Moonlight ($4 million budget)
Moonlight broke several barriers with the way that it portrayed black and queer culture. Despite its critical acclaim, the movie is best remembered for the 2017 Oscar flub when their award for Best Picture was mistakenly given to La La Land.
Its $4 million budget brought in $65 million at the box office and the movie also won three Academy Awards. More than anything, Moonlight reminded people that great storytelling doesn’t always need CGI or a big budget for people to fall in love with it.