We never got around to drafting our review of Super Dark Times due to the rush of the holiday season, but, boy, did we enjoy it. The film feels like it's part Lynch, part Fincher, with a touch of Gus Van Sant, and it's all MOOD in the best ways. The film is set in the pre-Columbine 90s and is a story more about the loss of innocence than it is coming of age. The period aspects and the casting were perfect; the film's whole vibe feels thoroughly 90s, and you can actually believe these characters are in high school. The cinematography is stunning, and the mood is terrifically sustained and powerful enough to hold interest and even forgive the story when it starts to fall off the rails. It's not perfect, but it's psychologically engaging in ways that films rarely are these days.

Before we get to our #1 pick, here's a few that just missed the cut:

It Comes At Night

The Lost City of Z

Alien: Covenant

Endless Poetry

And now, our pick for the most unsung film of 2017 goes to...