Analysis: Most overlooked films of 2015

“Experimenter”: Social psychologist Stanley Milgram’s notorious, eye-opening obedience experiments from 1961 — in which subjects were observed as they administered what they thought were harmful electric shocks to an unseen stranger — inspired a disarmingly playful, surprisingly poignant and regrettably overlooked biopic from writer-director Michael Almereyda.

“The Boy and the Beast”: This adventure confirmed the reputation of Mamoru Hosoda (“Summer Wars”) as one of the most interesting writer-directors working in animation.

“Boy Meets Girl”: A forthright young transgender woman’s friendship with both her childhood male pal and a newer acquaintance, a pretty local debutante, gets a thorough, quite beautiful workout in writer-director Eric Schaeffer’s wryly funny, profoundly sensitive dramedy.

“Blind”: Eskil Vogt’s sly drama stars Ellen Dorrit Petersen as a woman who compensates for her recent loss of sight by spinning the sounds of her husband and neighbors into elaborate fantasies.

“What We Do in the Shadows”: Working in the faux-documentary tradition of Christopher Guest, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi crafted a droll delight — think “Big Brother: Transylvania” — that managed to give fresh bite to a genre that was admittedly feeling a little anemic around the fangs.

“She’s Lost Control”: A vastly underrated film by Anja Marquardt, featuring knockout performances by Brooke Bloom and Marc Menchaca.

“East Side Sushi”: A crowd-pleaser about a Latina sushi chef toiling tirelessly to beat the odds doesn’t gloss over the stereotyping, expectations and glass ceiling that minorities find themselves up against.

“Clouds of Sils Maria”: Olivier Assayas’ spellbinding feature sets piercing character studies against a mysterious Alpine dreamscape.