The Best Movies You Didn't See In 2010

There were plenty of great studio films this past year, with “Inception,” “The Fighter,” “True Grit,” & “The Social Network”.

But there were plenty of off-the-grid gems in 2010 as well, movies too freaky and daring for marketers to encapsulate in easily digested categories. Last year I saw lots that made me think, laugh and dream, but were generally overlooked and stuck in limited release. Here is my short list of under-appreciated gems, many already streaming on Netflix that should be atop any film geek’s video-on-demand queue. Like mine.


I'd like to give a special THANK YOU to The Salt Lake Film Society, out of the 12 below listed films, I was able to see 10 of them because of the society and the work they do to bring great, under the radar, independent, low-budget films to Salt Lake City. I highly encourage anyone who gets the opportunity to see a film at either The Broadway Theater or The Tower Theater in Salt Lake City.

"Holy Rollers"

"The Crazies"

"Get Low"

"Howl"

"Jack Goes Boating"

"The Next Three Days"

"Restrepo"

"Conviction"

"Fair Game"

"Never Let Me Go"

"It's Kind of a Funny Story"

"Tamara Drewe"