List of American independent films

This is a list of notable American independent films (which are also known sometimes as "specialty", "alternative", "indie", and/or "quality")^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} that were made outside of the Hollywood studio system or traditional arthouse/independent filmmaking yet managed to be produced, financed and distributed by the two with varying degrees of success and/or failure.^[8]

Differences from Hollywood

The films are often made for far less money than Hollywood films^[9][10] (some films like Robert Townsend's 1987 satire Hollywood Shuffle, Richard Linklater's 1991 countercultural piece Slacker and Kevin Smith's 1994 Gen X comedy Clerks were funded by using credit cards^[11][12]) and each aspect of the filmmaking process has to undergo less scrutiny by committees. Additionally, within the Indiewood approach the filmmaker can take as long as they need in the post-production phase of their film - whereas in Hollywood they are contracted to finish the film in a specific period of time (usually 10 weeks). In Hollywood, the film then goes on to show in focus group screenings on the studio lot. In Indiewood, the filmmakers can determine the next steps of the film. They also bear striking similarities to as well as were influenced by the "proto-indies" of the 1960s such as Robert Downey Sr's still image film Chafed Elbows (1966), John Cassavetes's Academy Award-nominated Faces and Brian de Palma's Greetings (each from 1968) which in turn were influenced by the culture of the Beat Generation.^[13][14]

Many indie films were made by small companies that were created daily in the 80s and 90s to the point where most of them went bankrupt.^[15]

Most Indiewood films are first shown at film festivals with the hopes of further distribution by being picked up (or purchased) by a larger film company or distributor in order to find broader audiences alongside awards consideration^[16][17] (e.g. 2009's A Single Man).^[18]

Background

The American independent film, prior to the 1980s and first half of the 1990s,^[19][20][11] was previously associated with race films,^[21] Poverty Row b movies (e.g. Republic Pictures^[22]), exploitation films, avant-garde underground cinema (when it was known as the New American Cinema^[23]), social and political documentaries, experimental animated shorts (since the mid-1930s featuring works by pioneer animators Mary Ellen Bute and Oskar Fischinger) and social realist dramas.^{[24][25][26][14][27][28][29]}

A notable scholar of indie cinema is Ray Carney, known for championing the works of Cassavetes and Mark Rappaport.^[30]

Throughout the middle of the 1990s, the word "Indiewood" (a.k.a. "indie boom" or "indie film movement")^[31][32][4] was invented to describe a component of the spectrum of American films in which distinctions exist, it seemed as if Hollywood and the independent sector had become blurred.^{[33][34][35][36][37][4]}

Divisions

Indiewood divisions gain from expert experience of the niche industry by hiring leading independent personalities such as Harvey Weinstein^[38] from the Disney fold after the exit of the Weinsteins,^[39][40] and James Schamus, former joint head of Good Machine alongside producer Ted Hope, at Focus Features.^[41][42]

Other "mini-major" subdivisions/indie distributors

• Searchlight Pictures
• Fine Line Features (established by New Line Cinema)
• Lionsgate
• NEON
• A24
• Paramount Vantage
• Summit Entertainment
• Orion Pictures
• Samuel Goldwyn Company
• Warner Independent
• Picturehouse
• United Artists (first founded in 1919 as an independent studio that allowed more creative freedom^[43] for former silent film stars like Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin)
• Blumhouse
• Cannon Films
• Sony Pictures Classics
• IFC Films
• Magnolia Pictures
• Janus Films
• Kino Lorber
• Roadside Attractions
• Bleecker Street
• MUBI
• Amazon Studios (in association with MGM)
• Netflix
• Oscilloscope
• American International Pictures

Sources

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List of notable American independent films

Pre-1950s

• Within Our Gates (1920)^[50][21]≈
• By Right of Birth (1921; now a lost film)^[43]
• Safety Last (1923)^[57]≈
• Body and Soul (1925)^[21]≈
• The Gold Rush (1925)^[58]≈
• The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1927)^[59]≈
• The Scar of Shame (1927)^[50]
• The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)^[59]≈
• Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)^[57]≈
• Mamba (1930)^[29]
• Damaged Lives (1933)^[29]
• The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)^[29]
• The Vampire Bat (1933)^[29]
• Maniac (1934)^[60]
• The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)^[61]≈
• Reefer Madness (1936)^[62][60]
• As the Earth Turns (1938)^[63]
• The Blood of Jesus (1941)^[50][21][64]≈
• Native Land (1942)^[65]
• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)^[66][23]≈
• Hell-Bent for Election (1944)^[67][68]
• Brotherhood of Man (1945)^[69]
• Detour (1945)^{[70][71][72][57]}≈
• Mom and Dad (1945)^[73][74]≈
• Fireworks (1947)^[23]
• Motion Painting No. 1 (1947)^[28][75] ≈

1950s

• Outrage (1950)^[58]≈
• Five (1951)^[76]
• Othello (1952)^[58]
• Park Row (1952)^[77]
• Fear and Desire (1953)^[78][79]
• The Hitch-Hiker (1953)^[57]≈
• Invaders from Mars (1953)^[80][81]≈
• Little Fugitive (1953)^{[82][25][14][83]}≈
• Salt of the Earth (1954)^[84]≈
• Bride of the Monster (1955)^[85]
• Dementia (1955)^[86]
• Killer's Kiss (1955)^[78]
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)^[57]≈
• 3rd Ave. El (1955)^[87]
• The Adventures of an * (1957)^[88]
• Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)^[89]
• On the Bowery (1957)^[25][14]≈
• 12 Angry Men (1957)^[50]≈
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)^[57]
• The Blob (1958)^[90]
• I Want to Live! (1958)^[57]
• The Screaming Skull (1958)^[89]
• Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)^[89]
• The Cry of Jazz (1959)^[58]≈
• Moonbird (1959)^[88][91]
• Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)^[82]
• Science Friction (1959)^[92]
• Pull My Daisy (1959)^[25][14]≈
• Shadows (1959)^{[93][82][25][14][50][94][84][83][95]}≈
• The Violinist (1959)^[96][92]

1960s

• The Flower Thief (1960)^[14]
• Munro (1960)^[88][97][98]
• Psycho (1960)^[99]≈
• The Savage Eye (1960)^[83]
• Allures (1961)^[59]≈
• The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)^[100]
• Blast of Silence (1961)^{[101][102][103]}
• The Connection (1961)^[82][25][83]
• The Exiles (1961)^[14][83]≈
• Night Tide (1961)^{[104][105][106]}
• Something Wild (1961)^[107][108]
• Carnival of Souls (1962)^{[109][110][111][112][113]}
• Eegah (1962)^[114]
• The Hole (1962)^[88]≈
• Wild Guitar (1962)^[114]
• Beach Party (1963)^[50]
• Blood Feast (1963)^[82][50][83]
• The Cool World (1963)^[25]≈
• The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1963)^[115]
• Mothlight (1963)^[59]
• Pianissimo (1963)^[116]
• The Sadist (1963)^[114]
• The Brig (1964)^[14]
• Help! My Snowman's Burning Down (1964)^[87]
• Nothing But a Man (1964)^{[82][84][117]}≈
• Teenage Strangler (1964)^[118]
• Two Thousand Maniacs (1964)^[119]
• Time Piece (1965)^[120][121]
• Vinyl (1965)^[25]
• Chafed Elbows (1966)^[13][25]
• Chelsea Girls (1966)^[84]
• A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966)^[122]
• Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)^[100]
• The Wild Angels (1966)^[50]
• The Box (1967)^[123]
• David Holzman's Diary (1967)^[25]≈
• Dont Look Back (1967)^[84]≈
• The Graduate (1967)^[124]≈
• The Jungle (1967)^[125]≈
• Portrait of Jason (1967)^{[87][14][84][57]}≈
• Spider Baby (1967)^[126]
• The Trip (1967)^[82][50]
• Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1967)^[82]
• Beyond the Law (1968)^[25][14]
• Faces (1968)^{[13][127][25][14][58]}≈
• Greetings (1968)^[13][25]
• Murder a la Mod (1968)^[25]
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)^{[93][82][128][129][50][119][94][130][84][95]}≈
• No More Excuses (1968)^[25]
• Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One (1968)^[14]≈
• Targets (1968)^[131]
• Why Man Creates (1968)^[121]≈
• Wild 90 (1968)^[25][14]
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)^[57]
• Easy Rider (1969)^{[93][82][128][25][50][94][84][124]}≈
• The Learning Tree (1969)^[57]≈
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)^[50]≈
• Putney Swope (1969)^[25][132]≈

