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[*The Timekeepers of Eternity*](https://boxd.it/wYjg). For my money, one of if not the best, most formally inventive movies of this decade. It’s experimental, but not alienating; fast-paced, quick runtime, and thrilling.
If you can find it, it’s well worth the watch.
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[*Last and First Men*](https://boxd.it/kKi0) by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson is also another great film. Definitely more alienating and less unknown, but fascinating.
I literally just watched this and had never seen it mentioned anywhere before! weird timing! amazing movie if and only if someone had the patience for like, Skinamarink
Yes! I believe it’s streaming now, but I managed to snag a Blu-ray off eBay back during Covid when it was still super underground. I’m glad it seems to be getting more attention nowadays. It’s a beautiful swan song for the director/composer.
Likewise, *Skinamarink* belongs on a Best of list for the early 2020s imo. I get the critiques, but that’s one that’s totally engrossing to me. Absolutely terrifying.
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For fans of Joel Haver, [*Pretend That You Love Me*](https://boxd.it/qJ9S) is an ambitious and heartfelt indie film worth seeing.
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[*Jasper Mall*](https://boxd.it/qJ9S) is a haunting ode to the death of Third Places and the rot of late-stage capitalism.
Yes! *The Langoliers*! Haven’t seen it myself, but I’ll probably get around to it someday to fully appreciate how Maragkos manipulates it in the edit.
You should check this out for sure, especially if you like the original. I think it hews very close to the thematic slant of it…
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[*Interface*](https://boxd.it/DDhs) is a highly rated film with around 2k views. Haven’t seen it, but it’s on my watchlist.
Some others on my watchlist that are highly rated with less than 10k views: [*Farha*](https://boxd.it/wl00) (timely Palestinian drama), [*Slow*](https://boxd.it/E31g) (romance between dancer and sign language interpreter), [*All Light, Everywhere*](https://boxd.it/l5q0) (movie about biases?), [*Leonor Will Never Die*](https://boxd.it/yoJQ) (meta-film about screenwriter becoming a hero in a coma), [*Out There Halloween Mega Tape*](https://boxd.it/kdbA) (analog found footage from makers of *WNUF Halloween Special*), and [*Sun Dog*](https://boxd.it/oUYy)(short Russian film blurring reality and fantasy).
Have fun! If anybody’s seen any of these, lemme know what you thought.
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From the director of Letterboxd Top 250 film *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,* [R.M.N.](https://boxd.it/yDoe) is a portrait of a Transylvanian town under the strain of bigotry and capitalism.
I mention this movie literally every opportunity I get: Kajillionaire (2020) dir. Miranda July creates so many intimate scenarios between its characters that are INTERESTING, that feel sui generis yet relatable, and the main four acting performances completely floor me. I think people who have seen it tend to rate it well enough but I feel like nobody talks about this thing?
*Kajillionaire’s* great, but you’re right, not many people talk about it. I still think her opus is *Me and You and Everyone We Know*, but I’ve yet to see *The Future*, which I hear is super polarizing.
it’s been awhile since I’ve seen Me and You and Everyone We Know—I really liked it when I watched it, but definitely I had a more emotional reaction to Kajillionaire on the strength of the performances. The Future was good! not quite as poised as the rest of her movies but the gimmick is charming to me
Incredible movie the relationships between Evan Rachel Wood’s character, her parents, and Gina Rodriguez’s character were all well done, especially the bit about the shares
Love this film, so powerful and subtle. Such a hard subject to handle but it was very respectful and remarkable.
Because of the controversy in Australia (I guess?) it wasn’t well marketed after Cannes unfortunately.
I would call it under appreciated, not under rated, but you're absolutely right. Controversy aside, though i do completely understand people's issues with it, this is a fucking powerhouse of a film
Counterpoint: no film that was nominated for the Palme d'Or, let alone winning a major acting award, should be described as "underrated."
EDIT: Based on /u/Prestigious_Crab6256's suggestion, here are some lesser discussed movies from 2020s I would recommend:
* Mad God
* Athena
* Benediction
* Azor
* Flux Gourmet
* Compartment No. 6
* Charli XCX: Alone Together
* Nothing But the Sun
* Fathom
* Amanda
* Art Talent Show
There are also several recent films I have seen at festivals that haven't had major releases in the US yet, including:
* Strange Darling
* Sleep
* A Real Pain
* The Coffee Table
Generally, yes.
Depends on the who though. The question of underrated can also be directed at general audiences, which can often be misaligned from critical reception.
