Underrated Movies That Shouldn't be Missed

In today's age, so many movies are made because of which most movies don't get the spotlight they truly deserve. These movies often due to poor marketing campaigns or just lack of awareness from the public don't catch the attention.

Underrated movies can provide you a unique opportunity to taste flavour of mass media that's not popular in nature.

Movies like these help one to understand issues of minority communities and how they see, experience and live in the world.

Some of these movies are not in English and are made in language for a target/local audiences but you'll find their subtitles regardless, without giving any spoiler, here's a list of relatively unknown movies that shouldn't be missed.

1) Synecdoche, New York

At centre of this movie lies the philosophy of 'Existentialism',I.e there's no innate meaning behind human or any form of life form. Story revolves around a director who's suffering from a unknown disease and this disease is causing his body to collapse. His spouse, his daughter all have left him at his own devices and his therapist is more interested in selling her books but not helping him with his mental problems. After all this, the director muster up the courage his to quit his present life and move to New York City.

The movie can be a long, often depressing watch but it has something different for every type of modern movie viewer.
This movie is all about psychology of mind and reality more than anything else.

It's one of those movies that require multiple watching and attention to detail,in order to understand and appreciate the complexity behind this movie.

2) Stalker

This movie is a Russian classic which was made and released during the Soviet era.
The movie's central point is about 'man's futile search for earthly pleasure that the man's flawed thinkining that if he posses these earthly materials will give him/her eternal peace and prosperity.

Movie has a anti-materialistic undertone and can be best described as anti war movie desuguised as a philosophical documentary.

This one can be boring and one can often find themselves lost in multi layerd messaging but at the end of it, the viewer will get the directors point. Movie can be seen a early proponent of anti nuclear weapons film which shows in event of nuclear war every place will become a wasteland and things like 'time' and 'locality' will loose its meaning.

This movie is in Ruusian but they subtitles of this movie can be found easily online.

3) The Tree of Life

This is relatively known movie because it stars fame Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. The movie explores themes of 'meaning of life',
'reality of existence in the modern world' and various questions of faith. There's also a complex but well written and well acted relationship of father and son.

Movie has beautiful put together cast, and visuals/imagery used in this movie is just awe inspiring. This movie will leave you with a feeling of melancholy whiteout a single dialogue.

4) Margarita with a Straw

This is a bollywood movie which means it's in Hindi, but if you search you'll find the subtitles. The movie is primarily a love story but the main characters has Ceberal Palasy. Finding love and accepting your own self is a primary focus of this movie.

Movie will provide you with a much needed humility and make you down to earth.

Central point and purpose of this movie to include this movie is to view life and the experiences of life from a perspective of someone who's considered 'different' by general popularity. There are very few movies that have managed to this feat successfully and none more so than this movie.

5) Boyhood

Boyhood is a movie that deals with well 'boyhood' and the whole process of becoming a man from a boy. Movie is for anyone who is interested in the process of growing and adapting to new life.

Movie has a emotional and will probably give viewer goosebumps. It's a well thought out movie that deals growing up with divorced parents but accepting the reality nonetheless. This movie brilliantly shows how separations and divorces impact feeble minds of children and their relationship with their own parents and siblings.

The viewer get a first hand experience of what Boyhood and whole process of growing up feels like because the entire movie is shown through the lens of a kid who's constantly growing and changing his perception around his surroundings and people around him.

6) Hector and the Search for Happiness

This movie tells a story of a psychiatrist who's bored of his daily routine and wants a change in his life. This urge leads him to adventures and travel that have great impact on his perception of himself, happiness and things around him.

Movie preaches simplicity in the world of ever complex tasks and systems. This one is a relative a low intensity movie when it comes to emotional connectivity but regardless the subject matter is relevant and aptly handled. This movie shows no matter who you are there's always something you can learn by doing something new and different.

7) La Vie En Rose

By the title one must have already had guessed that it's a French movie, and it is.
The movie is about a girl who grows and lives in poverty but reaches stardom later because of her singing talent, but despite this recognition and fame, she's always encircled by perosnal crisis and tragedies.

Movie is a uncornological biopic of a French singer, which is to say that this movie is based on a true story. Movie is apt example of how experiences of childhood can impact and hamper a individual throughout his/her life.

This movie is incredibly sad viewing but the subject matter and how the directors and cast has dealt with the given subject makes it a must see.

This movie is obviously in french language and like other non English language movies listed on this list, this movie's subtitles can easily be found online.