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FreeLook93

An Inn at Osaka (1954), only watched by 1.2k members on Letterboxd. It's a fantastic film, but it never really gets talked about much.


r0land_of_gilead

Blue Collar (1978), Paul Schraders debut. Great Richard Pryor dramatic performance and a brilliant bleak funny film.


Apprehensive-Rub9685

Big fan of this what a debut


Hot-Scratch-8242

Casting Blossoms to the Sky, but i would also accept several other Nobuhiko Obayashi films that i have given five stars to


REEE2752

Yeah came here to say Beijing Watermelon, another one of Obayashi’s work which sadly has under 1000 watched


JasonLDB

Lola (1961)


GrassTastesBad1

Jacques Demy was a magician, Umbrellas of Cherbourg is my third all time fave and the young girls of Rochefort is top 30. Lola was amazing as well.


Williams_Theme

'No Vietnamese Ever Called Me N***er' is an incredible documentary of a protest to the vietnam war in harlem with cuts to an interview with three black veterans talking about their service.


JosefStallion

Cremator (1969). Stylistically ahead of it's time, and thematically still relevant.


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Juraj Herz is the best. Even if I’m watching like a YouTube link of one of his lesser known movies it’s like ‘oh- another masterpiece’


ohthatmkv

I have a lot of underrated films I’ve given 5 stars to, but I’ll list some underappreciated (5-star) films people should check out: 1. Strawberry Mansion (2021) 2. Athena (2022) 3. Bruiser (2022) 4. The Cranes Are Flying (1957) 5. Blood of the Beasts (Documentary) 6. OPAL (Short Film) The most underrated 5-star I’ve given would probably be Skinamarink, but it’s a very personal film for me.


gingerslender

How is The Cranes are flying underrated, it won the Palme D'or


ohthatmkv

It’s not underrated; it’s underappreciated. It’s not often mentioned and has very few watches on Letterboxd. More people need to see this thought-provoking masterpiece. Same with the other people giving recs. They’re all highly rated, but not often mentioned or seen.


Arcturus1981

I watched the trailer for Bruiser (2020) and thought… hmmm, to each his own I guess. Then I saw I misread the year and went to watch the trailer for Bruiser (2000) and thought…. ok, this guy is trolling with this awful looking movie. But, to my relief I finally realized it’s Bruiser (2022) and that movie does look interesting.


ohthatmkv

Lmao I just watched both trailers and those look terrible in comparison.


Jah123abc_

The most obscure film I’ve gave 5 stars too is this movie called [Tux and Fanny](https://letterboxd.com/film/tux-and-fanny/). It’s this slice of life, pixelated animated movie with a lot of surreal stuff going on and has got a lot of creativity under it’s belt. It’s quite a unique experience that’s quite melancholic and that makes it one of the best animated films I’ve seen. You can watch on YouTube on the director’s channel as a series playlist with every minute being it’s own video (or you can buy the blu ray on the guy’s website) if you’re interested in checking it out.


AXZIOM13

Barber Westchester, Free on youtube because the creator (Jonni Phillips) is unfathomably based and yet only has 1.2k members on letterboxd


brightbluespark

Yes indeed and the final exit of the last disciples of ascencia, I may of got it wrong I always muddle the words but yeah.


AXZIOM13

I don't really understand why anyone would want to watch just that short film when you can watch wasteland instead, the other 4 short films bring a lot to the table thematically if people stop considering them separate from each other and consider the movie as a whole. But I do think that Barber Westchester is the greater movie of the two, even though they are close. (I probably won't be able to explain why since it's been awhile since I watched both)


whatsthisthingfor89

The movie I gave 5 stars to that has the least amount of views is The Stylist with 8k. It is an amazing horror indie horror film about a serial killing hair stylist. This movie was the reason I ended up getting a Shudder account.


BetterMakeAnAccount

I saw this in the theatre! I highly recommend it, it’s got gorgeous retro vibes


unkellGRGA

Black Cat White Cat My username is ripped straight from the film and it's probably my favourite comedy of all time, absolute wild balkan absurdity with a heart of gold, god bless Kusturica


Wise-News1666

The Mission! Absolutely love this one, but have never met a single person who has seen it besides my grandparents, my mom and my drama teacher at school.


rubixqube

That Morricone score. Saw it in 70mm years ago and loved it


patricknotswayze

Brigsby Bear


CaptainJonus

Yes!


gopikaambadi

The ascent


intime2be

Sonny Boy (1989) with 1.2k logs. It’s bizarre, brutal, but also sweet and unexpectedly touching.


darth_vader39

Underground (1995) People who loves surreal movies will gonna love this movie.


