The Best Movies No One Saw in 2017
Hidden among the superhero movies, franchise reboots, and studio blockbusters are the best indie movies of 2017. Many 2017 underrated films are even considered to be some of the best movies this year. Which 2017 underappreciated movies deserve more recognition?
A growing number of Hollywood's biggest stars have been appearing in independent films and smaller projects, like Casey Affleck in A Ghost Story, Aubrey Plaza in Ingrid Goes West, and Mark Hamill in Brigsby Bear. Other 2017 underrated movies, such as indie horror film The Transfiguration, feature unknown actors. Several of the following good indie movies are also streaming on Netflix.
Vote up the best underrated movies of 2017. Feel free to add any other 2017 overlooked movies missing from the list.
If you are looking for more, be sure to check out this list of underrated 2020 movies.
- 1Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham
2Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Martin McDonagh
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William ...more
3Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Sean Baker
Set in the shadow of the most magical place on Earth, 6-year-old Moonee and her two best friends forge their own adventures, while Moonee's struggling mom and a kindhearted motel manager protect the ...more![The Big Sick]()
4Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Michael Showalter
Kumail is a Pakistani comic, who meets an American graduate student named Emily at one of his stand-up shows. As their relationship blossoms, he soon becomes worried about what his traditional Muslim ...more![Lady Bird]()
5Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothée Chalamet- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Greta Gerwig
A teenager (Saoirse Ronan) navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother (Laurie Metcalf) over the course of an eventful and poignant senior year of high school.![Good Time]()
6Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barkhad Abdi- Released: 2017
- Directed by: Joshua Safdie, Ben Safdie
A bank robber stops at nothing to free his brother from prison, launching himself into a nightlong odyssey through New York's dark and dangerous criminal underworld.
