Independent Movies on Netflix
Last updated May 02, 2025
Blue Valentine
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOnce crazy about each other, Cindy and Dean have now grown apart. Cindy is disenchanted while Dean languishes in the emotional emptyness of their life in rural Pennsylvania. As they muddle through their marriage, they hearken back to the golden days.
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Howl
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsJames Franco steps into the shoes of famed Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in this star-studded biopic centered around Ginsberg's poem "Howl" and the widely publicized obscenity trial that followed its publication in 1957.
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Monster's Ball
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDeath row in the Louisiana State Penitentiary is the hothouse backdrop for this hard-hitting drama about a racist prison guard who falls in love with the African American wife of a condemned man he helped execute.
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDistraught over her impending divorce, conservative lawyer Diane seeks refuge with her mother, Grace, even though the two haven't spoken in years. Diane's children are thrilled with their free-spirited grandma, while Diane finds peace and romance.
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Fish Tank
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe life of hot-tempered teen outcast Mia takes an unexpected turn when her mother, Joanne, brings home a handsome and mysterious boyfriend named Connor, who pledges to bring sweeping positive changes to the household.
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Norman
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTo cope with his father's terminal cancer, a troubled high schooler begins telling everyone -- including his new girlfriend -- that he has the same disease. But keeping up the ruse proves just as difficult as dealing with real life.
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A Lonely Place to Die
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFive mountaineering friends on vacation in the Scottish Highlands stumble upon a tiny chamber in the woods, in which a young Serbian girl is trapped. But when they free her and try to take her to safety, they become the kidnappers' next targets.
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Celeste and Jesse Forever
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHigh school sweethearts Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) married young, and though they're still close friends, they've decided to divorce. Back on the singles scene, the two struggle to keep their friendship alive despite their physical separation.
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Liberal Arts
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA speaking engagement brings 35-year-old Jesse back to his college alma mater, where he's blindsided by nostalgia and a plucky sophomore named Zibby. Newly single and unfulfilled by his job, Jesse finds Zibby pulling him out of his disillusionment.
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Heavenly Creatures
1994 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSet in 1950s New Zealand, this chilling true-life drama follows two inseparable teenage girls who retreat to a bizarre imaginary world, until their obsessive friendship invites parental opposition that ultimately begets blood.
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Spring Forward
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSpring Forward focuses on the friendship between two men who work for the parks department in a small New England town. His first day on the job, Paul (Liev Schreiber), a skittish ex-con looking for a second chance, is partnered with Murph (Ned Beatty), a grizzled veteran who's nearing retirement. The two seem to have little in common ... but over the course of a year, shared confidences draw them closer together.
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Ondine
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA fisherman's life is transformed when he catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his nets. As he falls helplessly in love, his daughter comes to believe that the woman is a magical creature.
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16 to Life
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOn her 16th birthday, never-been-kissed Kate (Hallee Hirsh) decides to play cupid for two people she works with, pairing her boss (Theresa Russell) with a paraplegic customer (Jaime Gomez) and setting up short-order cook Rene (Shiloh Fernandez) with an oversexed co-worker (Emily Foxler). But in the process of matchmaking, Kate learns some surprising lessons about love and the mechanics of romantic relationships.
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An Englishman in New York
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsJohn Hurt plays celebrated, iconic gay author-artist Quentin Crisp (the subject of Sting's song, "Englishman in New York") in this pseudo biopic that chronicles Crisp's high-profile move from London to New York's Bowery in the 1980s. Cynthia Nixon, Swoosie Kurtz, Denis O'Hare and Jonathan Tucker also star in Richard Laxton's long-anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking, made-for-television adaptation of "The Naked Civil Servant."
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Beginners
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsOliver, a graphic artist, is coming to grips with the imminent death of his father, who, at 75, has one last secret: He's gay. Inspired and confused by his father's determination to find true love at last, Oliver tentatively pursues his own romance.
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Redbelt
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this riveting character study, a jujitsu master in a financial bind considers entering the arena to compete for cash -- which goes against his values and his integrity. When a gun mishap adds to his debt, he's left at the mercy of gangland thugs.
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I Love You Phillip Morris
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen Texas cop Steven Russell realizes he's gay, he changes his life and pulls con jobs that land him jail, where he meets his one true love. When the man is transferred to another prison, lovesick Steven mounts a series of jailbreaks.
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The Greatest
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThree months after Allen and Grace Brewer's teenage son Bennett dies in a car accident, his girlfriend Rose shows up on their doorstep, pregnant with his child and seeking shelter and support.
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Get Shorty
1995 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen Miami loan shark Chili Palmer travels to Los Angeles to get money from a "client," he ends up getting involved in the film business. His foot in the door is washed-up producer Harry Zimm, who owes the mob megabucks.
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The Art of Getting By
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFreddie Highmore stars in this romance tale as a teenage rebel with no time for textbooks, but when he's given a glimmer of friendship with longtime crush Sally Howe, the trench-coated loner discovers that some feelings aren't too trite to explore.
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It's a Disaster
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter gathering for Sunday brunch at one of their homes, four couples realize they are stranded together as the world may be coming to an end during an apocalyptic crisis. Nevertheless, they continue to deal with their various relationship issues.
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$5 a Day
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen con man Nat (Christopher Walken) convinces his straitlaced son, Flynn (Alessandro Nivola), to join him on a road trip, the two learn a few things about each other as they drive to New Mexico, attempting to live on no more than $5 a day.
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Following
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsChristopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this odd, claustrophobic neo-noir film about a seedy young Brit (Jeremy Theobald) who's obsessed with following people -- albeit harmlessly at first. After meeting a like-minded bloke (Alex Haw), the twosome graduate to breaking and entering -- but meet their match in a tough blonde dame (Lucy Russell) who may have dubious plans of her own.
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The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFamily rifts crop up and complications ensue when absentee father Jim Fitzgerald -- who deserted his wife and seven children two decades earlier -- announces his intention to return home for Christmas.
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The Burning Plain
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsCharlize Theron plays a depressed, sex-obsessed restaurant manager in this moody, fragmented drama -- screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut -- that weaves together four seemingly unrelated stories separated by time and space.
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