The best underrated movies of last year to finally watch

To describe 2020 as one of the most tumultuous and unconventional years in recent memory feels like a gross understatement. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every sector of life, including the simple pleasure of watching. Theaters and multiplex chains across the world shuttered their doors and the result was a release schedule thrown into a tailspin and an industry scrambling to program streaming platforms. There were lofty attempts to return things to normal; in September 2020, Christopher Nolan bet big in the face of the pandemic and pushed ahead with the release of his science fiction action thriller Tenet, a decision which resulted in a deflated box office and the film’s subsequent release on home video just a few months later. The rollout looks quaint compared to the new normal, in which a movie like A Quiet Place Part II hits theaters in May then appears on Paramount Plus in