Ultimate Movie Year finds the best released films from weekends past to build an all-star lineup of cinema.

"Get Out"
Released Feb. 24, 2017
Directed by Jordan Peele

A young black man travels with his white girlfriend to an affluent suburb for the weekend. It's a promising start for a horror movie, but when "Get Out" was released a month after the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump in 2017, racial tensions in the United States were at a level not seen since the 1960s. It could have quickly become another inflammation point in the heated debate, but thanks to director Jordan Peele's keen insight through the point of view of its main character, "Get Out" gave audiences of all backgrounds a window into the anxieties of being black in America.