18 Amazing Lesser Known Movies You Can Find On “Netflix” Right Now

Cargo

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately searches for a new home for his infant child and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.

Stowaway

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76%

A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

The Guest

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Founder

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 81%

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Kroc soon maneuvers himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a multi-billion dollar empire.

The Clovehitch Killer

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%

A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father’s possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13 girls ten years prior.

Bad Trip

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76%

This mix of a scripted buddy comedy road movie and a real hidden camera prank show follows the outrageous misadventures of two buds stuck in a rut who embark on a cross-country road trip to NYC. The storyline sets up shocking real pranks.

Mindhorn

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%

A has-been actor, known for playing British detective Mindhorn, works alongside the police to catch a serial killer who will only speak to Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Hush

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%

A deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears in her window.

The Willoughbys

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

Convinced they’d be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family.

Black Sea

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

The Master

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.

A Single Man

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%

An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

Small Town Crime

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79%

When alcoholic ex-cop Mike Kendall finds the body of a young woman, he becomes obsessed with redeeming himself by finding the killer. In the process, he puts himself and his family in danger while hanging out with an assortment of shady characters.

Uncorked

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

A young man upsets his father when he pursues his dream of becoming a master sommelier instead of joining the family barbecue business.

A Ghost Story

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

A recently deceased man returns as a ghost to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state, he has become stuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Midnight Special

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%

The government and a group of religious extremists pursue a man and his son , a young boy who possesses special powers.

Mission of Honor

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%

Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both Great Britain and their own Poland from the German advance.

Layer Cake

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%

A mid-level cocaine dealer in London makes plans to step away from the criminal life. Before he can cut ties, the dealer’s supplier draws him into a complicated pair of jobs involving kidnapping the teenage daughter of a rival gangster and brokering the purchase of a large shipment of ecstasy pills, leading to a series of elaborate double-crosses from all corners.