12 Great Movies You Might Have Missed

12. Hard Eight

And finally, we’ve got Paul Thomas Anderson’s forgotten masterpiece. You’ll probably remember Anderson better for creating porn-tastic Boogie Nights or  Daniel-Day-Lewis-a-thon There Will Be Blood, but before all of this he was the mind behind Hard Eight. Grappling with the neo-noir genre with gusto, the film takes on a complex and intelligent plot that doesn’t take the viewer’s stupidity as a given. A grand performance from John C. Reilly steals the show, and peppered-in cameos from stars like Philip Seymour Hoffman prove equally tantalising. It might not be Anderson’s finest hour, but it’s worth seeking out if you’re a fan of his later work- or if you’re a fan of Samuel L. Jackson being really damn cool. And who wouldn’t want to get behind that?   So, you’ve browsed our list of must-see movies (and hopefully added a few to your parchment of “To Watch”). But everyone has their very own treasures- movies that they love that no-one else seems to have heard of. What are your hidden gems? What’s the one film you would tell the world to see if you could? Respond in the comments below.