Best understated Movies & TV Shows

The Bad Guys

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

Run time: 100m Tagline: Good is no fun at all. Release: 2022-03-17

Stars: Alex Borstein Anthony Ramos Awkwafina Barbara Goodson Craig Robinson Lilly Singh Marc Maron Richard Ayoade Sam Rockwell Zazie Beetz

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

Stars: Daniel Ings Dexter Sol Ansell Peter Claffey

The Ark

100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.

Stars: Christie Burke Pavle Jerinić Reece Ritchie Richard Fleeshman Ryan Adams Shalini Peiris Stacey Read Tiana Upcheva

The Darjeeling Limited

Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).

Run time: 92m Tagline: I want us to be brothers again, like we used to be. Release: 2007-09-07

Stars: Adrien Brody Amara Karan Barbet Schroeder Bill Murray Camilla Rutherford Irrfan Khan Jason Schwartzman Owen Wilson Wallace Wolodarsky Waris Ahluwalia

The Wild Robot

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Run time: 102m Release: 2024-09-12

Stars: Bill Nighy Catherine O'Hara Kit Connor Lupita Nyong'o Mark Hamill Matt Berry Pedro Pascal Stephanie Hsu Ving Rhames

His Three Daughters

Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.

Run time: 104m Release: 2024-09-05

Stars: Carrie Coon Elizabeth Olsen Jasmine Bracey Jay O. Sanders Jose Febus Jovan Adepo Natasha Lyonne Randy Ramos Jr. Rudy Galvan

The Outrun

Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the Orkney Islands; a place both wild and beautiful right off the Scottish coast. After more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona – now 30 – attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her traumatic childhood merge with more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery.

Run time: 117m Release: 2024-08-02

Stars: Izuka Hoyle Lauren Lyle Nabil Elouahabi Naomi Wirthner Paapa Essiedu Posy Sterling Saoirse Ronan Saskia Reeves Stephen Dillane Tony Hamilton

Mad Men

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

Stars: Aaron Staton Christina Hendricks Christopher Stanley Elisabeth Moss January Jones Jon Hamm Kevin Rahm Kiernan Shipka Rich Sommer Vincent Kartheiser

Priscilla

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Run time: 110m Tagline: Wife to the king. Icon to the world. Destined for more. Release: 2023-10-27

Stars: Ari Cohen Cailee Spaeny Dagmara Dominczyk Dan Abramovici Dan Beirne Jacob Elordi Lynne Griffin Matthew Shaw Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll Tim Post

Blade Runner 2049

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Run time: 164m Tagline: The key to the future is finally unearthed. Release: 2017-10-04

Stars: Ana de Armas Carla Juri Dave Bautista Harrison Ford Hiam Abbass Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Robin Wright Ryan Gosling Sylvia Hoeks