Top Movies in Independent

Crush

Independent
A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.

Drinking Buddies

Independent
Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, and Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer.

Inglourious Basterds

Independent
In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as "the basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own.... Employing pulp and propaganda in equal measure, Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS weaves together infamous, oppressed, real and larger-than-life the stories of WWII.

Automata

Independent
In a future where Earth's ecosystem verges on collapse, man-made robots roam the cities to protect dwindling human life. When a robot overrides a key protocol put in place to protect human life, ROC Robotics insurance agent Jacq Vaucan (Antonio Banderas) is assigned to locate the source of the manipulation and eliminate the threat. What he discovers leads Vaucan, ROC Robotics and the police into a battle with profound consequences for the future of humanity.

By the Gun

Independent
Nick Tortano (Ben Barnes), an ambitious criminal from the streets of Boston, finally proves himself to the boss (Harvey Keitel) after years of idolizing Italian gangsters. Once he becomes a made man, Nick's loyalty is tested when he must choose between his family, his girl (Leighton Meester) and the Mafia he was so desperate to join.

Ninja 2 Shadow Of A Tear

Independent
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial arts master Casey Bowman (Scott Adkins) after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. With the help of his friend Nakabara (Kane Kosugi), the fearless American retrains his responses and elevates his battle skills to seek justice for his wife's murder. Casey stealthily tracks the man responsible on his mission of vengeance, but just when he has his prey cornered, an unexpected twist forces him to see even those closest to him as enemies. In the ultimate confrontation, Casey must reflect on his teachings to become an invisible warrior worthy of the title Ninja.

The Spectacular Now

Independent
From the writers of (500) Days of Summer, effortless charmer Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) unexpectedly falls for "good girl" Aimee Finnicky (Shailene Woodley) in this authentic and charming portrait about the perilous business of young love and growing up.

The Kill Team

Independent
Equal parts infuriating and illuminating, THE KILL TEAM looks at the devastating moral tensions that tear at soldiers' psyches through the lens of one highly personal and emotional story. Private Adam Winfield was a 21-year-old soldier in Afghanistan when he attempted with the help of his father to alert the military to heinous war crimes his platoon was committing. But Winfield's pleas went unheeded. Left on his own and with threats to his life, Private Winfield was himself drawn into the moral abyss, forced to make a split-second decision that would change his life forever.

Venus and Vegas

Independent
When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, things don't exactly go according to plan. Now they are being hunted by mobsters and trying to come out of this alive.

Run

Independent
Set on the streets of New York, Run is an action-packed crime-thriller featuring the jaw-dropping athletic discipline of parkour (always moving forward despite obstacles within the environment). Evading the mob, Mike (Adrian Pasdar) and his son Daniel (William Moseley) have lived a nomadic life on the fringe of society for 16 years, and have used Daniel's natural parkour skills as a way to make a living by pulling off robberies. Now living in New York, Daniel has made true friends for the first time in his life, and wants to leave the life of crime behind. Mike plans one last job, but when the scheme doesn't go as expected, Daniel discovers his father's past is darker than he imagined. As Daniel is pulled deeper into the world of crime, he is forced to put everything he holds dear in jeopardy, including the love of his life.

Spring Breakers

Independent
From visionary director Harmony Korine comes a bold new vision of the seasonal American ritual known as spring break — the bacchanalia of bikinis, beach parties and beer bongs that attracts hordes of college students each year. Brit (Ashley Benson), Faith (Selena Gomez), Candy (Vanessa Hudgens) and Cotty (Rachel Korine) are best friends anxious to cut loose on their own spring break adventure, but they lack sufficient funds. After holding up a restaurant for quick cash, the girls head to the shore in a stolen car for what they discover is the party of a lifetime. They're thrown in jail — but quickly bailed out by Alien (James Franco), a local rapper, drug pusher and arms dealer who lures them into a criminal underbelly that's as lurid as it is liberating for a close-knit gang of girlfriends who are still figuring out their path. With a hallucinatory musical score by Cliff Martinez (DRIVE) and Skrillex, SPRING BREAKERS is an electrifying pop poem to girls gone wild. Harmony Korine unleashes a ferocious, feverish and furiously alive youth quake examining the sensory overload of a new generation of restless youth.

Coherence

Independent
In this mind-bending sci-fi thriller, 8 friends at a dinner party start experiencing strange and mysterious events on the night a comet is passing close to Earth. Soon it becomes clear that nothing and no one are what they appear.

Boy A

Independent
The story of a young ex-con Jack, newly released from serving a prison sentence for a murder he committed as a child.

Food, Inc.

