The Way He Looks
2014 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 997 votes
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. 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 2026-08-03 · 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.
Decalogue X
1989 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 139 votes
Jerzy and Artur’s father dies, leaving behind a valuable stamp collection, which, they discover, is coveted by dealers of varying degrees of shadiness. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
John Mulaney: New in Town
2012 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 206 votes
Stand-up comedian John Mulaney tackles such red-hot topics as quicksand, Motown singers and an elderly man he once met in a bathroom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The House of Flowers: The Movie
2021 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 124 votes
The De La Mora siblings concoct a mischievous plan to break into their old family home to retrieve a hidden treasure of significant importance. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Grave of the Fireflies
2005 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 117 votes
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dersu Uzala
1975 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 637 votes
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 421 votes
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Love Exposure
2008 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 525 votes
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Throne of Blood
1957 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,001 votes
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Postman
1994 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,232 votes
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
2025 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 195 votes
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
My Way
2011 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 456 votes
During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,295 votes
George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
5Gang: A Different Kind of Christmas
2019 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 111 votes
To keep the band together, Selly tries to earn money by making an appearance at the birthday party of a mobster's daughter - until he gets kidnapped. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Virunga
2014 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 235 votes
Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a contested ground among insurgencies seeking to topple the government that see untold profits in the land. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The General
1926 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 1,430 votes
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 771 votes
Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
2009 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 238 votes
In a Mars base, the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
ME!ME!ME!
2014 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 144 votes
An anime-obsessed young man fantasizes about his favorite voluptuous heroines, but his sex-addled dream quickly transforms into a nightmare which threatens to consume him. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Pixote
1980 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 248 votes
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.