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 2026-08-04 · 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.
2003 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 1,063 votes
Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 222 votes
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 256 votes
Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her love, while we accompany her in her greatest refuge: the kitchen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 136 votes
A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 407 votes
A strong audience pick This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 337 votes
At Cross Academy, two student disciplinary committee members are tasked with keeping the peace between a human class and a night class of vampires. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 487 votes
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 432 votes
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 893 votes
With his secret identity now revealed to the world, Ben Tennyson continues to fight evil as a superhero with the help of the newly acquired Ultimatrix. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 183 votes
When a low-ranked fairy accidentally resurrects a powerful demon, their fates become cosmically entangled as the world is thrown into turmoil. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 307 votes
Eliseo is the superintendent of an upscale building. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 648 votes
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2025 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 109 votes
A passionate fling in Jeju ends abruptly — until fate reunites an heir and a young woman when she joins his company, disguised as a married mother. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 246 votes
A strong audience pick This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 117 votes
Using superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at “Time Photo Studio,” a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 451 votes
On the front lines of the war, Tanya Degurechaff, blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain white skin, commands her squad with lisping voice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 570 votes
So exactly what’s going to happen when Hachiman Hikigaya, an isolated high school student with no friends, no interest in making any and a belief that everyone else’s supposedly great high school experiences are either delusions or outright lies, is coerced by a well meaning faculty member into joining the one member “Volunteer Services Club” run by Yukino Yukinoshita, who’s smart, attractive and generally considers everyone in her school to be her complete inferior? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 260 votes
On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his place overnight. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 631 votes
Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile — which he cannot stand. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 8.2/10 · 820 votes
"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.