What's important to remember is that this happens every year. While mainstream audiences are wooed by clever marketing, overwhelmed by non-stop promotions, or pre-occupied with their favorite franchises; perfectly good films are getting overlooked for no good reason other than that we're too busy to pay attention. Well, that's why every month we post a short list of some of our favorite "hidden gems" from years past. Movies that have entertained cult audiences and left a lasting impression on the few of us with enough free time to venture into the savage wilderness of DVD bargain bins and online streaming services to find the best they have to offer. The only measurable standard is that each of these films has to have fewer than 5,000 ratings on IMDb, because at this point even the lowest bombs like Apartment 143 , which made a mere $383 in theaters 3 years ago, has over 9,000 votes! With that useless fact ringing clearly in your head, here's our list of cult favorite hidden gems for January: