Recommended Indie Films

[muzikool]

I enjoy getting away from over-the-top production and repetitive plot lines in movies, so every now and then I will check out an indie film. I haven't seen near as many as I'd like to, but the ones I've seen lately have been very enjoyable... special effects and well-known actors don't always make the best films. I wanted to suggest a few indies and see what some of you might recommend. Pretty much all of these have come out in the past 3 years or so... I can't seem to remember any that have been around longer.

"Pieces of April"
"Whale Rider"
"Donnie Darko"
"Thirteen"
"Rabbit-Proof Fence"
"21 Grams" (also heard that "Amores Perros" was good -- same director)
"Lost in Translation"
"Requiem for a Dream"
"Memento"

 

[Grandmaster]

I really want to see 21 Grams.

 

[dreamliner77]

Delicatessan (sp?)
Welcome To The Dollhouse
Slackers
Toxic Avenger
Dead Alive
Shallow Grave

just to name a few

 

[muzikool]

I did see "Slackers," though I can't say for sure if it was actually "good." Kind of one of those where you say "OK" after it's over. 😉

 

[NerdUprising]

Run Lola Run - has become fairly popular, but still indie 🙂 even if it wasn't great (which it is) I would suggest it just for the soundtrack

 

[dreamliner77]

I loved Run Lola Run. Watched the German version with my *very* limited knowlegde of German.

 

[mooo]

elephant
it was really good, not sure if it was based off the colorado shootings or just a movie like what happened there. It was filmed great.. very limited but pick it up if you can find it..

 

[muzikool]

Saw "Run Lola Run." Good flick.

 

[Ded Morozh]

a few i've liked

Dancer, Texas Pop 81

Beautiful Girls - maybe not indie, but a small film.

Permanent Midnight - again, probably not "indie"

Children of the Revolution - small comedy

so maybe i'm not huge on "indie" but i like small movies. also, Mallrats, Clerks, and Chasing Amy are the best of the Kevin Smith Jersey series

 

[muzikool]

I love Mallrats, and I need to see Clerks and Chasing Amy sometime.

 

[dreamliner77]

Permenant Midnight was awesome, just beware that even though it has Ben Stiller, it is not a comedy.

 

[Codasmd]

Gummo

Not exactly a favorite but worth watching to get a strange glimpse into the lives of a small rural town.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...1/104-6141887-8437542?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

 

[Codasmd]

also...Slingblade...

Not really indy..but never got the recognition that it deserved.
Great movie

 

[breezie]

Better luck tommorow- ^_^

 

[Codasmd]

Fantastic Planet

animated French movie from around 1973. Subtitled but very interesting. Worth a rent.

 

[Tabula Rasa]

"Run Lola Run." Isn't that Indie realy, just forgin... Still a good film.

 

[Lee]

Ska Productions: Guy Ritchie

Lock-stock and two smoking barrels.
Snatch.
Mean Machine.

Atom Films, though short are funny I may add.

www.atomfilms.com

 

[indyjones]

Ska Productions: Guy Ritchie

Lock-stock and two smoking barrels.
Snatch.
Mean Machine.

Second those and Shallow Grave

 

[muzikool]

Guy Ritchie's films are great!

 

[Lee]

Gurinder Chadha: Bend it like Beckham.

I loved the film, found it very funny when in Canada they classified it under porno, before even watching it.

Also Hanif khareshi: My beautiful laundrette, Budha of Sudurbia. <==think it was same as MBL, so long since I watched it.