✬ Hidden treasure films ✬

It's a list for you to add your favourite UNDERRATED movie gems! Share your favourites with MDL community ;)

- Only movies
- Only movies below 200 watchers (it's a soft limit. If you have a movie that has 210 or 240 watchers that deserve more recognition, you should add it too!)
- Both shorts and feature films welcome
- Any country, any genre, any year of release
- The least known the better. The better the better too (lol)

mengosteen Apr 3, 2021
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  • Travelers: Dimension Police

    101. Travelers: Dimension Police

    Japanese Movie - 2013
    6.3
    93 points by 1 voters
    Dimension Police top agent Ai travels to a parellel dimension to catch a criminal from a different world. When she is about to catch the criminal, her former partner Yui appears. Yui ...more
  • Vive L'Amour

    102. Vive L'Amour

    Taiwanese Movie - 1994
    7.5
    93 points by 1 voters
    It is a slow-paced film with sparse dialogue about urban alienation, centring on three people who unknowingly share an apartment in Taipei: Mei, a real estate agent who uses it for her ...more
  • The Great Magician

    103. The Great Magician

    Chinese Movie - 2011
    7.4
    93 points by 1 voters
    Set in 1916, local warlord Lei Dan Ju enlists the help of a magician named Zhang Xian to gain the affections of his 7th concubine Liu Yin. Lei Dan Ju is unaware ...more
  • Consolation

    104. Consolation

    Korean Movie - 2015
    6.3
    93 points by 1 voters
    A girl needs consolation. (Source: Viddsee)
  • Peony Pavilion

    105. Peony Pavilion

    Hong Kong Movie - 2001
    7.2
    93 points by 1 voters
    The story takes place in a beautiful pavilion in 1930's Suzhou. Jade is a famous songstress courtesan, marrying into the noble house. She develops a dubious relationship with a female cousin of ...more
  • Summer Is the Coldest Season

    106. Summer Is the Coldest Season

    Chinese Movie - 2020
    8.0
    92 points by 1 voters
    Jia He’s mother was murdered unexpectedly two years ago. Because of that, she and her father both lost their focus in life. Jia He’s father failed to find any decent job after ...more
  • Uchuu Keiji Sharivan NEXT GENERATION

    107. Uchuu Keiji Sharivan NEXT GENERATION

    Japanese Movie - 2014
    7.4
    92 points by 1 voters
    Kai Hyuga/Sharivan uncovers a spy from the Neo Madou organization. In addition to that, Kai's friend, Seigi becomes the new Space Sheriff Estevan.
  • Warriors of Heaven and Earth

    108. Warriors of Heaven and Earth

    Chinese Movie - 2003
    7.2
    92 points by 1 voters
    A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two ...more
  • My Dad's Story

    109. My Dad's Story

    Thai Special - 2015, 1 episode
    8.1
    92 points by 1 voters
    The short film shows the dream of all parents who work hard to give their children a good education so they have a better life.
  • A Leg

    110. A Leg

    Taiwanese Movie - 2020
    7.3
    91 points by 1 voters
    In this deliciously dark comedy, a woman desperately attempts to reunite her husband’s amputated leg with his body before his funeral, leading her on a wild goose chase across Taipei and through ...more
  • Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond

    111. Ultraman R/B The Movie: Select! The Crystal of Bond

    Japanese Movie - 2019
    7.4
    91 points by 1 voters
    “Are you Ultraman? Or are you Katsumi Minato?” A mysterious Ultraman, Ultraman Tregear, has appeared in Ayaka City out of nowhere. A question from Tregear on making dreams come true makes Katsumi ...more
  • Picnic

    112. Picnic

    Japanese Movie - 1996
    7.5
    91 points by 1 voters
    Director Shunji Iwai follows up on the wild success of his star-crossed romantic drama Love Letter with this slick, brooding tale about a trio of mental asylum inmates and one really long ...more
  • Little Big Master

    113. Little Big Master

    Hong Kong Movie - 2015
    8.0
    91 points by 1 voters
    Lilian Lui, former headmistress of an elite kindergarten in Discovery Bay whom originally planned to retire to travel around the world with her husband Alvin Tse, takes up a job with a ...more
  • The Professor's Beloved Equation

    114. The Professor's Beloved Equation

    Japanese Movie - 2006
    7.9
    91 points by 1 voters
    The story centers around a mathematics professor, his housekeeper, and her young son, as they explore the beauty of equations. ...more
  • Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears!

