Independent Movies on Netflix
Last updated May 03, 2025
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 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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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 Slammin' Salmon
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen a boxer turned restaurateur announces a contest to his staff, the good news is that the winner will get a $10,000 bonus. The bad news? The loser will be on the receiving end of a heavy duty smack-down at the hands of the boss.
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsEngaging young con artist Paul appears one day on the doorstep of the Kittredge family. Professing to be a friend of the affluent couple's son, Paul spins a tale of celebrity and despair that deeply affects the pair and their socialite friends.
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Fat Kid Rules the World
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDepressed, obese teen Troy is about to step in front of a bus and end it all when fate enters in the form of Marcus, a free-spirited street musician. Under his samaritan's nonjudgmental wing, talentless Troy finds acceptance in Marcus's punk band.
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Sweet Land
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsNorwegian-American farmer Olaf Torvik (Tim Guinee) and his rural Minnesotan community must struggle to overcome years of anti-German propaganda and prejudice when he discovers that his mail-order bride, Inge (Elizabeth Reaser), is not only a German but also an accidental Socialist. Writer Ali Selim also directs this Independent Spirit Award-winning tale of love's ability to triumph over ignorance.
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Mammoth
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsLukas Moodysson writes and directs this drama centered on three intersecting stories, one of a traveling New Yorker named Leo (Gael García Bernal), another of his surgeon wife, Ellen (Michelle Williams), and also the children of their Filipino nanny, Gloria (Marife Necesito), in the Philippines. A series of dramatic events unfolds after Leo visits Thailand, causing everyone to reexamine their priorities. Sophie Nyweide co-stars.
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Election
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) appears to have the election for student council president sewn up until one of her teachers, Mr. McAllister (Matthew Broderick), rounds up a worthy opponent: a popular and naïve varsity football player (Chris Klein) whose knee injury has him sidelined for the season. Tracy is desperate to win the race at any cost. But Mr. McAllister is just as determined to see Tracy -- a textbook overachiever -- soundly defeated.
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Highland Park
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsHIGHLAND PARK follows a group of high school faculty members and their desire to improve their community. Confronted with overwhelming problems and limited resources, their lives and priorities change when money seemingly falls into their lap.
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Lucky
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen an aspiring serial killer strikes it rich in the state lottery, he uses the cash to marry his dream girl -- and advance his career as a murderer. But there's trouble when his wife -- and a curious detective -- uncovers the truth.
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Tiny Furniture
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen twenty-something film theory major Aura (Lena Dunham) returns home after college to live with her artist mother in TriBeCa, she confronts a long list of personal and professional failures and wonders whether her dismal past will become her future. It's an early midlife crisis for sure, but there's hope on the horizon if Aura can figure out who she is and what she's really meant to do. Dunham also wrote and directed this wry comedy.
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Slums of Beverly Hills
1998 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWriter-director Tamara Jenkins's semiautobiographical dramedy follows a gawky, fed-up teen as she tries to survive her dysfunctional family -- including her washed-up dad and fresh-from-rehab cousin -- while coming of age in 1970s California.
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Kissing Jessica Stein
2001 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsJessica (Jennifer Westfeldt) is a single, straight, successful New York journalist who, like most of her female friends, has had a history of dating (male) creeps. But when she answers an intriguing personal ad from Helen (Heather Juergensen), Jessica finds herself intensely drawn to her. As Jessica explores this new side of her sexuality, the two begin a friendship that ultimately leads to romance.
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American Brawler
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAlready grappling with his own problems, martial arts teacher Carlos Castillo faces another crisis when his brother, Ricky, runs afoul of a gangster. To save Ricky and keep his dojo, Carlos is obliged to take part in illegal pit-fighting bouts.
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Cairo Time
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen magazine editor Juliette Grant travels to Cairo to meet her diplomat husband, Mark, she learns from his friend Tareq Khalifa that Mark has been delayed. But as Tareq shows her around the city, an unexpected attraction develops between them.
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Hide Away
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsA deceptively tranquil harbor helps turn around the life of a businessman who is looking to escape his tragic past. As he puts together a broken-down sailboat, three mysterious people enter his life: a single dad, a seasoned mariner and a waitress.
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The Dancer Upstairs
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAugustin Rejas attempts to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented by native people of a Latin American nation. But weighing equally heavy on Rejas's psyche is his attraction to his daughter's ballet teacher.
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The Bothersome Man
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMysteriously deposited in a perfectly serene but colorless city where every need is met, Andreas soon realizes that not even a new lover can change the sterile banality drowning him. Is this placid life a dream come true or an inescapable hell?
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Our Song
2000 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsExperiencing growing pains while they're on summer vacation, three inner-city teenage girls with hectic schedules make life-changing decisions in this engrossing drama that encapsulates the untold difficulties of urban living.
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An Invisible Sign
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a puzzling disease devastates her beloved father, math prodigy Mona Gray deals with the pain by isolating herself from the rest of the world and turning for comfort to the reliable world of mathematics. But when she later teaches math to troubled grade school kids, Mona discovers that her gift can be a route back from her long emotional exile. Marilyn Agrelo directs and Jessica Alba stars in this adaptation of the book by Aimee Bender.
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Bloodworth
2010 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsKris Kristofferson is E.F. Bloodworth, an impoverished aging musician who returns to his Tennessee hometown to make amends with the family he abandoned for 20 years of roaming, only to find their lives have disintegrated into a troubled mess.
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House Hunting
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsUpon entering a deserted farmhouse, two families discover that every attempt to leave takes them right back in. Stuck in purgatory, they are haunted by the home's former owner, who declares only one clan will be able to call the house their home.
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About Sunny
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAngela is a young single mother trying to get by in Las Vegas. When Max and his sister make an offer to "help" Angela, she must decide what she's willing to give up and what truly matters in life.
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White T
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsTwin rappers Henry and Herbert's purchase of a prize-winning T-shirt lands them a gig performing with a hip-hop superstar. But when their rival Kevin swipes their golden ticket, the pair will stop at nothing to save their chance at stardom.
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