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Comedy > Independent: 263 Films to Buy & Rent

 
Skeleton Twins, TheSkeleton Twins, The (2014) Recommended
Dir. Craig Johnson
Feat. Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson…
Piercing black comedy about two estranged twins, having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, struggling to mend their relationship.
Adult WorldAdult World (2013)
Dir. Scott Coffey
Feat. Emma Roberts, John Cusack, Evan Peters…
A struggling college graduate with aspirations of becoming a poet slums it at a small town sex shop in this dry indie comedy.
Cheap ThrillsCheap Thrills (2013) Aro Favourite
Dir. E.L. Katz
Feat. Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton…
A devilishly effective black comedy about a pair of old friends who enter into an increasingly bloody game of one–upmanship with a wealthy…
Computer ChessComputer Chess (2013) Recommended
Dir. Andrew Bujalski
Feat. Kriss Schludermann, Tom Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins
Mumblecore maestro Andrew Bujalski directs this left–of–field mockumentary, shot on low–fi video, about a surreal chess tournament…
Prince AvalanchePrince Avalanche (2013)
Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch
Two highway road workers pass the time in the Texas wilderness in this laconic return–to–form for indie darling David Gordon Green.
Brass Teapot, TheBrass Teapot, The (2012) Recommended
Dir. Ramaa Mosley
Feat. Juno Temple, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bledel
This light–hearted black comedy tackles the economic doldrums with a quirky allegory, in which a down–on–their–luck couple…
Damsels in DistressDamsels in Distress (2012)
Dir. Whit Stillman
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody
A welcome, long–overdue return to the youthful comedy of manners Whit Stillman made his name with in the 90s. Greta Gerwig plays an earnest…
Frances HaFrances Ha (2012)
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Feat. Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver…
The whimsical exploits of a struggling dancer at the tail end of her adolescence are semi–improvised in this Manhattan indie rom–com,…
Free SamplesFree Samples (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jay Gammill
Feat. Jess Weixler, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter…
A small–scale but deceptively smart and engaging "retail comedy" that spends a day in the life with a sarcastic LA law–school dropout who…
Hello I Must Be GoingHello I Must Be Going (2012)
Dir. Todd Louiso
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein…
Melanie Lynskey is excellent as a wounded young divorcee forced to move back in with her parents, in this serio–comic character…

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