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I have never been much of a movie person but have started to watch more in the last year or two. (Something to do with getting older and slowing down a bit, I suspect.) I have started to pay attention to the "most overlooked/most underrated" lists, of which you will find many online. Scan a list of 20 or so films and you will probably find three or four that catch your interest. These will be small films, many of them by independent producers, that were not part of the major studio hype machine, which is oriented towards the hoped-for blockbusters. You will not have heard of most of them because they didn't get big marketing campaigns and may have gone direct to streaming, but there is a lot of good storytelling going on. My opinion of Hollywood has actually improved a bit. There has always been a toxic element in Hollywood, but there are also a lot of talented people who just want to make good films.

My favorite find of the last year: Columbus, directed by Kogonada (a made up name behind which the director conceals his real life identity) and starring John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson. There are no comic book superheroes, explosions, car chases, sex scenes, zombies, terrorists or aliens. Nobody dies. It's just decent, honorable, likeable people treating each other with respect and kindness as they deal with some weighty issues. The adrenalin junkies think the film is too slow, but if you give it time for the story to come to you, you will care about the characters soon enough.

Hey thanks for the tips man.

Yeah I like a good story and am fine with just that.

I will check it out.

If you have not seen 1917, I would highly recommend it.
IMHO, the best movie I have seen in years.