[theklr]

They all had an established director, producers, and/or actors. It’s a safe risk because studios (from this list fox (rip)) can either bank on the casting list/director history (baby driver, the Martian, arrival) or have it as their one “cinema” film for awards season. Theres a lot missing for 10 years of film that just didn’t take off.

[teh_klev]

I agree. Could we imagine Memento being made today?

[anongraddebt]

Memento. That one hit me right in the gut on a first viewing. Why don't we have more movies like this today? It's sad.

[teh_klev]

Also Memento was a $9 million dollar movie, even in 2000 that wasn't a lot of money.

What we're missing these days are what myself and my buddy, who's a film buff and writer, are the 10-30 million dollar films. Well written, competent director and director of photography, a reasonable cast of most likely newbies but they can act, and a decent plot/story....Memento, Donnie Darko, The Hurt Locker. Jeez the Hurt Locker was just a 15 million dollar movie, but it's pretty decent (I've watched it five times).