We have our "Overrated" thread....how about an underrated one? Which movies have been criminally underwatched and underloved and haven't gotten the attention they so greatly deserve?

Here are three that jump out at me:

Hustle and Flow-One of the most surprising films I've ever seen. I thought it would be a typically generic "pimp" movie (i.e. a DMX-type movie), but it blew me away with Terrence Howard's performance and the sheer emotion the film brought.

Black Snake Moan-Another from Craig Brewer, with Sam Jackson and Christina Ricci. A terrific film that uses a exploitation angle to tell a very sweet story.

Boys Don't Cry-The most heartbreaking film I've ever seen, and made me hate Peter Sarsgaard so much that he's one of my favorite actors today.

Hard Candy-We've talked about this one a lot on indy.com, so I'll stay brief on it. A two-person play with a teenage girl who has a suspected pedophile in a snare. Plays with your loyalties, no easy feat when you consider one person is, you know, a suspected pedophile.