    115. Kamen Rider Den-O: Pretty Den-O Appears!

    Japanese Movie - 2020
    7.4
    90 points by 1 voters
    Anna, a 10-year-old girl, runs away from home after an argument with her mother. For unknown reasons, she is later chased by Shocker. Then she manages to hop onto DenLiner, known as ...more
  • Mad World

    116. Mad World

    Hong Kong Movie - 2017
    7.4
    90 points by 1 voters
    Tung, a former banker struggling with bipolar disorder, has just been picked up from a psychiatric hospital by his father, truck driver Wong Tai Hoi. However, this isn't a heartwarming reunion: Tung ...more
  • The Soul

    117. The Soul

    Taiwanese Movie - 2021
    7.5
    90 points by 1 voters
    Liang Wen Chao is a man suffering from cancer, yet remains dedicated to his job. His wife A Bao is pregnant with their child. When Wang Shi Chong, the chairman of a ...more
  • Mutant Girls Squad

    118. Mutant Girls Squad

    Japanese Movie - 2010
    6.1
    89 points by 1 voters
    Rin, is a seemingly normal high school girl. However, on her 16th birthday, her life changes forever when her house is stormed by government special forces who brutally kill both her parents. ...more
  • The Viewpoint

    119. The Viewpoint

    Korean Movie - 2016
    7.5
    89 points by 1 voters
    See what you want to see, believe what you want to believe.
  • Ala Changso

    120. Ala Changso

    Chinese Movie - 2018
    8.0
    89 points by 1 voters
    Ala Changso is the transliteration of a Tibetan folk song's title meaning please drink up this cup of good wine. It tells the story of a woman who conceals her illness and ...more
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai

    121. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai

    Japanese Movie - 2001
    7.4
    88 points by 1 voters
    The Gaorangers start off by fighting the Demon Tribe Org until a great monster named Rakushasa has awaken from his hibernation. He is nothing like what the Gaorangers have ever fought before, ...more
  • The Police Box

    122. The Police Box

    Hong Kong Movie - 2006
    6.5
    88 points by 1 voters
    A girl writes love letters to a policeman and puts them in a police box on his beat. One day a jealous boy sees her tampering with the box and decides to ...more
  • Holiday Dreaming

    123. Holiday Dreaming

    Taiwanese Movie - 2004
    7.3
    88 points by 1 voters
    Ah Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. In the dream, he sees the dead body of Chen Shing Shing, a classmate in ...more
  • Engine Sentai Go-Onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijoBang!!

    124. Engine Sentai Go-Onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijoBang!!

    Japanese Movie - 2008
    7.2
    87 points by 1 voters
    The film begins as Gaiark Pollution Ministers attempt to break the dimensional barriers that separate the Braneworlds, recycling 13 Barbaric Machine Beasts to help them out. The Go-ongers intercept the Recycle Barbaric ...more
  • Call Her Ganda

    125. Call Her Ganda

    Filipino Movie - 2018
    8.1
    87 points by 1 voters
    When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case–an activist attorney, a transgender journalist and Jennifer’s mother –galvanize a political uprising, ...more
  • Yakiniku Dragon

    126. Yakiniku Dragon

    Japanese Movie - 2018
    7.4
    87 points by 1 voters
    In the 1970s, the Kansai region of Japan experienced a high economic growth and the Osaka World Expo was held. Yong Gil is Korean who moved to Japan and settled down in ...more
  • Dear Dakanda

    127. Dear Dakanda

    Thai Movie - 2005
    7.6
    87 points by 1 voters
    A shy young man from Bangkok , Khaiyoi develops a friendship with a girl with strong personality called Dakanda. Later, they both realize of their changing feeling far more than the 'best ...more
  • Cho Ninjatai Inazuma!

