IMDb's "Top 50: Independent Movies"

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Movies with a large weighted average and at least 1000 votes and the imdb genre keyword ‘Independent’.

Updated: August 17th, 2012

  1. 1.
    Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Quentin Tarantino

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  3. 3.
    Seven (New Line Platinum Series)
    by David Fincher

  4. 4.
    The Usual Suspects (Special Edition)
    by Bryan Singer

  5. 5.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  6. 6.
    Leon - The Professional (Uncut International Version)
    by Luc Besson

  7. 7.
    Memento (Widescreen Two-Disc Limited Edition)
    by Christopher Nolan

  8. 8.
    Apocalypse Now
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  9. 9.
    American History X
    by Tony Kaye

  10. 11.
    Paths of Glory
    by Stanley Kubrick

  11. 12.
    American Beauty (Widescreen Edition)
    by Sam Mendes

  12. 13.
    Reservoir Dogs
    by Quentin Tarantino

  13. 14.
    Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)
    by Darren Aronofsky

  14. 15.
    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
    by Michel Gondry

  15. 16.
    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)
    by Terry Gilliam

  16. 17.
    Amadeus
    by Milos Forman

  17. 18.
    2001 - A Space Odyssey
    by Stanley Kubrick

  18. 19.
    Fargo (Special Edition)
    by Ethan Coen

  19. 20.
    The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by Joel Coen

  20. 21.
    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George

  21. 22.
    Platoon (Special Edition)
    by Oliver Stone

  22. 23.
    Trainspotting
    by Danny Boyle

  23. 24.
    Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition)
    by Guy Ritchie

  24. 25.
    Kill Bill: Volume One
    by Quentin Tarantino

  25. 26.
    Into the Wild
    by Sean Penn

  26. 27.
    The Killing

  27. 28.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

  28. 29.
    Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Dee Austin Robertson

  29. 30.
    The Lion in Winter
    by Anthony Harvey

  30. 31.
    The Graduate (Special Edition)
    by Mike Nichols

  31. 32.
    Hera Pheri
    by Priyadarshan

  32. 33.
    The War Game (1965)
    by Peter Watkins

  33. 34.
    The Message (30th Anniversary Edition)
    by Moustapha Akkad

  34. 35.
    Fitzcarraldo
    by Werner Herzog

  35. 36.
    A Woman Under the Influence
    by John Cassavetes

  36. 37.
    The Return
    by Andrey Zvyagintsev

  37. 38.
    Papillon
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

  38. 39.
    Seance on a Wet Afternoon
    by Bryan Forbes

  39. 40.
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

  40. 41.
    Night of the Living Dead
    by George A. Romero

  41. 42.
    Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)
    by George A. Romero

  42. 43.
    Dzien Swira (Day of the Wacko)
    by Marek Koterski

  43. 44.
    The Straight Story

  44. 45.
    Shaun of the Dead
    by Edgar Wright

  45. 46.

  46. 47.
    Sling Blade

  47. 48.

  48. 49.
    A Man for All Seasons
    by Fred Zinnemann

  49. 50.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater

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

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Useless — 1 year ago

Very few truly independent movies here. Useless.


Don't really agree with the order, but still... — 1 year ago

In my opinion, most of the films would still be in the list, but not in this order. I mean, come on, Se7en before 2001: A Space Odyssey? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very good film, but in what life would it top any of Kubrick’s films? And there are others like Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski that deserve to be right in the first 10. And the list would still be incomplete, because it ignores some great european independent movies.


Untitled — 3 years 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.


Updated list — 5 years ago

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


THE SEA INSIDE — 5 years ago

IT IS THEBESTFILM I EVERSEE, PLEASEADDTHISFILM TO YOURLISTSANDSEE IT.

COME ON! SEE IT! COME ON!


why redux — 5 years ago

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


best? — 6 years ago

lost in translation was HORRIBLE….hardly a best


Independent? — 6 years ago

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


Clerks? — 6 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…



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