13 Overlooked Films From Famous Directors
What would a great director be without an unacknowledged classic?
Great film-makers come in many different styles, shapes and forms which ensures directing legends are rarely alike. It really is a diverse field of greats out there, but there is one thing nearly all of these artists will have in common: at least one overlooked film. It seems to be part of the 'Great Director' check-list.
Another thing all of them have is their undisputed classic. Hitchcock had Psycho, Kurosawa had Seven Samurai, Welles had Citizen Kane, Coppola had The Godfather... the trouble is, a director's classic films are often used to define the director's career. All of these greats have other awesome films that get overlooked in favor of the more high-profile films they've done, meaning audiences will sadly rarely get the bigger picture of a director's filmography.
It's time for these following films to stop being over-shadowed by the more well-known films by these artists. Obviously, the classics are important too but the obscure gems must not be forgotten, especially given that some of them are actually better than the movies these directors are remembered for...
13. Frank Darabont - The Mist
Frank Darabont is an immensely talented guy and he's the man behind The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, which are arguably the two most beloved Stephen King adaptations and two of IMDb's highest-rated films. Those two are great movies, but Darabont made another great Stephen King adaptation and infuriatingly only horror fans are aware of it.
The Mist is that movie and unlike The Shining it has King's stamp of approval. It's not like we needed more proof that Darabont should helm every Stephen King adaptation, but here it is anyway.
The Mist is one of the best horror flicks of the noughties; a powerful, political and unbearably tense monster movie with a masterful balance of insight and terror. Although the CGI monsters are utterly atrocious, the human villains more make up for that and provide most of the scares anyway.
It is an extremely depressing film and the final part will f**k you up for life, but it's worth the effort to get through it. It is a very worthwhile horror film and while you'll probably never watch it again, you'll never forget it. Hopefully Darabont will make another film soon.