Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films

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Empire Magazine, a decidedly pro-British film magazine, offered their picks for the bravest, most innovative, and most creative films – the "ultimate indie lineup" of 50 of the best non-studio works ever made. Empire’s ranking of these distinctive experimental films without big budgets and stars in cinematic history "takes into account the quality of the film, the circumstances behind its production, the achievement of the filmmakers despite monetary and logistical constraints and its influence on subsequent projects."

  1. 1.
    Reservoir Dogs

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  2. 2.
    Donnie Darko
    by Richard Kelly (II)

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  3. 3.
    The Terminator
    by James Cameron

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  4. 4.
    Clerks (Collector's Series)

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  5. 6.
    Night of the Living Dead

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  6. 7.
    sex, lies, and videotape
    by Steven Soderbergh

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  7. 8.
    The Usual Suspects
    by Bryan Singer

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  8. 9.
    Sideways
    by Alexander Payne

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  9. 10.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)

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  10. 11.
    Peter Jackson's Bad Taste

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  11. 12.
    Eraserhead
    by David Lynch

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  12. 13.
    Memento

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  13. 14.
    Stranger Than Paradise - Criterion Collection
    by Jim Jarmusch

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  14. 15.
    Blood Simple (Director's Cut)
    by Joel Coen

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  15. 16.
    She's Gotta Have It

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  16. 17.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  18. 19.
    Lone Star
    by John Sayles

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  19. 20.
    Slacker

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  20. 21.
    Roger & Me

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  21. 22.
    Nosferatu - Special Edition
    by F.W. Murnau

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  22. 23.
    The Evil Dead

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  23. 24.
    Happiness
    by Todd Solondz

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  24. 25.
    Drugstore Cowboy
    by Gus Van Sant

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  25. 26.
    Lost in Translation
    by Sofia Coppola

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  26. 27.
    Dark Star
    by John Carpenter

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  27. 28.
    In the Company of Men
    by Neil LaBute

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  28. 29.
    Bad Lieutenant
    by Abel Ferrara

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  29. 30.
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
    by Melvin Van Peebles

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  30. 31.
    Pink Flamingos

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  31. 32.
    Two-Lane Blacktop

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  32. 33.
    Shallow Grave
    by Danny Boyle

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  33. 34.
    The Blair Witch Project
    by Daniel Myrick

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  34. 35.
    THX 1138
    by George Lucas

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  35. 36.
    Buffalo '66

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  36. 37.
    Being John Malkovich

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  37. 38.
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    by George Armitage

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  38. 39.
    The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition)
    by Mel Gibson

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  39. 40.
    The Descent
    by Neil Marshall

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  40. 41.
    Dead Man's Shoes
    by Shane Meadows

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  41. 42.
    Swingers
    by Doug Liman

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  42. 43.
    Shadows - Criterion Collection
    by John Cassavetes

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  43. 44.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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  44. 45.
    Mad Max (Special Edition)
    by George Miller (II)

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  45. 46.
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    by Tobe Hooper

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  46. 47.
    Blood Feast

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  47. 48.
    Cube
    by Vincenzo Natali

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  48. 50.
    El Mariachi (Special Edition)
    by Robert Rodriguez

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Comments

Untitled — 2 years ago

Put the correct Night of the Living Dead in #6.