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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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  1. 5 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 18 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  4. 31 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  6. 29 -1

    Rush

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 26 -

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 39 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 30 -

    Rocky

    1976, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 10 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 7 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 41 +1

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 22 -

    Per qualche dollaro in più

    1965 — a.k.a. For a Few Dollars More, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 25 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 13 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 44 -

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 3 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 27 -

    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

    1998, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 15 -

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 17 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  21. 8 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  22. 19 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 16 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 36 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 12 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 4 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 24 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 33 -1

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 28 +1

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 45 -

    Sling Blade

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  31. 38 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 1 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  33. 20 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 11 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 21 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 2 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 49 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  38. 32 +1

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 42 +1

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 48 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 37 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  42. 23 -

    Klaus

    2019, in 9 top lists
    Check
  43. 35 -1

    The Message

    1976 — a.k.a. Mohammad: Messenger of God, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 43 -2

    Papillon

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 14 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 34 +1

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 47 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  49. 46 -

    The Straight Story

    1999, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 40 -

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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