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Because bigger isn’t always better, and smaller budgets allow creative types to work free from studio interference, here’s a selection of classic independent films made outside the mainstream that found an audience anyway, from Juno and Being John Malkovich to Drugstore Cowboy and Lost in Translation.
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Juno(2007)   DVD 15Trailer(s) Available
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > Comedy
Jason Reitman
Michael Cera;  J K Simmons;  Olivia Thirlby;
Ellen Page (HARD CANDY) and Michael Cera (SUPERBAD) play high school friends faced with the perils of pregnancy in this dramedy from Jason Reitman (TH...

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Before Sunset(2004)   DVD 15 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke;  Julie Delpy;  Vernon Dobtcheff;
Nine years have passed and Jesse is at the end of a reading in a Paris bookshop.

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Slumdog Millionaire(2008)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Danny Boyle
Dev Patel;  Anil Kapoor;  Irrfan Khan;
Britain's own Danny Boyle, director of 28 DAYS LATER and TRAINSPOTTING travels to India for this film starring Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor. In SLUMDOG...

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Brothers Of The Head(2006)   DVD 18Trailer(s) Available
   Avg Rating: 
2 Stars
Drama > General
From the makers of Lost In La Mancha comes this bizarre but touching story of two British conjoined twins who rise up to become punk superstars. The f...

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Queen, The(2006)   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Stephen Frears
Helen Mirren;  James Cromwell;  Alex Jennings;
Director Stephen Frears (Mrs Henderson Presents, Dangerous Liasons) has never been one to shy away from the difficult subjects. In a year where other ...

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Half Nelson(2006)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
A school teacher who has a drug habit is caught out by one of his pupils and they form an unlikely friendship.

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Hotel Rwanda   DVD 12
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Terry George
Don Cheadle;  Sophie Okonedo;  Nick Nolte;
Tells the true story of Paul Rusesabagina, the man who refused to ignore the atrocities suffered by the people of Rwanda. As the violence escalated an...

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Before Sunrise(1995)   DVD 15 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Richard Linklater
Julie Delpy;  Ethan Hawke; 
After a chance encounter during a Eurorail journey, American Jesse suggests that Celine postpones her return to France and instead travel with him to ...

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Trainspotting(1995)   DVD 18 This title is part of a series, if you have other titles from this series in your list they will be sent in order.
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor;  Jonny Lee Miller;  Kevin McKidd;
A story about a group of friends and their downward spiral into drugs and crime.

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Dead Man Walking   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Tim Robbins
Susan Sarandon;  Sean Penn;  Robert Prosky;
The true story of Sister Helen Prejean and her relationship with a convicted murderer on death row. Susan Sarandon received an Academy Award for Best ...

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Illusionist, The(2006)   DVD PG
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Edward Norton;  Paul Giamatti;  Jessica Biel;
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.

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Dead Man's Shoes(2004)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Shane Meadows
Paddy Considine;  Gary Stretch;  Toby Kebbell;
Two brothers, Richard and Anthony, return to their hometown. Setting up camp in the hills overlooking the town, they reminisce over their past. But Ri...

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Wild At Heart(1991)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
David Lynch
Nicolas Cage;  Laura Dern;  Diane Ladd;
In adapting Barry Gifford�s colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follow...

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Crash   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Sandra Bullock;  Don Cheadle;  Matt Dillon;
You think you know who you are. You have no idea.

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Coen Brothers Collection - Part 3 - Barton Fink   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Part 3 of the Four part Coen Brothers Collection Boxset.

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Closer(2004)   DVD 15Trailer(s) Available
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Romantic
Mike Nichols
Julia Roberts;  Jude Law;  Natalie Portman;
Dan is a young novelist who is becoming more and more exasperated by his girlfriend Alice's neediness. When he meets Anna at a photo-shoot, his loyalt...

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Spike Lee - Jungle Fever   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Spike Lee
Harvey Keitel;  John Turturro;  Delroy Lindo;
'Jungle Fever' is the story of a black architect who begins an affair with his Italian secretary which lands them both in 'isolation'.

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Player, The(1992)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Comedy
Robert Altman
Tim Robbins;  Greta Scacchi;  Whoopi Goldberg;
Robert Altman's adaptation of Michael Tolkin's novel gives the notorious director a chance to address perhaps his greatest nemesis: the Hollywood stud...

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Short Cuts(1993)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > Comedy
Robert Altman
Andie MacDowell;  Tim Robbins;  Madeline Stowe;
Using the short stories of Raymond Carver as a springboard, American maverick director Robert Altman weaves a tapestry of interlocking tales set again...

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Affliction   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Drama > General
Paul Schrader
Nick Nolte;  James Coburn;  Sissy Spacek;
Wade Whitehouse realises that his life is not his own. Ordered about by the towncouncil, his former wife and his ageing father he sees a bleak future ...

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