Empire's 50 Greatest Independent Films

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  1. 13 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 1 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 17 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 2 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 8 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 22 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 26 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 6 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 12 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 37 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 5 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 46 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 23 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 44 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 34 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 10 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
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    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
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    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 15 -

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 45 -

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 18 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 24 -

    Happiness

    1998, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 14 -

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 7 -

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 40 -

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 31 -

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 32 -

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 48 -

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 43 -

    Shadows

    1958, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 19 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 36 -

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 29 -

    Bad Lieutenant

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 35 -

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 39 -

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 25 -

    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 11 -

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
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    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 27 -

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 41 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 16 -

    She's Gotta Have It

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 33 -

    Shallow Grave

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 38 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 42 -

    Swingers

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  48. 28 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 50 -

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 47 -

    Blood Feast

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
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