IMDb's "Top 50: Independent Movies"

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Movies with a large weighted average and at least 200 votes and the imdb genre keyword ‘Independent’.

Updated: December 3, 2009

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    Psycho (Collector's Edition)

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    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer

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    Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Christopher Nolan

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    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher

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    Apocalypse Now

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    Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)
    by Luc Besson

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    American Beauty

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    American History X
    by Tony Kaye

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    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)
    by Michel Gondry

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    Reservoir Dogs

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    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Jones

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    Amadeus
    by Milos Forman

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    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    Seance on a Wet Afternoon (B&W)
    by Bryan Forbes

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    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George

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    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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    Hera Pheri

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    Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

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    Donnie Darko
    by Richard Kelly (II)

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    Platoon (Special Edition)

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    The Killing
    by Stanley Kubrick

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    Kill Bill, Volume 1
    by Quentin Tarantino

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    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Joel Coen

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    The Graduate (Special Edition)
    by Mike Nichols

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    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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    Trainspotting
    by Danny Boyle

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    Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)
    by Guy Ritchie

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    The Lion in Winter
    by Anthony Harvey (II)

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    A Man for All Seasons
    by Fred Zinnemann

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    The Return
    by Andrei Zvyagintsev

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    Dev.D
    by Anurag Kashyap

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    A Woman Under the Influence
    by John Cassavetes

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    Crash (Widescreen Edition)
    by Paul Haggis

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    Once
    by John Carney

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    Papillon
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

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    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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    The Man from Earth

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    Night of the Living Dead
    by George A. Romero

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    Little Miss Sunshine
    by Jonathan Dayton

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    Parting Glances
    by Bill Sherwood

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    Fitzcarraldo
    by Werner Herzog

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Created by A L E E M 2.43 on Mar 13, 2006.
 

Comments

Untitled — 29 weeks ago

I challenge the IMDB on the “independent” status of most of these movies. Was very glad to see Punishment Park listed. In light of the former US presidential administration that film is as important now as it was in the 1970s.


hydra
London

Updated list — 1 year ago

I updated the list to match the current list at the source URL.


THE SEA INSIDE — 2 years ago

IT IS THE BEST FILM I EVER SEE, PLEASE ADD THIS FILM TO YOUR LISTS AND SEE IT.

COME ON! SEE IT! COME ON!


why redux — 2 years ago

why isnt the original apocalypse now release listed here instead of redux


best? — 2 years ago

lost in translation was HORRIBLE….hardly a best


Tadeusz598
Florianópolis

Independent? — 3 years ago

I am not sure what on eearth thisis supposed to mean in terms of this list?


Clerks? — 3 years ago

Completely independent- Smith put it mostly on his credit cards and it’s promoted him to crazy success…become a total classic and generated several other films…


No Star Wars? — 3 years ago

How does The Empire Strikes Back not make this list? It was funded completely by Lucas.


i will never finish this list — 3 years ago

because I refuse to watch Requiem for a Dream.


Terminator? — 3 years ago

Excuse me? Terminator? How exactly does Terminator qualify as an independent film?