The 20 Most Underrated Movies of All Time

Published on October 11, 2014 at 9:11 am by Martin Rubinstein in Lists

You probably have your own list of those movies which in your mind are some of the most underrated movies of all time. Movies you absolutely love for various reasons, but for whatever reason, the masses just didn’t seem to accept.

But have you ever wondered about what those poor-taste masses think about all those movies that never quite made it to the top? Those movies with hundreds of millions of dollars that have not been quite as successful as producers would have wished? As time goes by, everyone remembers the classics, but very few people seem to remember those great movies that did not have the success they deserved and didn’t reach a wider audience. Movies often end up being remembered more for their commercial success or failure than anything else, and only a handful of cult classics can stand the test of time years later.

As well as having a ranking for the best movies of all time, IMDB.com, the most popular website for anything movie-related, has a ranking for the most underrated movies of all time, based on the votes of the site’s many users; users just like you, who have beloved movies they can’t believe no one else cares about, but for which they wish to spread the word.

Can we take such a survey seriously? Can the mass market’s taste be trusted, or will it result in the same awful movies being considered underrated that are just further hiding the real gems from public view? Sometimes you can, and there are probably lots of movies that deserve their place on the following list, just as they did on our list of the 20 Highest Rated Movies of All-Time.

But one thing is for sure; the majority of people voting are the same ones that have essentially made these movies underrated in the first place, so take that for what it is. Now then, let’s take a look at the most underrated movies of all time, according to IMDB’s movie lovers.

20- The Night of The Comet

Year: 1984

Rating: 6.4

No of Votes: 10, 682

19- Click

Year: 2006

Rating: 6.4

No of Votes: 198, 142

18- GhostBusters II

Year: 1989

Rating: 6.5

No of Votes: 109,021

17- Hangover Part II

Year: 2011

Rating: 6.5

No of Votes: 293,418

16- Session 9

Year: 2001

Rating: 6.6

No of Votes: 37,798

15- Phase IV

Year: 1974

Rating: 6.6

No of Votes: 3,601

14-The Burbs

Year:1989

Rating: 6.8

No of Votes: 42,751

13- Memphis Belle

Year: 1990

Rating: 6.9

No of Votes: 20,696

12-Triangle

Year: 2009

Rating: 6.9

No of Votes: 44,284

11-Dredd

Year: 2012

Rating: 7.0

No of Votes: 166,666

10- To End All Wars

Year: 2001

Rating: 7.1

No of Votes: 8,161

9- Day of the Dead

Year: 1985

Rating: 7.2

No of Votes: 41,835

8- Better off Dead

Year: 1985

Rating: 7.3

No of Votes: 29,191

7- The Mighty

Year: 1998

Rating: 7.3

No of Votes: 9,529

6-Cube

Year: 1997

Rating: 7.4

No of Votes: 129,282

5-Law Abiding Citizen

Year: 2009

Rating: 7.4

No of Votes: 180,532

4- Freedom Writers

Year: 2007

Rating: 7.5

No of Votes: 44,163

3- Man on Fire

Year: 2004

Rating: 7.8

No of Votes: 221,042

2- Abre Los Ojos

Year: 1997

Rating: 7.8

No of Votes: 49,959

1- Wait Until Dark

Year: 1967

Rating: 7.9

No of Votes: 17,385

Keep reading too find out which movies made it to our Bonus Round.

Bonus Round

There are some movies that did not make it to this list, but I recommend them because they are really amazing and truly underrated. Here are three must watch movies as a bonus!