1970s

• The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam (1970)^[133]
• Husbands (1970)^[25][14]
• Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970)^[133]
• Joe (1970)^[134]
• Maidstone (1970)^[25][14]
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1970)^{[82][135][94][84]}≈
• Wanda (1970)^{[82][136][57]}≈
• Billy Jack (1971)^[57]
• Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)^[137]
• (nostalgia) (1971)^[59]≈
• Shinbone Alley (1971)^[138]
• THX-1138 (1971)^[128][94]
• Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)^[82][94]≈
• Fritz the Cat (1972)^[138]
• The Last House on the Left (1972)^[137]
• Pink Flamingos (1972)^{[6][82][128][50][84][72][57]}≈
• Badlands (1973)^[25][95]≈
• Coffy (1973)^[126]
• Frank Film (1973)^[27][121]≈
• Ganja & Hess (1973)^[50]≈
• Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)^[139]
• Heavy Traffic (1973)^[138]
• Mean Streets (1973)^{[93][128][94][84]}≈
• Messiah of Evil (1973)^{[140][141][139]}
• Sisters (1973)^[137]
• Benji (1974)^{[99][142][143]}
• Closed Mondays (1974)^[121]
• Dark Star (1974)^{[129][50][94][57]}
• Female Trouble (1974)^[50]
• Fuji (1974)^[59]≈
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)^{[82][128][137][129][50][94][84]}≈
• A Woman Under the Influence (1974)^{[128][127][50]}≈
• 200 (1975)^[121]
• A Boy and His Dog (1975)^[144]
• Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975)^[145]
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)^[142]
• Coney (1975)^[146]
• The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)^[147][141]
• Hester Street (1975)^[6][136]≈
• Kick Me (1975)^[27]
• Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)^[28]≈
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)^[50][130]≈
• Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)^[136]≈
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)^[57]
• Massacre at Central High (1976)^[141]
• Rocky (1976)^[148]≈
• Alambrista! (1977)^[6][25][117]≈
• Eraserhead (1977)^{[6][93][82][128][137][129][14]}

^{[50][135][94][84][124][95]}≈

• Furies (1977)^[27]
• The Hills Have Eyes (1977)^[137][149]
• Killer of Sheep (1977)^{[93][150][82][128][14][94][84][95]}≈
• Opening Night (1977)^[50]
• Annie Hall (1977)^[93]≈
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)^[137]
• Gates of Heaven (1978)^[151]
• Girlfriends (1978)^{[152][25][153][136]}≈
• Halloween (1978)^{[82][128][137][129][154]}≈
• Martin (1978)^{[137][141][139]}
• Northern Lights (1978)^[6][25]
• Piranha (1978)^[128]
• The Whole Shootin' Match (1978)^[155]
• Asparagus (1979)^[156][157]
• Bush Mama (1979)^[25][142]≈
• The Driller Killer (1979)^[158]
• Heartland (1979)^[6][25][142]
• Psychotronic Man (1979)^{[159][160][141]}
• The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979)^[28]

1980s

• Atlantic City (1980)^[161]≈
• Friday the 13th (1980)^[93][129]
• The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980)^[162]≈
• Moon Breath Beat (1980)^[27]≈
• Personal Problems (1980)^[163][164]
• Out of the Blue (1980)^[7]
• Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)^{[5][82][142][84]}≈
• The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)^[165]≈
• The Evil Dead (1981)^{[93][128][50][94][166][163][164]}
• Ms.45 (1981)^[163][164]
• My Dinner with Andre (1981)^{[6][50][151][163][164]}
• One from the Heart (1981)^[72][57]
• Polyester (1981)^[50]
• Stations of the Elevated (1981)^[167]
• Will (1981)^{[168][163][164][80]}≈
• Zoot Suit (1981)^[169][170]≈
• The Atomic Cafe (1982)^{[171][172][5]}≈
• The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)^{[6][25][129][14][163][164]}≈
• Chan Is Missing (1982)^{[5][169][168][151][57][163][164]}≈
• Eating Raoul (1982)^[173]
• First Blood (1982)^[31]
• Forbidden Zone (1982)^[174]
• Illusions (1982)^[6]≈
• Liquid Sky (1982)^[6][175]
• Losing Ground (1982)^{[6][82][7][163][164]}≈
• The Loveless (1982)^[6]
• Say Amen Somebody (1982)^[163][164]
• The Secret of NIMH (1982)^{[176][177][178][138]}
• Smithereens (1982)^[48][179]
• White Dog (1982)^[180]
• Born in Flames (1983)^[84]
• El Norte (1983)^{[169][14][163][164]}≈
• Koyaanisqatsi (1983)^[181][182]≈
• Lianna (1983)^[142]
• My Brother's Wedding (1983)^{[7][163][164]}
• Seventeen (1983)^{[168][163][164]}
• Style Wars (1983)^[70]
• Suburbia (1983)^[7]
• Sundae in New York (1983)^[183]
• Variety (1983)^[173][166]
• Bless Their Little Hearts (1984)^{[7][163][164]}≈
• The Brother from Another Planet (1984)^[5][142]
• Choose Me (1984)^{[6][184][7][166]}
• Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyhead People (1984)^[185][186]≈
• In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)^[163]
• The Killing Floor (1984)^[5]
• Love Streams (1984)^[50]
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)^{[31][187][129][50][168][163][164]}≈
• Paris, Texas (1984)^[188][166]
• Repo Man (1984)^[189][190]
• Stop Making Sense (1984)^[52]≈
• Stranger Than Paradise (1984)^{[191][5][188][6][192][94][142][84][180][164]}

^{[193][82][128][129][14][50][168][163]}≈

• Streetwise (1984)^[182][7]
• The Terminator (1984)^{[31][5][93][128][154][94][130][166]}≈
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)^{[93][6][168][163][164]}≈
• The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)^[5][6]≈
• Wildrose (1984)^{[194][163][164]}
• The World of Tomorrow (1984)^[195]
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)^[196]
• Blood Simple (1985)^{[3][191][187][93][6][94]}

^{[192][193][25][82][128][129][50][163][164]}

• The Breakfast Club (1985)^[197][130]≈
• Day of the Dead (1985)^[163][164]
• Desert Hearts (1985)^{[48][82][184][5][166]}
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)^[48]≈
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)^{[198][3][6][25][5]}
• Mala Noche (1985)^{[5][163][164]}
• Re-Animator (1985)^[5]
• Runaway Train (1985)^[94]
• Smooth Talk (1985)^{[6][168][7][163][164]}
• Teen Wolf (1985)^[154]
• The Toxic Avenger (1985)^[142][166]
• Trip to Bountiful (1985)^[198][25]
• Blue Velvet (1986)^{[93][6][50][168][94][5][166][163][164]}
• The Cosmic Eye (1986)^[163][164]
• Down By Law (1986)^[24]
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)^[193][192]
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)^{[199][163][164]}
• Hoosiers (1986)^[25][99]≈
• Platoon (1986)^[6][25][166]≈
• Parting Glances (1986)^{[184][7][166][163][164]}
• Salvador (1986)^[25][5]
• She's Gotta Have It (1986)^{[31][5][49][93][82][84][164]}

