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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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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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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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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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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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Platoon(1986)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
War > General
Oliver Stone
Charlie Sheen;  Willem Dafoe;  Tom Berenger;
A film which depicts the life experienced by a foot soldier in the madness they call Vietnam.

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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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Spanking The Monkey(1994)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
2 Stars
Comedy > General
David O Russell
Jeremy Davies;  Alberta Watson;  Carla Gallo;
A medical student is forced into caring for his mother when she breaks a leg. Driven into the arms of a local girl through lack of privacy he arouses ...

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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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Being John Malkovich(1999)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Comedy > General
Spike Jonze
John Cusack;  Cameron Diaz;  Catherine Keener;
A story that uses its characters like puppets as it explores the way lives can be driven by lust and greed. Original screenplay by Charlie Kaufman.

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Dead Presidents(1996)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Action/Adventure > General
Albert Hughes
Larenze Tate;  Keith David;  Chris Tucker;
On the streets cash is called 'dead presidents'. And that is exactly what ex-Vietnam vet Anthony Curtis badly needs when he returns home from the war....

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Evil Dead, The(1981)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Horror/Occult > General
Sam Raimi
Bruce Campbell;  Ellen Sandweiss;  Betsy Baker;
Five vacationing college students unwittingly arouse a number of evil demons from their ancient slumber. As a result, the students are turned into hid...

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Shallow Grave(1994)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Danny Boyle
Christopher Eccleston;  Ewan McGregor;  Kerry Fox;
When David, Alex and Juliet's perfect flatmate dies on them they go to great lengths to dispose of the body in order to keep the money found at the sc...

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Beautiful Girls   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
3 Stars
Comedy > General
Ted Demme
Matt Dillon;  Timothy Hutton;  Rosie O'Donnell;
An amusing story about a number of old pals who gather at a High School reunion in a snowbound town. Their get-together uncovers some amusing advice a...

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Fargo(1996)   DVD 18
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > General
Joel Coen
Frances McDormand;  Steve Buscemi;  Peter Stormare;
A Minneapolis car salesman, desperately in debt, hires two thugs to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law will pay the ransom. Un...

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Once(2007)   DVD 15
   Avg Rating: 
4 Stars
Drama > Romantic
John Carney
Glen Hansard;  Marketa Irglova;  Bill Hodnett;
The Irish romance ONCE may be a musical, but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song. Glen Hansard (frontman...

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