The IMDb keywords list following films as being an "independent film."
Rank | Title | Year | Director(s) | Overall Rank |
1 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick | 1 |
2 | Psycho | 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock | 5 |
3 | Pulp Fiction | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino | 11 |
4 | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | Francis Ford Coppola | 13 |
5 | One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest | 1975 | Milos Forman | 37 |
6 | The Graduate | 1967 | Mike Nichols | 45 |
7 | Breathless | 1960 | Jean-Luc Godard | 61 |
8 | Fargo | 1996 | Joel Coen | 67 |
9 | Blue Velvet | 1986 | David Lynch | 72 |
10 | Brazil | 1985 | Terry Gilliam | 76 |
11 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 2004 | Michel Gondry | 79 |
12 | Reservoir Dogs | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino | 81 |
13 | This Is Spinal Tap | 1984 | Rob Reiner | 85 |
14 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | 93 |
15 | The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Bryan Singer | 94 |
16 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | 1975 | Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones | 99 |
17 | Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Spike Lee | 102 |
18 | The Big Lebowski | 1998 | Joel Coen | 105 |
19 | Memento | 2000 | Christopher Nolan | 112 |
20 | American Beauty | 1999 | Sam Mendes | 113 |
21 | Seven | 1995 | David Fincher | 114 |
22 | Halloween | 1978 | John Carpenter | 125 |
23 | Paths of Glory | 1957 | Stanley Kubrick | 132 |
24 | Trainspotting | 1996 | Danny Boyle | 142 |
25 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | Richard Kelly | 146 |
26 | Mulholland Dr. | 2001 | David Lynch | 156 |
27 | Amadeus | 1984 | Milos Forman | 162 |
28 | Cabaret | 1972 | Bob Fosse | 164 |
29 | Lost in Translation | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 169 |
30 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 1974 | Tobe Hooper | 173 |
31 | Platoon | 1986 | Oliver Stone | 180 |
32 | Eraserhead | 1977 | David Lynch | 192 |
33 | The Wicker Man | 1973 | Robin Hardy | 193 |
34 | The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez | 207 |
35 | Withnail & I | 1987 | Bruce Robinson | 213 |
36 | Magnolia | 1999 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 217 |
37 | Peeping Tom | 1960 | Michael Powell | 222 |
38 | The Producers | 1967 | Mel Brooks | 225 |
39 | Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | George A. Romero | 232 |
40 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Steve James | 242 |
41 | Blow-Up | 1966 | Michelangelo Antonioni | 247 |
42 | Being John Malkovich | 1999 | Spike Jonze | 255 |
43 | Akira | 1988 | Katsuhiro Ôtomo | 261 |
44 | Carrie | 1976 | Brian De Palma | 269 |
45 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 2003 | Quentin Tarantino | 276 |
46 | American Graffiti | 1973 | George Lucas | 283 |
47 | Boogie Nights | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 284 |
48 | Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | Edgar Wright | 290 |
49 | All about My Mother | 1999 | Pedro Almodóvar | 305 |
50 | Suspiria | 1977 | Dario Argento | 310 |
51 | Field of Dreams | 1989 | Phil Alden Robinson | 313 |
52 | The Evil Dead | 1981 | Sam Raimi | 322 |
53 | The Professional | 1994 | Luc Besson | 324 |
54 | Before Sunset | 2004 | Richard Linklater | 329 |
55 | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Kevin Costner | 333 |
56 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | Wes Craven | 336 |
57 | The Road Warrior | 1981 | George Miller | 342 |
58 | Clerks. | 1994 | Kevin Smith | 343 |
59 | Repulsion | 1965 | Roman Polanski | 350 |
60 | The Piano | 1993 | Jane Campion | 358 |
61 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | 1994 | Mike Newell | 365 |
62 | Y tu mamá también | 2001 | Alfonso Cuarón | 373 |
63 | Dazed and Confused | 1993 | Richard Linklater | 377 |
64 | Requiem for a Dream | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky | 382 |
65 | A Woman under the Influence | 1974 | John Cassavetes | 386 |
66 | The English Patient | 1996 | Anthony Minghella | 387 |
67 | Evil Dead II | 1987 | Sam Raimi | 391 |
68 | Dirty Dancing | 1987 | Emile Ardolino | 393 |
69 | Hannah and Her Sisters | 1986 | Woody Allen | 395 |
70 | Kes | 1969 | Ken Loach | 403 |
71 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | Wes Anderson | 404 |
72 | Secrets & Lies | 1996 | Mike Leigh | 408 |
73 | Videodrome | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 410 |
74 | RoboCop | 1987 | Paul Verhoeven | 411 |
75 | Fitzcarraldo | 1982 | Werner Herzog | 419 |
76 | The Thin Blue Line | 1988 | Errol Morris | 423 |
77 | Killer of Sheep | 1978 | Charles Burnett | 430 |
78 | Blood Simple | 1984 | Joel Coen | 433 |
79 | The Breakfast Club | 1985 | John Hughes | 437 |
80 | Breaking the Waves | 1996 | Lars von Trier | 440 |
81 | Shadows | 1959 | John Cassavetes | 445 |
82 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | 1989 | Steven Soderbergh | 446 |
83 | Pink Flamingos | 1972 | John Waters | 453 |
84 | The Player | 1992 | Robert Altman | 456 |
85 | If.... | 1968 | Lindsay Anderson | 465 |
86 | Ghost in the Shell | 1995 | Mamoru Oshii | 475 |
87 | When We Were Kings | 1996 | Leon Gast | 479 |
88 | Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | 483 |
89 | Naked | 1993 | Mike Leigh | 488 |
90 | The Long Good Friday | 1980 | John Mackenzie | 490 |
91 | Crumb | 1994 | Terry Zwigoff | 499 |
92 | Raising Arizona | 1987 | Joel Coen | 511 |
93 | Stranger than Paradise | 1984 | Jim Jarmusch | 512 |
94 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | 1989 | Woody Allen | 516 |
95 | Amores perros | 2000 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 518 |
96 | Scream | 1996 | Wes Craven | 527 |
97 | Short Cuts | 1993 | Robert Altman | 537 |
98 | Boyz N the Hood | 1991 | John Singleton | 542 |
99 | The Killing | 1956 | Stanley Kubrick | 547 |
100 | Sideways | 2004 | Alexander Payne | 558 |