^{[128][25][129][168][94][124][72]}≈

• Sherman's March (1986)^{[168][84][5][163][164][167]}≈
• Something Wild (1986)^[6][7]
• Stand By Me (1986)^[25][99]
• Swimming to Cambodia (1986)^[163][164]
• True Stories (1986)^[6][5]
• Working Girls (1986)^{[3][48][192][193]}
• The Big Easy (1987)^[25]
• Border Radio (1987)^{[6][14][184][166]}
• The Brave Little Toaster (1987)^{[200][201][154][202]}
• Dirty Dancing (1987)^{[203][82][154]}≈
• Evil Dead II (1987)^[94][180]
• Hollywood Shuffle (1987)^{[6][168][11][194][163][164]}
• House of Games (1987)^[169]
• Matewan (1987)^{[5][50][173][94][142][163][164]}≈
• Miami Connection (1987)^[204]
• Near Dark (1987)^[6]
• Raising Arizona (1987)^[5][205][6]
• River's Edge (1987)^{[6][192][168][180][163][164]}
• Your Face (1987)^[206]
• The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)^{[165][163][164]}
• Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)^[49]
• Eight Men Out (1988)^[142]
• Hairspray (1988)^{[207][192][193][50]}≈
• Heat and Sunlight (1988)^{[14][168][163][164]}
• Ko-Ko (1988)^[208]
• Lady in White (1988)^[209]
• Let's Get Lost (1988)^{[168][163][164]}
• The Moderns (1988)^[6]
• Patty Hearst (1988)^[49]
• Powaqqatsi (1988)^[181]
• Running on Empty (1988)^[7]
• Stand and Deliver (1988)^[25]≈
• The Thin Blue Line (1988)^{[3][182][129][84][163][164]}≈
• Tongues Untied (1988)^[167]≈
• Torch Song Trilogy (1988)^[25]
• Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1989)^[163]≈
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)^[178][210]
• Chameleon Street (1989)^{[211][168][163][164]}
• Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)^[6]≈
• Do the Right Thing (1989)^{[31][19][25][50][166]}≈
• Drugstore Cowboy (1989)^{[93][82][19][25][50][94]}
• Heathers (1989)^{[6][192][193][25][50][180]}
• Longtime Companion (1989)^[49][6]
• Powwow Highway (1989)^[212][80]≈
• Roger & Me (1989)^{[182][5][49][6][213][193][84][25][163][164]}≈
• sex, lies and videotape (1989)^{[32][214][181][215][4][5][168][164][187][49][205][93][216][192][193][82][94][166]}

^{[128][199][25][217][129][14][50][84][124]}≈

• Sidewalk Stories (1989)^{[25][163][164]}
• True Love (1989)^{[48][6][192][193][163][164]}
• The Unbelievable Truth (1989)^{[32][213][193][82][168][163][164]}

1990s

• All My Relations (1990)^[218]
• The Grifters (1990)^{[49][213][193][25]}
• House Party (1990)^{[187][6][213][193][154]}≈
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)^[31]
• King of New York (1990)^[219]
• Metropolitan (1990)^{[32][5][49][93][6][95][220]}
• Miller's Crossing (1990)^[5][6][25]
• Mountains of the Moon (1990)^[31]
• Paris Is Burning (1990)^[221][49]≈
• Pump Up the Volume (1990)^[222][223]
• Sink or Swim (1990)^[205][223]≈
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)^{[31][154][224][57]}
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)^{[225][226][150][50]}≈
• Total Recall (1990)^[31]
• Trust (1990)^{[213][193][211]}
• Wild at Heart (1990)^[49][6][25]
• Barton Fink (1991)^[5][6]
• Daughters of the Dust (1991)^{[5][48][6][82][50][220]}≈
• Dogfight (1991)^[6]
• Homicide (1991)^[25]
• L.A. Story (1991)^[31]
• Truth or Dare (1991)^[182][49]
• Mississippi Masala (1991)^{[6][213][193]}
• My Own Private Idaho (1991)^{[31][182][221][49][93][128][50]}≈
• Night on Earth (1991)^[49][50]
• Poison (1991)^[205][223]

^{[6][213][193][82][94][84]}

• Queen of Diamonds (1991)^[227][228]≈
• Rambling Rose (1991)^[6]
• The Rapture (1991)^[229]
• Slacker (1991)^{[32][4][5][47][213][193][82][128]}

^{[84][223][127][14][50][94]}≈

• Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)^[6]
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)^[31][5][50]≈
• American Me (1992)^[170]≈
• Army of Darkness (1992)^[220]
• Bad Lieutenant (1992)^{[93][6][14][94][219]}
• Basic Instinct (1992)^[31]
• Bob Roberts (1992)^[216]
• A Brief History of Time (1992)^[213][193]
• Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)^[230]
• Gas Food Lodging (1992)^{[4][6][213][193][25][142][223]}
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)^[50]
• In the Soup (1992)^[6]
• The Living End (1992)^[5][221][6]
• Malcolm x (1992)^[220]≈
• One False Move (1992)^[231][232]
• Passion Fish (1992)^[5][211]
• The Player (1992)^[233][49][6]
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)^{[32][3][4][234][205][93][223]}

^{[6][213][235][193][50][94][236][95]}

• Simple Men (1992)^[6]
• Swoon (1992)^[6]
• The Tune (1992)^[237][167]
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)^{[50][57][220]}
• Alma's Rainbow (1993)^[185]
• Dazed and Confused (1993)^{[5][238][205][93][6][94][223][239]}
• El Mariachi (1993)^{[32][31][4][5][240][213][193][82][128][199][50]}≈
• Menace II Society (1993)^[6]
• Mi Vida Loca (1993)^[5][6]
• Red Rock West (1993)^[6]
• Ruby in Paradise (1993)^{[213][193][25]}
• Short Cuts (1993)^{[233][182][93][94]}
• Suture (1993)^[213][193]
• The Wedding Banquet (1993)^[5][6]≈
• Clean, Shaven (1994)^[6]
• Clerks (1994)^{[32][181][3][4][5][187][11][124]}

^{[205][93][6][213][240][99][94][223]}

^{[235][193][82][128][127][50]}≈

• Dumb and Dumber (1994)^[241]
• Fresh (1994)^[6][242]
• Go Fish (1994)^{[5][221][6][213][193][220]}
• Hoop Dreams (1994)^{[182][4][49][213][193][50]}≈
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)^[6]
• I Like It Like That (1994)^[6]
• The Last Seduction (1994)^[6][128]
• Little Odessa (1994)^[243]
• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)^[6]
• Pulp Fiction (1994)^{[244][245][214][3][215][130][84][124]}

