Summer with Monika
1953 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 399 votes
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Curated by SceneIt · United States
Hidden Gems Movies
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose well-rated titles with smaller audiences than blockbuster releases. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-07 · Ratings from TMDB
How we chose these titles
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
Sawdust and Tinsel
1953 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 160 votes
A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Character
1997 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 120 votes
In pre-WWII Holland, the penniless, illegitimate son of a powerful bailiff sets out to become a lawyer as he spends a lifetime struggling to prove his worth to his relentlessly spiteful father. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Blue Collar
1978 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 204 votes
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The African Queen
1952 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,078 votes
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Furious
2026 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 290 votes
After a criminal network kidnaps Wang Wei's daughter and the corrupt police refuse to assist him, Wei sets out on his own to locate her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Physician
2013 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,208 votes
England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
True Grit
1969 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 873 votes
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Swades
2004 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 393 votes
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Crossroads
1986 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 485 votes
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Station Agent
2003 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 813 votes
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 675 votes
A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts an intense star-crossed love affair from the 1960s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Roundup
2022 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 448 votes
The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Old Mill
1937 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 222 votes
Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Land and Freedom
1995 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 301 votes
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Operation Condor
1991 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 655 votes
Hired by a Spanish baron, Hong Kong treasure hunter Jackie, a.k.a. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Just Another Christmas
2020 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 443 votes
After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Boy & the World
2014 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 257 votes
Suffering because of his father's departure to the big city, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by bug-engines and strange beings. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Butterfly
1999 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 246 votes
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Anniyan
2005 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 121 votes
Unable to tolerate society's injustices and devastated by rejection from the woman he loves, a meek lawyer develops a split personality: one side a vengeful vigilante killer punishing evildoers, the other a dashing playboy capable of winning her heart. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.