15 Awesome Summer 2017 Movies You Probably Missed

These films deserve your money.

A Ghost Story Casey Affleck
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The summer movie season is well and truly over, and with moviegoers having more films than ever to choose from thanks to the uptick in quality offerings from direct-to-streaming services, it's fair to say that a number of the summer's best movies might've in fact passed you by.

Whether they actually landed a theatrical release or simply got a day-and-date Netflix bow, these 15 movies served up some of the summer's most heartfelt, inventive and brilliantly-acted storytelling.

If, for whatever reason, you did sleep on these films over the summer, you absolutely need to catch them at home at your earliest convenience, before the upcoming tidal wave of Oscar hopefuls inevitably steals away your time.

What these films lacked in monstrous budgets, fancy visual effects and scintillating action sequences, they more than compensated for with impeccable directorial craft, strong performances and a desire to put ideas ahead of just printing franchise money...

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