15 Most Underrated Movies Of The Decade (So Far)

5. The Theory Of Everything

Each year sees so many films following the Oscar bait formula coming out it's often hard to distinguish the genuinely good from the self-important tat. That effect was only compounded in 2015, which saw two movies based on great British scientists hit within months of each other. But, while on paper they were near identical - a well-regarded talent takes on a great recent figure fighting some form of adversity or illness while also changing the world - in actuality The Imitation Game and The Theory Of Everything were worlds apart.

You see, the former was the most pandering awards movie since The King's Speech, brushing over Alan Turing's homosexuality and the subsequent persecution in favour of two hours of Benedict Cumberbatch doing serious Sherlock. The Theory Of Everything, on the other hand, used Stephen Hawking's life story as the jumping off point for something much more interesting. So while it dealt with the vague ideas of his theories and his motor neurone disease, it managed to go beyond that, delivering a brutally truthful romance at the same time.

Of course, because a biopic being more than just a two hour round of applause about how great the subject was is so rare nowadays, many have shrugged Theory off (aside from Redmayne's performance, of course); only a few months after its release and already you can this great, creatively progressive film slipping into cultural obscurity.