10 Awesome Recent Movies Nobody Saw Coming

10. Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales is an action-comedy anthology film from filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson, Captain Marvel), with a strong ensemble cast led by Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn. Hell, there's even a cameo appearance by Tom freakin' Hanks.

The film actually premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January 2024 to good-but-not-glowing reviews, after which it spent more than 14 months in release limbo despite being acquired by Lionsgate ahead of its premiere.

Freaky Tales bizarrely played at no other film festivals after Sundance, and was ultimately sent out to die in less than 400 U.S. cinemas with minimal marketing before being dumped equally quietly on streaming.

And yet, Boden and Fleck's film is one of the wildest and most unique movies of the year - a bonkers, blood-soaked Bay Area tableau about revenge, redemption, and music.

But it flew so far below the radar when it finally released back in April that one could easily assume Lionsgate was basically embarrassed by it for some reason. Baffling.