8 Underrated Movies From the 2000s You Owe an Apology

These scored like hits and got watched like homework. Big movie.guru scores, far fewer IMDb votes than the decade's giants. Time to say sorry.

Number one is the one you'll fight me on. It has a musical number.

1. 8
   Ip Man (2008)8.2

   Critics shrugged. The audience was right, and it wasn't close.

   Critics beat only 57% of movies on it, audiences beat 97%. Donnie Yen makes calm look like a weapon while the critics checked their watches.
2. 7
   Thank You for Smoking (2005)8.4

   The smartest comedy about lying that nobody quotes anymore.

   8.4 movie.guru score on a $10M reported budget. Aaron Eckhart sells a product that kills people and you kinda root for him. That's the joke.
3. 6
   Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)8.4

   Funnier than most comedies, and almost nobody bought a ticket.

   $4,243,756 domestic on a $15M reported budget. Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer trade insults like a tennis rally. Shane Black was doing meta before meta was a brand.
4. 5
   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)8.6

   Noomi Rapace owns this movie, and America barely showed up.

   $10,095,170 domestic, $104,414,200 worldwide on a $13M reported budget. The rest of the planet bought tickets. America saw the word subtitles and found something else to do.
5. 4
   Taare Zameen Par (2007)9.3

   A 9.3 that most of your friends have never heard of.

   Audiences beat 99% of movies on it, and it made $1,223,869 domestic. Darsheel Safary carries the whole thing. Bring tissues, plural.
6. 3
   The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)9.2

   Better than the thrillers you rewatch every single October.

   9.2 movie.guru score on a $2M reported budget. Ricardo Darín plays a man who can't let one case go, and neither will you.
7. 2
   Let the Right One In (2008)9.3

   The best vampire movie of the decade, and it barely whispers.

   98% on Rotten Tomatoes, $2,122,065 domestic. Two kids, a snowy courtyard, zero sparkle. The 2000s had a vampire problem and this was the cure nobody took.
8. 1
   Enchanted (2007)7.7

   Yes, the Disney princess one. It's smarter than your favorite.

   93% on Rotten Tomatoes, an A− CinemaScore, and the fewest IMDb votes on this list at 227,490. Amy Adams plays a cartoon dropped into New York and never once winks.

$1,429 says the angriest comment today is about a Disney princess, not a vampire.

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