By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Newmarket Films.
Donnie Darko lands the #2 spot.
For those of you willing to drive out of your city to check out a movie not playing in local theatres, the latest top-list might be right up your alley.
Taking a hard look at all the best indie films that have graced us either in theatres or on DVD, Empire Online picks the best fifty and tells us why.
More 24 Seasons
Empire Online recently listed what they consider to be the top 50 independent films out right now. How many of these films are in your DVD collection?
50. El Mariachi
Run Lola Run (one event can change your entire day)
Cube
Blood Feast
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Mad Max
Amoress Perros
Shadows
Swingers (should be rated higher; boosted Vaughn's film career)
Dead Man's Shoes 40. The Descent
The Passion of The Christ (box office numbers a major cause of the 2005 slump)
Grosse Point Blank
Being John Malkovich (so weird it was good)
Buffalo '66
THX-1138
The Blair Witch Project
Shallow Grave
Two Lane Blacktop
Pink Flamingos 30. Sweet Sweetback Baadassss' Song
Bad Lieutenant
In the Company of Men
Dark Star
Lost in Translation (great shot of Scarlett Johansson)
Drugstore Cowboy
Happiness
The list continues to go down to number one with Reservoir Dogs. However, the best move Empire Online made was placing Richard Kelly's 2001 release, Donnie Darko, as #2 on the list. The film is so well done that open theories are still debated on the web today. I think it took me and my friends about four sittings in a single week to finally get it; or, at least make our own conclusions.
"Why do you wear that man suit?" freaked my shit out!
Check out all the fifty best indie films over at Empire Online.
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