What exactly constitutes an underrated or a misunderstood film cannot be always unequivocally defined. It depends of how each one interprets the critical consensus, which, of course, is subject to alterations through time. Many of the films considered nowadays as classics were not particularly well received by the majority of the mainstream film critics, however there were some passionate ¨minority¨ views that slowly contributed to reversing the trend resulting in a universal acknowledgement of the film's importance. If someone looks back on time, he will not be surprised to discover that almost every film that was rather ignored on its time, but is honoured today, had its small but fervent group of supporters. Nevertheless this process of reversing the initial critical perception of a film in order to elevate it to a classic status does not always yield results.
This list contains films that in my opinion have yet to receive the attention and acknowledgement they deserve. Some films were already included in my previous list of 50 favourite lists posted on this site.
The order is random and I followed the rule of not selecting among the 300 films with classic status listed on the site.
- Marnie (1964) .. Alfred Hitchcock
- The Seventh Continent (1989) .. Michael Haneke
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) .. Michael Haneke
- The Sheltering Sky (1990) .. Bernardo Bertolucci
- Heaven's Gate (1980) .. Michael Cimino
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .. Stanley Kubrick
- Heimat (1984) .. Edgar Reitz
- Heimat 2 (1992) .. Edgar Reitz
- The Naked Spur (1953) .. Anthony Mann
- High and Low (1963) .. Kurosawa Akira
- Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) .. Billy Wilder
- Providence (1977) .. Alain Resnais
- La Peau Douce (1964) .. François Truffaut
- The Little Foxes (1941) .. William Wyler
- The Heiress (1949) .. William Wyler
- Carrie (1952) .. William Wyler
- Naked (1993) .. Mike Leigh
- Topsy Turvy (1999) .. Mike Leigh
- If.... (1968) .. Lindsay Anderson
- The Army in the Shadows (1969) .. Jean-Pierre Melville
- Harakari (1962) .. Kobayashi Masaki
- There Will Be Blood (2007) .. Paul Thomas Anderson
- Magnolia (1999) .. Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Big Heat (1953) .. Fritz Lang
- The Reckless Moment (1949) .. Max Ophüls
- Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) .. Jean-Pierre Melville
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) .. Albert Lewin
- The Thin Red Line (1998) .. Terrence Malick
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) .. Robert Wise
- Advise & Consent (1962) .. Otto Preminger
- Deconstructing Harry (1997) .. Woody Allen
- Heat (1995) .. Michael Mann
- The Insider (1999) .. Michael Mann
- Casino (1995) .. Martin Scorsese
- The Age of Innocence (1993) .. Martin Scorsese
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) .. Jacques Audiard
- America, America (1963) .. Elia Kazan
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995) .. Clint Eastwood
- The Return (2003) .. Andrej Zvjagintsev
- The Big Lebowski (1998) .. The Coen Brothers
- Winter Light (1962) .. Ingmar Bergman
- La Cérémonie (1995) .. Claude Chabrol
- Nazarin (1959) .. Luis Buñuel
- Dishonored (1931) .. Josef von Sternberg
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) .. Otto Preminger
- In the Bedroom (2001) .. Todd Field
- Blow Out (1981) .. Brian De Palma
- Children of Men (2006) .. Alfonso Cuarón
- Ryan's Daughter (1970) .. David Lean
- Oldboy (2003) .. Park Chan-wook
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