Last updated: November 2, 2026
Netflix keeps pushing the same handful of movies everybody is already watching. These are the ones it buries: underrated films I graded B or higher that most people still haven’t seen (each has fewer than 60,000 ratings on IMDb), all streaming on Netflix right now.
IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE (2024)
Greg Jardin’s ‘It’s What’s Inside’ is a hilarious, mind-bending puzzle box comedy-thriller. Crafted with incredible precision and featuring an electrifying ensemble cast, this eruptive debut is destined to be one of the buzziest movies of 2024.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
MASS (2021)
A painstakingly intimate, conversation-driven drama with phenomenal performances all around (Jacob Isaacs and Ann Dowd are especially extraordinary), Mass is a terrific and terrifically depressing debut from Fran Kranz that will be sure to move audiences to tears.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
ZOLA (2021)
Janicza Bravo’s snappy and stylized Zola is a bottle-rocket of artistic energy boasting four of the most-notable performances of the year from Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, and Nicholas Braun. An all-around electrifying watch despite a weak ending.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
THE HAND OF GOD (2021)
Paolo Sorrentino’s striking coming-of-age drama sinks into the gaiety of family history and the pangs of family tragedy as the hand of fate throws a young man’s future into question. Handsomely filmed and emotionally solvent, The Hand of God is an impressive and natural progression for the soulful Italian filmmaker.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
NR. 24 (2024)
Manning-Walker’s shattering film debut explores the self-inflicted violence of youth, famously opined to be wasted on the young, with great care before shifting to a heartbreaking meditation on sexual consent, steadied by a ravishingly raw central turn from newcomer Mia McKenna-Bruce. Even for a debut film, How to Have Sex feels explosive and must-see.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
IN THE EARTH (2021)
Ben Wheatley’s return to horror uses the backdrop of a global pandemic to spin a folksy yarn about woodland killers and pagan worship that employs militant audio-visual hallucinogenic effects to entertain and disorient. A real return to form for Wheatley and the first movie to effectively tackle the virus and its effect on our collective sanity.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
INGRID GOES WEST (2017)
Dark, awkward comedy Ingrid Goes West has plenty of uncomfortable laughs and wince-worthy situations but poses potent, pressing commentary about the dark consequences of social media oversharing. Star Aubrey Plaza is heartbreaking and strange as hell as a twisted stalker desperate for friends and attention and any fan of hers ought to seek out this sleeper hit immediately.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
BEAST (2022)
Man vs. Lion B-movie Beast doesn’t rewrite the creature feature playbook but nor does it need to. Strong pacing, gnarly animal action, and a worthy lead in Idris Elba make this a sinewy slasher worth a safari to the cinema.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
KEANU (2016)
Catnip for Key & Peele fans, Keanu is a daffy laugh-a-minute concept comedy meets YouTube video; definitive proof that the sketch comics’ careers are far from over – and may in fact just be beginning anew – now that they’ve exited the world of television.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
SHE SAID (2022)
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan join together to unspool the story behind the story of sexual predator and Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s downfall. She Said is a sobering investigative procedural that pits women’s truth against strongmen lies but begs the question: did anything ever change?▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
THE BOOGEYMAN (2023)
One of the better (and more assertive) adaptations of Steven King, The Boogeyman is a well-directed, well-acted slice of classic ‘fear the dark’ horror. It’s scary, it’ll make you jump, and it’s somehow only rated PG-13.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
ALPHA (2026)
Julia Ducournau’s third French body horror Alpha is a concussive portrait of a family strained by the specter of a deadly virus, equal parts formally ambitious and puzzle-box cerebral mania. It’s not her strongest film, but it continues her tradition of bold, esoteric art.▶ Watch on Netflix · Read the full review
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By: Matt Oakes
Started blogging about film in college when the university paper wouldn’t have him. Dislikes your consensus film Twitter favorites. Devotee of horror movies that make him die a little inside. Catches films at festivals when he can. Proud SFCS and OFCS member and Tomatometer-approved critic. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.
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