Low Budget Indie Gems
Compiling my favorite indie movies I've see
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- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsPhilippe NoiretSilvia MonfortMarcel JouetFollow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
- DirectorVera ChytilováStarsIvana KarbanováJitka CerhováMarie CeskováAfter realizing that all world is spoiled, Marie and Marie are committed to be spoiled themselves. They rip off older men, feast in lavish meals and do all kinds of mischief. But what is all this leading to?
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorMaroun BagdadiStarsNabil IsmaïlMarcel KhalifeAt every station, between sites filled with poetry and nostalgia for a bygone era, the poet's dashed dreams and idealized vision of her country coincide with the director's own.
- DirectorPaul C. HemmesStarsBrinke StevensCat RobertsJennifer ScottMaya, a shape-shifting soul-collector, seeks to lead a group of unsuspecting non-believers into the afterlife. As space and time become a blurred mirror of reality and Maya's mysterious abilities take on a dark and ominous tone, fear becomes the only key to salvation. For this group of unsuspecting victims, their deepest terror becomes their only way out.
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsJon NatchezLili TaylorLennie JamesA lover's doubt in the cold light of morning leads a chain of uneasy intimacies--counselors, disruptors, peacemakers and fire-starters--every one looking to have a little faith rewarded.
- DirectorJosh LauferJake SchickStarsKenneth AndrewMiranda KangJake SchickAfter being reunited with an old college friend who visits for the weekend, a group of immature twenty-somethings come to terms with what friendship and growing up actually mean.
- DirectorPoomphong KumwongChristopher Janwong McKigganStarsNoppadol HongsrisakulBoonma KhaowongPattanasak Kulchaiwat"Pain of Silence" thoughtfully captures the struggles of five traditional Thai artists whose existence has been further threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- DirectorPiotr StasikStarsEzra KosJakub LipnickiWiktoria KackaIntroverted imaginative teenager, addicted to creating and posting Internet clips, is sent to his grandpa for holidays, where he faces an unbelievable challenge.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsRichard LinklaterJames GoodwinDan KratochvilA nameless young character goes into travels to the country, meeting some acquaintances and strangers as well, having banal conversations, dedicating his existence into daily mundane activities. Richard Linklater presents an unconventional narrative, barely composed of dialogue and consisting in observing life and actions.
- DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsJohn ReddyJashaun St. JohnIrene BedardWith an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsJuliet BertoDominique LabourierBulle OgierA mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.
- DirectorTayarisha PoeStarsLovie SimoneCeleste O'ConnorJharrel JeromeFive factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction, The Spades, sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.
- 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.
- DirectorEmma SeligmanStarsRachel SennottDanny DeferrariFred MelamedAt a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsGeneviève LemonKaren ColstonTom LycosAn introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.
- DirectorClaudia WeillStarsMelanie MayronEli WallachAdam CohenA photographer and her girlfriend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels hurt and has to learn how to deal with living alone.
- DirectorAlex Ross PerryStarsCarlen AltmanBob ByingtonKate Lyn SheilWhen a brother accompanies his estranged sister on a road trip, they rediscover how obnoxious they are together - and how much they might need each other.
- DirectorCooper RaiffStarsCooper RaiffDylan GelulaAmy LandeckerA lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
- DirectorLauren HadawayStarsIsabelle FuhrmanAmy ForsythDiloneA college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
- DirectorFiona RobertStarsElaine HendrixJames UrbaniakJohn HigginsA farcical coming of age comedy about teen golfers competing in a country club's junior tournament.