Serenity

Serenity

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres

Directed by: Joss Whedon

We obviously couldn’t leave Serenity off this list, because we knew the fanboys and girls would throw a fit if we did. Serenity (and Firefly, the TV series that birthed it) was feverishly adored by a cult audience and widely praised by critics, but it never quite won over the mainstream.

The film chronicles the adventures of a roving band of outcasts, who traverse the galaxy aboard the Serenity, which is essentially a stagecoach in space. Now and then, they stop off in various one-horse towns (er, spaceports) and haul freight and/or contraband to various destinations - kind of like the railroads did in olden times.

And if there was any doubt, the Firefly intro features a twangy country tune and lots of horses.