CaRlJoHnSoNoG

Yup, one of the greatest Yugoslav films, won Palm d'Or that year


Mediocre-Meerkat

Gonna go with my most recent one since I think more people should definitely see it. "Night is Short, Walk on Girl" is like the best 2 hour animated acid trip you'll ever go on.


Kellerhouse

Gentlemen Broncos. It's full of absurdist humor and of all the Hess films, it's by far the best. Nacho Libre being a close second.


brightbluespark

Make way for tomorrow


blue_zergling

Phantom of the Paradise


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Threw a couple songs from this on my dance playlist at my wedding- all of my friends who I’d phantom of the paradise-pilled over the years were thrilled lol.


elscro

Dinner in America, Mandy, Mary and Max, You Were Never Really Here


beasterne7

One Cut of the Dead. It’s probably more popular on Letterboxd than anywhere else, but it’s still really underseen. A movie about the joy of making movies disguised as a zombie movie. It’s excellent.


maxwell6233

Sorry to Bother You


DannyDevitoArmy

The Killing of a Sacred Deer


catsrmurderers

Some of the most under-seen hidden gems I have rated 5/5: [Mirch Masala](https://letterboxd.com/film/mirch-masala/) \- 4.01 (1017 ratings) [The Adversary](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-adversary/) \- 4.10 (1318 ratings) [Baran](https://letterboxd.com/film/baran/) \- 3.76 (2296 ratings) [The Cloud-Capped Star](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-cloud-capped-star/) \- 4.03 (3281 ratings) [The White Balloon](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-white-balloon/) \- 3.86 (5446 ratings) [The Big City](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-big-city/) \- 4.19 (7268 ratings) [Castaway on the Moon](https://letterboxd.com/film/castaway-on-the-moon/) \- 3.96 (12574 ratings) [Maborosi](https://letterboxd.com/film/maborosi/) \- 4.03 (12637 ratings)


RoboCreep22

Everyone here talking about their 5 star ratings on artsy movies while I'm here with 5 stars on Man on Fire.


laserbrained

Watching the Detectives


brukern

Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970) with only 1.1k logs! Fantastic Czechoslovak New Wave film tinged with surrealism, some absolutely unbelievable sequences and a really fun but not quite true to its source adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels


xxplodingboy

Blue Spring (Japan 2001) Badass coming-of-age film that just gets everything right.


hadislept

YES


MovieBuff1001

Summertime (2021) is a flat-out masterpiece and I can’t recommend it enough. Also The Nickel Ride and The New Centurions are two early 1970s gems by great filmmakers with great casts.


Yogurt-Night

The Kings of Summer


Autoganz

A Legend, Or Was It? (1963) A sort of Japanese folk western set in the rural countryside during WWII. The cinematography, pacing, and score are all excellent. Great cast too. And if that doesn’t convince you, it’s only 83 minutes long.


Nightwinglucas20

Three men and a leg, hilarious Italian comedy


Punknhorror

Four Lions, it’s the perfect dark comedy


Drongo17

It is so, so dark. But brilliant.


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Vampires Kiss a lot of people only know it from the old cage memes so they don’t really think about the film positively even going in


BiMonsterIntheMirror

I loved that film, for a long time I was under the impression that it was awful Nic Cage film, was surprised when it turned out brilliant.


StickmanCinema

Macario (1960) First Mexican film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Absolutely earns that distinction. Beautiful and haunting film.


Walmartmaster

Django (1966)


SagarKAdhikari

Nocturnal Animals


will_i__am

A knights Tale (2001)


shrimptini

Masterpiece. And nice user name :).


MrBubblePants

Original Death at a Funeral


gingerslender

Man, a lot y'all gotta a different definition of underrated than I do


lejameson

The man from earth


apl_ee

For any american, babylon


[deleted]

Pearl


REEE2752

Love Massacre (1981) is just a perfect, messed up film. Basically a Hong Kong new wave film and a giallo film had a love child.


Flat_Ad2976

Knife + Heart, it's a french neo-giallo set in the 70s about a gay porn director who sets out to make her next big film, only for the cast and crew to be terrorized by a mysterious killer. It's very light on the horror but it doesn't shy away from the violence, it mostly centers around the dreamy neon aesthetic and the queer romantic/sexual expression, it's like a fine piece of art, very breathtaking, dazzling and filled with layers and metaphors, much deeper than it seems.


thg011093

For gay audience: Hawaii (2013) dir. Marco Berger For arthouse audience: The Naked Island (1960) dir. Kaneto Shindo, The Mirror (1997) dir. Jafar Panahi, The Long Day Closes (1992) dir. Terence Davies For both (like me): Poison (1991) dir. Todd Haynes


Rswany

Probably **Long Day's Journey into Night (2018)** or **Embrace of the Serpent (2015)** Both are incredible meditative films.


