Top Independent Films

2009 National Board of Review - Top Independent Films WinnerAmreekaA drama centered on the trials and tribulations of a proud Palestinian Christian immigrant single mother and her teenage son in small town Indiana.AmazonDistrict 9Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.AmazonGoodbye SoloTwo men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.AmazonHumpdayTwo guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project.AmazonIn the LoopA political satire about a group of skeptical American and British operatives attempting to prevent a war between two countries.AmazonJuliaA woman tries to extort money, using a y...

2008 National Board of Review - Top Independent Films WinnerFrozen RiverA mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smugling?AmazonHallam FoeHallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.AmazonIn BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.AmazonIn Search of a Midnight KissBroke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants t...

2007 National Board of Review - Top Independent Films WinnerA Mighty HeartMariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.AmazonAway from HerA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.AmazonGreat World of SoundWhen a man answers an advertisement to train as a record producer, he's excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered musicians, only to discover his new job isn't all it's cracked up to be.AmazonHoneydripper1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyro...

2006 National Board of Review - Top Independent Films Winner10 Items or LessAn actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.AmazonA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsThe movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs, or in prison. He comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.AmazonAkeelah and the BeeA young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.AmazonBobbyThe story of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, and ...