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AV Club's 50 Most Important American Independent Movies

AV Club's list description: What makes an independent film? The question has never had a straightforward answer, and the cultural criteria that define an indie has changed over the decades. But by and large, it has always been something that couldn't have been made within the Hollywood system. In our attempt to assemble a list of the most important American indies, we have included works by mavericks, film school grads, and true outsiders; productions with multimillion-dollar budgets and labors of love financed through part-time jobs; movies that played the arthouse, the grindhouse, or barely anywhere at all.
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Little Fugitive (1953)
Little Fugitive (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
4
The Connection (1962)
The Connection (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
5
Blood Feast (1963)
Blood Feast (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
6
Nothing but a Man (1964)
Nothing but a Man (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
7
The Trip (1967)
The Trip (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
8
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
10
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
11
Wanda (1970)
Wanda (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
12
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
13
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
14
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
15
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
17
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
18
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
Return of the Secaucus 7
Return of the Secaucus 7
20
Losing Ground (1982)
Losing Ground (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
El Norte (1983)
El Norte (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
22
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
24
Desert Hearts (1985)
Desert Hearts (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
25
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
27
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
30
Slacker (1991)
Slacker (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
31
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
32
Poison (1991)
Poison (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
33
El Mariachi (1992)
El Mariachi (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
34
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
35
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
Kids (1995)
Kids (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
37
Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
38
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
40
Funny Ha Ha (2002)
Funny Ha Ha (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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