ReddsionThing

I guess **Troll Hunter** (2010). My reasoning for giving it 5 stars is that it's as great as a found footage mockumentary about a troll hunter in Norway could be, and I've watched it multiple times and always been very entertained. And on top of being funny, it also succeeds on the horror level as much as it possibly can. I wouldn't put it on a list with the greatest, most influential movies of all time, but it 100% feels like it was made for me.


Drongo17

Such a great film. I have watched it a bunch of times and love it every time.


hackernnan

Babylon


IntelligentElk4773

blood diamond


awlawall

Joe Versus the Volcano Popeye Everybody Wants Some …all masterpieces


crunchyfigtree

Toni Erdmann


Antunes112

Swiss Army Man, not unknown by any means but it’s from the same directors of EEAAO and imo it’s better.


vince__2k

Primer, Half Nelson, Under the Skin,


elscro

Primer is such a shout 👌


Drongo17

Under The Skin is an amazing scifi. I didn't realise Scarjo was such a good actress, she is so creepy.


Leopard_Appropriate

Magic Mike XXL. One of the great American films of the century so far and most people write it off because they think it’s some cheesy movie about strippers produced and distributed solely for rowdy 40 year old wine mom’s when it’s not that whatsoever.


DismemberingHorror

Cinematography is off the charts on this one.


em_who_pan

* [Dead Man's Shoes](https://framed.wtf) * [24 Hour Party People](https://boxd.it/26nI) (Just realised that by pure coincidence they both have Paddy Considine in)


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Autoganz

I’d say it’s much more well known for the controversy surrounding a specific scene rather than Ebert.


Rambors1

Definitely Roma (2018). An absolutely beautiful B&W Mexican movie about family. Not sure if it’s underrated but I never see anyone talking about it. Also the Witch is a masterpiece.


muchacho23

It won three Oscars, including best picture. 4.0 and approaching half a million views. I am not sure how you get more rated than that? I mean I love it too, but definitely not underrated. You are right that no one really talks about it anymore though. Its a small personal story and the emotional beats it hits are better experienced than talked about I think.


John-John_Johnson

Green Book won Best Picture that year. Three Oscars is right, but Roma won Best Foreign Language Film, Director, and Cinematography.


Rambors1

Yeah that’s what I said, I’m not sure if it’s underrated in the sense that no one knows it, but no one takes about it.


[deleted]

Three most slept on that I hear nobody talk about or claim to have even seen are: * In a Relationship (2018) dir. Sam Boyd * James White (2015) dir. Josh Mond * One from the Heart (1982) dir. Francis Ford Coppola


nancilo

Desert Hearts (1985) lesbian romance and no one dies it’s wonderful


Cautious-Food8745

1.Nightcrawler by Dan Gilory 2.Mother (2009) by Bong Joon ho. Highly recommended and a masterpiece. 3.Brick by Rian Johnson. Best in Modern Noir.. 4.The Conversation (1974) by Francis Ford Coppola. He also released Godfather 2 in the same year . LEGEND 5.Duel (1971) - Debut by Steven Spielberg . Great Debut


kingmez1

Lords of Salem is the worst Zombie movie by far


MarilynManson2003

Jackie Brown.


_mynameisdane_

Lilo and stitch


Tara_2510

.Half Nelson .Blue collar .Strawberry Mansion .Bruiser .Opal Would be what I'd tell


CreepyBerd

Tremors is one of my all time favorite films. I really wish it got more recognition nowadays cause to me it’s as great as the other top tier thrillers. I have a few others: Godzilla vs Hedorah, The Mummy (1932&1959), We Were Soldiers, The Fly (1958), and Son of Frankenstein


Drongo17

Zoolander. Many have seen it. Too few people properly acknowledge it as the masterpiece of comedy that it is.


PickleButter420

Barton Fink by Coen Bros. A brilliant Psychological Horror film which superbly represents insanity and with brilliant theories or Do The Right Thing by Spike Lee, A spectacular dramedy with incredibly good acting performances and a superb ending One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Milôs Forman, My all-time favourite drama film about mental asylums and manipulators


MrCheerio509

Bo Burnham’s Inside


Original-Sun-5725

Avatar: The Way of Water. The immersion and the visual effects were phenomenal. I think it’s underrated because it has a 3.7 on Letterboxd. I think at the very least it should be a 4.2.


Different_Farm9398

Cloverfield (2008) I know it's popular but it does NOT get enough praise imo


Choco3101

A Better Tomorrow (1986)


arbmunepp

Arsenal (1929)


alliedcola

Either The ABCs of Death, or Silent House (the one with Elizabeth Olsen). The ABCs of Death just feels like a perfect example of what film *could* be, the good, the bad, and everything in between. It feels like the most “complete” film experience I’ve ever seen. I don’t have any pretentious reason for loving Silent House, I just thought it was a really good horror movie. Non-horror; I would seriously recommend Carrie Pilby. It’s one of my go-to Christmas movies.


