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Digital Trends
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The best hidden gems on Netflix right now - Digital Trends
March 27, 2025 - The best hidden gems on Netflix include Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure, From Rock Star To Killer, Behind Her Eyes, Age of Samurai, and more.
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AARP
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25 Best Hidden Gems on Netflix to Watch Now
July 7, 2025 - Netflix has a huge catalog of movies and TV shows, but its powerful algorithms often favor the streamer’s most recent and most watched fare, like Kate Hudson's basketball comedy Running Point, the White House-set screwball whodunnit The Residence and the rediscovered 2010s legal drama Suits. Though many rival studios have clawed back movies and shows for their own streaming services, there are still tons of less popular gems buried on Netflix — from originals such as the sexy Swedish dramedy Love & Anarchy to memorable films like the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One.
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PureWow
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25 Hidden Gems to Check Out on Netflix, According to an Entertainment Editor
June 1, 2021 - This Netflix documentary takes a deep dive into the $400 billion medical device industry, exploring how life-saving innovations have actually harmed patients.
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Shortlist
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Netflix hidden gems: movies and TV shows you need to watch | Shortlist
January 22, 2024 - While The Mitchells vs the Machines was reportedly Netflix’s biggest animated film to date at its release in 2021, this is Pixar-grade stuff many of you may have missed. A robot apocalypse starts kicking off and, in classic unlikely hero fashion, it falls on the Mitchell family to save the world.
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Netflix
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Hidden Gems | Netflix Official Site
To find a diamond in the rough, you need to dig a little deeper. These hidden gems, which you may have missed at first glance, really deliver in unexpected ways.
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IMDb
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Netflix: hidden gems
Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.CreatorsHunt BaldwinJohn CovenyStarsRobert ...
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TV Guide
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The 57 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (December 2025) - TV Guide
3 days ago - This film about the intimate relationship between a man and his octopus won the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2021. Craig Foster, a diver, buddies up with an octopus in South Africa for a year, documenting her life as she sleeps, eats, and battles ...
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Parade
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27 Best Underrated Movies on Netflix (December 2025) - Parade
2 weeks ago - Looking for underrated Netflix movies? We're rounding up the 27 best underrated, most overlooked movies to stream on Netflix right now.
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Mental Floss
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Netflix’s Creepiest Hidden Gems to Watch This Halloween
October 28, 2025 - If you’ve browsed through the usual horror stuff and want something a bit different, here are eight hidden gems you can find on Netflix that’ll fit the bill. They aren’t always perfect, but these will likely subvert your expectations if you’re anticipating a typical horror movie or show. They pull off the scares, weirdness, and intensity, often with interesting themes and metaphorical storytelling, making them absolutely worth watching for Halloween. ... Released in 2021, the acclaimed Fear Street trilogy was directed by Leigh Janiak, based on the classic book series by R.
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Reddit
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r/netflix on Reddit: What’s a hidden gem on Netflix that you always recommend but no one ever seems to watch?
June 29, 2025 -

We all have that one show or movie we loved on Netflix, the one you tell people about constantly, but for some reason, nobody ever seems to give it a shot. Mine is “The OA” ,weird, emotional, and absolutely brilliant. Every time I recommend it, people nod politely and go right back to rewatching The Office for the 6th time. So let’s hear it: what’s your underrated favorite? Could be a foreign film, a forgotten limited series, or a random docuseries that blew your mind.

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Rotten Tomatoes
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100 Hidden Gem Series on Netflix | Rotten Tomatoes
March 31, 2023 - Burned through your Netflix queue already? We've dug up 100 under-seen, under-appreciated, and surprise series available on the streaming giant.
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Reddit
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r/NetflixBestOf on Reddit: [DISCUSSION] Some hidden gems in Netflix, a recommendation!
December 21, 2023 -

There are some truly hidden gems in Netflix that deserve more more adulation and love. Here are my top picks;

  1. The lying lives of adults

  2. Katla

  3. Black Summer

  4. The Woods

  5. The Valhalla Murders

  6. The 7 lives of Lea

  7. Behind her eyes

  8. You don't know me They are all atmospheric and really great limited series to binge on! Happy bingeing :-)

  9. I also forgot to mention 'Maid'

  10. Derry Girls

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Rotten Tomatoes
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60 Hidden Gem Movies on Netflix | Rotten Tomatoes
March 31, 2023 - The collection below is made up of movies with impressive Tomatometer scores that have gone criminally under-seen (Slow West, I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore., Under the Shadow); movies that made a splash when they debuted but which you may have forgotten since (1922, My Life As A Zucchini, Obvious Child); under-appreciated gems – according to the RT staff (Can’t Hardly Wait, The Foreigner); and some bigger movies you may be surprised to see are available on Netflix.
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Savoir Flair
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10 Hidden Gems on Netflix That You Should Probably Consider Watching | Savoir Flair
July 26, 2023 - If you grew up loving the L.M. Montgomery book series, Anne of Green Gables, chances are you will love the Netflix original Anne with an E. But purists be warned. While the characters and situations are based on the beloved novels, the show’s writers have taken a modern look at how abuse, neglect, and trauma can affect a young child.
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Likewise
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13 Hidden Gems on Netflix: Must-Watch Movies and Shows
Discover the most captivating hidden gems on Netflix right now. From animated anthologies to thought-provoking dramas, these titles are sure to surprise and delight any viewer seeking quality storytelling.
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Reddit
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r/movies on Reddit: Hidden Netflix Gems
August 2, 2024 -

The Netflix for you algorithm is god awful and always pushes the worst movies. The same goes for most of the movies they showcase in any category, but I know there are hidden gems. They are just hard to find.

What are some of your favorite hidden gems on Netflix? Preferably cyberpunk-esk Sci-Fi but any genre is fine.

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PCMAG
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Looking for Your Next Watch? 16 Underrated Netflix Shows and Movies to Stream Right Now | PCMag
July 5, 2025 - I didn’t expect to be sucked into this movie about a widow who hires a lone excavator to uncover what’s hiding under mounds of dirt on her property in the 1930s, but The Dig does a great job of creating natural tension in several ways.