Best Indie Films

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Created from a bunch of "Best of Indie Films" lists. This is a list that I want to see all of one day.

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Sunshine Cleaning (2009,  R)
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Choke (2008,  R)
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Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? (2008,  PG-13)
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Nothing Is Private (Towelhead) (2007,  R)
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Smart People (2008,  R)
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Be Kind Rewind (2008,  PG-13)
Be Kind Rewind
Once this movie gets past the annoying premise of the magnetised head which wipes the tapes it becomes quite fun and silly. If they made a remake which had some other reason why the tapes got wiped I'd give it another star.

I guess there is something to be said for the characters and plot which change rapidly. It's a big parody of itself and the movie-by-community-committee. Maybe a kid said "I know - we'll make his head magnetised!" and it somehow wrote itself into the film and the film within a film and was supposed to be explained that way (I wouldn't know - I was too busy trying not to bash my head against a wall). It's clever, yet strangely irritating and not funny enough to pull you through to enjoyment most of the time.

The gold moments were when they copied other movies - some of the remakes and silly jokes were classic.
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson (2008,  R)
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American Teen (2008,  PG-13)
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The Wackness (2008,  R)
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Assassination of a High School President (2008,  R)
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The Escapist (2008,  Unrated)
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Hell Ride (2008,  R)
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Baghead (2008,  R)
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The Great Buck Howard (2009,  PG)
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Hamlet 2 (2008,  R)
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2009,  R)
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Phoebe in Wonderland (2009,  PG-13)
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Sugar (2008,  R)
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The Order of Myths (2008,  Unrated)
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Trouble the Water (2008,  Unrated)
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Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008,  PG-13)
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The Lost Weekend (1945,  Unrated)
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The Third Man (1949,  Unrated)
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The Wages of Fear (1953,  Unrated)
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La Dolce Vita (1960,  Unrated)
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) (1964,  Unrated)
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If.... (1968,  Unrated)
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Taxi Driver (1976,  R)
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Apocalypse Now (1979,  R)
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Ta'm e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) (1998,  Unrated)
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Pulp Fiction (1994,  R)
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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004,  R)
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Wild At Heart (1990,  R)
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sex, lies, and videotape (1989,  R)
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M*A*S*H (MASH) (1970,  PG)
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Rushmore (1998,  R)
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Memento (2000,  R)
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Ruby in Paradise (1994,  R)
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Stranger Than Paradise (1984,  R)
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The Daytrippers (1997,  R)
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You Can Count On Me (2000,  R)
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Raising Arizona (1987,  PG-13)
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Buffalo 66 (1998,  R)
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The Sweet Hereafter (1997,  R)
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (2000,  PG-13)
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Requiem for a Dream (2000,  R)
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Garden State (2004,  R)
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004,  R)
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Juno (2007,  PG-13)
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Trainspotting (1996,  R)
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001,  R)
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006,  R)
Little Miss Sunshine
I spent the entire movie staring in disbelief. A manufactured dysfunctional family with obvious, hollywood-style, unrealistic character development. Everything they did was just a little too over-the-top and could have been avoided with some thought. In fact, the whole movie would never have happened if only people knew how to drive (or had thought of letting the person who could drive do so from the start).

I could have taken it as silly fun (it's obviously meant to be), but it was just too horrifying. Plus, pagaent girls scare me.

A fantastic lesson in what not to do when you have kids.
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Thumbsucker (2005,  R)
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Transamerica (2005,  R)
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The House of Mirth (2000,  PG)
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Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) (2008,  Unrated)
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Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir) (2008,  R)
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Chop Shop (2008,  Unrated)
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Encounters at the End of the World (2007,  G)
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Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge (The Flight of the Red Balloon) (2007,  PG)
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La Graine et le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain) (Couscous) (2007,  Unrated)
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Momma's Man (2008,  Unrated)
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Man on Wire (2008,  PG-13)
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Reprise (2006,  R)
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Milk (2008,  R)
Milk
I'm actually quite surprised by the likenesses to the real people. But that's entirely irrelevant. This was a great movie.
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Entre les Murs (The Class) (2008,  PG-13)
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4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) (2007,  R)
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007,  Unrated)
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L'Enfant (The Child) (2006,  R)
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Elephant (2003,  R)
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The Pianist (2002,  R)
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La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room) (Chambre du fils, La) (,  R)
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Dancer in the Dark (2000,  R)
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Rosetta (1999,  R)
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Eternity and a Day (1999,  Unrated)
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The Eel (Unagi) (1998,  Unrated)
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Secrets & Lies (1996,  R)
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Underground (1995,  Unrated)
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The Piano (1993,  R)
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Ba wang bie ji (Farewell My Concubine) (1993,  R)
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Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions) (1992,  Unrated)
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Barton Fink (1991,  R)
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Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror) (1987,  PG-13)
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Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan) (Under Satan's Sun) (1987,  Unrated)
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The Mission (1986,  PG)
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Otac na Sluzbenom Putu (When Father Was Away on Business) (1985,  R)
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Paris, Texas (1984,  R)
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Narayama bushiko (Ballad of Narayama) (1984,  Unrated)
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Missing (1982,  PG)
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Yol (The Way) (1982,  PG)
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Czlowiek z Zelaza (Man of Iron) (1981,  Unrated)
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Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (The Double) (1980,  PG)
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All That Jazz (1979,  R)
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Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1979,  R)
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L'albero degli Zoccoli (The Tree of Wooden Clogs) (1979,  Unrated)
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Padre Padrone (1977,  Unrated)
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975,  R)
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The Usual Suspects (1995,  R)
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Psycho (1960,  R)
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Psycho (1998,  R)
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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964,  PG)
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Jaane bhi do yaaro(Who Pays the Piper ) (1983,  Unrated)
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Seven (Se7en) (1995,  R)
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Léon (The Professional) (1994,  R)
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Paths of Glory (1957,  Unrated)
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American Beauty (1999,  R)
American Beauty
Loved it so much I can't stop watching it.
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American History X (1998,  R)
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975,  PG)
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Reservoir Dogs (1992,  R)
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964,  Unrated)
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Amadeus (1984,  R)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968,  G)
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Hotel Rwanda (2004,  PG-13)
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The Message (,  PG)
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Fargo (1996,  R)
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Donnie Darko (2001,  R)
Donnie Darko
Just brilliant!
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The Killing (1956,  Unrated)
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Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003,  R)
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Platoon (1986,  R)
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Amores Perros (2001,  R)
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The Graduate (1967,  PG)
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The Big Lebowski (1998,  R)
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A Man for All Seasons (1966,  G)
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The Return (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003,  Unrated)
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999,  R)
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Crash (2004,  R)
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The Lion in Winter (1968,  PG)
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Campanadas a medianoche (Chimes at Midnight) (Falstaff) (1965,  Unrated)
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Breathless (À bout de souffle) (By a Tether) (1961,  Unrated)
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Punishment Park (1971,  R)
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The Man from Earth (2007,  Unrated)
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Once (2007,  R)
Once
Loved it. The music was amazing and everything about the movie was just so real. I still have those songs going through my head!
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Magnolia (1999,  R)
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Fitzcarraldo (1982,  PG)
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Barry Lyndon (1975,  PG)
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Hercules Returns (1993,  Unrated)
Hercules Returns
This is the silliest movie ever. :)
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Sling Blade (1997,  R)
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Papillon (1973,  R)
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Dawn of the Dead (1979,  R)
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Hoodwinked (2005,  PG)
Hoodwinked
I want a schnitzel on a stick.. :D

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