Comedies, action, adventure, sci-fi, drama and horror –indie films come in all shapes and sizes. Here is a list of a few for viewing consideration.
Adventureland (2009)
Amadeus (1984)
The American (2010)
The Artist (2011)
Beast of the Southern Wild (2012)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Blood Simple (1984)
Boyhood (2014)
Braveheart (1995)
Chicago (2002)
Clerks (1994)
Crash (2004)
The Crazies (1973)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Dark Sunday (Earl Owensby) -1976
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Death Race (2008)
The Departed (2006)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Edge of Darkness (2010)
El Mariachi (1992)
Elysium (2013)
The English Patient (1996)
The Expendables (2010)
500 Days of Summer (2009)
The Farewell (2019)
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Gandhi (1982)
Get Out (2017)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Green Book (2018)
Hugo (2011)
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
The Kids are All Right (2010)
The King’s Speech (2010)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Letters to Juliet (2010)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Living Legend (Earl Owensby) -1978
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Logan Lucky (2017)
Machete (2010)
Marriage Story (2019)
Margin Call (2011)
Memento (2000)
Melancholia (2011)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Moonlight (2016)
My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Nomadland (2020)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Piranha (1978)
Platoon (1986)
A Quite Place (2018)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rottweiler: Dogs of Hell (Earl Owensby) – 1982
Rush (2013)
Rutherford County Line (Earl Owensby) – 1987
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The Shape of Water (2017)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Uncut Gems (2019)
Usual Suspects (1995)
**Confusion arises because many prominent films were released or distributed in the U.S. by a major studio. However, the copyright continued to be held by the film’s independent producer/distributor who also retained the worldwide distribution rights outside of the U.S. Note too, that many of the films were sold at the American Film Market. Any film that has at least 51% financing from outside of the major six studios will qualify as an independent film.
The Film Critic 
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