The 50 Greatest Indie Movies of ALL TIME

ourmaninBusan · December 2nd, 2005, 05:22 AM

from Empire magazine online

Some examples:

One more time...http://www.empireonline.co.uk/featur...dent/50-41.asp

**Tati** · December 2nd, 2005, 11:04 AM

There are quite a few of those I haven't seen, but I pretty much agree with all the ones I have. I didn't enjoy Sex, Lies and Videotape all that much, but it was well done.

I probably would have placed Run, Lola, Run a little higher on the list.

And why no Empire Records?

miss_perfect · December 2nd, 2005, 11:08 AM

The fact that Boondock Saints is not on there makes me very, very pissed. I agree with most of those that I have seen, with the exception of Grosse Pointe Blank and Lost and Translation, which sucked big time.

muchlove · December 2nd, 2005, 01:24 PM

I agree with a lot of those... a few a haven't seen... but I HATE Buffalo 66.

miss_perfect · December 2nd, 2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by muchlove

I agree with a lot of those... a few a haven't seen... but I HATE Buffalo 66.

LOL... My BF said that was hands down one of the worst movies he has ever seen.

Grimmlok · December 2nd, 2005, 04:15 PM

Lost in Translation is bloody brilliant, but not everybody 'gets it'. If you don't get it, then it's just nothing happening onscreen for 2 hours and probably boring as shit.

Run Lola Run.. LOVED IT.

WickedHo · December 2nd, 2005, 04:17 PM

^^ Yup! Lost in Translation is fantastic! And so is Run Lola Run!

cupkate · December 2nd, 2005, 04:41 PM

i didn't like buffalo 66 either.

is terminator indie?

WickedHo · December 2nd, 2005, 04:42 PM

^^ Yup, Terminator was low-budget indie!

Grimmlok · December 2nd, 2005, 04:52 PM

No, Terminator was made by a studio.. just a really small, shitty one that I don't think is around anymore. Kinda like Orion.

WickedHo · December 2nd, 2005, 04:53 PM

^^ I stand corrected! Hey, did James Cameron do Terminator? I guess I'll go look it up myself. Cuz for some reason, I'm thinking he did a low-budget indie when he started out, and I was thinking Terminator was the one.

Grimmlok · December 2nd, 2005, 05:05 PM

It was Cameron, be he started under Roger Corman.. I think his first film was Pirahna 2: The Spawning which was apparently cut to ribbons by the editors

muchlove · December 2nd, 2005, 05:08 PM

I totally agree about Lost in Translation... I thought it was beautifully subtle and touching, but if you don't get it, well... then it would seem awfully boring, I guess.

And Run Lola Run is another of my all time favorites.

ourmaninBusan · December 2nd, 2005, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimmlok

It was Cameron, be he started under Roger Corman.. I think his first film was Pirahna 2: The Spawning which was apparently cut to ribbons by the editors

Either that or Cameron went $60 million over budget.

haggard · December 3rd, 2005, 06:28 AM

This list isnt so much the "50 greatest indie movies of all time" as it is "the 50 greatest indie movies that you've heard of"

Regardless, I have to agree with most of their choices...maybe not the ORDER of them, but they included most of what I would have thought of...

but I too hated Buffalo 66