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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. 11 -

    Boys Don't Cry

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 75 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 65 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 21 -

    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 84 -

    Suture

    1993, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 38 -

    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 90 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 78 -

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 28 -

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 18 -

    Clean, Shaven

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 74 -

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 56 -

    Metropolitan

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 94 -

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 92 -

    Trees Lounge

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 66 -

    Poison

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 69 -

    Return of the Secaucus Seven

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 77 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 14 -

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 51 -

    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  21. 83 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 33 -

    George Washington

    2000, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 9 -

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 91 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 34 -

    Girlfight

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 8 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 87 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 98 -

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 54 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 13 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 45 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 37 -

    Half Nelson

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 49 -

    Living in Oblivion

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 36 -

    Gummo

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 4 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 59 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  38. 26 -

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 19 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 5 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 58 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 12 -

    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 64 -

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 30 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 47 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 29 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 43 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 7 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 60 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 39 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
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