Ah, January. The holiday lights are down, New Year’s resolutions are already in shreds, and Hollywood gives us…the cinematic leftovers.
It’s the month where movies go to die. Studios excrete their most dubious products into cinemas, hoping nobody looks. But in the pile of forgettable run-of-the-mill rom-coms and action bombs, some January titles manage to shine. Here are seven such movies that not only survived their January opening dates but thrived in them, confirming that sometimes diamonds do come out of the rough.