Subgenre Sampler
Cult > Independent: 68 Films to Buy & Rent
God's Lonely Man (1996)
- Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters
- The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Trainspotting (1996)
- Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…
- The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
Doom Generation, The (1995)
- Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech
- The boundaries of good taste are demolished in this white–trash road movie obsessed with teenage sex and scatology. The joke turns cruel in the…
Kids (1995)
- Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce…
- Cult photographer Larry Clark's debut, 24hrs of New York streetkid life, attracted immediate controversy. The unblinking depictions of sex, drugs and…
Boy Meets Girl (1994)
- Dir. Ray Brady
Feat. Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg
- For many years banned in the UK on video at least, this abrasive, low–budget drama plays out the wilfully unpleasant scenario of a man who gets…
Clean, Shaven (1993)
- Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Peter Greene
- Cult actor Peter Green followed his great work in LAWS OF GRAVITY with this difficult but startling independent feature as a violent schizophrenic…
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel
- Deeply disturbing character study of a bent cop that Harvey Keitel goes off the method deep–end to authenticate. An addiction to smack and…
Careful (1992)
- Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Paul Cox
- Iconoclast film–maker Guy Maddin’s dreamlike tale of repression and disorder, set in an alpine village where rigidly studious young men attend…
Slacker (1992)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Richard Linklater
- A hugely original and influential film that virtually coined the phrase for young aimless academics of the 1990s. Essentially plotless, it is…
Adjuster, The (1991)
- Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin
- Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…