American independent films

1986 film directed by Peter Faiman

2000 American slasher film

2016 film by Kenneth Lonergan

2007 film by Oren Peli

1973 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner

2004 film by Walter Salles

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.

2009 film by Lee Daniels

1997 film by David Lynch

1995 film by Jim Jarmusch

2008 film by John Patrick Shanley

1995 film directed by Mike Figgis

2019 film directed by Noah Baumbach

Hoodwinked! is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film directed by Cory Edwards and written by Edwards, Todd Edwards, and Tony Leech. It retells the folktale "Little Red Riding Hood" as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters' points of view. The film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Jim Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, and Andy Dick.

2004 American biographical musical drama film

1981 film by John Carpenter

1999 film by Kimberly Peirce

1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1996 film by Jerry Zaks

1994 film directed by Kevin Smith

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff Raff. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. It is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

2007 animated film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

1959 film directed by Ed Wood

1990 US film by David Lynch

1984 film by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

2003 film directed by Rob Schmidt

1959 film by Otto Preminger

1995 film by Scott Kalvert

1979 film by Tinto Brass

1977 film by Richard Attenborough

1988 film by Tom Holland

1991 film directed by Gus Van Sant

1987 film by Wes Craven, Chuck Russell

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.

2003 film directed by Tommy Wiseau

2022 film by Martin McDonagh

1996 film by Agnieszka Holland

1956 film directed by Don Siegel

1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack

1999 film by David Lynch

1987 film by Alan Parker

1987 American animated film

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2014 film by Jean-Marc Vallée

1990 film directed by Irvin Kershner

1985 film by Martin Scorsese

2013 film by Park Chan-wook

1989 animated film directed by Don Bluth

2009 film directed by Duncan Jones

2002 film by Gurinder Chadha

2007 film directed by Julian Schnabel

1989 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2007 film by Richard Schenkman

2017 film by Sean Baker

Zelig is a 1983 American satirical mockumentary comedy film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen as Leonard Zelig, a nondescript enigma, who, apparently out of his desire to fit in and be liked, unwittingly takes on the characteristics of strong personalities around him. The film, presented as a documentary, recounts his period of intense celebrity during the 1920s, including analyses by contemporary intellectuals.

1995 film by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison Anders

2017 film directed by Sebastián Lelio

1986 film by Randa Haines

1992 film by Spike Lee

2002 film by Mark Romanek