Overview
- Both outlets published Dec. 24 lists calling attention to well-reviewed 2025 movies that drew limited mainstream notice.
- The Life of Chuck was repeatedly highlighted as a standout Mike Flanagan–Stephen King adaptation that deserved more audience and awards attention.
- ComicBook.com spotlighted Steven Soderbergh’s espionage drama Black Bag and Alex Parkinson’s deep-sea survival thriller Last Breath as underappreciated releases.
- The roundup also elevated low-budget and indie fare such as Luke Sparke’s dinosaur-war B-movie Primitive War and Finn Wolfhard’s satirical horror Hell of A Summer.
- JoBlo named Tron: Ares the year’s most underrated film and argued Captain America: New World Order was a fun, undervalued MCU entry led by Anthony Mackie.