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      The subgenre Independent contains 87 Films to Buy
		 
			  
		
 Last Showgirl, The (2025) Last Showgirl, The (2025) 
- A middle–aged Pamela Anderson glitters in more ways than one in this moving portrait of seasoned Las Vegas showgirl in career crisis, directed…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
 Different Man, A (2024) Different Man, A (2024) 
- An unforgettable drama about a disfigured aspiring actor who undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance.
The…
- DVD $29.95
 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) 
- A delightfully deadpan French–Canadian comedy about a doleful adolescent vampire who is too compassionate to kill for her special dietary…
- DVD $29.95
 Problemista (2023) Problemista (2023) 
- Character comic Julio Torres directs and stars as an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to break out in New York city. As time on his…
- DVD $19.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
 Reality (2023) Reality (2023) 
- A potent chamber drama that re–enacts true events surrounding a government security breach related to Russian interference in the 2016 US…
- DVD $29.95
 How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) 
- A nail–biter of the first order that vividly depicts the actions of a group of young climate activists who come together for a 'meaningful' act…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
 Language Lessons (2021) Language Lessons (2021)
- A Spanish teacher and her American student develop an unexpected friendship over a series of conference calls in this quirky, Co–Vid inspired…
- DVD $29.95
 Dinner in America (2020) Dinner in America (2020) 
- Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs lend plenty of charisma to this stroppy–sweet black comedy as an on–the–lam punk rocker and an…
- DVD $29.95
 Freshman Year (S#!%house) (2020) Freshman Year (S#!%house) (2020) 
- An intimate microbudget indie depicting the experience of an awkward, lonely college freshman who unexpectedly makes a connection with a girl at a…
- DVD $29.95
 I Used to Go Here (2020) I Used to Go Here (2020)
- Clever indie dramady exploring millennial ennui from writer–director Kris Rey, with the always likeable Gillian Jacobs playing a struggling…
- DVD $29.95
 Man in the Hat, The (2020) Man in the Hat, The (2020)
- Road–trip comedy–musical about a man who sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500, with five angry men in a Citroën Dyane…
- DVD $29.95
 Booksmart (2019) Booksmart (2019) 
- Sensational directorial debut for actor Olivia Wilde, who transforms the High School coming–of–age comedy into a riotous celebration of…
- DVD $25$18.75
 Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018) Kindergarten Teacher, The (2018)
- English–language remake of the 2014 Israeli film of the same name about a jaded teacher, mother and aspiring poet who becomes obsessed with one…
- DVD $29.95
 Little Woods (2018) Little Woods (2018) 
- Impressive debut from writer–director Nia DaCosta, detailing the struggles faced by a pair of sisters trying to make ends meet in an…
- DVD $29.95
 Stray (2018) Stray (2018)
- Moody, taciturn local drama in which two damaged strangers cross paths in mountainous Central Otago.
- DVD $29.95
 20th Century Women (2017) 20th Century Women (2017) 
- Recalling her turn in THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Annette Bening shines once again as a bohemian Californian mom, who here enlists Greta Gerwig and Elle…
- DVD $20$15
 Good Time (2017) Good Time (2017) 
- Robert Pattinson is riveting as a small–time hustler who embarks on a frantic nocturnal mission to break his brother out of custody after a…
- DVD $29.95
 How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
- An energetic, endearingly campy film blending aliens with punk culture, from John Cameron Mitchell (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH). Set in 1970's London…
- DVD $29.95
 Great Maiden's Blush, The (2016) Great Maiden's Blush, The (2016)
- A precarious friendship develops between two first–time single mothers – one a taxi–driver and girl racer, the other a pianist and…
- DVD $20$15
 Paterson (2016) Paterson (2016) 
- A profound ode to small–town life and the beauty found within everyday simplicity, director Jim Jarmusch here creates a masterful, carefully…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
 James White (2015) James White (2015)
- A sensitive adult drama that follows a self–destructive New Yorker struggling to control his behavior while his mother deteriorates from…
- DVD $29.95
 People Places Things (2015) People Places Things (2015) 
- Bittersweet indie comedy distinguished by a romantic lead performance by Jemaine Clement as a newly single graphic novelist balancing parenting his…
- DVD $19.95
 Skeleton Twins, The (2014) Skeleton Twins, The (2014) 
- Piercing black comedy about two estranged twins, having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, struggling to mend their relationship.
