Sweet & Sour
2021 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 253 votes
Faced with real-world opportunities and challenges, a couple endures the highs and lows of trying to make a long-distance relationship survive. 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 2026-08-04 · 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.
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 260 votes
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hamnet
2025 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,491 votes
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Inside Job
2010 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,053 votes
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Mysterious Skin
2005 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,318 votes
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 242 votes
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Life of Oharu
1952 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 199 votes
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sniper: The White Raven
2022 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 931 votes
Mykola is an eccentric pacifist who wants to be useful to humanity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
2021 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 518 votes
With the help of the "Dragon Sin of Wrath" Meliodas and the worst rebels in history, the Seven Deadly Sins, the "Holy War", in which four races, including Humans, Goddesses, Fairies and Giants fought against the Demons, is finally over. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Requiem for the American Dream
2015 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 202 votes
Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Crazy About Work
2018 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 144 votes
Alicia is a workaholic executive who suddenly loses her job and her family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu
2016 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 313 votes
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Heidi
2005 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 137 votes
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Il Posto
1961 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 185 votes
With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
2001 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 821 votes
Legendary dhampir D competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman seemingly abducted by undead nobleman Meier Link. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Minding the Gap
2018 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 198 votes
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Chasing Coral
2017 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 131 votes
Coral reefs are the nursery for all life in the oceans, a remarkable ecosystem that sustains us. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Sacrifice
1986 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 622 votes
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Like Father, Like Son
2013 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 805 votes
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Street of Shame
1956 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 154 votes
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.