hidden gems ·
High scores, low traffic. These rate well with critics and audiences and still never surface on the home row.
Netflix's home screen optimizes for what you will start, not for what is good. Every title here scores 72 or better on our blend of critic and audience ratings, and every one sits in the least-watched third of the catalogue.
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
A-tier (Excellent) · Streaming on Netflix
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead during his detention. In one week's time, a family is changed forever.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
B-tier (Worth it) · Streaming on Netflix
Ice Age is the one the numbers agree with. Ice Age: Collision Course is not.
We scored every title Netflix added in the last seven days. 6 of them clear our "worth your evening" line.
20 ranked. 0 made S-tier.