Independent
Authors Michael Pollan & Eric Schlosser star in a vital doc that lifts the veil on how our food is made, exposing surprising secrets that the food industry tries to hide from the American consumer. You'll never look at dinner the same way. MPAA Rating: PG

Blackfish

Independent
Killer whales are beloved, majestic, friendly giants, yet infamous for their capacity to kill viciously. Blackfish unravels the complexities of this dichotomy, employing the story of the notorious performing whale Tilikum, who — unlike any orca in the wild — has taken the lives of several people while in captivity. Blackfish expands on the discussion of keeping such intelligent creatures in captivity.

Killing Season

Independent
Two veterans of the Bosnian War hunt each other in the remote mountain wilderness.

Super Size Me

Independent
In SUPER SIZE ME, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a "McDonald's only" diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death.

"For 30 days, Morgan Spurlock consumed nothing but food from McDonald's, an experiment in bad living that frames a jaunty critique of junk gastronomy and corporate power. Like a thinner, less aggressive Michael Moore, the director talks to consumers, experts and food-industry flacks, weaving alarming statistics about rampant obesity with visits to the doctor and double-quarter-pounder-with-cheese combo meals. The film is an entertaining statement of the obvious, though its big questions - do corporations serve our need or enslave our bodies and soul?, are public health problems caused by capitalist rapacity or personal choice? - are not as simple as Mr. Spurlock would have us believe." - A. O. Scott, The New York Times

The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

Independent
From Executive Producer Johnny Knoxville, this edgy and often hilarious look at a dying breed of American outcasts exposes the corruption, poverty, and West Virginia's environmentally and culturally devastating coal mining culture.

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge

Independent
As a boy, filmmaker James Cameron dreamed of a journey to the deepest part of the ocean. This film is the dramatic fulfillment of that dream. It chronicles Cameron’s solo dive to the depths of the Mariana Trench—nearly seven miles beneath the ocean’s surface—piloting a submersible he designed himself. The risks were astounding. The footage is breathtaking. JAMES CAMERON’S DEEPSEA CHALLENGE is a celebration of science, courage, and extraordinary human aspiration.

The Great Debaters

Independent
From two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and an ensemble cast lead by Washington that includes Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, comes THE GREAT DEBATERS. Inspired by a true story, THE GREAT DEBATERS chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team. A controversial figure, Professor Tolson challenged the social mores of the time and was under constant fire for his unconventional and ferocious teaching methods as well as his radical political views. In their pursuit for excellence, Tolson's debate team receives a groundbreaking invitation to debate Harvard University's championship team. The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. THE GREAT DEBATERS was written by Robert Eisele and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth. MPAA Rating: PG-13 © 2007 The Weinstein Company, LLC

Snow on the Bluff

Independent
Curtis Snow, an Atlanta robber and crack dealer, stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal. The footage he then captured with his new possession depicts the grittiness of his real life on the harsh city streets where anything goes.

Stonehearst Asylum

Independent
When young doctor Edward Newgate (Jim Sturgess) arrives at Stonehearst Asylum in search of an apprenticeship, he is warmly welcomed by superintendent Dr. Lamb (Ben Kingsley) and a mesmerizing woman by the name of Eliza Graves (Kate Beckinsale). Newgate is intrigued by Lamb’s modern methods of treating the insane until a series of unusual events leads him to make a horrifying discovery, exposing Lamb’s utopia and pushing Newgate to the limits of his conscience. Inspired by a short story from Edgar Allan Poe, Stonehearst Asylum is a tale in which nobody is who or what they appear to be. Also stars Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson and David Thewlis.

Forks Over Knives

Independent
What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure.

Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are exploding, especially amongst our younger population. About half of us are taking at least one prescription drug. Major medical operations have become routine, helping to drive health care costs to astronomical levels. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the country's three leading causes of death, even though billions are spent each year to "battle" these very conditions. Millions suffer from a host of other degenerative diseases.

Could it be there's a single solution to all of these problems? A solution so comprehensive but so utterly straightforward, that it's mind-boggling that more of us haven't taken it seriously?

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called "diseases of affluence" that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering yet under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.

Killshot

Independent
Carmen and Wayne Colson were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But now they have seen too much and Armand The Blackbird Degas, a half Ojibway Indian, half French Canadian hit man, doesn't like loose ends. So after witnessing a failed extortion attempt, an innocent couple is on the run, and even the Witness Protection Program doesn't seem to be enough to keep The Blackbird and his partner Richie Nix off their trail.

New Releases in Independent

By the Gun

Independent
Nick Tortano (Ben Barnes), an ambitious criminal from the streets of Boston, finally proves himself to the boss (Harvey Keitel) after years of idolizing Italian gangsters. Once he becomes a made man, Nick's loyalty is tested when he must choose between his family, his girl (Leighton Meester) and the Mafia he was so desperate to join.

