Dec 29, 2014 7:00 AM

Gallery: Here Are the 10 Best Movies You Didn't See This Year

Kino Lorber, Vice Films
01
A-Girl-Walks-Home-Alone-at-Night
You may have seen all the influences on writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour's feature before—elements of David Lynch, a bit of spaghetti western sauce, even a bit of Anne Rice's vampire novels—but you have never seen anything like *A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night*. (Expand gallery to full screen to find out why we loved each film.)
Sony Pictures Classics
02
Love-Is-Strange
On the surface, writer/director Ira Sachs' *Love Is Strange* is just "modern love" tale, but it hits in places you may not even know you had.

A24
03
Obvious Child
What's more hilarious than an abortion rom-com? Not much, it turns out. See: *Obvious Child*. Writer/director Gillian Robespierre's film is the freshest, funniest, most honest, contemporary comedy we've seen in years.
Sony Pictures Classics
04
Only-Lovers-Left-Alive
*Only Lovers Left Alive* is a languid, mysterious, moody ride that stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, a couple of super-hot, super-undead lovers who have been together for centuries.

Roadside Attractions
05
Skeleton-Twins
Depending on who you ask, *The Skeleton Twins* is a funny drama, a dramedy, or a sad comedy. It doesn't really matter. It's brilliant.
IFC Films
06
The-Babadook
If you're addicted to that surging sensation of fear and discomfort that comes with watching a well-executed horror movie, get your hands on *The Babadook* ASAFP.

Fox Searchlight
07
The-Drop
Everyone in *The Drop* is understated perfection, and even though no one really says a whole lot, the characters are so natural and richly developed you'll feel like you've been on the block with them forever.
Sony Pictures Classics
08
Whiplash
*Whiplash* is so passionate and intense you forget you're watching a movie about jazz starring two white dudes.

Sony Pictures Classics
09
Wild-Tales
Trying to explain what's so smart about this series of vignettes about people at the end of their ropes is like trying to explain math to a typewriter. Watching *Wild Tales* is the only way to really understand it.
A24
10
Under-the-Skin
Much like spiritual predecessor *Teeth*, *Under the Skin*, based on Michel Faber's 2000 novel about an alien who abducts men hitchhikers to collect their skin, was exceptional for how deftly it repulsed its male viewers.

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