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"Total Film's 50 greatest American Independent Films"


  

          

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-greatest-american-independent-films/martha-marcy-may-maylene-2011

below is the list so you don't have to click through the slide show. their comments section is filled with heads salty as shit Cassavettes aint get one nod.

50. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Durkin, 2011)
49. Hannah Takes The Stairs (Swanberg, 2007)
48. Kids (Clark 1995)
47. Meek’s Cutoff (Reichcardt, 2011)
46. Primer (Carruth, 2004)
45. Drugstore Cowboy (Van Sant, 1989)
44. Ghostdog (Jarmusch, 1999)
43. Grosse Point Blank (Armitag, 1997)
42. Lone Star (Sayles, 1996)
41. THX-1138 (Lucas, 1971)
40. Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010)
39. Take Shelter (Nichols, 2011)
38. Half Nelson (Fleck, 2006)
37. Killer of Sheep (Burnett, 1977)
36. Pink Flamingos (Waters, 1972)
35. Liman (Swingers, 1996)
34. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004)
33. Sideways (Payne, 2004)
32. Lost in Translation (S. Coppola, 2003)
31. Henry: Portrait of A Serial Killer (McNaughton, 1986; released in ‘90)
30. Brick (Johnson, 2005)
29. Paranormal Activity (Peli, 2007)
28. Passion of the Christ (Gibson, 2004)
27. Rushmore (Anderson, 1998)
26. Blue Valentine (Cianfrance, 2006)
25. King of New York (Ferrara, 1990)
24. Winter’s Bone (Granik, 2010)
23. Slacker (Linklater, 1991)
22. Being John Malkovich (Jonze, 1999)
21. The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981)
20. Drive (Refn, 2011)
19. Do the Right Thing (Lee, 1989)
18. Halloween (Carpenter, 1978)
17. Hoop Dreams (James, 1997)
16. Memento (Nolan, 2000)
15. Clerk (Smith, 1994)
14. The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
13. Fargo (Coens, 1996)
12. Apocalypse Now (F. Coppola, 1979)
11. The Blair Witch Project (Myrick & Sanchez, 1999)
10. Blue Velvet (Lynch, 1986)
9. Donnie Darko (Kelly, 2001)
8. Mean Streets (Scorsese, 1973)
7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper, 1974)
6. The Usual Suspect (Singer, 1995)
5. Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)
4. Easy Rider (Hopper, 1969)
3. Sex, Lies & Videotape (Soderbergh, 1989)
2. Night of the Living Dead (Romero, 1968)
1. Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994)

  

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Total Film's 50 greatest American Independent Films [View all] , astralblak, Fri Aug-17-12 07:17 PM
 
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How is Blair Witch above any of these?
Aug 18th 2012
1
I would imagine they strongly considered influence...
Aug 18th 2012
2
do you even wonder if
Aug 18th 2012
5
it's not above any of those
Aug 18th 2012
4
      Which is why Cassavetes' absence is so remarkable.
Aug 18th 2012
7
           very true
Aug 18th 2012
9
They should be mad. Cassavetes IS indie film.
Aug 18th 2012
3
NO one IS anything, but
Aug 18th 2012
6
      sorry, but Mr. Longo is right
Aug 19th 2012
17
of the 34, i've seen, this is my order
Aug 18th 2012
8
haha...that movie was sufferage
Aug 18th 2012
11
      i wanted to punch that film in it's fucn face
Aug 19th 2012
16
I'll only rank those I've seen in the last 5 years:
Aug 18th 2012
10
Isn't calling Apocalypse Now an ''indie'' film a bit of a stretch?
Aug 18th 2012
12
fuck this fucking list for having Fargo at 14
Aug 18th 2012
13
WTF?
Aug 19th 2012
14
i been meaning to watch Brother From Another Planet
Aug 19th 2012
15
      RE: i been meaning to watch Brother From Another Planet
Aug 20th 2012
23
      RE: i been meaning to watch Brother From Another Planet
Aug 21st 2012
25
      yeah that jount been on netflinstant for the longest.
Aug 22nd 2012
27
More proof cats don't RESEARCH their given field
Aug 20th 2012
18
RE: More proof cats don't RESEARCH their given field
Aug 20th 2012
19
RE: More proof cats don't RESEARCH their given field
Aug 20th 2012
21
Wholeheartedly agree. Embarrassingly bad list. n/m
Aug 20th 2012
20
Let's subtract and add here:
Aug 20th 2012
22
RE: Let's subtract and add here:
Aug 21st 2012
26
just watched Henry: Portrait of a Killer
Aug 21st 2012
24
I've been meaning to catch that for some time
Aug 22nd 2012
28
I'll never understand this film, ppl hold it in such high regard
Aug 25th 2012
30
just watched Drugstore Cowboy
Aug 23rd 2012
29
why is fargo always ranked so high on these lists?
Aug 26th 2012
31
Because Fargo is better.
Aug 26th 2012
32

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