The Golden Globes are behind us and the Oscars are ahead of us, which means it’s that time of year when we all get to vent about snubs, bicker about why so-and-so deserves it over other-so-and-so, and hopefully make a few bucks on betting which movies will actually clean up. The Academy Awards are designed to disappoint. If you’re rooting for Get Out, one of the most confidently made and original films in years, you should temper expectations. (Pop quiz: What’s the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture? Answer: 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs.)

And then there are all those great movies that didn’t even get a nod from the major awards shows this year—because they didn’t make enough money, or they’re too weird, too fucked-up, too genre-driven, or they simply failed to capture the elusive attention of the moment. Here are the best movies of 2017 that have been inexplicably ignored by those hallowed, flawed institutions.