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Independent is not a strict genre category, but is rather a grouping of films that are financed outside the regular channels of big production companies. Not being tied to those production companies, independent films often dare to tread outside the more familiar paths used by those companies.

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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 20 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 38 +1

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
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    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  15. 28 +1

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  19. 31 -1

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 40 +1

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 29 -1

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
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    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    1998, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 12 +1

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 13 -1

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  30. 33 +2

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 43 +2

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  32. 42 -4

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 44 -2

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
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    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
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    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
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    Per qualche dollaro in più

    1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 48 -5

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
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    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  39. 39 +5

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 30 +1

    Rush

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
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    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
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    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 47 +1

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 45 +1

    Papillon

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 41 -1

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 46 +1

    Sling Blade

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
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    Klaus

    2019, in 9 top lists
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    It's Such a Beautiful Day

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 34 -1

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
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