Real Indies (with no stars in the top 5,000)
These are true independent films, that are awesome, despite the lack of movie stars ranked in the top 5,000 on IMDb.
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- DirectorGorman BechardStarsMargaret LaneyAlex BrownAnne PetersenMeet Chloe and Owen: best buds since their sandbox days. Now, in med school as they attempt to balance the weight of their studies, his job, her band, their parents, their friends (their sanity), they find little time for relationships...but lots of time for the desire. One fateful day, a brave Owen proposes the "perfect" solution: Friends (read: no messy relationship stuff)...with benefits (read: insanely messy sex stuff). "Perfect," that is...if the two hadn't always been secretly in love with one another So what DOES happen when two close friends decide to secretly blur the lines dividing friendship and relationship...and the rest of their tight knit group of friends finds out? The answer: complications arise. A LOT of complications. In fact, to quote their therapist, "It's brought down empires; imagine what it can do to a group of friends".Made before the other "Friends with Benefits" And, so much funnier and real. I thought this one should have gone commercial.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsJustin RiceRachel CliftAndrew BujalskiAlan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend's girlfriend.Mumblecore at its purest.
- DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.Wickedly good. Smart filmmaking.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsRichard LinklaterRudy BasquezJean CaffeineA day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.Modern trailer-blazer in low budget, no stars.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsGlen HansardMarkéta IrglováHugh WalshA modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.I know it won awards, but it's still an honest low-budget now stars.
- DirectorMorgan SpurlockStarsMorgan SpurlockDaryl IsaacsChemeeka WalkerWhile examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
- DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Fun science fiction.
- DirectorSean GerowinStarsGarrett SmithBrent Phillip HenryMichael DardantWhen a college student becomes stranded at a trailer park in rural Mississippi, he bargains his way home with a sheet of L.S.D.Wacky 60s style drug comedy. Like the original Casino Royale with Woody Allen & I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (Definitely a nod to the Easy Rider graveyard scene).
- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauMarius WeyersSandra PrinslooA comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
- DirectorJohn MossmanStarsEustace AllenEric AmbrizKristin AndersonA man is lured by a cryptic phone call to a remote river and gets caught in a violent clan war.