10 Awesome Movies From 2017 You Probably Missed

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00:00Choosing a movie to watch has never been harder than in this day and age.

00:08With thousands of flicks hitting the screens all across the world, as well as the hit-and-miss

00:12directed DVD quagmire, you've got more options than your mum on Tinder.

00:172017 saw its fair share of massive hits with Get Out, Dunkirk, Wonder Woman and Not Leatherface,

00:23Leatherface was such a tripe, but as you can expect that means that there's been so many

00:27that have bypassed the masses.

00:29So let good old Uncle Jules take you for a walk down the far off time of last year and

00:35dust off some gems that you might not have noticed.

00:37With this in mind, I'm Jules at WhatCulture.com and these are 10 awesome movies from 2017 that

00:42you probably missed.

00:4310.

00:44Brawl in Cell Block 99 If I was to tell you that Vince Vaughn was in

00:48a B-movie thriller flick, you'd be more turned off than a Welshman being offered a dusty hand

00:52job by Margaret Thatcher's ghost.

00:54Yet this film, made by the minds behind Bone Tomahawk, is actually really decent.

00:59It's a film that celebrates trashy film tropes and actually sees Vince give one of his better

01:03performances.

01:04It carries a grindhouse vibe that is sure to turn some people off, but for those of us

01:09who love the campiness of Planet Terror, then this tale of revenge is sure to entertain.

01:14The plot is super simple, with Big V having to murder everyone in Cell Block 99, but it's

01:19thin on action, suspense, and in places, utter dumb fun.

01:24Plus, the soundtrack is peng-a-lang.

01:279.

01:28Colossal Okay, so the plot alone should sell you on

01:31this one.

01:32Anne Hathaway is an alcoholic who comes to realise slowly that she is somehow connected

01:36to a giant monster who is crushing South Korea.

01:40Apocalypse Anonymous should have been what it was called, but they went with Colossal,

01:43and it is an absolute blast.

01:46Now in its defence, the reason why such an interesting sounding film dodged the majority

01:49of the public is because it didn't get a worldwide release.

01:52Yet for those that did see this drama, satire, comedy, sci-fi film, it's a rare treat of being

01:58something very new in a world of remakes and rehashes.

02:02It's not perfect, but it breaks ground in such interesting ways that you can forgive a

02:06lot of its small missteps.

02:078.

02:08Good Time Robert Patterson has had a strange career

02:12so far.

02:13He's forever been shown as this weird, softy, lovey-dovey lad with less teeth than a baby,

02:18even when he's playing a vampire, which has ironically got a lot of teeth.

02:21Good Times changes this somewhat by making Patterson repulsive, by casting him as a sleazy

02:27criminal called Nikos, who goes on the run with his mentally disabled brother after

02:31a botched robbery.

02:33What makes Good Times so interesting outside of its killer 80s score is the way it subverts

02:37your expectations at every turn.

02:39Just when you think you've got a grip on where the plot is going, the film changes direction,

02:43resulting in an experience that is both frustrating and exhilarating.

02:48When it's over, you're bound to be left with a feeling of, what the f*** did I just

02:51watch, but in the best possible way.

02:54It's got the makings of a cult classic and will change the way you think about Robbie P.

02:58potentially forever.

02:597.

03:00Wind River

03:01Taylor Sheridan is best known for writing the brilliant film Sicario, and continues to work

03:05wonders with this tight mystery movie.

03:07A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent, sounds like a fun job, and an FBI agent have to team

03:12up in an attempt to discover why a beautiful young woman is found dead in the snow, raped,

03:17with no shoes on.

03:18The atmosphere here is key to the film's power.

03:20It has this strange allure of a movie like Christopher Nolan's Insomnia, mixing in elements

03:25of the Coen Brothers noir films and the likes of classic westerns.

03:29The result is a film that is by turns disturbing, violent and thrilling, especially as the screenplay

03:34makes sudden, unexpected turns, all of which help dig its hooks in deep.

03:396.

03:40Song to Song

03:41It's a bit odd that a movie starring Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman

03:45and Rooney Mara should only bring in one million dollars at the box office, but that's exactly

03:49what happened to Terrence Malick's latest Song to Song.

03:53Now Malick's box office appeal has been on a steady decline over the years, mainly due to

03:57his shooting style, which is much more experimental with each and every flick.

04:01For that reason, you will either love or hate Song to Song, but trust me, it is worth a gamble.

