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50 Best Indie Movies of All Time Ranked by Looper

"The most basic, most widely agreed-upon definition of 'indie movie' is any film made mostly without the help of a major studio. Many of them eventually have a studio sign on for distribution, but that doesn't automatically exclude a movie from being indie. The fact of the matter is that you generally need at least a little nudge from a major movie company if you want the final product to play in theaters or end up on one of the big streaming services. That being said, as with music, the label of 'indie' is sometimes applied to movies based purely on their content, style, or aesthetic. Things get further complicated when a lot of money is spent on a movie but it's the filmmaker's own money. movies that were considered "indie enough" to be eligible for this list had to have their actual production be fairly low budget and be completed with little or no studio involvement - so long as it was primarily just to help the movie as it already existed get finished and released." - looper.com
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1
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Trainspotting (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
7
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
8
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
10
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
11
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
13
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
14
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
15
Juno (2007)
Juno (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Winter's Bone (2010)
Winter's Bone (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
19
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
20
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
21
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
22
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
23
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
24
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
25
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
26
Frances Ha (2013)
Frances Ha (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
27
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
28
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
29
Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
30
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
31
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
32
El Mariachi (1992)
El Mariachi (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
33
Run Lola Run (1998)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
35
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
36
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
37
Pi (1998)
Pi (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
38
Swingers (1996)
Swingers (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
39
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
40
Chasing Amy (1997)
Chasing Amy (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
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