10 Awesome Recent Movies That Came Totally Out Of Nowhere
8. Grand Theft Hamlet
Grand Theft Hamlet came out of nowhere because it's just such a peculiar concept for a movie.
This fiercely original documentary follows a pair of actors who, during a period of lockdown amid the pandemic, attempted to stage a performance of Hamlet inside the video game Grand Theft Auto Online.
The film was "shot" entirely inside GTA Online and so could be produced largely in secret, before it premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year and won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Even so, it wasn't until the film's general release at the end of 2024 that film fans and gamers alike really started paying attention to it.
Between Grand Theft Hamlet's festival success and rave reviews from critics, it's quite the staggering success story for a movie produced entirely inside a video game, and which could've easily just been another viral flavour of the week.