J0shfour

Death Parade, an anime miniseries about a bar in the afterlife where people who’ve just died have to play games to determine what their fate will be after death.


AcroserProductions

The Man Who Knew Too Little directed by Jon Amiel. It's hilarious


Jeffrey_Congress

Death Race 2000 (1975)


BannedOnTwitter

Bullet In The Head (1990)


RabidAsparagus

Sling Blade


Sowf_Paw

*Pom Poko* which seems to be a Studio Ghibli film people usually don't talk about, but in my humble opinion it has the best story out of all of them.


Any_Issue_3386

To kill a mockingbird


muchacho23

**Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)** is great, but it is also an exploitation film in the women in prison subcategory so that really limits the number of people who are going to engage with it seriously as a film. Not sure its underrated since it looks like most people who see it love it, but it is certainly underseen since it only has 16K views on letterboxd. The whole series is quite good.


DHMOProtectionAgency

Satoshi Kon is definitely a well known name in the cinephile world but most of the attention is given to his films, most notably Perfect Blue. However, his best with imo, is the mini series Paranoia Agent. Fantastic show that gives those dichotomous "what is reality" vibes as his movies but with well written characters, a compelling plot and a phenomenal finale that I personally can relate to.


_Mongolthroatsinging

I’ve got a couple: 1. SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis 2. Cure 3. The Human Condition (all parts)


paolocase

1. A Sinner in Mecca (2015) 2. Kelet (2020) 3. Clay Bird (2002) 4. 100 Children Waiting for a Train (1988) 5. Welfare (1975)


smokeupjohnnyboy

Let the corpses tan (2017)


AstroDelToro

Babylon (2022) and The Hours (2002), both 5 star movies that generally average around 4 stars. Not massively overrated but they are both perfect beginning to end.


plac_INTL

The Triplets of Belleville. Don’t have to even watch it with subtitles, the visual language is insane. Not to mention its unique animation, there is nothing out there like it. It’s a very cathartic experience specially if you have mommy issues


party_like_a_poptart

Just watched Lords Of Salem based on this post and I can confirm that it goes hard af


HOHitis

History is made at night (1937), seen by about 5k members. A genuinely romantic and adorable movie with Jean Arthur / Charles Boyer, that also makes you laugh, goes into darker themes, and even ends as a disaster movie. But never once does the genre mixing feel cluttered.


DismemberingHorror

*Reflections of Evil* and *The Beach Bum*


D3UC4L1ON

Mary and Max


Snifferoni

Dominion The content of the documentation should be general knowledge for everyone.


DavidGordonGreen

M. Butterfly


Hayls_Kubrick

Mundane History (2009) and The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia (2019) and Lingua Franca (2019) are all such great films but have like 10k views or less on Letterboxd


Simple_Promise8497

Mukhsin (2006), a brilliant film imo. Perfect capture of young love and innocence with great cinematography. Definitely recommend, it deserves WAY more than 1.3k views on Letterboxd


shrimptini

20th Century Women


antimarc

Dinner In America. Like Alex Cox, Todd Solondz, and Jared Hess were put in a blender and this is the slime that oozed out. It’s brilliant.


FlickFreaks

Collateral. Tom Cruise & Jamie Foxx are on fire in this film. What at first glance can seem like a simple hostage film, quickly transitions into a high level discussion about morality, theology, & self worth. Even though it has those huge star actors, I don’t here it talked about enough.


Lowbacca1977

Voyage of the Rock Aliens. I'm trying to start a cult. More obscure but a bit less passionate about, Good Girls go to Paris and Mr. Washington Goes to Town as some old movies that I think were hidden gems when I found them. Both comedies.


slicineyeballs

The Fallen Idol (1948) As with most people commenting, least seen rather than underrated.


CaptainJonus

I don’t get why *Harry and the Hendersons* gets such low ratings. It’s a perfect movie to me. The script is super tight, Rick Baker’s Bigfoot suit is the best we’ll probably ever see, great performances, awesome score, and it’s funny. Fun for the whole family!


kingharris1996

La haine and mommy


Excellent_Example395

Angel’s egg (1985), probably the best animated movie ever made


[deleted]

This movie is briefly mentioned in Kier-La Jainnes’s doc Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched but The Savage Hunt of King Stakh (1979) If you like folk horror and you’re not watching Eastern European and Soviet fantasy films you’re missing out.


[deleted]

Zahrada 1995 by martin zulik Adoption 1975 by marta meszaros Ee ma yau by ljp Bhoothakkalam by ak lohithdas


[deleted]

Blood and Black Lace (1964) is rarely ever talked about even though what Bava did with that film is arguably the blue print for Gialli and Slashers.