Great Movies and Underrated Films part 3

Great Movies and Underrated Films Pt.3

The greatest movies ever made and the most underrated films of all time! The list continues. Page 1 is HERE. Page 2 is HERE. Each one of these films are worth your time. Art is it's own reward, therefore, reward yourself, go find and watch some of these films that you're not familiar with. Feel free to send me your list of great movies or what you consider to be underrated films :). As time allows I'll add comments to each film on this page.

* Means it's a foreign film. ~ Means it's one of my personal favorites :).

A Perfect Murder.
A Perfect World.
A Permanent Record.
Persona*~.
The Phantom Menace. - only because of Darth Maul.
Phenomenon.
The Philadelphia Experiment. - it's claimed that this actually happened.
Pi~
Pickpocket*.
Pickup On South Street.
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii~.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again*~.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles~.
Planet of the Apes - the 1968 version with Charlton Heston.
Platoon.
The Player.
Play It Again, Sam.
Pleasantville~.
Police Academy.
Police Story*~.
Ponette*.
Porky's.
Porky's II.
Portrait of Japan~. - 4 part mini-series.
The Postman* (Il Postino).
Powaqqatsi~.
Powder~.
(Joseph Campbell's) The Power of Myth~.
Predator.
Pretty Woman.
Priest.
The Princess and The Warrior*.
The Princess Bride~.
Prisoner of the Mountains~*.
The Prisoner*~.
The Prophecy~.
Psycho.
Public Enemy.
Pumping Iron.
A Pure Formality*~.
Purgatory.
The Purple Rose of Cairo~.
The Quest for The Lost Civilization trilogy~.
Quick Change.
The Quiet Earth*~.
The Quiet Man.
Rabbit's Moon*~.
Rabbit Proof Fence*.
Radio Days.
Raging Bull.
Raiders of The Lost Ark.
Rain Man.
Raising Arizona.
Ransom.
The Rapture~.
Rashomon*~.
Rat Race.
Rear Window.
Rebecca.
Rebel Without A Cause.
The Red Balloon*.
Red Beard*~.
Red Corner.
Red Dragon.
Red River.
The Red Violin*.
The Replacement Killers~.
Requiem For A Heavyweight~.
Reservoir Dogs.
Return of The Jedi (Star Wars episode 6)~.
Revenge of the Nerds.
Revolution #9.
Rififi*.
The Road To Perdition.
The Road Warrior*~.
The Roaring Twenties.
Rocky~.
Rocky II.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show*~.
Roger & Me~.
Roman Holiday~.
Romancing the Stone.
Romeo & Juliet (the version with Leonardo Di Caprio).
Romper Stomper*.
Roswell~.
Rumble In The Bronx~.
Run Lola Run*~.
Safety Last.
The Saint of Fort Washington~.
Salaam Bombay*.
The Salton Sea~.
Salt of the Earth.
Samurai Assassin*~.
Samurai Rebellion*~.
The Samurai trilogy*~ - Miyamoto Musashi (part 1), Duel at Ichijoji Temple (part 2), Duel on Ganryu Island (part 3).
The Sand Pebbles.
Sanjuro*.
Sansho the Baliff*.
Sans Soleil~*.
The Santa Clause.
Santa Sangre*.
Saving Private Ryan~.
Saving Silverman.
Say Anything.
Scared Straight~.
The Scent of Green Papaya*~.
The Score.
Scrooged.
The Second Civil War.
Seconds.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty~.
The Secret of Roan Inish*~.
Serendipity.
Set It Off.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
The Seven Samurai*~.
The Seventh Seal*~.
The Seventh Sign.
Seven Thieves.
Seven Years In Tibet.
Shadow of the Vampire.
Shall We Dance?~*.
Shanghai Noon.
The Shawshank Redemption~.
Sherman's March~.
She's All That.
The Shining.
A Shot In The Dark~.
Shower*.
The Silence of The Sea*~.
Silent Movie.
Silverado.
Simone.
Simple Men~.
Singing In The Rain.
Six Degrees of Separation.
The Sixth Sense.
Skins.
Skinwalkers.
Slacker~.
SLC Punk~.
Sleeper~.
Sleepers~.
Sling Blade.
Smoke~.
Smoke Signals~.
Snatch.
Solaris*.
Somewhere In Time.
Son of The Shark*.
A Song Is Born~.
Sons of The Desert.
The Sound of Music~.
Soylent Green.
Spaceballs.
Spartacus.
Speedway Junky.
Spiderman.
Spirit Rider.
Splash.
The Spy Who Loved Me*~.
Stalag 17.
The Stalker*~.
The Stand~.
Stand By Me.
Stardust Memories~.
Stargate.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Star Trek: First Contact~.
Star Wars: A New Hope (Star Wars epidsode 4).
Stephen Hawking's Universe~.
The Sting.
Stir of Echoes.
Stop Making Sense.
Stop the World I Want to Get Off~.
Stormy Weather~ - the 1943 version.
The Straight Story~.
Straw Dogs.
Stray Dog*
Streets of Fire~
The Strong Man.
Sullivan's Travels~.
Sunrise~.
Sunset Boulevard.