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge

Independent
As a boy, filmmaker James Cameron dreamed of a journey to the deepest part of the ocean. This film is the dramatic fulfillment of that dream. It chronicles Cameron’s solo dive to the depths of the Mariana Trench—nearly seven miles beneath the ocean’s surface—piloting a submersible he designed himself. The risks were astounding. The footage is breathtaking. JAMES CAMERON’S DEEPSEA CHALLENGE is a celebration of science, courage, and extraordinary human aspiration.

Evelyn

Independent
A harrowing tale of sex trafficking in Europe: a young woman from rural Peru moves to Spain with the promise of working towards a better life. But she enters a dark world of prostitution with no little hope of escape. Pushed to the brink by her situation, how will she overcome?

Reach Me

Independent
Featuring a star-studded cast, Reach Me centers on a diverse group of people who share a common bond: each person is drawn to the message of a powerful motivational book written by a mysterious and reclusive author (Tom Berenger). As the book quickly amasses an impressive amount of devotees and its message goes viral, a group featuring a journalist (Kevin Connolly), his editor (Sylvester Stallone), a former inmate (Kyra Sedgwick), a hip-hop mogul (Nelly), an actor (Cary Elwes) and an undercover cop (Thomas Jane) show how powerful one man’s words can be in providing inspiration to confront fears and make positive changes in life. REACH ME also stars Terry Crews, Danny Aiello, Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Cohan, Ryan Kwanten, Tom Sizemore, and is written/directed by John Herzfield. The film is produced by Rebekah Chaney, Cassian Elwes, John Herzfeld, and Buddy Patrick.

See the Sea

Independent
On a remote island commune just off the coast of France, Sasha, a lonely mother of a ten-month-old daughter takes in Tatiana, a drifter backpacking across the country. Initially wary of the stranger's odd presence, Sasha opens herself up to Tatiana as the tension builds between the two.

Periods.

Independent
Featurung Zachary Quinto (Star Trek 2, Margin Call), Penn Badgley (Easy A, Gossip Girl), Willie Garson (White Collar), and youtube star Grace Helbig, this raucous comedy chronicles the historical journey from the big bang to the end of humanity.

The Babadook

Horror
In this terrifying thriller, a mother must protect her son from an evil, supernatural entity that has escaped the pages of a children's book and is lurking in their home.

Like You Know It All

Independent
Another hilarious signature musing on life, romance and the art of getting (very) drunk from acclaimed director Hong Sang-soo, this time featuring a bumbling film director as he stumbles through encounters with a past and current flings.

Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Independent
Legendary Britpop band PULP return to Sheffield for their final performance in a rock doc like no other. Dynamic concert footage and hilarious interviews paint a portrait of a band and city that's funny, moving, and life-affirming.

Always Woodstock

Independent
When struggling songwriter Catherine Brown's life in New York City falls apart, she must confront her past by spending the summer at her childhood home in Woodstock, NY, learning that becoming successful means becoming your true self first.

Abuse of Weakness

Independent
Inspired by director Catherine Breillat’s (FAT GIRL, ROMANCE) true life experiences, her latest film, ABUSE OF WEAKNESS, is an exploration of power and sex. Isabelle Huppert (THE PIANO TEACHER, 8 WOMEN) stars as Maud, a strong willed filmmaker who suffers a stroke. Bedridden, but determined to pursue her latest film project, she sees Vilko (Kool Shen), a con man who swindles celebrities, on a TV talk show. Interested in him for her new film, the two meet and Maud soon finds herself falling for Vilko's manipulative charm as their symbiotic relationship hurdles out of control.

Ten Nights of Dreams

Independent
Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling. Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection. The ten shorts are directed by legendary filmmaker Kon Ichikawa, who previously adapted Soseki's Kokoro for film in 1955; Akio Jissoji (Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, Rampo Noir); horror maestro Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge); Blue Ribbon Best Director Miwa Nishikawa (Yureru); Nobuhiro Yamashita (Linda Linda Linda); actor/director Matsuo Suzuki (Otakus in Love, Welcome to the Quiet Room); J-horror standbys Atsushi Shimizu (The Wish), Keisuke Toyoshima (Tales of Terror), and Yudai Yamaguchi (Battlefield Baseball); and the new directing team of Final Fantasy character designer Yoshitaka Amano and gaming guru Masaaki Kawahara.

A Big Girl Like You

Drama
A bored teenager from the French countryside decides to find the life she wants in Paris - spiraling in and out of relationships with the wrong men and thrusting herself into bad situations.

7 Years

Drama
How far can one push the boundaries of a marriage? A wife awaiting for her husband sentenced to 7 years in prison takes on a lover - a corrections officer that befriended her husband.

Alien Contact: NASA Exposed

Documentary
A 1936 UFO crash in Nazi Germany ultimately advances to the US "space race" via reverse engineering of its technology. Decades later, hundreds of whistle blowers claim that NASA not only knows about alien visitations, but that they are in contact with the extraterrestrials.

