50 Best Indie Movies of All Time Ranked by Looper - Page 2

"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