- DVD $20$10
 Adult World (2013) Adult World (2013)
- A struggling college graduate with aspirations of becoming a poet slums it at a small town sex shop in this dry indie comedy.
- DVD $29.95
 Cheap Thrills (2013) Cheap Thrills (2013) 
- A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
- DVD $29.95
 Eternity (2013) Eternity (2013)
- In the near future, a police detective is investigating the most difficult case of his career – the seemingly impossible locked–room…
- DVD $14.95
 Short Term 12 (2013) Short Term 12 (2013)
- A counselor at a foster–care facility for at–risk teenagers struggles with her own troubled past as a youngster in this tough but tender…
- DVD $29.95
 Upstream Color (2013) Upstream Color (2013) 
- Shane Carruth follows up his cult time travel indie PRIMER with this immersive and abstract tale of two strangers whose lives are intertwined by a…
- DVD $29.95
 Best Man Down (2012) Best Man Down (2012)
- In this heartfelt, soul–searching dramedy, a newly married couple cancels their honeymoon plans after the groom's hard–partying best man…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 Hotel Noir (2012) Hotel Noir (2012)
- Cult dir. Guitierrez tries his hand at film noir pastiche with this luscious ensemble piece about a detective whose encounters with various…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $29.95
 On the Road (2012) On the Road (2012)
- Handsomely mounted adaptation of Kerouac's counter–culture classic of a young writer whose life is profoundly shaken by the arrival of the…
- DVD $14.95
 Sleepwalk with Me (2012) Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
- A struggling stand–up grapples with life, relationships, and a chronic sleepwalking disorder in this fine indie comedy.
- DVD $29.95
 Hook, Line and Sinker (Hook, Line & Sinker) (2011) Hook, Line and Sinker (Hook, Line & Sinker) (2011) 
- A blue–collar truck driver struggles to cope with his failing eyesight, despite the love and support of his family, in this grassroots gem from…
- DVD $19.95$14.95
 Winter's Bone (2010) Winter's Bone (2010) 
- Celebrated art–house thriller set in the Ozark Mountains follows a teenage girl as she desperately searches for her drug–dealing father…
- DVD $25
 City Island (2009) City Island (2009)
- Winning ensemble stars Andy Garcia as a would–be actor–cum–corrections officer who brings a young ex–con home from work, much…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
 Cold Souls (2009) Cold Souls (2009)
- A existentialist tragi–comedy in which Paul Giamatti plays himself, a New York actor in crisis, who literally has his soul extracted, only to…
- DVD $29.95$22.45
 Humpday (2009) Humpday (2009) 
- Though easily mistaken for another Judd Apatow dude comedy, this hilarious indie bromance about two macho BFs engaged in a dare to go ‘beyond…
- DVD $14.95
 My Suicide (2009) My Suicide (2009)
- A disaffected teenager announces that he intends to document his impending suicide on camera in this heavy handed, if potent youth indie.
Built on…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 Unmade Beds (2009) Unmade Beds (2009) 
- In parallel stories, a Spanish boy and a French girl try to find meaningful connection while squatting in a London hipster neighbourhood in this…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 El Camino (2008) El Camino (2008)
- Affecting road–movie with three strangers travelling across America with their friend's ashes.
