The Most Underrated Films Ever

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... The Remains Of the Day, Spirited Away, the Lake House, Homeward Bound

Unstoppable

Gettysburg

Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

Twister

Interview with the Vampire

King Kong (2005)

Toy Story 2

The Terminal {Tom Hanks starring as a man stuck in an airport, directed by Steven Spielberg.}

Intolerable Cruelty

The Men Who Stare At Goats

21

Legally Blonde

This Means War {Even though not many people liked it, I thought it was stupidly hilarious.}

Warrior

Supertroopers

District 9 - Better than Avatar.

In Bruges - Funny, yet shocking.

Dead Man's Shoes - One of Shane Meadow's best.

The Grey - Bleak and nail-biting.

The Big Lebowski - The Coen's finest hour.

Bronson - Tom Hardy is dynamite.

Dog Soldiers - Predator meets Aliens in the Scottish highlands.

Falling Down - An underrated gem.

Licence to Kill - Timothy Dalton was an underrated Bond, and LTK proves this.

Alien 3 - The Directors Cut is worth catching.

Dredd - Karl Urban > Sly Stallone. FACT

Brain Damage (1988)
Sightseers (2012)
The Artist (2011)
Tintin (2011)

i saw a movie in a jumbo jet with my father returning to australia called "audrey rose" in 1986. it was one of the best movies i ever saw. the movie was filmed in 1977.

it stars anthony hopkins as the original father of a reincarnated 11 year old girl who was killed in a car accident by burning to death in her previous life when she was 5. she apparently was reborn too shortly after her previous death, and was bound to reexperience death by fire in her present life.
hopkins locates her and her new parents, and tries to help the girl, but he is considered a pervert and a crank.

she experiences serious night terrors and other paranormal things and can not be helped by her current parents, but she is strangely soothed by her previous father (in her last life).

anyway, here is the movie. i do recommend it. i do not believe in reincarnation, but this movie is very well written.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBt71VaPng[/youtube]

Having just seen it, I think I'll add Dredd to the list.

I can't believe this movie did so poorly at the box office. It's actually a decent action flick.

Drop Dead Fred?

This isn't a ranking order and I'm not sure if many of these movies are underrated:

The Iron Giant

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

King Kong (2005)

How To Train Your Dragon

Megamind

Dredd

Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Transformers the Movie

Disney's Tarzan

Bolt

The Simpsons Movie

Chicken Run

Spaceballs

Superman Returns

Hellboy

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

District 9

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Muppet Treasure Island

maybe more but can't think of any right now.

Oh yes, definitely Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

I have trouble knowing what's underrated. I have no idea what movies others like, and no interest in box office statistics. I just know what I love. Note, these are not listed in order of preference. There is no order of preference, it depends on my mood.

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
Hidalgo
Spirited Away
Legend of 1900
Gattaca
Moonstruck
Castaway
The Mothman Prophecies
Dragonfly
Sliding Doors
About A Boy
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Serenity
Wimbledon
Shall We Dance
Simply Irresistible
Artificial Intelligence
The Dollmaker (the book as well as the movie adaptation with Jane Fonda)
Pay It Forward
Matchmaker
Notting Hill
My Cousin Vinny
Sneakers
Prelude to a Kiss
Liar Liar
Chocolat
Lost in Translation
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 - I haven't seen the 1968 version, but I want to!)
Bandits
Beyond Suspicion
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (OLD but really a classic)
Born Free (or should I say I'm OLD but I'm really a classic )
The Lord of the Rings (I know, maybe overrated, but still ***** to me)
The Ice Storm (soooo 70s)
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
A Simple Plan (even though I want to strangle them as idiots through most of it)
Stargate
Soldier
Minority Report
Dune (the long TV version of the one with Kyle MacLachlan, which you can't buy on tape or dvd)

any of the romantic comedies from the 60s and all the western comedies with James Garner

... you know I could go on, but I'm a movie FREAK, an incurable one, so I'll stop now...