Kingdom of Knuffel

Color me strange, but I really enjoyed "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" as a kid. It had some parts that were a little intense for a child, but it kinda appealed to me and my sense of adventure.

I keep meaning to watch that.

I forgot to mention Lady in the Water! Everyone hated that movie. I liked it >_>

I really like Short Time, but it seems like most people have never seen or heard of it, and the reviews for it were pretty mediocre.

I liked the movie The Phantom, with Billy Zane. Everyone looks at me like I'm stupid when I watch it/mention it, but it's one of those that, maybe because I'm not trying to take it seriously? I mean, I see it's flaws (purple skin-tight suit on a white horse, perfect camo for the jungle!), but I do enjoy it still.

I know there's more (I really enjoyed Anastasia, personally), but that was the first one to pop in my head. Just, I mention it, and people look at me like, "wth is wrong with you?"

For me it's Crash. I, like the Academy, think it's superior to Brokeback Mountain and Babel and think it deserves it's 2005 BP Oscar.

I really disliked "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" to be honest
I found it boring.

One of mine is "Percy Jackson". People say they don't like it, but I do :D

It seems to me that Anastasia can't be 'unpopular' or a 'Guilty Pleasure' movie since so many of us like it. I also enjoyed Treasure Planet though my mum hated it and banned my siblings and I from watching it after a while.
Nightmare Before Christmas is always awesome, as is Corpse Bride, both of which I have been criticized for watching at a time that isn't Halloween. (or Christmas Nightmare)
I also saw someone who mentioned Lady in the Water and I remember watching and enjoying it, but no one else liked it so I never really got to watch it more than a couple of times.
I also enjoy both the Percy Jackson movies, though I do think they would make a better tv show and think the books are better. They aren't the best movies ever made but they could have been worse.

Rococo wrote:Okay so hear me out
This is not as much guilty pleasure as diverse tastes.
We probably all have it, that one or two movies that most of the world agrees are bad, or just unimpressive, that you love the heck out of.

For me it's Don Bluth's Anastasia and Disney's Treasure Planet
I don't even feel guilty for it, I love those two animated movies to death

(And I have lost count of how many times I have re-watched them)

Wait, are those unpopular? I love both these movies. And Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? Stop dissing my faves! That was a work of art and together with How To Tame Your Dragon it's my favourite animation movie, like, ever. Please don't tell me HTTYD is 'unpopular' as well, or there will be consequences.

And Swan Princess. Come on. Between my sister and me, that movie was hella popular.

Who gets to decide a movie is unpopular anyway? I see Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride named here, but those, especially Nightmare, are immensely popular in their cult.

No, take one of my favourite series now. It may not be a movie, but I'm terrified at how underrated it seems to be. I'm talking about The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. For some reason I had missed the original movie, which turned out to be a cult classic like Nightmare before Christmas. But the new series - dang! That's a masterpiece if ever there was one! It aired on Netflix last year and after having seen it, I expected the rest of the world to be as blown away as I was. But everyone I ask about it just goes "Yeah well, I don't like dolls". But, but! They're not dolls. They're Gelfling! Artistically the whole setting is mindboggling, but if you somehow don't appreciate all that, it's still a hell of a story, and the characters are just... well, what's not to love? It really makes my heart cry to see how underrated Age of Resistance is and I really, really wish people would try to see through the unusual style one day.

Edit: I am currently laughing my buttocks off, because the dumbass who was dissing my dear Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was, apparently, me. I'm glad that I was just as disgruntled about this three years ago.

Unpopular is definitely a very relative term; there's tons of movies that didn't do well financially or critically, but are still considered beloved by a lot of people (Anastasia and Treasure Planet are good examples). Especially on the internet it's almost impossible to find an 'unpopular' movie that has some kind of cult following.

That said, I think something like 'I wish more people knew about this movie' is also a pretty good definition. Also, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance sounds really interesting, so thanks for the recommendation!

I think Kubo and the Two Strings deserves to get a bit more recognition than it does; it has a breathtaking combination of stop-motion and animation, and a lovely dark fairytale-like story.

Earthgirls are Easy is by far my favorite unpopular movie. It is pure idiotricy. :}