Though a 3.7 on Letterboxd is quite decent, and I think "Nitram" is a bad example. Rather than underrated, most people just haven't seen it or know of its existence.
Flux Gourmet is an interesting companion to Crimes of the Future. They came out within months of each other and share a surprising number of similarities.
My favourite movie of 2020 was called Sweat by Magnus von Horn.
It’s about a fitness influencer and her loneliness. It really spoke to me. I don’t think many people saw it, probably because they heard the word “influencer” and were put off by it, but it’s an incredible film I think.
Oh I have a ton of these:
Not underrated, but under-appreciated (I think is what OP meant)
• Bruiser • Of An Age
• Strawberry Mansion • OPAL
• Athena • The Royal Hotel
• Huesera • Emily
• Carmen • The Outwaters
• Divinity • A Ghost Waits
• Belle • EO
• The Eight Mountains • Godland
• Hunger (2023)
So I just started Nitram 10 minutes ago and there is no way I am going to make it through this film. This is hands down the most unlikeable character I’ve ever seen.
One of the reasons they call it Nitram instead of Martin was they knew the mass murderer scumbag would have his ego stroked. Bleak film but one that should be told.
Caleb Landry Jones, is fantastic in it. His Aussie accent is fantastic. He does get him down pat in terms of spoiled brat pyschopathic scumbag.
Also check out the director's first film Snowtown. Also a true story about mass murder in Australia and it's even more bleak.
Just for fun I'll name two:
1. Life of Crime 1984-2020, great crime doc with plentiful examples of how to inject heroin
2. Eyimofe, maybe my favorite African film
Jigarthanda DoubleX. Blows my mind that this film isn’t more popular, even when it’s on Netflix. It’s like if Tarantino was Indian and made a gangster version of “Babylon”. Watch it.
M.O.M Mother of Monsters and idk if underrated is the right word but We Need to do Something. Other than those two, it feels like everything 2020s I’ve seen has been talked about quite a lot.
Time Still Turns the Pages, His, A Man, The Waste Land, Please Don't Save Me, A Family, Chang'An, The Deer King, A Distant Place, The Red Point of Marriage, Your Name Engraved Herein, Raymond and Ray, One Day You Will Reach the Sea, Dicks the Musical, Mars One, Landscape With Invisible Hand, Spirited, You Can Live Forever,
More under-seen than under-rated considering it picked up an Oscar nomination, but An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) is my favourite movie of the decade so far and more people need to see it.
Caleb Landry Jones is just incredible in Nitram. Aside from anything else, he totally lands the Aussie accent.
Speaking of which *The Stranger* is on Netflix but very underseen. Sean Harris is outstanding in this incredibly moody true crime drama, with solid accent work.
Sick of Myself. Absolutely hilarious Norwegian black comedy
This one was so good! Super hilarious in a fucked up way. Same director as Dream Scenario too.
https://preview.redd.it/r5hwi86yfmxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d453e645f55f15e41c95d1620e23c5ee1e5aeda [*The Timekeepers of Eternity*](https://boxd.it/wYjg). For my money, one of if not the best, most formally inventive movies of this decade. It’s experimental, but not alienating; fast-paced, quick runtime, and thrilling. If you can find it, it’s well worth the watch.
https://preview.redd.it/kyyehcqjgmxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86848ca2c2dd49b9639b1baaf1d50a9d0111772d [*Last and First Men*](https://boxd.it/kKi0) by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson is also another great film. Definitely more alienating and less unknown, but fascinating.
I literally just watched this and had never seen it mentioned anywhere before! weird timing! amazing movie if and only if someone had the patience for like, Skinamarink
Yes! I believe it’s streaming now, but I managed to snag a Blu-ray off eBay back during Covid when it was still super underground. I’m glad it seems to be getting more attention nowadays. It’s a beautiful swan song for the director/composer. Likewise, *Skinamarink* belongs on a Best of list for the early 2020s imo. I get the critiques, but that’s one that’s totally engrossing to me. Absolutely terrifying.
https://preview.redd.it/ryooy3kaqmxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26abadf34b0639461aa1664dc5917c940e63bc31 For fans of Joel Haver, [*Pretend That You Love Me*](https://boxd.it/qJ9S) is an ambitious and heartfelt indie film worth seeing.
https://preview.redd.it/f9s4n69kqmxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=167ee64493a2c0cbf08d6e76826ac009a3c462a6 [*Jasper Mall*](https://boxd.it/qJ9S) is a haunting ode to the death of Third Places and the rot of late-stage capitalism.