    128. Cho Ninjatai Inazuma!

    Japanese Movie - 2006
    7.7
    86 points by 1 voters
  • A Day

    129. A Day

    Korean Movie - 2011
    7.8
    86 points by 1 voters
    Short film about an old lady travelling through 90 years of her life in a single day.
  • Tokyo Olympiad

    130. Tokyo Olympiad

    Japanese Movie - 1965
    7.8
    86 points by 1 voters
    A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty and rich drama on ...more
  • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

    131. Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

    Japanese Movie - 1997
    8.0
    86 points by 1 voters
    A radio play is going to go on air at a Tokyo radio station. It is a weepy melodrama written by housewife Miyako, who is the winner of the competition run by ...more
  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: The Fire Mountain Roars

    132. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: The Fire Mountain Roars

    Japanese Movie - 2001
    7.0
    85 points by 1 voters
    It is the theatrical adaptation of Gaoranger that was a double bill with the Kamen Rider Series film Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4. The film features Gao Kong and the Gao Knight ...more
  • Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie

    133. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie

    Japanese Movie - 2012
    7.2
    84 points by 1 voters
    « Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie » is a 2012 Japanese tokusatsu film to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Metal Hero Series' first entry, Space Sheriff Gavan, and is a sequel to the ...more
  • Right Place

    134. Right Place

    Japanese Movie - 2009
    7.2
    84 points by 1 voters
    "Right Place" is a short film about an obsessive-compulsive Japanese store clerk, who has everything in its rightful place. However, he finds he cannot find his own place.
  • Chou Ninjatai Inazuma!! Spark

    135. Chou Ninjatai Inazuma!! Spark

    Japanese Movie - 2007
    7.4
    83 points by 1 voters
  • A Scene at the Sea

    136. A Scene at the Sea

    Japanese Movie - 1991
    7.5
    83 points by 1 voters
    Born with a hearing impairment, Shigeru is a part timer working for the sanitation service. His girlfriend Takako has the same condition as well. On his usual pickup route, Shigeru finds a ...more
  • Sansho the Bailiff

    137. Sansho the Bailiff

    Japanese Movie - 1954
    7.9
    81 points by 1 voters
    In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. ...more
  • Youth

    138. Youth

    Chinese Movie - 2017
    7.6
    80 points by 1 voters
    The film chronicles the lives of a group of idealistic adolescents in a military art troupe in the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution. They experience love, lust, betrayal, and sufferings ...more
  • That Kind of Love Story

    139. That Kind of Love Story

    Japanese Movie - 2015
    7.6
    77 points by 1 voters
    What is the real meaning of marriage? He believes... and she believes... that True Love exists. (Source: Viddsee)
  • Wife of a Spy

    140. Wife of a Spy

    Japanese Movie - 2020
    7.5
    76 points by 1 voters
    Set in 1940, Yusaku runs a trading company in Kobe, Japan, and he is married to Satoko. While on a business trip in Manchuria, Yusaku learns of a horrific national secret. For ...more
  • The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

    141. The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

    Japanese Movie - 2017
    6.7
    75 points by 1 voters
    Mika works in Tokyo as a nurse during the day and at a girl's bar at night. She meets Shinji, who works as a day labourer, and they become attracted to each ...more
  • Traces of Sin

    142. Traces of Sin

    Japanese Movie - 2017
    7.4
    74 points by 1 voters
    A year has gone by without any progress on the Tako family's murder, in which an elite businessman, his beautiful and perfect wife, and adorable daughter were brutally killed. Weekly magazine journalist ...more
  • A Lucid Dream

    143. A Lucid Dream

    Chinese Movie - 2021
    7.1
    73 points by 1 voters
    Memory eats into his dream. With the disappearance of that batch of wood which comes from the Southwest border, Li Guang, who is at the age of knowing destiny, realizes that this ...more
  • The Pluto Moment

    144. The Pluto Moment

    Chinese Movie - 2018
    6.7
    72 points by 1 voters
    Four people go to remote mountains in Hubei province to survey exterior views for a new movie. They get lost in the mountain and have to face darkness and daze of themselves. ...more
  • Home Sweet Home

    145. Home Sweet Home

    Chinese Movie - 2021
    7.4
    71 points by 1 voters
    A story that follows a family of four leading harmonious and contented lives. When a mysterious visitor starts residing in their basement, their lives are turned upside down as strange events begin ...more
  • Melancholic

    146. Melancholic

    Japanese Movie - 2019
    6.9
    70 points by 1 voters
    Nabeoka Kazuhiko, a graduate of a prestigious university, wasn’t enjoying his life, until he takes a job at a bathhouse. There, he discovers something unexpected happening after hours.

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