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1. Slumdog Millionaire - 8 Oscars and a wedge of cash for this low-budget pic that almost went straight-to-DVD. Proof that a cracking story is still a winner even if it takes a while to convince. It also folllowsThe Full Monty and Shaun Of The Dead as a Brit-flick that cracked the US against the odds.

2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - love it or hate it, it's the box-office champ when it comes to sleeper hits. You can't sniff at $350 million dollars at the cash tills - and it never even hit the Number One spot in the States. As film bods say, this one had 'legs'.

3. Napleon Dynamite - it cost next to nothing, but thanks to taste-making cool kids, Napoleon crossed over into genuine hit movie territory - and became seriously quotable. Altogether now..."Gosh!"

4. Little Miss Sunshine - a darling of the film festivals, LMS slowly won us over with warmth and humanity, on its way to awards a-plenty. A bona-fide word-of-mouth smash.

5. The 40 Year Old Virgin - who knew a film with that title could charm your socks off? Carrell, Rudd and Rogen have all gone on to bigger things but this little rom-com from 2005 took us all by surprise.