Underrated Movies

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Zombieland

Dawn of the Dead (original)

The greatest zombie movie of all time and the best recent zombie movie? Zombie movies in general are a small section of the market but I can't really agree with calling the very best examples of a subgenre "underrated" when they're compared to their peers. Zombie movies in general are an underrated genre compared to what typically makes a blockbuster. Now, you want to talk about underrated zombie movies, how about Carriers? It doesn't even have zombies, just plays on the common tropes while saving the budget of makeup and extras by just having the incurable, highly deadly degenerative disease actually kill people, while keeping the focus on human relations at the end of days, and it's fantastic for it.

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The greatest zombie movie of all time and the best recent zombie movie? Zombie movies in general are a small section of the market but I can't really agree with calling the very best examples of a subgenre "underrated" when they're compared to their peers. Zombie movies in general are an underrated genre compared to what typically makes a blockbuster. Now, you want to talk about underrated zombie movies, how about Carriers? It doesn't even have zombies, just plays on the common tropes while saving the budget of makeup and extras by just having the incurable, highly deadly degenerative disease actually kill people, while keeping the focus on human relations at the end of days, and it's fantastic for it.

Zombieland is usually easily dismissed as a generic zombiefilm when it has a lot of heart and brain. Due to the name and theme mostly

The first Dawn of the Dead... maybe you're right. But it feels like people nowadays think it's a bit dated and "b".

in general; old black and white movies that have high imdb ratings.

yes, high rated movies are underrated

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Movies that too little people know about but score average to very good on imdb:

- shit (not áll shit) from Anders Thomas Jensen (if you'finire not familiar with this i suggest watching his trilogy box, starting with the green butchers, followed by adams apple and finished off with flickering lights)

- platoon

- stuff from Wes Anderson (Life Aquatic and the Royal Tenenbaums as being one of his finest imo)

- garden state

- la haine

- lord of the flies

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+1 primer

Blitz.

"Do I look like I carry a pencil?"

Thought it would be terrible, found it midly amusing and interesting.