Finding Forrester. I like that one. Classic Sean Connery but the kid is terrific, and a young Sookie for your eye candy.
Support whomever said Sneakers, that's a great one, but I did not mention it, or others like it, because they did pretty well and weren't underappreciated, which was the original request.
Another one to try is Career Opportunities, with a young Jennifer Connelly and Frank Whaley with Dermot Mulroney and a few other faces you might recognize.
Finally, I thought perhaps you might want to try some of the old classics, which while they may have done well in their day, are old enough that they might be off your radar, such as:
Mother, Jugs & Speed. Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel, Raquel Welch, Larry Hagman, Bruce Davison, Dick Butkus. Lots of fun.
Some good '60s civil rights action try out In The Heat Of The Night. You'll hear the great line "They call me Mr. Tibbs!" Also check out Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. I can suggest if you want. But it reminds me of one classic genre, the WWII movie:
WWII comedy gold, with a cast that can't be beat: Kelly's Heroes. Soldier's come up with the perfect caper, rob a bank across enemy lines. Clint Eastwood. Donald Sutherland. Telly Savalas. Don Rickles. Harry Dean Stanton. Carroll O'Connor. This movie never gets old.
WWII "quest" movie: Force 10 From Navarone (or an earlier similar, Guns of Navarone, with Gregory Peck). Force 10 includes Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, etc.
WWII pow (Japan) movie: Bridge on the River Kwai. One of the best movies of all time, not just this genre. Alec Guiness. William Holden. Sesue Hayakawa.
WWII pow (Germany) movie: Stalag 17. Black and white, classic, pre-cursor to the reinvented comedy tv show hogan's heroes. William Holden. Otto Preminger. Peter Graves.
WWII romantic movie: Casablanca. I just assume you know this, Bogart and Bergman. All time classic. So many phrases that are current cliches actually come from this movie, such as something amounting to a 'hill of beans' or "start of a beautiful friendship" or "play it again, sam" (which actually was never said in the movie, but is always attributed as a mis-quote).
And finally, a WWI movie just to be complete, and because its star just passed away: Lawrence of Arabia, with Peter O'Toole. You could watch it with the sound off, at least the first half, and be happy just with the incredible visuals of the desert.
Oh, mentioning Gregory Peck compels me to mention one of if not the only movie ever to be as good or perhaps even better than the book that came before it: To Kill A Mockingbird. If you don't like this movie you can't be trusted. Frankly, if people don't like this movie, the terrorists win.
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