10 Awesome Movies That Nobody Saw In 2015

Under the radar, but still totally worth your time.

Cinematic history is littered with great movies that flew directly under the radar, destined to instead be discovered later by film fans who couldn't believe they missed such an awesome piece of motion picture genius the first time around. Take Blade Runner, for example: a huge flop upon release that nobody bothered to see, now considered by many to be the greatest science-fiction movie of all-time. This happens as a result of two things: either because the movie was unjustly savaged by critics and nobody bothered to go see it, thus cementing it as a flop, or because said movie didn't have a large or particularly good marketing campaign, was only released on a limited basis, or went straight to video-on-demand. Sometimes, of course, it just comes down to bad luck; something about the film just didn't entice audiences into the theatre. Either way, it happens every single year, and 2015 is no exception. What follows are 10 movies from across the length of the year that few people managed to see. These are the films that either tried and failed to penetrate the mainstream, or were released in such a small number of venues that it made it fairly impossible for anyone to actually watch them. Most are critically acclaimed; others were wrongfully panned...

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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.