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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  1. 22 -

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 71 -

    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 62 -

    On the Bowery

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 75 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 78 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 31 -

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check
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    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
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    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
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    Lonesome Cowboys

    1968 — a.k.a. Horse, in 2 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    Targets

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
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    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 55 -

    Medium Cool

    1969, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 97 -

    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
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    Billy Jack

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 85 -

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 94 -

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
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    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
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    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
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    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
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    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
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    Angel City

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
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    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 69 -

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 30 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 17 -

    Chan Is Missing

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 27 -

    Eating Raoul

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 81 -

    Smithereens

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 10 -

    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 96 -

    Variety

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
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    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 83 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 76 -

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 93 -

    Trouble in Mind

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  36. 38 -

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 63 -

    Parting Glances

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  38. 77 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
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    Candy Mountain

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Kill-Off

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
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    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
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    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 91 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 95 -

    The Unbelievable Truth

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 56 -

    Metropolitan

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 80 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
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    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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