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50 Indie Movies You Need to See

The list of the 50 most important indie movies by complex.com. All of them are independently made passion projects really worth seeing.
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1
Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
2
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
3
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
4
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
5
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
6
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
7
Short Cuts (1993)
Short Cuts (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
8
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
10
The Terminator (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
15
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
17
Primer (2004)
Primer (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
18
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
19
Pi (1998)
Pi (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
20
THX 1138 (1971)
THX 1138 (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
21
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
22
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
23
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
24
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Happiness (1998)
Happiness (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
27
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
29
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
30
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
31
The Last House on the Left (1972)
The Last House on the Left (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
32
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
33
In the Company of Men (1997)
In the Company of Men (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
34
Swingers (1996)
Swingers (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
35
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
36
Kids (1995)
Kids (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   46%
37
Gummo (1997)
Gummo (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   37%
38
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
39
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
40
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
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