In the great shuffle of movie releases on the yearly calendar, it’s inevitable that some things get a little lost in the fog. Blockbusters tend to get the biggest marketing pushes, sequels and franchises naturally take up the most attention and then it’s a matter of everything else fighting for scraps. That’s why the few indie darling movies that manage to break through into mainstream attention are held up as incredible, zeitgeist-busting rogue warriors.

The reality is that there is an incredible number of great things to watch every year and way too many of them don’t get the attention they deserve, even AFTER their trailers are released. But if you go looking at the forthcoming slate of releases, there are some that should legitimately get you very, very excited. A whole lot more excited than you might already be for them, anyway…