The notion of "overlooked" or "underrated" always seems kind of fuzzy to me, so I was glad when the hosts occasionally cited Letterboxd stats as a reference point. It game me the idea of using my "favorited" titles on ICheckMovies.com and sorting that list by the least number of checks. So, herewith, in response to no clamor whatsoever, are the least-seen movies among the users of ICheckMovies.com that appear on my "favorited" list.
[For context…
Most seen among my “favorites”: The Shining = 92,487 checks
Most seen on the site overall: The Dark Knight = 135,474 checks]
Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas; 2005)
Checks: 731
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen; 2003)
Checks: 742
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang; 2001)
Checks: 1,105
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul; 2006
Checks: 1,185
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul; 2004)
Checks: 1,307
About Elly (Asghar Farhadi; 2009)
Checks: 1,483
Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan; 2002)
Checks: 1,772
Away from Her (Sarah Polley; 2006)
Checks: 1,850
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (Sergei Bodrov; 2007)
Checks: 2,206
Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson; 2000)
Checks: 2,876
Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov; 2002)
Checks: 3,808
The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev; 2003)
Checks: 3,859