Dominated by the box office behemoth that was James Cameron’s Titanic, 1997 was a year of high drama and outlandish special effects. The Lost World: Jurassic Park brought with it a new batch of genetically revived dinosaurs, George Lucas dug his original Star Wars trilogy out of the closet and added new (controversial) computer-generated sequences, while Nicolas Cage and John Travolta did impressions of one another and fired guns in John Woo’s delirious action movie, Face/Off. Plus the true best movie of the year, L.A. Confidential, was robbed at the Oscars for Best Picture.

It was a varied year for movies, for sure, particularly by 21st century standards; it’s difficult to imagine a British feel-good comedy about amateur male strippers (The Full Monty) getting into the year’s 10 highest grossing films these days. But among all those winners, there had to be some underappreciated losers at the same time, so here’s our selection of those 1997 films that deserve more affection.

25. The Postman

Here’s a movie we’ve explored before at Den of Geek. It’s widely regarded as a major flop, a big disappointment, a disaster… but it’s certainly not all of those things. Kevin Costner’s second directorial effort after Dances With Wolves is no less ambitious, adapting David Brin’s novel for the screen. It’s the story of a post-apocalyptic America where Costner’s drifter picks up a bag of postman’s mail and starts to deliver it, kickstarting a chain of hope for the survivors.