^{[4][234][191][47][6][82][14][50][72]}≈

• The Red Book (1994)^[246][247]≈
• Reality Bites (1994)^[213][193]
• River of Grass (1994)^[48][6]
• Serial Mom (1994)^[248][6][50]
• Spanking the Monkey (1994)^{[32][3][31][213][193][128]}
• What Happened Was... (1994)^{[249][223][167]}
• Altair (1995)^[250][247]
• Before Sunrise (1995)^{[93][213][50][220]}
• The Brothers McMullen (1995)^{[4][6][213][240][193]}
• Closer to Home (1995)^[251]
• Crumb (1995)^[182][4]
• Dead Man (1995)^[6][220]
• Dead Man Walking (1995)^[181][6]
• The Doom Generation (1995)^[142][223]
• Friday (1995)^{[169][222][223]}
• Kicking and Screaming (1995)^{[238][252][223]}
• Kids (1995)^{[3][5][49][93][216][6][82][128][222]}
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)^[6]
• Living in Oblivion (1995)^{[213][193][128][252]}
• Safe (1995)^{[253][254][5][93][6][25][128][220]}
• Se7en (1995)^[3]
• Smoke (1995)^[129]
• The Usual Suspects (1995)^{[3][93][6][128][50][94][220]}
• Basquiat (1996)^[238][255]
• Big Night (1996)^{[6][240][193]}
• Bottle Rocket (1996)^{[256][32][3][93][50][211]}
• Box of Moonlight (1996)^[6]
• Citizen Ruth (1996)^{[256][32][3][5][6]}
• The Daytrippers (1996)^{[238][6][142]}
• The English Patient (1996)^{[198][31][4][49][6]}
• Fargo (1996)^{[198][31][5][6][142][220]}≈
• Flirting with Disaster (1996)^{[256][3][216][6]}
• Hard Eight (1996)^[32][3]
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)^{[6][240][193]}
• Lone Star (1996)^{[5][6][128][94][142]}
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)^[257]
• Schizopolis (1996)^[3][6]
• Sling Blade (1996)^{[215][4][5][49][50]}
• The Spitfire Grill (1996)^{[4][240][193][25]}
• Swingers (1996)^{[5][93][240][124]}

^{[193][128][50][94][222][223]}

• Trees Lounge (1996)^[243]
• Waiting for Guffman (1996)^[238][142]
• Walking and Talking (1996)^[5]
• The Watermelon Woman (1996)^[221]≈
• Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)^{[32][3][4][5][249]}

^{[6][240][99][50][222][223]}

• When We Were Kings (1996)^[240][193]
• The Apostle (1997)^[6]
• Chasing Amy (1997)^{[216][6][222]}
• Cop Land (1997)^[2]
• Eve's Bayou (1997)^[243][57]≈
• Good Will Hunting (1997)^{[258][203][3][215][47][6][50]}
• Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)^[128][94]
• Gummo (1997)^{[31][5][93][128]}
• Henry Fool (1997)^[238][142]
• The Ice Storm (1997)^[220]
• In the Company of Men (1997)^{[253][249][93][6][94][142][223]}
• Jackie Brown (1997)^[244][50]
• Lost Highway (1997)^[259][253]
• Love Jones (1997)^[243]
• Ulee's Gold (1997)^[25]
• American History X (1998)^[49]
• The Big Lebowski (1998)^{[260][5][124]}≈
• Boogie Nights (1998)^{[261][3][169][5][6][82][124][220]}
• Buffalo 66 (1998)^{[5][240][193][252][50]}
• Gods and Monsters (1998)^[6]
• Happiness (1998)^{[262][253][5][93][128][94][142]}
• High Art (1998)^{[253][6][240][193][95]}
• More (1998)^[263]
• New Rose Hotel (1998)^[249][223]
• The Opposite of Sex (1998)^[6][240]
• Next Stop Wonderland (1998)^[6]
• Pi (1998)^{[32][4][47][93][6][240][128][50][94]}
• Rushmore (1998)^{[256][3][5][128][84][124]}≈
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)^{[35][1][3][215][4][49][220]}
• Slam (1998)^[6]
• Smoke Signals (1998)^[5][6][11]≈
• The Spanish Prisoner (1998)^[240][193]
• Velvet Goldmine (1998)^[262][4][6]
• American Beauty (1999)^[35][2][264]
• American Movie (1999)^{[4][127][265]}
• Being John Malkovich (1999)^{[259][256][35][32][93][128][94][220]}
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)^{[245][181][31][4][264][47][93][240][235][193]}

^{[130][82][99][50][94][84]}

• The Boondock Saints (1999)^[222]
• Boys Don't Cry (1999)^{[262][5][221][142][11]}≈
• Buena Vista Social Club (1999)^[182]≈
• Compensation (1999)^[266][80]≈
• Cruel Intentions (1999)^[99]
• Dogma (1999)^[262][49]
• Election (1999)^{[262][256][3][5]}
• Fight Club (1999)^{[256][214][264][220]}
• Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (1999)^[93][94]
• Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)^[249][223]
• Magnolia (1999)^{[256][267][169][5][49]}
• The Sixth Sense (1999)^[264]
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)^[268]
• The Straight Story (1999)^[25]
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)^[264]
• Three Kings (1999)^{[262][256][35]}
• The Virgin Suicides (1999)^{[222][49][236]}

2000s

• Almost Famous (2000)^[50]
• American Psycho (2000)^{[259][50][130]}
• Best in Show (2000)^[50]
• Chuck & Buck (2000)^{[5][269][193]}
• Finding Forrester (2000)^[270]
• George Washington (2000)^[50]
• Girlfight (2000)^{[269][193][142]}
• Memento (2000)^{[259][93][269][82][128][50][94][130][124][271]}≈
• Nurse Betty (2000)^[37]
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)^[37][5]
• Pitch Black (2000)^[94]
• Rejected (2000)^[206]
• Requiem for a Dream (2000)^{[93][255][272]}
• State and Main (2000)^[169]
• Traffic (2000)^{[35][203][169]}
• The Yards (2000)^[37]
• You Can Count on Me (2000)^{[5][269][193][252][272]}
• Donnie Darko (2001)^{[5][93][128][50][130][124]}
• Ghost World (2001)^{[244][5][272]}
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)^[269][193]
• In the Bedroom (2001)^[269][239]
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)^[50]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)^[50]≈
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)^[5]
• Monster's Ball (2001)^[273]
• Mulholland Drive (2001)^{[259][50][272]}
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)^{[244][181][50]}
• Waking Life (2001)^[274][275]
• Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)^[46]
• 25th Hour (2002)^[272]
• Adaptation (2002)^{[259][35][276][169][50]}
• Antwone Fisher (2002)^[169]
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002)^[277]
• Bowling for Columbine (2002)^[273][182]
• Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)^[278]
• Chicago (2002)^[1][2][169]
• Far from Heaven (2002)^{[279][127][272]}
• Funny Ha Ha (2002)^[82][14][84]
• Gangs of New York (2002)^[169][49]
• Gerry (2002)^[14]
• Igby Goes Down (2002)^[239]
• Laurel Canyon (2002)^[252]
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)^{[245][273][45][5][82][50]}
• Naqoyqatsi (2002)^[181][182]
• Personal Velocity (2002)^[238]
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002)^[256][280]
• Real Women Have Curves (2002)^[269][193]≈
• Roger Dodger (2002)^[128]
• Secretary (2002)^{[128][252][281]}
• Solaris (2002)^[35]
• Spellbound (2002)^[273]
• 25th Hour (2002)^[50]
• American Splendor (2003)^{[259][273][269][282][128][127]}
• Capturing the Friedmans (2003)^{[273][182][269][272]}
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)^[277]
• Cold Mountain (2003)^[169]
• The Cooler (2003)^[277]
• Elephant (2003)^[45][14]
• The Fog of War (2003)^{[277][273][182]}≈
• Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)^[277]
• In America (2003)^[277]
• Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)^[244]
• Lost in Translation (2003)^{[277][245][273][5][191][124]}

