Curated by SceneIt · United States
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
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.
2017 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 108 votes
Kally is a musical prodigy trying to juggle being a classical piano virtuoso, a normal 14-year old girl, and having a secret desire to become a world-famous pop-star. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 106 votes
A spirit of a middle school dropout gangster who accidentally possesses an 18-year-old boy’s body who killed himself, goes back to high school to take a revenge against the bullies with his gangster skills and encounters unexpected relationship. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 957 votes
Corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 836 votes
Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 655 votes
At the brink of going to hell, Yee-jae must cycle through twelve separate lives and twelve separate deaths in this reincarnation drama. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 616 votes
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière’s name is so long and her spell-casting skills are so poor that everyone at the Tristain Academy of Magic just calls her “Louise the Zero.” Louise’s humiliation only increases during an important second-year test, she inexplicably summons Saito Hiraga, a totally normal teenager from Tokyo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2026 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 1,065 votes
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 425 votes
Rai wakes up from 820-years long sleep and starts his new life as a student in a high school founded by his loyal servant, Frankenstein. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 163 votes
A woman, who is about to marry her longtime lover, encounters a man who looks just like her first love. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2026 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 150 votes
The emotions of a celebrity and her interpreter get lost in translation as they travel the world filming a TV show. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 846 votes
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 256 votes
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 113 votes
A group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin – but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 910 votes
A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 117 votes
When bashful Miyano meets brash Sasaki, it feels like a teen romance manga come to life — but for these boys, real-world love is messier than fiction. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 624 votes
Teenage Julie finds her passion for music and life while helping the Phantoms -- a trio of ghostly guys -- become the band they were never able to be. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 621 votes
In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 345 votes
Dungeons, dragons... This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 320 votes
Passengers on board the mysterious Infinity Train must explore a series of endless cars that each contain unique worlds and puzzles to solve in order to unravel the mysteries of the train - and within themselves - to open the doorway home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 8.4/10 · 365 votes
Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he'd rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.