50 Greatest Independent Movies

[musicaljustice]

Empire Online came up with a list of the 50 greatest independent movies:

www.empireonline.com/features/50greatestindependent/default.asp

Here's the list...
50 El Marachi
49 Run Lola Run
48 Cube
47 Blood Feast
46 Texas Chainsaw Massacre
45 Mad Max
44 Amores Perros
43 Shadows
42 Swingers
41 Dead Man's Shoes
40 The Descent
39 The Passion of the Christ
38 Grosse Pointe Blank
37 Being John Malkovich
36 Buffalo '66
35 THX-1138
34 The Blair Witch Project
33 Shallow Grave
32 Two Lane Blacktop
31 Pink Flamingos
30 Sweet Sweetback Baadassss' Song
29 Bad Lieutenant
28 In The Company of Men
27 Dark Star
26 Lost in Translation
25 Drugstore Cowboy
24 Happiness
23 The Evil Dead
22 Nosferatu
21 Roger and Me
20 Slacker
19 Lone Star
18 Withnail and I
17 City of God
16 She's Gotta Have It
15 Blood Simple
14 Stranger Than Paradise
13 Memento
12 Eraserhead
11 Bad Taste
10 Mean Streets
9 Sideways
8 The Usual Suspects
7 Sex, Lies & Videotape
6 The Night of the Living Dead
5 Monty Python's Life of Brian
4 Clerks
3 The Terminator
2 Donnie Darko
1 Reservoir Dogs

I think that's a hell of a list. I've seen 34 of 'em and added several new ones to my Netflix queue... What do you think?

[justicefan]

Reservoir Dogs IS the best ever. Swingers should be higher. Eraserhead is still overrated... Blue Velvet is a far better David Lynch pick, although it probably isn't an "indie" movie because I think it was released by MGM. I also far prefer Chasing Amy to Clerks, but again, it could be considered non-indie...