just cause most younger people don't know it doesn't mean it hasnt been widely acclaimed. Its like saying The Maltese Falcon is underrated.
Jan 13 2008 6:19PM
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.makuma.
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blow
boondock saints
green street hooligans....no one has ever seen this, but its soooo good, you MUST go see it
Jan 13 2008 9:01PM
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.makuma.
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^^and the Shawshank Redemption
Jan 13 2008 9:03PM
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ECfreeski3
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i have to agree.

some of the movies posted are good, but the LAST thing scarface and boondock saints need are more publicity. in fact id vote them for the most overrated movies ever
Jan 13 2008 9:28PM
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AMG.
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- Pulp fiction
- the warriors
- office space
- heat
- reservoir dogs
- ronin
- goodfells
Jan 15 2008 5:14PM
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horner
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half of these movies listed are well known and popular...

Buffalo '66

great fucking movie
Jan 15 2008 6:14PM
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flatlander08
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Boiler Room 
Boogie Nights - hurray for 70's pron
Run Lola Run - if you like techno... this is a must movie.
Doom Generation- this is a totally fucked movie, you been warned.
A Clockwork Orange - for me its mainstream, but way worth it.
Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer   ( hard to find, its not very bloody, but it will scare the hell out of you when you meet strangers.)
Owning Mahoney - ( spelling? but its about a degenerate gambler, and how a casino helps his addiction, based on true story in Canada.)
Toxic Avenger - NJ's own superhero. theres like 19 movies -- great for parties.
Mean Creek - kids have to cover up a murder of their own, tragedy.
Woodsman - a pedo adjusting to life outside prison, mainstream actors.
Three o'clock High - fight in school
Nueve reinas  ( nine queens ) - its in spanish with sub-titles, about two con man scamming a stamp collector, it sounds boring, buts a great movie if you like conman. IMDB says it won a ton of nominations and stuff. I saw it on IFC.
Jan 16 2008 11:25AM
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Raoul_Duke
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2001: a space odyssey.   Atleast when it came out it was hated on. Now it is generally regarded as a masterpeice. anyway  Stanley Kubrick is my Idol.

A movie that I love but is not regarded as great:  Tombstone.   2 scenes that made the movie for me: The scene where Morgan dies, and the scene where Doc dies is poetic.  I just wish they would have ended the movie there.
Jan 16 2008 12:12PM
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stompdat
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yeayeayea!
Jan 16 2008 6:11PM
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scratchproteen
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its really overlooked...i love that movie, and its super good!

Jan 16 2008 6:15PM
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Fintendo
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I'm going to pray to god that you're not this mind numbingly retarded in real life.
Jan 16 2008 8:30PM
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Yauch
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oh i forgot this one



21 grams




is incredible
Feb 2 2008 10:11PM
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brenker
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brink
Feb 5 2008 1:10PM
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ballerman
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so many films on here couldn't be more mainstream and less what this thread was supposed to be about.

having said that Empire Records was massively underrated and is/was awesome film.
Feb 5 2008 1:31PM
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Yauch
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traffic is a damn good movie too
Feb 5 2008 2:48PM
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Snowcase
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Name it:

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Feb 5 2008 9:30PM
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ballerman
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^ thomas crown
Feb 6 2008 3:06AM
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Snowcase
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Correct
Feb 6 2008 2:35PM
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wdbo.
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A Boy and His Dog
Feb 6 2008 10:21PM
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skisebski
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office space forsure.
Feb 7 2008 9:17PM
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sconniestyle
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the god's must be crazy and idiocracy. 

i dont really know if the gods must be crazy is overlooked or not, but it's funny as hell, socially relevant, and not too many people in our generation have seen it.

idiocracy can seem sortof dumb at face value on a first glance, but if you get the point of the movie, you will be shocked to realize how much of it is already represented in society today.
Feb 8 2008 6:42PM
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AOTEAROA
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layer cake sucks
Feb 10 2008 2:48AM
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dicktator
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a night at the roxbury
once upon a time in mexico
Feb 10 2008 2:10PM
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dangerdad
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yeah definatly totsi was absolutely incredible. one of my top 10 favorite movies

Feb 10 2008 8:44PM
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dangerdad
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aside from ones listed im gonna have to go with;

Lucky Number Slevin
Kids
Dead Man Walking
Hotel Rwanda
Harold and Maud (if your open minded to it)
surfs up


and the Boondock Saints has become such a damn popular movie. everyone has seen it. maybe 2 years ago it wasnt main stream but it definatly is now.
Feb 10 2008 8:54PM
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ballerman
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main stream??? you mean unlike lucky number slevin with those unknown actors josh hartnett, bruce willis, morgan freeman?

dunno about where you're from but where i live that film was definitely not overlooked in any way and is 100% mainstream.
Feb 11 2008 2:12AM
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freezed
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tombstone is so sick. doc is such a badass character.
Feb 11 2008 2:27AM
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Tasche
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I'll be your Huckleberry.
Feb 12 2008 12:37AM
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lotsoffun
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matchstick men
the emperor's club
shawshank redemption

Feb 12 2008 8:34AM
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whattheshit
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falling down.
Feb 23 2008 9:02AM
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jibsworth
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Yes so good

my fav:  dr. strangelove or how I stoped worrying and learned to love the bomb
Feb 23 2008 5:13PM
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skibum311
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The Big Lebowski might be one of the best written movies ever. I love it.
Out Cold is awesome... not an epic movie and the acting wasn't the best, but overall I like it
Feb 24 2008 9:48PM
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rudager
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snakes on a plane
just cause it has a dumb title, doesnt mean its dumb
Feb 24 2008 11:03PM
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ihatemyscratches
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the life aquatic bottle rocket ong bak a clockwork orange american splendor black cat white cat ciao professore blues brothers the good the bad and the ugly butch cassidey and the sundance kid
Feb 25 2008 7:55PM
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ihatemyscratches
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yo run lola run is sick, you might like another german film called im juli. its not really that similar but its a good film nonetheless
Feb 25 2008 7:57PM
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thedawg
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Snatch such a cool movie
Feb 25 2008 10:41PM
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lotsoffun
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i'm so glad nobody said sweeny todd and the demon barber of fleet street
Mar 2 2008 9:00PM
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