Supercop*~.
Superman.
Support Your Local Sheriff~.
Surviving Desire~.
Suture~.
Sweet and Low Down.
The T-Men~.
Take The Money and Run~.
The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Taming of the Shrew~. - the version with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Tampopo*~.
The Tao of Steve.
Tape.
A Taste of Cherry*~.
Taxi Driver~.
The Tempest*.
The Terminator.
Terminator 2~.
The Terrorist*~
Testament of Orpheus*~.
That's Dancing.
That's Entertainment.
That's Entertainment II.
That's Entertainment III.
There's Something About Mary.
Thesis*.
They Live~.
The Thin Red Line~.
A Thousand Acres.
The Three Musketeers~ (the 1974 version with Michael York).
Three Colors: Blue*.
Three Colors: Red*.
Three Kings.
Three Lives and Only One Death*.
Three Seasons*~.
Three Wishes~.
Thunderheart~.
THX 1138~.
Tie-Died!~
Time Bandits.
Time Indefinite~. - the sequel to Sherman's March.
The Tin Drum*.
The Tin Star~.
To Build A Fire.
To Have and Have Not~.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Tokyo Olympiad*.
Tokyo Story*~.
To Live*~.
Tomb Raider.
Tom Horn.
Tomorrow Never Dies.
Tommy Boy~.
Total Eclipse.
Total Recall.
To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar~.
The Toxic Avenger - (it's so bad it's good).
Traffic.
Training Day.
Trainspotting*.
Treasure Island* - the 1950 version with Robert Newton.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre~.
Trees Lounge.
Trinity Is My Name*.
Triumph of the Will*~.
True Grit.
The Truman Show~.
Trust~.
Tuskegee Airmen.
Tweleve Monkeys.
Twelfth Night.
Twenty Bucks~.
Twilight of the Cockroaches*.
Twin Dragons*.
Twin Falls Idaho~.
Two Lane Blacktop.
The Two Towers*.
The Unbelievable Truth~.
Unbreakable~.
Underground*~.
The Untouchables.
U Turn.
V.
V: The Final Battle.
The Vanishing*.
Vanishing Point.
Velvet Goldmine.
Vertical Limit.
The Virgin Spring*~.
Vision Quest.
Visions of Light~.
The Visitors*~.
Viy*. - It's so bad it's good.
Waco: A New Revelation.
Wag The Dog~.
The Wages of Fear*~.
Waking Life~.
Walkabout*~.
Walking Tall.
Wall Street.
War of the Worlds.
Wayne's World.
Wayne's World II.
The Way of The Gun~.
Way Out West~.
The Wedding Singer.
Weird Science~.
Welcome to the Dollhouse.
West Side Story.
What About Bob?~
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
When We Were Kings.
Who Done It?~
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
The Who Live at The Isle of Wight Festival 1970*~.
The Wicker Man*~.
The Widow of St. Pierre*.
The Wild Bunch.
Wilde.
Wild Man Blues.
Wild Strawberries*.
Willow.
Winchester '73~.
Wings of Desire*~.
The Wishing Tree.
Wit~.
Witness~.
The Wizard of Oz.
Wizards~.
Woodstock~.
The World at War*.
The X-Men.
X-Men 2~.
The Year of Living Dangerously*.
Yellow Submarine*~.
Yi-Yi*~
You Can't Take It With You.
Young Frankenstein.
Young Master*.
You're Telling Me!
Yours, Mine, and Ours.
Zatoichi*~ (26 films in this series!).
Zelig~.
Zentropa*~.
Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars*~.

To Be Continued...

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There are some conspicuous absences (i.e. Pulp Fiction, Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, Dr. Strangelove, Mulholland Drive, Requiem For A Dream, Brazil, Titanic, Fargo etc), IMO, they are Terrible Movies or Overrated Films.

There are many "great" films that I have heard about but haven't seen yet, they are: Kings of the Road; The Holy Mountain; The Victors; Castle Keep; Fando and Lis; The Beast; Berlin: Symphony of a Great City; Tales from the Gimli Hospital; Eraserhead; El Topo; Haxan; The Flesh and the Fiends; City of the Dead; Pandora's Box; Earth (Dovzhenko's 1930); I Spit On Your Grave; Begotten; Various Coffin Joe movies; Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies; The Last Picture; The Fleeting Skin; Band of Outsiders; Serial Experiments-Lain (Layers 1-4); Ilsa She Wolf of the SS; Sympathy for the Devil; Prison; The Young Americans; Crew; Sorcerer; Lucifer Rising; The 39 Steps; The Remains of the Day; Knock On Wood; Goodbye Mr. Chips; Tell The Truth and Run; The Golden Age; Henry V; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Piano; The Trouble with Harry; Never Cry Wolf; Rosencratz and Guldenstern Are Dead; and J'Accuse.

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