Independent film

An independent film (or indie film) is a film initially produced without financing or distribution from a major movie studio. Creative, business, and technological reasons have all contributed to the growth of the indie film scene in the late 20th and early 21st century.

List of Some Significant Independent Films

(this list needs to be revisited)

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• Pink Flamingos (John Waters, 1972)
• Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
• Return of the Secaucus 7 (John Sayles, 1980)
• She's Gotta Have It (Spike Lee, 1986)
• sex, lies and videotape (Steven Soderbergh, 1989)
• Slacker (Richard Linklater, 1991)
• El Mariachi (Robert Rodriguez, 1992)
• Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
• The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
• Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)