^{[93][82][128][127][50][94][272]}

• Monster (2003)^{[277][273][169]}
• Open Water (2003)^[273]
• The Room (2003)^[283]
• Shattered Glass (2003)^[277]
• The Station Agent (2003)^{[273][5][269][284][128]}
• Taranation (2003)^{[273][31][182]}
• Thirteen (2003)^{[277][273][5]}
• 21 Grams (2003)^[277]
• The Aviator (2004)^[273]
• Baadasssss! (2004)^[277]
• Before Sunset (2004)^[277][272]
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)^{[259][277][35][93][50]}
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)^{[277][273][3][182]}
• Garden State (2004)^{[181][5][235][193][82][50][285]}
• Keane (2004)^[252]
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)^[267]
• Maria Full of Grace (2004)^[45][269]
• Mean Creek (2004)^[280]
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)^[46][286]
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)^{[245][273][181][287][269][235][193][128][50][130][124][272][288]}
• Palindromes (2004)^[50]
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)^{[277][245][273][128]}
• Primer (2004)^{[5][93][269][193][82][128][127][50]}
• Saw (2004)^[5][50][289]
• Sideways (2004)^{[290][245][273][169][5][128][127][50][288]}
• Silver City (2004)^[291]
• Super Size Me (2004)^{[245][273][181][182][269][193]}
• Take Out (2004)^[14]
• A Very Long Engagement (2004)^[273][45]
• We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)^[45]
• The Aristocrats (2005)^[245]
• Brick (2005)^{[292][269][193][50]}
• Brokeback Mountain (2005)^{[292][18][290][127][50][272]}≈
• Capote (2005)^{[292][293][169]}
• Corpse Bride (2005)^[294]
• Crash (2005)^{[292][295][1][169]}
• Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)^[25]
• Good Night and Good Luck (2005)^{[45][293][169]}
• Hostel (2005)^[5][50]
• Hustle & Flow (2005)^[245][269]
• Man Push Cart (2005)^[127]
• Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)^[296][269]
• Mutual Appreciation (2005)^[14]
• The Notorious Betty Page (2005)^[292]
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)^[293]
• The Puffy Chair (2005)^[10][50]
• The Squid and the Whale (2005)^{[282][50][272]}
• Syriana (2005)^[5]
• Babel (2006)^[292]
• Barnyard (2006)^[237]
• Blood Tea and Red String (2006)^[297]
• Bobby (2006)^[292]
• Facing the Giants (2006)^[298][299]
• For Your Consideration (2006)^[45]
• Friends with Money (2006)^[292]
• Half Nelson (2006)^[292]
• Hoodwinked! (2006)^[237]
• An Inconvenient Truth (2006)^{[292][300][193]}
• Iraq in Fragments (2006)^[292]
• Inland Empire (2006)^{[259][5][301][272]}
• Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)^[292]
• Jesus Camp (2006)^[292]
• Little Children (2006)^[292]
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)^{[292][287][84][124]}

^{[300][235][193][275][82][127][99][50][94][272]}

• Marie Antoinette (2006)^[292]
• Nacho Libre (2006)^[181]
• The Namesake (2006)^[290]
• Old Joy (2006)^[252]
• The Painted Veil (2006)^[45]
• Pan's Labyrinth (2006)^{[292][46][127]}
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)^[292]
• Quinceañera (2006)^{[300][193][127]}
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)^{[292][45][169]}
• Shortbus (2006)^[239]
• Southland Tales (2006)^[290]
• Thank You for Smoking (2006)^[292][276]
• The Darjeeling Limited (2007)^[169]
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)^[45]
• I'm Not There (2007)^[45]
• In Bruges (2007)^[302][50]
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)^[290][45]
• Juno (2007)^{[290][45][203][5][128][127][99][50][124][272]}
• Margot at the Wedding (2007)^[290][5]
• A Mighty Heart (2007)^[290]
• No Country for Old Men (2007)^{[45][2][25][50][80]}≈
• No End in Sight (2007)^[290][127]
• Paranormal Activity (2007)^{[5][235][82][50][57]}
• The Savages (2007)^[45][169]
• Sicko (2007)^[290]
• Sunshine (2007)^[290]
• There Will Be Blood (2007)^{[45][169][216]}
• Waitress (2007)^{[290][300][252][272]}
• The Visitor (2007)^{[302][5][286]}
• American Teen (2008)^[303]
• Baghead (2008)^[10]
• Be Kind Rewind (2008)^[304]
• Fireproof (2008)^[299][302]
• Frozen River (2008)^{[234][48][302][25][252]}
• In Search of a Midnight Kiss (2008)^[94]
• Man on Wire (2008)^[300]
• Rachel Getting Married (2008)^{[5][302][252][272]}
• Sita Sings the Blues (2008)^[305][306]
• Synecdoche, New York (2008)^[191][5][50]
• Twilight (2008)^[5]
• Tyson (2008)^[182]
• Wendy and Lucy (2008)^[5][272]
• The Wrestler (2008)^{[284][127][94]}
• Adventureland (2009)^[5]
• Coraline (2009)^[307][308]
• The Cove (2009)^[300][193]
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)^[307]
• 500 Days of Summer (2009)^[50]
• The Hurt Locker (2009)^[1][2][309]≈
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)^[203][169]
• Moon (2009)^[276][50]
• My Dog Tulip (2009)^[237]
• Precious (2009)^{[310][5][311][300][193][127]}
• Revolutionary Road (2009)^[45]
• A Serious Man (2009)^[50][272]
• A Single Man (2009)^{[18][275][272][312]}
• Sin Nombre (2009)^[286]
• Trash Humpers (2009)^[313]

2010s

• Beginners (2010)^[314][50]
• Black Swan (2010)^{[127][169][50][94][272]}
• Blue Valentine (2010)^{[169][300][193][50][272]}
• Catfish (2010)^[182]
• Greenberg (2010)^[45]
• Inside Job (2010)^[182]
• The Kids Are All Right (2010)^[18][315]
• The King's Speech (2010)^[2]
• Meek's Cutoff (2010)^[48]
• Winter's Bone (2010)^{[9][234][48][300][25][128][127][252][50][94]}
• The Color Wheel (2011)^[316]
• The Descendants (2011)^[169]
• Drive (2011)^[50][272]
• Margaret (2011)^[272]
• Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)^[50]
• Pariah (2011)^{[317][318][311][252]}≈
• Project Nim (2011)^[182]
• Take Shelter (2011)^[319][229]
• The Tree of Life (2011)^[50]
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)^{[9][93][300][127][50][95]}
• Frances Ha (2012)^{[82][272][236]}
• Fresh Guacamole (2012)^[320][321]
• It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)^{[305][157][322]}
• The Master (2012)^[169]
• Middle of Nowhere (2012)^{[323][324][311]}
• Paranorman (2012)^[307]
• The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)^[50]
• Spring Breakers (2012)^[50][272]
• Dallas Buyers Club (2013)^[9][169][57]
• Fruitvale Station (2013)^{[325][193][50]}
• Moonrise Kingdom (2013)^[50][272]
• Nebraska (2013)^[276]
• Only God Forgives (2013)^[50]
• 12 Years a Slave (2013)^[1][2]≈
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)^[99]
• Birdman (2014)^[9][198][1]
• The Boxtrolls (2014)^[307]
• Boyhood (2014)^{[9][198][2][50]}
• Ex Machina (2014)^[326]
• Foxcatcher (2014)^[9]
• Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)^[9][198][50]
• The Imitation Game (2014)^[198][2]
• Listen Up Philip (2014)^[327]
• Nightcrawler (2014)^[276]
• The Theory of Everything (2014)^[198][2]
• Whiplash (2014)^{[9][198][2][325][193][276][50][272]}
• Carol (2015)^[272]
• Dope (2015)^[328][50]
• It Follows (2015)^[50]
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)^[50]
• Spotlight (2015)^[1][2]
• Tangerine (2015)^{[329][10][14][50][272]}
• The VVitch (2015)^{[326][50][272]}
• World of Tomorrow (2015)^[330]
• American Honey (2016)^[326]
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)^[50]
• I Am Not Your Negro (2016)^[331]
• Manchester by the Sea (2016)^[50]
• Moonlight (2016)^{[315][2][47][326][82][50][272]}
• Swiss Army Man (2016)^[50]
• 20th Century Women (2016)^{[332][326][50]}
• Call Me By Your Name (2017)^{[333][50][331]}
• The Disaster Artist (2017)^[333]
• First Reformed (2017)^[326][288]
• The Florida Project (2017)^{[47][326][50][272]}
• Get Out (2017)^[47][82][50]
• Good Time (2017)^[50][288]
• In a Heartbeat (2017)^[334][335]
• Ingrid Goes West (2017)^[331]
• I, Tonya (2017)^[333][336]
• Lady Bird (2017)^{[47][326][333][272][271]}
• Phantom Thread (2017)^[50]
• The Shape of Water (2017)^{[2][333][336]}
• Eighth Grade (2018)^{[326][93][50][272]}
• Hereditary (2018)^{[326][50][288]}
• Isle of Dogs (2018)^[307]
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2018)^[326][272]
• Minding the Gap (2018)^[272]
• RBG (2018)^[271]
• The Rider (2018)^[337][338]
• Sorry to Bother You (2018)^[331]
• The Farewell (2019)^[326][272]
• First Cow (2019)^[326]
• Hair Love (2019)^[339]
• Jojo Rabbit (2019)^[2]
• The Lighthouse (2019)^[50]
• Marriage Story (2019)^[340]
• The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)^[275]
• Uncut Gems (2019)^[326][50]