04:06The very loose plot of Song to Song hones in on two love triangles and takes place in and

04:11around the Texas music scene.

04:13Ryan Gosling is especially good here, his easy-going manner perfect for the Malick style, and as one

04:18might expect, it's beautiful and bizarre in equal measures, with characters standing around,

04:23gazing at various landscapes, wondering what it all means.

04:265.

04:27The Red Turtle

04:28There's no dialogue in this beautifully animated, atmospheric piece of work, which follows

04:33the course of a man's life after he is stranded on a beautiful island in the middle of nowhere

04:37with only the titular Red Turtle for company.

04:40The movie opens with said man coming to terms with his new existence, learning the ropes of

04:44his environment alone within a tropical island paradise.

04:48After a while though, the film transforms into something more.

04:51A sad and heartbreaking meditation on loneliness, nature, and perhaps most surprisingly, family.

04:584.

04:59The Girl With All The Gifts

05:00Based on M.R.

05:01Carey's brilliant novel of the same name, the film adaptation of The Girl With All The Gifts

05:05hit cinemas last year and then just sort of disappeared into the ether never to be heard

05:10from again, which is a shame as there's some really great work on display here.

05:14The story takes place sometime in the near future, when much of the human populace has been decimated

05:18by an unknown pathogen, and the survivors live together in a strange army base of sorts

05:23where children are kept and treated like experiments.

05:26To explain more would spoil the film's many surprises, but let's just say nothing going

05:30on here is quite what it seems.

05:32It was made on the low budget of just 5 mil, and while it's got a lot of similarities

05:39to films like 28 Days Later and Day of the Triffids, it's a film which executes its

05:43story so well that it manages to feel fresh.

05:463.

05:47My Life As A Courgette

05:49Though this beautiful animated feature was actually made in 2016, it didn't receive

05:53a release in the UK or United States until the middle months of 2017, thus qualifying

05:58it for this inclusion on this list.

06:00The film centres on the titular Courgette, who winds up in a foster home with lots of

06:04other abandoned children, and what follows is the story of how Courgette comes to term

06:08with his new life and absence of his parents.

06:10It's a short film, just running over 60 minutes, but it packs in so much emotion that it's

06:15a veritable powerhouse.

06:17The subject matter is so bleak that, in other films, it would feel too dense, but here it

06:21feels effortless while also respectful.

06:24It's a triumph in every sense of the word.

06:262.

06:27Raw

06:28One made in 2016, but not given an overseas theatrical release until 2017, Raw is without

06:33question one of the best and most original horror movies in decades.

06:38Just ask Observer Film Critic Mark Kermode, who knows horror movies better than most, who

06:42went on to name it the best film of 2017.

06:45Quite the accolade, you'll agree, but not as much as me giving a film my Jules Gill moist

06:50digit of the decade award, but you know, still pretty close.

06:52Raw centres on a teenager who develops a sudden craving for human flesh.

06:56And it's comical, shocking, violent and erotic.

07:00It's a treat for those who love the body horror films of David Cronenberg, yet what sets Raw

07:04apart from being pure schlock is the beauty of its cinematography, the performances and

07:09the musical score.

07:10It didn't make a dink in the sales charts, but as it stands, this film is pure gold.

07:16And number one, Lady Macbeth.

07:18No, not an adaptation of the famous Shakespeare play, though the reasons for the title become

07:22wholly apparent the moment you sit down to watch this strange, macabre drama set in a

07:27stately home in 19th century rural England.

07:30Directed by William Oldroyd, it is without doubt one of the year's best movies.

07:34Lady Macbeth centres on Catherine, a beautiful young woman whose life has already been mapped

07:38out for her.

07:39She'll marry a man she doesn't love, and live out her days as a lady of a large

07:43estate.

07:45One day, however, she stumbles across the Heathcliff-like Sebastian working in the stables,

07:50and his rough, aggressive manner is the very opposite of Catherine's husband, and so sparks

07:55a sexual fire within her.

07:56What follows thereafter is best kept in the dark, though this film packs a mighty punch

08:02for its 89 minute length, forcing you to alternatively root for and rally against Catherine as she

08:07plots her revenge.

08:08Did I say revenge?

08:10Yes, I did.

08:11It's the kind of film you watch with your hands covering your eyes, perpetually sensing

08:15that something terrible is just minutes away, and for that reason, I f***ing loved it, and

08:21so should you.

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