- DVD $34.95
 How To Be (2008) How To Be (2008)
- Another delayed release for eager Robert Pattinson fans sees the heartthrob play a listless musician living in London who enlists the help of a…
- DVD $34.95
 Lymelife (2008) Lymelife (2008)
- Indie drama of the downbeat, domestic variety is well–acted and polished, but the "lyme disease" quirk notwithstanding, this otherwise hits the…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
 Second-Hand Wedding (Secondhand Wedding) (2008) Second-Hand Wedding (Secondhand Wedding) (2008)
- Sweet–natured Kiwi suburban rom–com that was a surprise hit at the local box office, with large audiences responding to a highly…
- DVD $24.95$18.70
 Wackness, The (2008) Wackness, The (2008)
- Smitten with nostalgia for a bygone early–90's New York, this coming–of–age drama follows a listless, pot–dealing teenager as…
- DVD $29.95$14.95
 Babysitters, The  (2007) Babysitters, The  (2007)
- Inky black indie dramedy centred on an entrepreneurial teenage babysitter that starts up a call–girl service for married men after getting paid…
- DVD $24.95
 Starting Out in the Evening  (2007) Starting Out in the Evening  (2007)
- An aging, all–but–forgotten author (Langella) finds himself the object of an eager grad student’s attention when she decides to make…
- DVD $29.95$14.95
 After... (2006) After... (2006)
- Headache–inducing horror follows a group of 'Urban Explorer' thrillseekers whose journey to the depths of Moscow's underground subways goes…
- DVD $19.95$14.95
 Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, A (2006) 
- A ‘Mean Streets’ memoir of growing up rough in the eighties, this accomplished feature debut evokes its boys–in–the–hood…
- DVD $14.95
 Half Nelson (2006) Half Nelson (2006) 
- Ryan Gosling proves serious acting chops in this subtle yet prickly drama about a teacher with a crack habit and the student – his dealer's…
- DVD $24.95$19.95
 Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, The (2006) Sasquatch Dumpling Gang, The (2006) 
- A bogus bigfoot turd discovery excites geeks, wonks, cops and redneck bullies in this deadpan teen dork comedy with a top 80s soundtrack and some…
- DVD $19.95
 Sherrybaby (2006) Sherrybaby (2006)
- Overfamiliar but sincere portrait of a recovering addict, with a warts–and–all Maggie Gyllenhaal fresh out of jail and determined to go…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 Blacktown (2005) Blacktown (2005)
- Rough–edged but rewarding human drama interested in the relationship between a disenchanted married woman and a charismatic Aboriginal man in…
- DVD $29.95
 Brothers of the Head (2005) Brothers of the Head (2005)
- Believably real mockumentary centres around the carnivalesque (mis)fortunes of Siamese twins who get manufactured into punk rock sensations.…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004) 9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004)
- A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 Dig! (2004) Dig! (2004) 
- Arguably the best and most illuminating of the recent wave of 'rock docs', this intimately charts the polarising fortunes of two buddy rock bands,…
- DVD $29.95
 My Summer of Love (2004) My Summer of Love (2004) 
- A sunlit teenage escapade, set around two girls who develop an unlikely relationship amid the unpretty but impressive Yorkshire Dales.
The…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 My Life Without Me (2003) My Life Without Me (2003) 
- This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
- DVD $24.95
 Pieces of April (2003) Pieces of April (2003)
- The uncomfortably comic family reunion done in the DAYTRIPPERS mold, with a tattooed Katie Holmes as the spacey black sheep of the clan, who invites…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2003) Secret Lives of Dentists, The (2003)
- Typically quirky adult fare from dir. Alan Rudolph about two dentists who find cavities in their marriage, this takes imaginative yet distracting…
- DVD $29.95
 Bomb the System (2002) Bomb the System (2002)
- A tale of alienated youth in New York City, set around a teenager's (Webber) nocturnal activities spraying graffiti around the city streets with a…
- DVD $29.95
 Igby Goes Down (2002) Igby Goes Down (2002) 
- More than meets the eye in this indie New York satire about an over–educated ‘slacker’ experiencing growing pains amid upper…
- DVD $20$15
 Laurel Canyon (2002) Laurel Canyon (2002)
- Dropping in on the LA music scene, the writer–director of HIGH ART returns to her pet theme of conservatism yielding to a bohemianism, but…
- DVD $19.95
 Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