2020s

• Cryptozoo (2020)^{[341][342][343]}
• The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)^[57]
• Miss Juneteenth (2020)^[239]
• Minari (2020)^[326][272]
• Nomadland (2020)^{[344][345][57]}
• Zola (2020)^{[326][82][272]}
• CODA (2021)^[346][82]
• Jockey (2021)^[337][347]
• The Lost Daughter (2021)^[285]
• Pig (2021)^[272]
• Shiva Baby (2021)^[348]
• Summer of Soul (2021)^[349][350]
• Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)^{[351][352][326][353][82][50][354]}
• Fire of Love (2022)^[355]
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)^{[356][357][358][359]}
• My Year of Dicks (2022)^[360][361]
• Tár (2022)^[362]
• The Whale (2022)^[362]
• American Fiction (2023)^[52]
• Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)^[16]
• The Holdovers (2023)^[52]
• Kokomo City (2023)^[16]
• Ninety-Five Senses (2023)^[363]
• Past Lives (2023)^[52][272]
• Poor Things (2023)^[52]
• Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé (2023)^[52]
• Saltburn (2023)^[52]
• Sound of Freedom (2023)^[364][52]
• The Sweet East (2023)^[365]
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)^[52]
• A Thousand and One (2023)^[272]
• War Is Over! (2023)^[366]
• Anora (2024)^[288]
• Babes (2024)^[367]
• Civil War (2024)^{[368][271][369]}
• Dìdi (2024)^[308]
• A Different Man (2024)^[369]
• Gasoline Rainbow (2024)^[370]
• Priscilla (2024)^[368][288]
• I Saw the TV Glow (2024)^[367][369]
• MaXXXine (2024)^[288][369]
• The Substance (2024)^[288][369]
• Thelma (2024)^[367][271]

List of notable directors of American independent cinema

• Ayoka Chenzira^[186][185]
• Julie Dash^{[31][48][6][371]}
• Cheryl Dunye^[221][371]
• Kathleen Collins^[6][7]
• Lizzie Borden^{[3][48][192][129][84]}
• Ava DuVernay^{[372][153][48][311]}
• Dee Rees^{[372][153][317][311][252]}
• Chloe Zhao^{[337][338][345]}
• Celine Song^[52]
• Lulu Wang^[326]
• Mira Nair^{[46][48][6][213]}
• Barry Jenkins^[326]
• Billy Woodberry^[7]
• Marlon Riggs^[221]
• Stanley Nelson^[292]
• Charles Burnett^[225][226]

^{[50][94][7][84]}

• William Greaves^[14]
• Wendell B. Harris Jr.^[211][168]
• Oscar Micheaux^[373][21]
• Ryan Coogler^[325][193]
• Tyler Perry^[374][25]
• Spike Lee^{[31][5][49][93][7]}

^{[19][129][14][50][168][94][84][166]}

• Reginald Hudlin^{[187][213][193][154]}
• John Singleton^[31]
• Robert Townsend^[31][168]
• Walter Salles^[46]
• Ramin Bahrani^[5][127]
• Alfonso Cuaron^[46]
• Denzel Washington^[31]
• Ang Lee^{[31][46][5][221]}
• Lee Daniels^[311][300]
• Daniels^{[352][326][353]}
• Wayne Wang^{[5][49][129][168][151]}
• Lee Isaac Chung^[326][345]
• Lisa Cholodenko^{[375][253][48][221][6][371]}
• Mario Van Peebles^[277]
• Melvin Van Peebles^{[94][82][50][84]}
• Robert Rodriguez^{[32][3][31][4][205][213][193]}
• Gregory Nava^[14]
• Robert M. Young^[14][117]
• Miguel Arteta^{[5][269][193]}
• Guillermo del Toro^[46][127]
• Chris Eyre^[375]
• Taika Waititi^[284]
• Nina Menkes^[227]
• Claudia Weill^{[25][153][136]}
• Donna Deitch^[184][166]
• Joyce Chopra^[14][168]
• Mary Harron^{[259][48][193]}
• Jennie Livingston^[221]
• Penelope Spheeris^{[376][165][87]}
• Martha Coolidge^[48][6]
• Kelly Reichardt^{[48][326][252]}
• Debra Granik^{[48][300][25][128][127][252][94][354]}
• Alice Wu^[354]
• Eliza Hittman^[354]
• Susan Seidelman^{[5][48][49][129]}
• Adrienne Shelly^[300][193]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal^[285]
• Joan Micklin Silver^[377]
• Signe Baumane^[121]
• Ralph Bakshi^[378]
• Don Bluth^{[178][138][210]}
• Will Vinton^{[379][380][121]}
• Suzan Pitt^[157]
• Don Hertzfeldt^{[305][206][157][330][381]}
• Bill Plympton^{[382][206][383][384][381][237][121]}
• John and Faith Hubley^[88][91]
• George Griffin^[385][247]
• Mark Osborne^[263]
• Candy Kugel^[386]
• Janie Geiser^[246][247]
• Fred Mogubgub^[387]
• John Canemaker^[247]
• Paul Fierlinger^[237]
• Joanna Priestley^{[218][384][121]}
• PES^[320][381]
• Nina Paley^[305][121]
• Mary Ellen Bute^[388][389]
• Nicole Holofcener^[5][48]
• Tom McCarthy^[5][193]
• Alex Garland^[326]
• Patty Jenkins^[273][169]
• Sarah Polley^[182]
• Sian Heder^[346]
• Lena Dunham^[48]
• Greta Gerwig^[326][271]
• Miranda July^{[296][48][269][193]}
• Bette Gordon^[173][166]
• Nancy Savoca^{[6][193][192]}
• Todd Haynes^{[262][253][390][84]}

^{[254][49][205][93][213][193][14][94][371]}

• John Waters^{[248][207][6][84]}

^{[192][193][14][50]}

• Greg Araki^{[221][6][211][142]}
• Sean Baker^{[326][329][10][14]}
• Stanley Kubrick^[78][79]
• Lodge Kerrigan^[252]
• Alex Ross Perry^[391]
• Jeff Nichols^[392][95]
• Mike Nichols^[124]
• Henry Jaglom^[25]
• Jim McBride^[25]
• Jonas Mekas^[25][14]
• Andrew Bujalski^[14][84]
• John Cameron Mitchell^[269][193]
• Gus Van Sant^{[270][203][31][182][93][6][19][14][312]}
• Steve James^[182][213]
• Wim Wenders^[182][166]
• Jim McKay^[5]
• Bo Burnham^[326]
• Joel and Ethan Coen^{[37][2][191][142]}

