"Margaret"

Kenneth Lonergan, director of the 2000 film "You Can Count On Me," shot "Margaret" in 2005. 

After six years of lawsuits and back-and-forth about the length of the film (Lonergan's version ran three hours), it was released in September 2011 in two theaters — one in New York and one in Los Angeles — with almost no promotion, resulting in a gross of $46,495 for a movie that cost over $12 million.

When critics urged it be released in a few more theaters, it was.

Finally, on July 10 of this year, it was released on DVD and pay-per-view, which is where I happened on it (Apple TV).

Anna Paquin's portrayal of a conflicted high school student who caused a tragic death, and her subsequent attempts to come to grips with what she'd done, is Best Actress Academy Award-worthy.