Five upcoming movies you definitely didn’t see advertised during Super Bowl

With Super Bowl XLVIII in the bag, it’s no surprise that it was the big ads -- and not the big plays -- that made headlines the morning after.

As always, high-concept beer and car ads dominated the commercial breaks during the big game, but Hollywood also stole the spotlight away from the Seahawks and Broncos with mostly mindless teasers for some of 2014’s biggest movies. TV spots for future blockbusters like “Need for Speed,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” “Noah,” and more turned heads, but not much in the way of actual content.

Given the hefty price tag of each trailer (each 30-second ad cost the studios an estimated $4 million U.S.), Hollywood can hardly be blamed for cutting to the chase. But despite what those Super Bowl ads were trying to tell viewers, there’s a whole lot more to look forward to in 2014 than just these hundred million dollar plus tentpoles.

Here are five upcoming movies that definitely weren’t advertised during the Super Bowl.

"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (March 7)

“The Life Aquatic” director Wes Anderson’s latest opus, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” follows the life of Zero Moustafa (newcomer Tony Revolori), a lobby boy at the prestigious titular hotel who learns the ropes of the hospitality business from the legendary concierge Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes). Between the film’s sprawling cast, its goofy sense of humour, and Anderson’s affected visual stylings, the trailer for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is basically the anti-Super Bowl ad.

"Enemy" (March 14)

“Prisoners” director Denis Villeneuve re-teams with Jake Gyllenhaal for “Enemy,” a dark and disturbing psychological thriller that makes Toronto look like one sinister city. Gyllenhaal plays Adam Bell, a lonely and depressed professor seeking his exact lookalike (also played by Gyllenhaal) after spotting him in a movie. Despite being released months after “Prisoners,” the film was actually shot a few years ago and was Gyllenhaal and Villeneuve’s first collaboration together.

"The Raid 2" (March 28)

Anyone who saw Welsh director Gareth Evans’ first “Raid” movie is already sold on its upcoming sequel. Picking up where the first action-packed film left off, “The Raid 2” follows rough-and-tumble officer Rama (Iko Uwais) as he goes undercover to expose corruption within the Jakarta police department. High kicks and smashed teeth ensue!

"Under the Skin" (April 4)

Jonathan Glazer's terrifying tale of an extraterrestrial stalking the alleys of Glasgow made waves at film festivals last year, thanks in large part due to the strength of Scarlett Johansson's eerie (and extremely unclothed) performance as the aforementioned succubus alien. Visually striking and hard to shake, "Under the Skin" is the arthouse answer to "Species." You'll never look at Johansson the same way again.

"The Rover" (Summer 2014)

The highly-anticipated follow-up to "Animal Kingdom" from Australian filmmaker David Michôd, "The Rover" is a post-apocalyptic crime drama starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson. Set in the Australian outback, the film follows a man (Pearce) as he trails a gang who stole his last remaining possessions. Pattinson plays a former member of the gang who helps Pearce's character along. "The Rover" was previously described as a combination of "Mad Max" and "The Road," a description that the trailer seems to back up.

You might not have seen these trailers during the Super Bowl, but that doesn't mean they're not worth your time. As the big game demonstrated, 2014 certainly has plenty of blockbuster firepower, but these unadvertised movies are also worth your time.