You Missed It: Most Unfairly Overlooked Movies Of The Decade

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When people look back on the early years of the new millennium they’ll remember it for movies like The Dark Knight and Lord of the Rings. Or they’ll geek out with their friends about the cult classics they discovered together, rewatching copies of the original version of Donnie Darko or spreading around copies of Idiocracy and laughing at its accuracy. Or we’ll remember the prestige movies, the big Oscar winners like No Country For Old Men and Chicago.

But in a better world, maybe we’d remember these movies. These are the other guys, the great films you missed through circumstance or stupidity, through studio stumbling or simply bad timing. The best movies don’t always get seen, the best movies don’t always win the awards. This isn’t a list of critically acclaimed indies which didn’t do well at the box office, or films with huge fan followings which couldn’t get anyone else to turn out (sorry Serenity). Nor is this a list of movies which flopped at the box office but later found cult success. These movies fell between the cracks and never really found the audience they deserved. When you’re thinking back on the aughts, you won’t think of these films, but maybe you should. Consider giving these movies a second chance. Unique and strange, funny and weird, challenging and sexy; they’re the most unfairly overlooked movies of the past decade.

Phenomenal List. Queuing up the NetFlix as we speak.

Saw 8 of these and excited to see more.

I haven’t seen fourteen of these; added to the queue.

I haven’t seen several of these, but some comments on a few I have:

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - When we watched this, I think I laughed for days. Very funny, very understated movie. Both RDJ and Val Kilmer are fantastic.

25th Hour - I don’t know why, but this one struck me pretty hard at the time. I think it’s one of Lee’s best works, and certainly the protagonist’s monologue is in the top 2 from all of Lee’s movies.

Open Water - I’m a diver, so this was absolutely terrifying to me. Add in that it’s based on a true story, and, well…let’s just say that when I took a 3-day dive trip on the GBR, we all made damn sure everyone was accounted for three times before the boat moved to a new site.

One movie I think is missing from this list is Brick. Not many people saw it, but it was great, funny, moody, and thrilling. Film noir-style, set in a high school in modern times.