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[Read how TIME’s film critic Stephanie Zacharek chose the list ](/7362428/how-we-chose-50-underappreciated-movies/) * All * COMEDY * 2 HOURS AND UNDER * BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL * HAS DOGS * LITERARY ADAPTATION * MUSIC-RELATED * HAS CATS * FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER * ROMANTIC ## *  [_20th Century Women_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353481/20th-century-women/) Mike Mills byStephanie Zacharek *  [_25th Hour_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353483/25th-hour-movie/) Spike Lee byStephanie Zacharek *  [_A Cat in Paris_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353479/a-cat-in-paris/) Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol byStephanie Zacharek *  [_A Very Long Engagement_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353486/a-very-long-engagement/) Jean-Pierre Jeunet byStephanie Zacharek *  [_American Splendor_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353488/american-splendor/) Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Beyond the Lights_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353551/beyond-the-lights/) Gina Prince-Bythewood byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Breakfast on Pluto_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353490/breakfast-on-pluto/) Neil Jordan byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Bright Star_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353492/bright-star/) Jane Campion byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Control_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353494/control/) Anton Corbijn byStephanie Zacharek *  [_CQ_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353496/cq/) Roman Coppola byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Dark Skies_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353575/dark-skies/) Scott Stewart byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Dolemite Is My Name_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353553/dolemite-is-my-name/) Craig Brewer byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Dreamin’ Wild_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353498/dreamin-wild/) Bill Pohlad byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Drumline_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353500/drumline/) Charles Stone III byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Fantastic Mr. Fox_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353502/fantastic-mr-fox/) Wes Anderson byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Femme Fatale_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353504/femme-fatale/) Brian De Palma byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Ghost Town_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353506/ghost-town/) David Koepp byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Good Morning, Night_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353508/good-morning-night/) Marco Bellocchio byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Hamlet (2000)_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353510/hamlet-2000/) Michael Almereyda byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Head-On_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353512/head-on/) Fatih Akin byStephanie Zacharek *  [_I Could Never Be Your Woman_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353514/i-could-never-be-your-woman/) Amy Heckerling byStephanie Zacharek *  [_I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353516/ill-sleep-when-im-dead/) Mike Hodges byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Idlewild_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353518/idlewild/) Bryan Barber byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Jane Eyre_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353520/jane-eyre/) Cary Joji Fukunaga byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Masked and Anonymous_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353522/masked-and-anonymous/) Larry Charles byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353524/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world/) Peter Weir byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Miss Juneteenth_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353527/miss-juneteenth/) Channing Godfrey Peoples byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Monkeybone_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353529/monkeybone/) Henry Selick byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Mudbound_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353567/mudbound/) Dee Rees byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Mustang_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353555/mustang/) Deniz Gamze Ergüven byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Only Lovers Left Alive_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353531/only-lovers-left-alive/) Jim Jarmusch byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Passing_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353579/passing/) Rebecca Hall byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Peterloo_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353533/peterloo/) Mike Leigh byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Phoenix_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353569/phoenix-movie/) Christian Petzold byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Shortbus_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353557/shortbus/) John Cameron Mitchell byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Somewhere_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353577/somewhere/) Sofia Coppola byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Talk to Me_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353559/talk-to-me/) Kasi Lemmons byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Beat That My Heart Skipped_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353535/the-beat-that-my-heart-skipped/) Jacques Audiard byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Diving Bell and the Butterfly_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353537/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/) Julian Schnabel byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Electrical Life of Louis Wain_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353539/the-electrical-life-of-louis-wain/) Will Sharpe byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Magic Flute_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353541/the-magic-flute/) Kenneth Branagh byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Man from U.N.C.L.E._](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353571/the-man-from-uncle/) Guy Ritchie byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Painted Veil_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353543/the-painted-veil/) John Curran byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Shallows_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353573/the-shallows/) Jaume Collet-Serra byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Skeleton Key_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353545/the-skeleton-key/) Iain Softley byStephanie Zacharek *  [_The Taste of Things_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353549/the-taste-of-things/) Tran Anh Hung byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353561/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/) Tomas Alfredson byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Top Five_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353563/top-five/) Chris Rock byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Wolfwalkers_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353565/wolfwalkers/) Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart byStephanie Zacharek *  [_Wuthering Heights_](/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/7353547/wuthering-heights/) Andrea Arnold byStephanie Zacharek ## Project Credits * Project lead:Stephanie Zacharek * Project editors:Eliza Berman and Mahita Gajanan * Art and design:Victor Williams * Audience:Diana Elbasha and Kitty Ruskin * Digital:Nadia Suleman * Photo:Alis Atwell, Chloe Dowling, and Katherine Pomerantz * Video:Alex Robson and Justine Simons 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/50-most-underappreciated-movies/"},"headline":"The 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century","description":"From 'Idlewild' and 'Bright Star' to 'The Magic Flute' and more, these are TIME's most underappreciated movies of the 21st 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