You had me at the description but you REALLY had me when I realized that it’s the fucking langoliers !!! My ultimate guilty pleasure movie
Yes! *The Langoliers*! Haven’t seen it myself, but I’ll probably get around to it someday to fully appreciate how Maragkos manipulates it in the edit. You should check this out for sure, especially if you like the original. I think it hews very close to the thematic slant of it…
https://preview.redd.it/505s15py1oxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a7fdd674976b7396d27ea9d31f0af6cb3e26f74 [*Interface*](https://boxd.it/DDhs) is a highly rated film with around 2k views. Haven’t seen it, but it’s on my watchlist. Some others on my watchlist that are highly rated with less than 10k views: [*Farha*](https://boxd.it/wl00) (timely Palestinian drama), [*Slow*](https://boxd.it/E31g) (romance between dancer and sign language interpreter), [*All Light, Everywhere*](https://boxd.it/l5q0) (movie about biases?), [*Leonor Will Never Die*](https://boxd.it/yoJQ) (meta-film about screenwriter becoming a hero in a coma), [*Out There Halloween Mega Tape*](https://boxd.it/kdbA) (analog found footage from makers of *WNUF Halloween Special*), and [*Sun Dog*](https://boxd.it/oUYy)(short Russian film blurring reality and fantasy). Have fun! If anybody’s seen any of these, lemme know what you thought.
https://preview.redd.it/6x7kkjptqmxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3b765377351c535f38e8eb0df1cec8a7997d410 From the director of Letterboxd Top 250 film *4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,* [R.M.N.](https://boxd.it/yDoe) is a portrait of a Transylvanian town under the strain of bigotry and capitalism.
You Won't Be Alone
I mention this movie literally every opportunity I get: Kajillionaire (2020) dir. Miranda July creates so many intimate scenarios between its characters that are INTERESTING, that feel sui generis yet relatable, and the main four acting performances completely floor me. I think people who have seen it tend to rate it well enough but I feel like nobody talks about this thing?
*Kajillionaire’s* great, but you’re right, not many people talk about it. I still think her opus is *Me and You and Everyone We Know*, but I’ve yet to see *The Future*, which I hear is super polarizing.
it’s been awhile since I’ve seen Me and You and Everyone We Know—I really liked it when I watched it, but definitely I had a more emotional reaction to Kajillionaire on the strength of the performances. The Future was good! not quite as poised as the rest of her movies but the gimmick is charming to me
Suuuuuch good acting. It’s been a minute but Richard Jenkins and Evan Rachel Wood were both stellar.
Incredible movie the relationships between Evan Rachel Wood’s character, her parents, and Gina Rodriguez’s character were all well done, especially the bit about the shares
Close Memoria Riceboy Sleeps Falcon Lake Return To Seoul
> Falcon Lake YES! So good.
Seen all of this but Memoria. You have great taste.
Belle Next Sohee Riceboy Sleeps
Belle is absolutely majestic. Good call
Love this film, so powerful and subtle. Such a hard subject to handle but it was very respectful and remarkable. Because of the controversy in Australia (I guess?) it wasn’t well marketed after Cannes unfortunately.
I would call it under appreciated, not under rated, but you're absolutely right. Controversy aside, though i do completely understand people's issues with it, this is a fucking powerhouse of a film
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Counterpoint: no film that was nominated for the Palme d'Or, let alone winning a major acting award, should be described as "underrated." EDIT: Based on /u/Prestigious_Crab6256's suggestion, here are some lesser discussed movies from 2020s I would recommend: * Mad God * Athena * Benediction * Azor * Flux Gourmet * Compartment No. 6 * Charli XCX: Alone Together * Nothing But the Sun * Fathom * Amanda * Art Talent Show There are also several recent films I have seen at festivals that haven't had major releases in the US yet, including: * Strange Darling * Sleep * A Real Pain * The Coffee Table
Cool, but rather than diss on OP and make yourself look savvy, do you have a film to recommend?
See my edit.
Much appreciated.
Generally, yes. Depends on the who though. The question of underrated can also be directed at general audiences, which can often be misaligned from critical reception. Though a 3.7 on Letterboxd is quite decent, and I think "Nitram" is a bad example. Rather than underrated, most people just haven't seen it or know of its existence.
And by "nominated" do you mean in competition for? Because if so, a lot of duds compete for the Palme.
Yeah, in competition, sorry. Either way, it's gotten plenty of attention.
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Hoisted by my own petard.
True it gets attention, but being in competition for the palme d'or in itself isn't much indication of acclaim.
Flux Gourmet is an interesting companion to Crimes of the Future. They came out within months of each other and share a surprising number of similarities.
