Harrison Ford's 8 Most Underrated Movies. Yes, Even the Billion-Dollar One.

Every Ford movie is famous. So underrated here means critics shrugged or way fewer people showed up. Real numbers, real grudges.

Number one has a third of Raiders' votes and the better argument.

1. 8
   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)9.6

   Even Raiders counts, because you haven't rewatched it.

   Highest movie.guru score here at 9.6, made on a reported $18M budget, and it still has fewer IMDb votes than Return of the Jedi. Fix that tonight.
2. 7
   Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)8.9

   Ford's Han Solo return gets buried under the sequel arguments.

   $2.07 billion worldwide and an 8.9 movie.guru score, yet the conversation skips him for trilogy fights. He walks in and the movie finally wakes up.
3. 6
   Return of the Jedi (1983)8.5

   Critics graded Jedi like overdue homework. They were wrong.

   Metacritic 58. Critics rank it above 63% of movies, audiences above 99%. That gap is the whole case. The Ewoks are not a crime.
4. 5
   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)8.7

   Critics shortchanged the best Indy sequel by a mile.

   Metacritic 65 against a CinemaScore A and $474.2M worldwide. Guru's Take is 9.2. Ford plays tired, funny and heroic in the same scene.
5. 4
   Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)7.7

   The Indy everyone skips beats its 57 Metacritic.

   Fewest IMDb votes of the original trilogy at 575,584. It's loud and kinda mean, but the nightclub opening alone outclasses most action movies.
6. 3
   Blade Runner (1982)8.2

   The 1982 flop that every sci-fi movie now copies.

   $32.9M domestic on a reported $30M budget and a CinemaScore B. Critics rank it above 91% of movies. Audiences took 40 years to catch up.
7. 2
   Blade Runner 2049 (2017)8.7

   The best legacy sequel nobody bought a ticket for.

   $92.1M domestic on a reported $150M budget. Guru's Take: 9.1. Ford shows up late and gives the most wrecked, human performance of his career.
8. 1
   The Fugitive (1993)9.4

   The most underrated Ford movie, and it isn't close.

   9.4 movie.guru score, A+ CinemaScore, $368.9M worldwide, and only 351,747 IMDb votes. Raiders has more than triple that. Two hours of pure, sweaty momentum.

$517.38 says you start The Fugitive tonight for just the opening and finish the whole thing.

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