Indie Film Gems
 We live in public by   We live in public
Reveals the complicated effects the web is having on our society as seen through the eyes of artist, ...
 
 Precious by   Precious
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dy ...
 
 Frozen river by   Frozen river
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservati ...
 
 Trouble the water by   Trouble the water
"This astonishing powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never seen on scr ...
 
 Manda bala Send a bullet by   Manda bala Send a bullet
An examination of the current state of Brazilian society, focusing especially on political corruptio ...
 
 Juno by   Juno
Juno MacGuff is sixteen years-old who after a one-time sexual encounter with her best friend Paulie, ...
 
 Quincean̋era by   Quincean̋era
On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the dis ...
 
 God grew tired of us by   God grew tired of us
Explores the indomitable spirit of three "Lost Boys" from the Sudan who are forced to leave their ho ...
 
 Little Miss Sunshine by   Little Miss Sunshine
Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her ...
 
 Forty shades of blue by   Forty shades of blue
A Russian woman, living a trophy-wife existence in Memphis with a rock-n-roll legend, experiences a ...
 
 Why we fight by   Why we fight
 
 Brokeback Mountain by   Brokeback Mountain
It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between t ...
 
 Primer by   Primer
Set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two you ...
 
 Dig! by   Dig!
Dig! plunges into the underbelly of rock 'n' roll, unearthing an amazing true tale of success, self ...
 
 Sideways by   Sideways
Miles is a divorced man and a failed writer who teaches junior high English. He decides to take his ...
 
 American splendor by   American splendor
Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who ...
 
 Capturing the Friedmans by   Capturing the Friedmans
The Friedmans seem to be a typical family from affluent Great Neck, Long Island. One Thanksgiving, a ...
 
 Lost in translation by   Lost in translation
A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up a ...
 
 Personal velocity by   Personal velocity
Three stories of women on their way to life-changing crossroads. One is a battered wife fleeing her ...
 
 Far from heaven by   Far from heaven
Cathy is the perfect 50s housewife, living the perfect 50s life: healthy kids, successful husband, s ...
 
 Southern comfort by   Southern comfort
Toccoa, Georgia. Robert Eads is a 52-year-old wise-cracking cowboy who was born female and transitio ...
 
 Memento by   Memento
An intricate crime story about a man who has lost his short term memory due to a rare brain disorder ...
 
 You can count on me by   You can count on me
Sammy is a single mom living in a small Catskill town with her eight-year-old son. A lot happens all ...
 
 Girlfight by   Girlfight
Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at ...
 
 Crouching tiger, hidden dragon by   Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the trea ...
 
 American movie by   American movie
Documentary of the two-year effort by Mark Borchardt to finish his "no-budget horror film, Coven."
 
 Election by   Election
Tracy Flick (Witherspoon), a straight-A go-getter is determined to be president of Carver High's stu ...
 
 Gods and monsters by   Gods and monsters
It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Br ...
 
 Sunday by   Sunday
Madeleine wakes one Sunday to face her stagnant acting career and failing marriage. That same day, u ...
 
 The apostle by   The apostle
Sonny is a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a c ...
 
 Troublesome creek a midwestern by   Troublesome creek a midwestern
The Jordan family has farmed in Iowa for generations. Due to the crisis of the '80s and '90s, they ...
 
 Welcome to the dollhouse by   Welcome to the dollhouse
Eleven-year-old Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener is a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased b ...
 
 Fargo by   Fargo
A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she ti ...
 
 Crumb by   Crumb
"A hilarious and mysterious journey through artistic genius and sexual obsession, Crumb is a wild ri ...
 
 The Brothers McMullen by   The Brothers McMullen
After their good-for-nothing father dies and their mother leaves to be with the man she really loves ...
 
 Leaving Las Vegas by   Leaving Las Vegas
Two people meet in Las Vegas and form a bond based on unconditional acceptance and mutual respect th ...
 
 Pulp fiction by   Pulp fiction
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are tw ...
 
 Short cuts by   Short cuts
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving.
 
 The player by   The player
A celebrity-studded thriller of murderous obsession among Hollywood's glamorous elite.
 
 Paris is burning by   Paris is burning
A story of street-wise urban survival, gay self-affirmation, and the pursuit of a desperate dream - ...
 
 American dream by   American dream
In this Academy Award winner for best documentary in 1991, the true-life story of the 1985-1986 work ...
 
 Rambling Rose by   Rambling Rose
Rose, an alluring young woman, is hired by a Southern family to care for their children, and changes ...
 
 Chameleon Street by   Chameleon Street
Dramatizes the true story of William Douglas "Chameleon" Street, a quick-witted, self-tutored young ...
 
 The grifters by   The grifters
Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wan ...
 
 For all mankind by   For all mankind
A look at America's first manned flights to the moon told by the 24 men who traveled to the moon and ...
 
 True love by   True love
This exceptional film traces the shifting moods and contrary behavior of two Italian-American sweeth ...
 
 Sex, lies, and videotape by   Sex, lies, and videotape
Erotic comedy about a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of a sel ...
 
 Stand and deliver by   Stand and deliver
Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who refuses to w ...
 
 Smooth talk by   Smooth talk
Connie is a 15-year-od girl with two things on her mind, boys and how she looks, and she meets a man ...
 
 Platoon by   Platoon
Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietman and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are n ...
 
 Blood simple by   Blood simple
A jealous husband hires a detective to murder his wife and her lover.
 
 After hours by   After hours
The twists and turns of one night in the life of a New York yuppie and the interesting people he com ...
 
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