Good underrated movies you want on BD

[BR7]

I would like to see
Suspiria
Hackers

[mystiksuicide]

It's a foreign film that was actually readily available in the states. The Big Blue

[Canada]

No Way Out with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman

[fronn]

For some reason I love these "list a bunch of movies" topics...

Underrated movies? I'll take that to mean lesser known, rather than movies that I like that critics or the majority didn't.

How about:

- 25th Hour (definitely agree with the OP on this one... has a great speech at the end by Brian Cox)
- Adaptation
- Amelie
- Barton Fink
- The Big Empty
- Boondock Saints (would love this one!)
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- The Chumscrubber
- City of Lost Children
- Code 46
- Confidence
- Criterion Collection!
- Devil's Advocate
- Devil's Backbone
- Dirty Harry movies
- Donnie Darko (theatrical cut)
- Dr Strangelove
- Equilibrium
- Event Horizon (<3 <3 <3 this movie, Paramount though)
- Everything is Illuminated
- Fargo
- The Good Girl
- Hudson Hawk
- Hudsucker Proxy
- Il Postino
- In America
- Intacto
- Jacob's Ladder
- Kikujiro
- L.A. Confidential
- La Moustache
- Labyrinth!
- Lady Vengeance (come on Tartan! Fade to black/white version too!)
- Last Man Standing
- Leon: The Professional (pretty well known, but it's in my top 5 all time favs)
- Last of the Mohicans
- Miller's Crossing
- Minority Report (Paramount)
- MirrorMask (really underrated henson/sony movie -- could look rather beautiful, but I have a feeling the master is soft)
- Mullholland Dr
- Naked Lunch
- Night Watch (Day watch also, now that I think about it)
- Northfork
- O brother where art thou!
- Pleasantville (if only for the colors!)
- Primer (it was probably done with SD cams though, so maybe not)
- The Salton Sea (nobody seems to know about this one... another of my favs)
- Save the Green Planet
- Science of Sleep
- Session 9 (Universal)
- Shopgirl
- SLC Punk
- Solaris (I'd kill for this one)
- Tombstone (not mentioned enough on this forum)
- Vanilla Sky
- A Very Long Engagement
- Waking Life (same director and style as scanner darkly)

for starters...

[lgans316]

The Island with LOSSLESS soundtrack.

[Silent Servant]

I would love to see Sling Blade go Blu.

[Jerec]

Brotherhood of the Wolf.

[BeardedNinjaGuy]

Yea, Equilibrium is a great one as is The Ninth Gate. Dark City as well. I wouldnt mind Maverick or The Big Lebowski either.

Im a big softy on old movies as well, such as Monster Squad, the 'burbs, and Big Trouble in Little China. Or crazy Asian flicks like The Returner and Musa the Warrior.

Naturally the Bruce Campbell collection and Dead Alive would be cool too. There isnt a lot of horror classics out yet. Hopefully that changes.

Firefly and Serenity would be must buys for me too.

[MCWHAMMER]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

Beetlejuice

Definitely!

Monkeybone

What? Oh, you were just joking with that one, I see...

Space Jam

Hated by everyone I know, but I enjoyed it Pretty fun movie.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Wow, you're good at making lists. I liked that movie, it would be a shame if they didn't continue on with the series, it would be so stupid if they just did that one. The series goes on much further.

I just saw one that was pretty great called "MAY". I think it would be good on Blu-ray. Really weird, but cool all the same, be nice if it got a bigger audience. Also, The Beyonce Experience: Live, Dirty Work, Dumb and Dumber, Good Burger, Happy Gilmore, THE HITCHER (New Version!!), Jumanji, The Island, Naked Gun (All of 'em!), Napoleon Dynamite, Tommy Boy, V for Vendetta, Dead Silence, Death Sentence, and Summer Rental.

Most of them are older, and underrated, but hopefully someday they'll be in the Blu-ray bargain bin at Wal*mart.

With more time, I could think of more, but that's all I've got at the moment. I'd just like definitive editions of some of my favorites (If any of those have somehow made it to Blu-ray by now, awesome, tell me!!)

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by MCWHAMMER

Wow, you're good at making lists.

haha, well i don't have much to do tonight and just looked over at my DVD collection.....almost forgot: Fargo and The Devil's Backbone.

[alkalinesi]

SLC punk
critters
monster squad
the wizard
rules of attraction
stay alive
dead silence

[dperrone]

Originally Posted by reginaroadie

Pretty much everything in my collection is an underrated movie that probably won't be getting a Blu-Ray edition anytime soon. I have some action, sci-fi and comic book films, but they're not the bulk of my collection. I have a lot of classics and indie flicks and a few comedies. But nothing that puts me in the desired demographic, even though I'm a male in his early 20's.

The one movie in my collection that I think would be just PERFECT on Blu-Ray is AMADEUS. Next to BACK TO THE FUTURE 3 and CLERKS, it's my all time favorite movie. And it really does deserve the Blu-Ray treatment. It's a beautiful looking film that's shot on location in Prague to make it look like 18th century Vienna, with plenty of scenes lit by candlelight. But more importantly, the sound of the film is bar none. I would forgo every action flick on Blu-Ray if I could hear the opening notes of Don Giovanni in lossless audio.

The good thing is that there are plans from Warner's to actually release it on Blu-Ray. It's just one of those "we'll get to that later" titles.

Also, I'd like all of the Martin Scorsese movies I have on Blu-Ray. I already have THE AVIATOR, GOODFELLAS and THE LAST WALTZ. Now, I'd like RAGING BULL, GANGS OF NEW YORK and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. tHAt last one I'm sure will be one of the last ones to go Blu, because it's not only a Universal film from the Criterion collection, but it's one of the most controversial films ever made. What Mel faced with PASSION OF THE CHRIST is nothing compared to what Marty faced with TEMPTATION.

Oh, and second BRAZIL, but only if it's a Blu-Ray edition of the extensive Criterion Edition of the film. Otherwise, forget it.

Raging Bull and Gangs of New York would be sweet !!!! I would buy those also

[Kristin Simard]

Please check out my "theatrical poster art..." thread, or the back pages of my posting history. That is only part of it from my angle and even that is too much to repeat here.

[mr2bob]

The Right Stuff......

[FruityOatyBar]

The House of Mirth

The Dark Crystal

Starbooty


and of course, Showgirls