Atrocity

Horror
Zach ambushes his girlfriend to catch her cheating and faces devastating surprises that escalate into something horrifying. 7 years later a detective reveals that the real truth is much worse than anyone feared with the most disturbing video ever seen.

As Night Comes

Drama
Troubled teen Sean Holloway is torn between fitting in with the regular kids and a group of Misfits led by charismatic leader, Ricky. While the group gets ready to wreak havoc on the night before Halloween, Sean is faced with the consequences of being forced to pick a side.

3 Billion and Counting

Documentary
Hidden agendas, powerful lobby groups, and deadly outcomes. Dr. Rutledge and team circle the globe to expose hard answers surrounding a life-saving chemical. This film is a powerful wakeup call. Did they lie to us about this too?

The House at the End of Time

Horror
Thirty years ago, young mother Dulce was accused of murdering her husband and two children in their home. Despite her pleas that a malevolent force in the house was responsible for the killings, Dulce was sentenced to the maximum penalty of imprisonment for a crime she ultimately did not commit. Now, as part of her sentence, Dulce is sent back to her old home and the scene of the crime under house arrest, where she’s forced to confront the horrifying memory of what happened there. But this time around she’s determined to unravel the mystery that has haunted her so for long, and with the help of a local priest, give both her loved ones’ and her own spirits their much-needed peace. Filled with suspense from beginning to end, THE HOUSE AT THE END OF TIME is a gripping thriller about the demons that follow us and the power we have to vanquish them.

Getting To The Nutcracker

Documentary
Every Christmas The Nutcracker Ballet is performed in cities all over the world. Getting to The Nutcracker takes you inside the Herculean effort to produce this timeless story. Director Serene Meshel-Dillman, a former dancer at the School of American Ballet, shows you an intimate, behind-the-curtain view of the dancers, their teachers and families.

Los Angeles-based Marat Daukayev Ballet Theatre, led by the former Kirov star, allowed the filmmakers unlimited access; the auditions, the rigorous hours of training, the joy of landing a principal role and the
pain of losing one. The profiled dancers are passionate people who, with their families, make incredible sacrifices of time and money just so that they may dance.

You hear their dreams and share their triumphs and countless unexpected turns. You see it all, from talented teen artists with a future in dance to the younger, sweet children excitedly taking their turns on stage.

Murder of a Cat

Comedy
Produced by Sam Raimi, Nikki Reed, Greg Kinnear, and Fran Kranz star in this offbeat detective comedy. When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton (Kranz), an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta (Reed), and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated.

Starry Eyes

Horror
Determined to make it as an actress in Hollywood, Sarah Walker spends her days working a dead-end job, enduring petty friendships and going on countless casting calls in hopes of catching her big break. After a series of strange auditions, Sarah lands the leading role in a new film from a mysterious production company. But with this opportunity comes bizarre ramifications that will transform her both mentally and physically into something beautiful... and altogether terrifying. From the producer of Cheap Thrills and Jodorowsky’s Dune, Dennis Widmyer & Kevin Kolsch’s STARRY EYES is an occult tale of ambition, possession, and the true cost of fame.

Before I Disappear

Drama
A troubled young man and his straight-laced niece embark on a thrilling odyssey through New York City in this heartrending drama based on an Oscar-winning short. As his life hits rock bottom, 20-something Richie (Shawn Christensen) decides to end it all—only to have his half-hearted suicide attempt interrupted by an urgent request from his sister (Emmy Rossum) to babysit her precocious daughter (Fatima Ptacek). So begins a madcap tour of Manhattan after dark, as uncle and niece find unexpected bonds in the unlikeliest of places. Ron Perlman co-stars in this hugely moving adaptation of up-and-coming director/star Christensen's own 2013 Academy Award-winning short, Curfew.

Writers (Sulemani Keeda)

Comedy
In this slacker bro-mantic comedy, writing partners Dulal and Mainak dream of shaking up the Bollywood film industry with their script “Sulemani Keeda” (Hindi street slang for “Pain in the Ass”). When they’re not being rejected by producers who refuse to read their script, they lurk around bookstores and poetry slams shamelessly hitting on girls. They find some hope when the drug addled, cat-obsessed Gonzo Kapoor, the son of a famous B movie producer, hires them to write an art house film billed as “Tarkovsky with orgies” for his directorial debut. All seems well until Dulal meets Ruma, a beautiful photographer who makes him question his choice to sell out.Amit Masurkar’s debut feature captures the creative spirit of Andheri West, a suburb of Mumbai where writers, directors, and actors come from all over India with the dream of working in the film industry. Casting his friends and shooting guerilla style to keep costs low gives the film an authentic vibe while capturing the exuberant silliness of the action.