It’s easy to miss a good movie. With everything playing in theaters it’s hard to catch everything. Never fear, this year our Jeremy Harriot — The official NegusWhoReviewsMovies saw over 75 movies in theaters and even more at home so that he can tell you what you should catch when it hits your local Redbox, or digital video service choice.

Movie: Ex Machina

Why you missed it: It’s a foreign flick filmed in Norway by an English director.

What’s it about: A lonely coder wins a contest to test the limits of artificial intelligence in a game that’s more cat and mouse than he anticipated. Trust and allegiances continue to shift until the full truth about the nature the events are revealed.

Who’s in it: Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), Alicia Vikander (The Man From UNCLE) and Oscar Isaac (Star Wars (The Force Awakens)

How good is it: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes

Why You Should Watch It: Ex Machina stands to come out on top as this years sci-fi philosophical powerhouse. The movie asks questions you didn’t know you needed to ask and still doesn’t give you the answers until you work for them. At the end of the film it even leaves some loose ends, reflecting the nature of future philosophy.

Movie: Chiraq

Why You Should Watch It: This flick is part musical, part greek tragedy, part comedy. The balance of parts is amazing as the actors rhyme their way through scenes. Also the timeliness of the subject matter couldn’t be more current. As Chicago is well known for its murder and violence rate. Appearances from stars like Jennifer Hudson, Angela Basset and John Cusack also bolster the film.

Movie: The Secret In Their Eyes

Why you missed it:It had a fairly short run in theaters.

How Good Is It: 41% on Rotten Tomatoes

Why You Should Watch It: This movie does what The Pelican Brief didn’t have the guts to do 20 years ago which was let the black guy get the (white) girl. Interestingly enough Julia Roberts stars in this movie as well while Nicole Kidman plays the love interest. Also it’s Chiwetel Ejofor (whom some have dubbed the next Denzel) who’s thee potential love interest. Beyond the rewriting of cinematic history the mystery intrigues into the final moments where the viewer is forced to reevaluate everything they’d watched for the later hour and a half.

Movie: Sicario

How Good Is It: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Why You Should Watch It: Mystery and intrigue of the reach of drug cartels makes for a dangerous game of chess. What makes it more dangerous is the ignorance of the main character of what she’s being coerced into doing. When all the cards are face up on the board the web of deceit is alarming.

Movie: Dope

How Good is It: 88% on Rotten Tomatoes

Why You Should Watch It: The film plays as a strange balance of period piece and modern rendition of Friday or Boys in the Hood. As the main character comes of age he runs into a myriad of characters all with their own set of motives. In the mean time his only motivation is survival in the urban jungle he has to do a few dirty deeds while trying to walk the straight and narrow.