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.
    Swingers
    by Doug Liman
  2. 2.
    In the Company of Men
    by Neil LaBute
  3. 3.
    Happiness
    by Todd Solondz
  4. 4.
    Monty Python's Life of Brian (The Criterion Collection)
    by Terry Jones
  5. 5.
    Reservoir Dogs (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino
  6. 6.
    Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)
    by Richard Kelly
  7. 7.
    Clerks (Collector's Series)
    by Kevin Smith
  8. 8.
    Night of the Living Dead
    by George A. Romero
  9. 9.
    Sex, Lies, and Videotape
    by Steven Soderbergh
  10. 10.
    The Usual Suspects
    by Bryan Singer
  11. 11.
    Sideways
    by Alexander Payne
  12. 12.
    Mean Streets (Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese
  13. 13.
    Peter Jackson's Bad Taste

  14. 14.
    Eraserhead
    by David Lynch
  15. 15.
    Memento
    by Christopher Nolan
  16. 16.
    Stranger Than Paradise (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jim Jarmusch
  17. 17.
    Blood Simple
    by Joel Coen
  18. 18.
    She's Gotta Have It
    by Spike Lee
  19. 19.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles
  20. 20.
    Withnail and I (The Criterion Collection)
    by Bruce Robinson
  21. 21.
    Lone Star

  22. 22.
  23. 23.
    Roger & Me
    by Michael Moore
  24. 24.
    Nosferatu
    by F.W. Murnau
  25. 25.
    The Evil Dead
    by Sam Raimi
  26. 26.
    Drugstore Cowboy
    by Gus Van Sant
  27. 27.
    Lost in Translation
    by Sofia Coppola
  28. 28.
    Dark Star
    by John Carpenter
  29. 29.
    Bad Lieutenant
    by Abel Ferrara
  30. 30.
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
    by Melvin Van Peebles
  31. 31.
    Pink Flamingos
    by John Waters
  32. 32.
    Two-Lane Blacktop (The Criterion Collection)
    by Monte Hellman
  33. 33.
    Shallow Grave

  34. 34.
    The Blair Witch Project
    by Daniel Myrick
  35. 35.
    THX 1138 (Two-Disc Director's Cut Special Edition)
    by George Lucas
  36. 36.
    Buffalo '66
    by Vincent Gallo
  37. 37.
    Being John Malkovich
    by Spike Jonze
  38. 38.
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    by George Armitage
  39. 39.
    The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition)
    by Mel Gibson
  40. 40.
    The Descent
    by Neil Marshall
  41. 41.
    Dead Man's Shoes
    by Shane Meadows
  42. 42.
    Shadows - Criterion Collection
    by John Cassavetes
  43. 43.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  44. 44.
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Special Edition)
    by Tobe Hooper
  45. 45.
    Blood Feast (Special Edition)
    by Herschell Gordon Lewis
  46. 46.
    Cube
    by Vincenzo Natali
  48. 48.
    The Terminator
    by James Cameron
  49. 49.
    Mad Max (Special Edition)
    by George Miller
  50. 50.
    El Mariachi (Special Edition)
    by Robert Rodriguez
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Created by Chris Nolan.ca on Apr 02, 2006.
 

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elbow2332

Untitled — 6 years ago

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

Aug 07, 09:41PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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