^{[187][49][205][192][193][19][129][168][94]}

• Mark and Jay Duplass^[10][50]
• Sam Raimi^{[93][94][166]}
• Josh and Benny Safdie^{[326][14][50]}
• Joe Swanberg^[14]
• Rian Johnson^[269][193]
• Christopher Guest^{[45][238][142]}
• Alan Rudolph^{[6][184][7][166]}
• James Gray^[37][49]
• Andrea Arnold^[326]
• Robert Eggers^[326]
• George A. Romero^{[93][50][119][94][84]}
• Wes Craven^[137][124]
• John Carpenter^{[137][93][129][154][50][94]}
• Yorgos Lanthimos^[326]
• Ari Aster^[326]
• Paul Schrader^[326]
• Mike Mills^{[314][332][326]}
• Joe Wright^[293]
• Jim Jarmusch^{[277][31][49][93][188][24][168][142]}

^{[192][129][14][94][7][84]}

• Rob Nilsson^[168]
• Zach Braff^[181]
• George Clooney^[45]
• James Mangold^[2][49][213]
• Sam Mendes^[2][3]
• Spike Jonze^{[259][256][32][93][94]}
• Errol Morris^{[273][3][31][182][213]}

^{[193][129][151][84]}

• Martin Scorsese^{[273][169][25][99][142][94][84]}
• Sam Fuller^[393][394]
• Edgar G. Ulmer^[29]
• John Cassavetes^{[93][127][25][99][94]}

^{[84][58][103][395]}

• Brian de Palma^[25][137]
• Robert Downey Sr^[25]
• Norman Mailer^[25][14]
• Andy Warhol^[25][14][84]
• Curtis Harrington^[104]
• Kenneth Anger^[84]
• Herk Harvey^[112]
• Ron Rice^[14]
• Robert Frank^[14]
• Kent Mackenzie^[14]
• Bii and Turner Ross^[396]
• James Marsh^{[182][300][193]}
• Greg Mottola^{[217][238][6]}
• Jon Favreau^[124]
• Bennett Miller^[169]
• Jonathan Caouette^[273][182]
• Larry Clark^[3][93]
• Abel Ferrara^{[249][93][213][193][14][211][94][219]}
• Michel Gondry^{[259][397][93]}
• Wes Anderson^{[244][9][256][93]}