- The bittersweet dramatics of dir. Meadows (ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) get a fresh telling in this Nottingham drama, with the added spin of some ironic…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
 Secretary (2002) Secretary (2002) 
- A spanking good black comedy detailing the bizarre relationship between a peculiar, ill–tempered lawyer and the meek secretary he…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- The profane, less–than–dynamic duo that appeared in all of dir. Kevin Smith’s previous films get their own feature – a road…
- DVD $39.95
 Tape (2001) Tape (2001) 
- Three school friends reunite for an evening of reminiscence and recrimination, in this tense, coiled drama filmed in ‘fly on the wall’ style by…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
 WayDownTown (Way Down Town) (2000) WayDownTown (Way Down Town) (2000) 
- An imaginative low–budget comedy, has office workers in Calgary, Canada running a wager to see who can avoid going into the outside world the…
- DVD $29.95$19.95
 Bedrooms and Hallways (1999) Bedrooms and Hallways (1999) 
- Utterly delightful relationship comedy about men, and gay men in particular, but appealing to human beings of any of the three sexual orientations…
- Poster (VG) $9.95
 Boys Don't Cry (1999) Boys Don't Cry (1999) 
- Widely touted dramatisation of the true–life 'Brandon Teena' tragedy set in the grim badlands of America's Midwest, where a teenage girl…
- DVD $19.95$14.95
 Feeling Sexy (1999) Feeling Sexy (1999)
- Short and sweet indie deals with young suburban housewife's desires for sexual and creative fulfilment in the face of claustrophobic domesticity.…
- Poster (VG) $12.95
 Go (1999) Go (1999)
- The director of SWINGERS switches focus to the reckless chic of LA's twentysomething rave scene, brandishing a slew of racy taboos, an impossibly…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 L.A. Without a Map (1999) L.A. Without a Map (1999)
- A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 Cube (1998) Cube (1998) 
- More than meets the eye of this enthralling dark–horse B–movie from Canada. 
Five strangers find themselves thrown together in a…
- DVD $20$15
 I'll Make You Happy (1998) I'll Make You Happy (1998)
- A comical hotchpotch set among Auckland's K–Road denizens, featuring Jodie Rimmer as a peppy prositute who plots to rip–off pimp Michael…
- DVD $29.95$22.45
 Apostle, The (1997) Apostle, The (1997) 
- Labour of love – in the best possible sense – for Robert Duvall (as Actor/Writer/Director), raising hellfire as a repentant…
- Blu-Ray $34.95
 Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996) Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996) 
- Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
 Amateur (1995) Amateur (1995)
- Hal Hartley approaches the conventions of a thriller in further probing his fixation with dysfunctional romance and relationships, and thus checks in…
- Poster (F) $9.95
 Fun (1994) Fun (1994) 
- Two teenage girls just want to have fun, but their obsessive pursuit of it leads them to murder an old lady for no other reason. 
This remarkable…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 Kill the Moonlight (1994) Kill the Moonlight (1994)
- Idiosyncratic 'slacker' feature from prolific music video dir. Hanft, observes the efforts of a deadbeat California cleaner (Hendrix) to make it as a…
- DVD $39.95
 Menace II Society (1993) Menace II Society (1993) 
- A ghetto drama about young men on a no–win cycle of guns and drugs in south central L.A., this covers simlar geographical and philosophical…
- Poster (G) $9.95
 El Mariachi (1992) El Mariachi (1992) 
- A cause celebre of low–budget film–making, this $7000 Tex–Mex wonder about a guitar–player mistaken for a gangster contains…
- DVD $15$11.25
 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 
- Gripping transposition of David Mamet's savage stageplay about ruthless real estate salesmen who reel under a do–or–die sales ultimatum.…
- DVD $25$18.75
 Simple Men (1992) Simple Men (1992)
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.
- Poster (U) $9.95
 Indian Runner, The (1991) Indian Runner, The (1991)
- Sean Penn's interesting directing debut is a sly throwback to '70s road movies, even using a Springsteen ditty as the basis for its plot. 
- Poster (U) $19.95
 Night On Earth (1991) Night On Earth (1991) 
- An exotic excursion through five cities in five taxis; Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. The clever blend of pathos, humour and…
- DVD $20$15
 Do the Right Thing (1989) Do the Right Thing (1989) 
- Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
- DVD $39.95
 Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) 
- A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s. 
A high point in the career…
- Blu-Ray $34.95