Marlene Dietrich’s film titles say it all. Blonde Venus. The Scarlet Empress. And perhaps most of all: The Devil Is A Woman. Dietrich cultivated an ice queen persona both on screen and on the red carpet, but behind the scenes, she was all fire and passion. From her steamy affairs with Hollywood’s hottest men and women to the dark secrets she hid from the press and her own family, Marlene Dietrich was the ultimate femme fatale.

While some shows hang around in our collective memory for years after they finish, others have been overshadowed by the big titles. But not anymore—here’s a collection of some amazing shows you might’ve forgotten about.

The 90s gave us Friends, Seinfeld, and The X-Files—all the stuff everyone still talks about. But that’s not the full story. The 90s were absolutely packed with shows that came and went so fast you barely had time to learn the theme song.

Laura Branigan was one of the great voices of 80s pop. She was launching a comeback when the unthinkable happened.

From the moment Leif Garrett stepped into the spotlight, everyone assumed he was destined for greatness. But behind the teen-idol grin lurked a far darker truth. Pushed into roles he never wanted and controlled by people who valued profit over his well-being, Garrett was dragged into a world of secrets, pressure, and destructive habits he could never outrun—setting the stage for a lifetime of battles no fan ever saw coming.

Winning an Oscar is impressive. Winning a handful? That’s a career highlight. But then there are the movies that showed up to award season and basically refused to leave without taking everything in sight. The surprising part isn’t just how many awards they won, it’s how many of them have quietly slipped out of everyday conversation.