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Empire's 50 Greatest American Independent Films

Empire's list description: Empire Magazine, a decidedly pro-British film magazine, offered their picks for the bravest, most innovative, and most creative films - the "ultimate indie lineup" of 50 of the best non-studio works ever made. Descriptions of choices for the 50 Greatest Independent Films are excerpted below from the Empire Magazine website.
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1
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
2
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
3
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
4
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Evil Dead II (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
6
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
8
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
11
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
12
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
13
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
14
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
15
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Slacker (1991)
Slacker (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
18
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
19
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Matewan (1987)
Matewan (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
Pi (1998)
Pi (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
23
Lone Star (1996)
Lone Star (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
THX 1138 (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
25
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
27
Short Cuts (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
29
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
30
Runaway Train (1985)
Runaway Train (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
31
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
32
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
33
Happiness (1998)
Happiness (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
34
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
35
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
Dark Star (1974)
Dark Star (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
37
Poison (1991)
Poison (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
38
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
39
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
40
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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