BFI's 100 American Independent Films

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The top 100 American independent films as selected by Jason Wood, author of BFI Screen Guides' "100 American Independent Films."

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    Zoo

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  2. 99 -

    The Woodsman

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  3. 98 -

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 96 -

    Variety

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    The Unbelievable Truth

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 94 -

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
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    Trouble in Mind

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  9. 92 -

    Trees Lounge

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 91 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 90 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 89 -

    Tarnation

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 88 -

    Targets

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 87 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 86 -

    Swoon

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  16. 85 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 84 -

    Suture

    1993, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 83 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 82 -

    Strange Culture

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  20. 81 -

    Smithereens

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 80 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 79 -

    Shotgun Stories

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  23. 78 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 77 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 76 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 74 -

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 73 -

    Secretary

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 72 -

    The Savages

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 71 -

    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 70 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 69 -

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 68 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 67 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 66 -

    Poison

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 65 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 64 -

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 63 -

    Parting Glances

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  39. 62 -

    On the Bowery

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 61 -

    Old Joy

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 60 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
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    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 57 -

    Mutual Appreciation

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  45. 56 -

    Metropolitan

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 55 -

    Medium Cool

    1969, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 54 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 53 -

    Me and You and Everyone We Know

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 52 -

    Man Push Cart

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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