^{[50][211][84]}

• Noah Baumbach^{[290][5][238][354]}
• Sofia Coppola^{[398][32][399][5][93][50][94][222]}
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261. Ranking Paul Thomas Anderson's films from worst to best|Far Out Magazine
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263. Indie Filmmaker's Push for 'More'|WIRED
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270. The best films of the '00s|The A.V. Club
271. 'Longlegs,' 'Thelma' and Indie Film's New Formula for Success - Bloomberg
272. Best American Indies: 'Tangerine', 'Past Lives' and More|IndieWire
273. Indiewood - Backstage
274. Roto-Synchresis: Relationships between Body and Voice in Rotoshop Animation - Database for Animation Studies
275. The 50 Best Indie Movies of All-Time - A Good Movie To Watch
276. The Best Indie Movies of All-Time - A Good Movie To Watch
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278. Bruce Campbell Joins Bubba Ho-Tep Director in Celebrating the Cult Classic's 21st Anniversary - CBR
279. 'Indie'|Far From Heaven|Edinbourgh Scholarship Online|Oxford Academic
280. 10 Great Indie Movies You May Have Missed - Page 4 - Taste of Cinema
281. Judy Greer Credits Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘Secretary’ Role for Making ‘Quirky’ Lead Actresses Cool - Yahoo Entertainment
282. 10 Great Indie Movies You May Have Missed - Page 5 - Taste of Cinema
283. 15 Reasons To Get Excited About The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Revival - Screen Rant
284. The 50 Best Indie Movies of All-Time - A Good Movie To Watch
285. 10 Best Peter Sargaard Movies, Ranked|Collider
286. The 50 Best Indie Movies of All-Time - A Good Movie To Watch
287. Away We Go with the Films of Sam Mendes - That Shelf
288. How independent film merchandise became a hot commodity - Los Angeles Times
289. 20 Years Ago, This Iconic Indie Horror Hit Revolutionized Twist Endings & Changed the Genre Forever - CBR
290. iW BOT | The Golden Child: "Juno" Makes Fox Searchlight the 2007 Market-Share Leader, Lures Young Ad|Indiewire
291. Review: Silver City - Slant Magazine
292. Hurray for Indiewood!|Salon.com
293. "Pride & Prejudice," "Capote," "Brokeback Mountain" (and more), and Why Audiences Matter|IndieWire
294. Scenes From Independent Film Week: Incentives, Acting, and Mixing At The IFP Market|IndieWire
295. Indie box office: "Juno" slammo!|Salon.com
296. Miranda July: The Quiet Power of Her Indie Movies - MovieWeb
297. BLOOD TEA AND STRING - Film Threat
298. Fusion of faith and football fails in 'Giants' - Orlando Sentinel
299. Christian Movies: Why Faith-Based Films Hurt Religion - Thrillist
300. History of the Sundance Film Festival (Part 7) - Sundance Film Festival
301. 10 Great Inde Movies You May Have Missed - Page 3 - Taste of Cinema
302. Former teen idol stars in religious 'Fireproof,' 2008's highest-grossing indie film - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
303. Doc Soup: The Sundance Cycle|Doc Soup|POV Blog|PBS
304. Beyond the Multiplex|Salon.com
305. 9 Essential Animated Indie Movies|IndieWire
306. Sita Sings the blues|Zippy Frames
307. On the Borders: Children's Horror and Indiewood Animation|Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s|Oxford Academic (Pages 144–177)
308. Indie Film Box Office: 'Strange Darling', 'Between The Temples' & 'Coraline' - Deadline
309. Undercover Indies: Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘The Hurt Locker’ Blows Up Awards-Season Expectations - Film Independent
310. It's Hollywood vs. Indiewood at Sundance 2010|The Star
311. Will whites see a black indie film like "Middle of Nowhere"?|Salon.com
312. The Criterion Channel's July 2024 Lineup|Current|The Criterion Collection
313. 10 Great Indie Movies You May Have Missed - Taste of Cinema
314. Father Figurine: Mike Mills's "Beginners"|IndieWire
315. Simon Says: The Marketing of a Mass-Released LGBTQ Film - Playback
316. Indie Focus: 'The Color Wheel' finally rolls into theaters - Los Angeles Times
317. Focus Features Sets Indie 'Pariah' for Christmas Day Limited Release|FirstShowing.net
318. Pariah Wins Acceptance In Indie Film World - Wall Street Journal
319. The Indie Film Corner: 'Take Shelter' - The Island News
320. Top 50 Most-Viewed Indie Animated Shorts On Youtube|Cartoon Brew
321. Fresh Guacamole by PES: The shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar|Zippy Frames
322. It's Such a Beautiful Day review: Mind your head|Zippy Frames
323. 5 Reasons to Check Out the Indie Film 'Middle of Nowhere' - Essence
324. 'Middle of Nowhere' review: Quiet indie drama offers a look at a woman in limbo|Movies/TV|nola.com
325. History of the Sundance Film Festival (Part 8) - Sundance Film Festival
326. The best A24 films to date|EW.com
327. 'Listen Up Philip' movie review: Uneven dramatic comedy gives Jason Schwartzman a role to sink his teeth into|Movies/TV|nola.com
328. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! PRODUCTION: BIOGRAPHIES|Oscars.org
329. Why Tangerine is the best Christmas movie that's not really about Christmas|EW.com
330. The best indie animation of 2015|Sight & Sound|BFI
331. Sundance 2018: Full-sentence movie titles are increasingly common - Quartz
332. BUFS Behind-the-Scenes – Brock University (Communication, Popular Culture and Film)
333. 'I, Tonya', Other Awards Contenders Keep Indie Box Office Alive Against 'Star Wars'|The Wrap
334. Animated Mischief: Essays on Subversiveness in Cartoons Since 1987 - Google Books (pg.176)
335. In a Heartbeat: the story behind the animated gay love short that's gone viral|Animation in film|The Guardian
336. Indie Focus: Outsiders abound in 'The Shape of Water', 'I, Tonya', 'Foxtrot' and 'Bombshell' - Los Angeles Times
337. Stumbling Out of the Gate - Critic's Notebook
338. The Rider: Exclusive trailer for new western hailed best indie of the year|The Independent
339. 'Hair Love' Short Will Get North American Release In Front of 'Angry Birds 2'|Cartoon Brew
340. Indie Focus: A ballad of love and divorce in Marriage Story - Los Angeles Times
341. Cryptozoo is animated chaos for the indie-film crowd - The Globe and Mail
342. Indie Film: Fantastical creatures populate the what-if world of 'Cryptozoo' - Portland Press Herald
343. 'Cryptozoo' Film Review: My Cryptid and Other Animals|Zippy Frames
344. Over the Borderline - Critic's Notebook
345. Indie Focus: On the road with Frances McDormand in ‘Nomadland’ - Los Angeles Times
346. Sundance 2021: Coda, One For The Road, and Censor|AV Club
347. How real-world magic graces the making of Clifton Collins Jr.’s ‘Jockey’ - Los Angeles Times
348. Indie Focus: Sitting with the anxious comedy of 'Shiva Baby' - Los Angeles Times
349. Indie Film Series: Summer of Soul - Sun Journal Events
350. Indie Prof: "The Rescue" and "Summer of Soul"|Front Porch
351. 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Crosses $20M, Reignites Indie Cinema. - Deadline
352. A24's 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Hits Box Office Milestone - Variety
353. Indie Film Crush, Ahead Of 'Avatar' & Year End, Puts Arthouse Woes On Back Burner – Specialty Preview - Deadline
354. Indie Cinema Is Now Genre Cinema|Defactor
355. Sara Dosa on 'Fire Of Love': "This forced me to work and think in a completely different way"|Features|Screen Daily
356. A24 Has Another Indie Hit, As 'Marcel The Shell' Slides Into Top 10 – Specialty Box Office - Deadline
357. 'Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' Director Explains What It Took to Pull Off One of the Year's Most Charming Movies|The Wrap
358. Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio' and 'Turning Red' Lead the Nominations for the 50th Annie Awards 2023 - Hollywood Insider
359. A brief, and somewhat shocking, history of adult animation|The A.V. Club
360. Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Sara Gunnarsdóttir|Cartoon Brew
361. A Look at ‘My Year of Dicks’|Animation World Network
362. The Whale Crosses $10 Million at Box Office, Brendan Fraser Hit - Variety
363. "You Can't Really Plan for Getting an Oscar": A Chat with Hubbel Palmer - SLUG Magazine
364. 2023 in Film: Barbie triumphs, Marvel loses steam | The Excerpt - USA Today on YouTube
365. Gasoline Rainbow: A pleasantly meandering Gen-Z road trip from upcoming auteur siblings the Ross brothers - The Irish Times
366. "War is Over": Animated Short Short Creates Timely Message of Humanity - IndieWire
367. Top indie films of 2024: unveiling this year's best gems|Meer
368. Best Indie Movies of 2024 (So Far) - MovieWeb
369. How Indie Horror Went Mainstream in 2024|Flickering Myth
370. ‘Gasoline Rainbow’ Review: Five Zoomers Hit the Road to Put Off Growing Up in an Endearing, Semi-Improvised Indie - Variety
371. Our Film Critic on Why He's Done Wit the Movies - The New York Times
372. 12. Not Just Indie: A Look at Films by Dee Rees, Ava Duvernay and Kasi Lemmons - DegRuyter
373. Independent Film’s Sorry Quarter Century?|Filmmaker Magazine
374. Tyler Perry: creator of a racial stereotype or the greatest indie film-maker ever?|Comedy films|The Guardian
375. Chaos Below Canal|Independent Magazine
376. DGA Quarterly Magazine|Fall 2011|Women Directors and Their Films
377. MUBI Special: Silver Linings: Films by Joan Micklin Silver|MUBI
378. 8-Minute Video Boils Down the Essence of Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi - VICE
379. A celebration of Will Vinton|Just Make Animation
380. Will Vinton, Oscar winner and pioneering Portland animator, dies at 70 - oregonlive.com
381. Second Edition of the Skwigly book ‘Independent Animation’ out now - Skwigly Animation Magazine
382. ICONS OF ANIMATION - THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION|Oscars.org
383. Indie Animation - WSJ
384. Animation Outlaws: Spike & Mike Turned Indie Shorts Into a Phenomenom|IndieWire
385. Keep it in Motion: Classic Animation Revisited – George Griffin’s 'Head'|Animation World Network
386. The Academy To Present ‘Women in Indie Animation’ September 21|Animation World Network
387. Films by Fred Mogubgub|Cartoon Brew
388. Biography: Mary Ellen Bute - Filmmaker - The Heroine Collective
389. CVM - Bute - Starr - Ideas on Film - Center for Visual Music
390. Post-Classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945 - Google Books (pg.237)
391. Alex Ross Perry: 'Avengers: Endgame' Deserves Oscar for Best Picture|IndieWire
392. 'Midnight Special,' 'Fantastic Planet' and more home theater releases out this week - Los Angeles Times
393. House of Bamboo - Trailers From Hell
394. Calling all Samuel Fuller fans: You need a copy of “Forty Guns”|High-Def Watch
395. Composing for Cassavetes|Current|The Criterion Collection
396. ‘Gasoline Rainbow’ Release Set With Mubi Ahead Of Pic’s Venice Debut - Deadline
397. Wes Anderson, tone and the quirky sensibility: New Review of Film and Television Studies Volume 10, 2012 - Issue 1: Wes Anderson and Co.
398. Sofia Coppola: A Cinema of Girlhood - Offscreen
399. Sofia Coppola Wins Best Director at 2017 Cannes|Hypebae
400. THE EYES OF RAY DENNIS STECKLER - Spectacle Theater
401. The Fiercely Independent Films Of The 80s Get A Massive Cinefamily Showcase|LAist
402. Kevin Smith claims Harvey Weinstein is keeping Dogma 'hostage' – Film Stories
403. Indie Cinema and the Neoliberal Commodification of Creative Labor - A Companion to American Indie Film - Wiley Online Library
404. 'Juno' Laid Low by Success - The New York Times

Bibliography

• Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema, John Pierson
• A Killer Life, Christine Vachon
• Down & Dirty Pictures, Peter Biskind
• Indie: An American Film Culture, Michael Z. Newman Ph.D.
• American Independent Cinema, Geoff King
• Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation, Charles Solomon
• Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents, Stephen Thrower

Notes

• ≈ indicates a National Film Registry inductee

See also

• New Hollywood
• American Eccentric Cinema
• Independent animation
• List of rediscovered films
• Classical Hollywood cinema
• Independent Spirit Awards
• Sundance Film Festival

External links

• Indiewood Finally Figures Out That Their Movies Are Depressing on Vulture
• Indie, Inc. on Project MUSE
• 10 Indies We Love Archives on Film Independent
• "The Edge of Hollywood" episode of American Cinema on Annenberg Learner
• BAM's Indie 80s trailer on Vimeo
• Low-Budget, Independent Films, 1981 – Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
• AFS Essential Cinema: The Original Indies: The Birth of American Independent Cinema on official YouTube channel
• The Real Indies: A Close Look at Orphan Films at Oscars.org
• American Independents on The Criterion Channel