1. The Blue Roses of Havana 2. Four Delightful Evenings 3. The Bronze Highway Back Home 4. While Lucas Awaited 5. Forgotten Yesteryears (The Delilah Story)
1. The Usual Suspects 2. The Passion of the Christ 3. Blood Simple 4. The Terminator 5. Night of the Living Dead Runners up: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Easy Rider
Indie greats that haven't been mentioned yet: Reservoir Dogs Do The Right Thing Whiplash Donnie Darko Sex, Lies, and Videotape
biatch...is your list made up of porn movies? I don’t know the definition of an Indie movie... the ones already mentioned I love the terminator, reservoir dogs the usual suspect, Texas chainsaw massacre...
Made up!? How dare you. I am well travelled and educated which provides me with a more sophisticated and cultured outlook. It's not my fault the philistines around here aren't aware of the cinematic gems i listed.
-Blue Roses of Havana was basically an arty rewrite of The Lady from Shanghai. I could see every plot twist coming. -Four Delightful Evenings borrows too heavily from Roman Polanski's early Polish films. -The Bronze Highway Back Home suffers from its extended run-time and lack of focus. If the director cut out about 40 minutes and those unnecessary dream sequences, we might have a decent film. -While Lucas Awaited was terribly miscast IMO. I can't stand the actor who plays Lucas' younger brother. -Forgotten Yesteryears (The Delilah Story) would've worked better as a satire on post-war life.
Not top 5, but worth mentioning when it comes to indie films was The Squid and the Whale. Also, the Ice Storm.
I had always been under the impression that Pulp Fiction is an independent movie. Clerks Memento Swingers Mean Streets I recently saw that for the first time. It’s an excellent movie.
