



This sprawling Brazilian crime drama shows how all the pieces matter in a way unmatched by anything except The Wire, and it does it in just two hours. I'm gonna go hump the fridge.īen Stiller's fashion world satire is still packed to the merman gills with quotable lines and goofy setpieces. The number of quotable lines per minute in David Wain and Michael Showalter's deliriously silly summer camp comedy is extremely high, especially when you account for the fact that every line is basically a non-sequitur that you can use in just about any context. Linguistically innovative blaxploitation satire Pootie Tang is the least underrated and also the best. It introduced the world to Jason Statham and contains what might be Brad Pitt's single weirdest performance.Ĭhris Rock's trilogy of ridiculous early-00s comedies - Pootie Tang, Down to Earth, and Head of State - is severely underrated. Guy Ritchie has made a lot of bad movies since this one, but this clever crime comedy about a stolen diamond bouncing around the London underworld still owns. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - NetflixĪng Lee's majestic martial arts classic is unforgettable, not only for its balletic fight scenes, but for its soulful performances by Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi.