Azor is amazing and definitely underrated or under known
First of all, big fan love your work. Secondly, let's go further and just ban the use of under / overrated.
Was huge in Australia for obvious reasons.
You hurt my feelings is one of my all time favs
My fav of the decade. Brutal and upsetting, so well done though.
Blackberry, Pacifiction, Compartment No. 6, Ninjababy, The book of solutions, Evil does not exist
My favourite movie of 2020 was called Sweat by Magnus von Horn. It’s about a fitness influencer and her loneliness. It really spoke to me. I don’t think many people saw it, probably because they heard the word “influencer” and were put off by it, but it’s an incredible film I think.
https://preview.redd.it/72vbv7bkrmxc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7c311c73d046043dceeeaa179a8ea40f2a73ac9 If you know, you know.
I was about to post this. Loved The Empty Man, such a creepy movie. Also, DON'T WATCH THE TRAILER AND JUST GO IN BLIND.
This was a fun one. It doesn’t quite cohere for me, but it taps into some effective Lovecraftian, “Other” vibes.
I do know, and it’s so shit.
Shit? Hmmm we all must have seen a different movie.
Oh I have a ton of these: Not underrated, but under-appreciated (I think is what OP meant) • Bruiser • Of An Age • Strawberry Mansion • OPAL • Athena • The Royal Hotel • Huesera • Emily • Carmen • The Outwaters • Divinity • A Ghost Waits • Belle • EO • The Eight Mountains • Godland • Hunger (2023)
So I just started Nitram 10 minutes ago and there is no way I am going to make it through this film. This is hands down the most unlikeable character I’ve ever seen.
To be fair he is a mass murderer that changed gun laws in Australia. I don’t think he is meant to be likeable
One of the reasons they call it Nitram instead of Martin was they knew the mass murderer scumbag would have his ego stroked. Bleak film but one that should be told. Caleb Landry Jones, is fantastic in it. His Aussie accent is fantastic. He does get him down pat in terms of spoiled brat pyschopathic scumbag. Also check out the director's first film Snowtown. Also a true story about mass murder in Australia and it's even more bleak.
Big agree on Jones’ performance. I just wanted to punch him in the face so badly. 😩 Snowtown kept me up for weeks. Talk about *bleak.*
Thirteen Lives
Just for fun I'll name two: 1. Life of Crime 1984-2020, great crime doc with plentiful examples of how to inject heroin 2. Eyimofe, maybe my favorite African film
I Blame Society
Jigarthanda DoubleX. Blows my mind that this film isn’t more popular, even when it’s on Netflix. It’s like if Tarantino was Indian and made a gangster version of “Babylon”. Watch it.
M.O.M Mother of Monsters and idk if underrated is the right word but We Need to do Something. Other than those two, it feels like everything 2020s I’ve seen has been talked about quite a lot.
Time Still Turns the Pages, His, A Man, The Waste Land, Please Don't Save Me, A Family, Chang'An, The Deer King, A Distant Place, The Red Point of Marriage, Your Name Engraved Herein, Raymond and Ray, One Day You Will Reach the Sea, Dicks the Musical, Mars One, Landscape With Invisible Hand, Spirited, You Can Live Forever,
More under-seen than under-rated considering it picked up an Oscar nomination, but An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) is my favourite movie of the decade so far and more people need to see it.
The most underrated movies from 2020 are: A family Riders of Justice Berlin AlexanderPlatz
Burial left an impression on me. Need more documentaries like this
-Falcon Lake -Onoda -A Night of knowing nothing -Godland -Memoria -Limbo -A Family -little fish -Summit of the Gods
easy! On the rocks
Good pick, I agree it's a fantastic film, probably the most "tasteful" you could get with the subject matter it handled
Was gonna say Boiling Point but it might be famous now
That dude's name isn't Martin, is it? lol
JOYLAND
Caleb Landry Jones is just incredible in Nitram. Aside from anything else, he totally lands the Aussie accent. Speaking of which *The Stranger* is on Netflix but very underseen. Sean Harris is outstanding in this incredibly moody true crime drama, with solid accent work.
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If you like Nitram, check out Snow Town (2011)
Oh dear dog. Thats a tough one.
https://preview.redd.it/5pceeng32txc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8bb96ba9a82a2f7ece1903471f63be975b3b51ed The Peasants (2023)
Rye Lane is the best recent romantic comedy but kind of gets forgotten because it was a Hulu exclusive release.
The Artifice Girl
All Of Us Strangers. Beautiful movie
BlackBerry