Movies 26 of the year's best movies no one saw By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 1, 2017 07:12PM EST Close 01 of 27 High praise, low box office Carole Bethuel; Everett Collection; Mary Cybulski/Amazon Studios; Jaap Buitendijk/Sony Superheroes and big-budget sequels gobbled up the biggest box office grosses of 2017, leaving plenty of room for critical darlings to slip through the cracks, beyond the reach of casual audiences. From Kristen Stewart's Personal Shopper to Julianne Moore's Wonderstruck, here are 26 films mainstream moviegoers brushed aside this year. 02 of 27 Kedi (Ceyda Torun) Oscilloscope Laboratories Release date: Feb. 10 Rotten Tomatoes: 98% Metacritic: 78 Domestic box office: $2.8 million 03 of 27 A United Kingdom (Amma Asante) Stanislav Honzik/Fox Searchlight Release date: Feb. 10 Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Metacritic: 65 Domestic box office: $3.9 million 04 of 27 Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas) Carole Bethuel Release date: March 10 Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Metacritic: 77 Domestic box office: $1.3 million 05 of 27 T2 Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) Jaap Buitendijk Release date: March 17 Rotten Tomatoes: 79% Metacritic: 67 Domestic box office: $2.4 million 06 of 27 Colossal (Nacho Vigalondo) Neon Release date: April 7 Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Metacritic: 70 Domestic box office: $3 million 07 of 27 Their Finest (Lone Scherfig) NICOLA DOVE/STX Entertainment Release date: April 7 Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Metacritic: 76 Domestic box office: $3.6 million 08 of 27 A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies) A Quiet Passion/Hurricane Films/Music Box Films Release date: April 14 Rotten Tomatoes: 92% Metacritic: 77 Domestic box office: $1.9 million 09 of 27 The Lovers (Azazel Jacobs) A24 Release date: May 5 Rotten Tomatoes: 83% Metacritic: 76 Domestic box office: $2.2 million 10 of 27 The Wedding Plan (Rama Burshtein) Everett Collection Release date: May 12 Rotten Tomatoes: 86% Metacritic: 72 Domestic box office: $1.4 million 11 of 27 The Hero (Brett Haley) Beth Dubber Release date: June 9 Rotten Tomatoes: 77% Metacritic: 61 Domestic box office: $4.1 million 12 of 27 My Cousin Rachel (Roger Michell) Nicola Dove Release date: June 9 Rotten Tomatoes: 76% Metacritic: 63 Domestic box office: $2.7 million 13 of 27 A Ghost Story (David Lowery) A24 Films Release date: July 10 Rotten Tomatoes: 90% Metacritic: 84 Domestic box office: $1.6 million 14 of 27 Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Roadside Attractions Release date: July 14 Rotten Tomatoes: 89% Metacritic: 76 Domestic box office: $1.1 million 15 of 27 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk) Jensen Walker/Paramount Release date: July 28 Rotten Tomatoes: 78% Metacritic: 68 Domestic box office: $3.5 million 16 of 27 Menashe (Joshua Z Weinstein) Federica Valabrega/A24 Release date: July 28 Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 81 Domestic box office: $1.7 million 17 of 27 Brigsby Bear (Dave McCary) MONGREL MEDIA Release date: July 28 Rotten Tomatoes: 79% Metacritic: 68 Domestic box office: $532,669 18 of 27 Columbus (Kogonada) Everett Collection Release date: Aug. 4 Rotten Tomatoes: 97% Metacritic: 89 Domestic box office: $1 million 19 of 27 Step (Amanda Lipitz) Everett Collection Release date: Aug. 4 Rotten Tomatoes: 95% Metacritic: 81 Domestic box office: $1.1 million 20 of 27 Good Time (Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie) A24 Release date: Aug. 11 Rotten Tomatoes: 91% Metacritic: 80 Domestic box office: $2 million 21 of 27 Ingrid Goes West (Matt Spicer) Neon Release date: Aug. 11 Rotten Tomatoes: 86% Metacritic: 71 Domestic box office: $3 million 22 of 27 Patti Cake$ (Geremy Jasper) Jeong Park/Fox Searchlight Release date: Aug. 18 Rotten Tomatoes: 82% Metacritic: 67 Domestic box office: $800,148 23 of 27 Stronger (David Gordon Green) Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Release date: Sept. 22 Rotten Tomatoes: 96% Metacritic: 76 Domestic box office: $4.2 million 24 of 27 Faces Places (Agnès Varda, JR) Everett Collection Release date: Oct. 6 Rotten Tomatoes: 100% Metacritic: 95 Domestic box office: $504,653 25 of 27 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Angela Robinson) Claire Folger / Annapurna Pictures Release date: Oct. 13 Rotten Tomatoes: 87% Metacritic: 68 Domestic box office: $1.6 million 26 of 27 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos) Atsushi Nishijima/A24 Release date: Oct. 20 Rotten Tomatoes: 79% Metacritic: 73 Domestic box office: $2.2 million 27 of 27 Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes) Cinetic Media Release date: Oct. 20 Rotten Tomatoes: 72% Metacritic: 71 Domestic box office: $1 million