Hollywood has always produced great movies, but not every movie becomes popular in Indian theatres especially if it does not have big stars. But there are some gems that are worth your attention and are filled with amazing storytelling, great action and amazing experience. Here are seven Hollywood movies that you might not have heard of but are worth your time in 2024 and 2025.

7.  A Heist Like No Other – Women Taking Over

Whenever we think of heist films, we picture men conspiring to steal from various establishments. However, this 2008 movie brings a fresh twist with three women conspiring to rob the country’s Reserve Bank. If you enjoyed Ocean’s 11 then you will love this film as much as it has intelligent plans and dramatic consequences. The film is available on Amazon Prime Video and was made by the creator of the Nashville TV show. A must watch for fans of intelligent crime films!

6. Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

What if there was a rabies like zombie virus and you are trapped in your house with your family and friends and hardly any food? This movie starts you in the middle of an apocalypse and think, ‘What would I do in this situation?’ Directed by Karl Storrs, who has directed Pet (2016) and Apartment 143 (2011), the film feels surprisingly realistic. The escape journey, which involves aspects like riding a bike, running out of gas, and looking for food, is like living in a video game. Although the movie starts slowly, it gets more intense as time goes by. If you liked the Last of Us game or the show then this one’s for you! It is streaming in Hindi on Amazon Prime Video and has an IMDB rating of 6.1 with more than 18,000 reviews.

5. AI Gone Wrong – A New Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

If movies like Ex Machina or Megan interested you then this AI based horror film is for you. The story is about a couple who take a female AI robot for a weekend vacation. But when a stranger starts Eyeing the AI girl, things get dangerous and lead to some horror. This movie is unique because it depicts the AI and human relationship in a very realistic way.  Sophie Thatcher plays Iris, an AI robot so real that you will never know whether she is real or not. This film is a gem of 2025, created by the people behind Barbarian, with an IMDB rating of 7.3 based on 18,000 reviews. Available on Hotstar.

4. The Worst Korean Disaster Movie

Korea has been burning with disaster movies and this 2024 blockbuster shows why they are on top of the genre. Like Twister and Sinkhole, this film shows a giant earthquake that levels a city and only one building is left standing. It creates a food shortage situation and the survivors are fierce and desperate. The tension increases as the story develops and reveals surprising and unexpected events.

This film will give you Badlands Hunter feelings and has an IMDB rating of 6.6 with 8,000 reviews. If you like watching disaster thrillers then this one is for you! You can watch it in Hindi on Amazon Prime Video.

3. The Most Terrifying Film of 2023

If you think you have watched brutal films, this mentally disturbing 2003 horror thriller will shock you. Watch two friends go to a farmhouse to have fun and a psychotic serial killer turns up. It then proceeds to subject viewers to a bloody rampage of kills and a terrifying psychological game. Some of the scenes may leave you shocked for the next few hours.

With an IMDB rating of 6.7 (80,000 votes), the movie has a shocking turn of events that affects you deeply. If you like horror-thrillers like Wrong Turn but want it to be more realistic than this movie is for you.

2. High Octane Martial Arts Action

This is another fast-paced action thriller film which is set in Taiwan. Without the slow motion, VFX or the cuts this movie has real and adrenaline pumping action sequences. The story of a criminal who is not only a criminal, he has to rise up the ranks and become the number one most wanted criminal. The action is raw with insane 360 camera shots of roof top jumps and hand to hand combat.

If you were a fan of Korea’s Man from Nowhere (remade in Bollywood as Rocky Handsome), this movie will blow your mind. Released in 2023, it has an IMDB rating of 7.3 out of 7,000 votes and is available on Netflix.

1.  The Scariest Horror Movie of 2024

It’s not ghosts and other supernatural horrors that are scary. Human cruelty is the real terror. This psychological horror thriller is about two nurses who take shelter in a house during rainy weather. However, the house’s owner is a sadistic psychopath and the house itself is a labyrinth with no end to the rooms, basements and darkness. Is this a supernatural nightmare or just a well thought out trap? With over 100,000 votes on IMBD, this one hour and fifty-minute masterpiece as how to make people scared of real-life monsters.

Conclusion

These seven Hollywood movies that are not so popular but are great from the years 2024 and 2025 show that it is not necessary to have big stars to create amazing films. Whether you are into heist thrillers, apocalyptic survival, AI horror, Korean disaster dramas, horror thrillers or action thrillers there is something for everyone.

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