Independent Movies on Netflix
Last updated August 04, 2025
Brake
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsSecret Service agent Jeremy Reins awakens in the trunk of a car driven by terrorists who are hunting for the president's secret bunker. For Reins, escaping means more than just his own survival: The nation's future hangs in the balance.
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsThis comic fable chronicles 35 years in the lives of good friends Sal and Max -- including a love triangle with Lyla, the woman they both adore. As they make their way through major life events, a magic suitcase prevents Max from getting older.
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The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTwo brothers resurrect a two-person, 25-event "Olympics" (whose sports include pool and ping-pong) from their childhood for a family reunion. The silly competition may have been cute when they were kids, but now it's driving people away.
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Resolution
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsChris spends his days smoking crack at his remote forest cabin until his friend Michael arrives, planning to hold him hostage until he's clean. But Michael's determination is tested by hostile strangers and a series of unexplained, terrifying events.
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Nesting
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFeeling like they've become boring, thirtysomethings Neil and Sarah take a trip down memory lane. They soon wind up breaking into the apartment they shared in their twenties -- and throwing a party there that gets out of hand.
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Maniac
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this high-gloss update of a 1980 slasher flick, Elijah Wood stars as Frank, a mannequin store owner who develops an unsatiable lust for blood when he becomes obsessed with a young artist who turns to him for help with her latest exhibit.
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Dead Man's Burden
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn 1870, homesteader Martha McCall wants to sell the family farm in New Mexico and move with her husband, Heck, to San Francisco. But the unexpected return of Wade, her brother who was presumed dead in the Civil War, throws her plans into turmoil.
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Kiss of the Damned
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsStyled after the glossy vampire flicks of the 1960s, this thriller finds undead Djuna giving in to her lust for screenwriter Paulo. Enter Djuna's sister Mimi, whose own hunger for Paulo's blood turns the local vampire community on its pointed ear.
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Blood Pressure
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDiscontent with her family life and career, a woman begins receiving letters from a secret admirer. Intrigued by this mystery figure, she agrees to continue accepting the correspondence, which contains increasingly strange messages and instructions.
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Punch-Drunk Love
2002 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsBarry, a bathroom supply salesman prone to spasms of rage, tries to escape constant harassment from three thugs and his seven sisters. He finds his life refreshed when he meets Lena, who falls in unconditional love with him.
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Morlang
2003 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsJulius Morlang is a successful artist who's been happily married for 15 years to Ellen, his creative muse and personal manager. But when Ellen confesses to an affair, Morlang takes his psychic revenge by bedding a young sycophant. Loosely based on a true story, this drama from the Netherlands explores the potent motives of jealousy, betrayal and revenge.
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Havoc
2005 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsA wealthy teen and her superficial friends want to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang.
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Puccini for Beginners
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAllegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single.
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Dark Mirror
2007 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter moving into a strange old house with her husband and son, Deborah (Lisa Vidal) discovers a mysterious mirror that does more than just cast a reflection. A door to an alternate reality, the mirror awakens a dark side in Deborah that she can't control. Co-starring David Chisum, Christine Lakin, Joshua Pelegrin and Lupe Ontiveros, this psychological thriller is directed and co-written by Pablo Proenza.
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Good Dick
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsHabitually isolated in her quiet apartment, a vulnerable girl (Marianna Palka) with a penchant for soft-core porn ventures out to a local video store, where she meets a store clerk (Jason Ritter) who vows to break down her emotional walls and win her affections. But as he pursues her in bizarre fashion, it's clear that their budding relationship will be anything but conventional. Lead actress and screenwriter Palka makes her directorial debut.
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Happy-Go-Lucky
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen someone steals her beloved bike, eternally cheerful schoolteacher "Poppy" Cross takes up driving and is paired with a sour instructor -- who's both attracted to and repelled by Poppy in this upbeat slice-of-life tale.
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Rachel Getting Married
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsLongstanding family conflicts resurface when drama queen Kym, a former model who's been in and out of rehab for 10 years, returns to her parents' home just before her sister's wedding in this critically acclaimed portrait of family angst.
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Is Anybody There?
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsGrowing up in a seaside nursing home run by his parents takes its toll on 10-year-old Edward, but things begin to look up for the lonely boy when a retired magician with a zest for life moves in.
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Acolytes
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter stumbling upon a freshly buried body and learning the murderer's identity, three high school students -- believing the killer can take out a bully who ruined their lives -- elect to blackmail the perpetrator in this taut thriller.
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35 Shots of Rum
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsThis heartfelt slice-of-life drama by filmmaker Claire Denis tells the story of widower Lionel (Alex Descas), a train driver, and his grown daughter, Sophie (Mati Diop). The two spend most of their time together, but change is in the cards. A neighbor (Grégoire Colin) becomes attracted to Sophie, a family friend retires and Lionel tries to maintain a friendship with his ex-girlfriend (Nicole Dogue).
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Still Waiting...
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter losing all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the Shenaniganz staff aims to give Ta-Ta's its just desserts in this sequel to the 2005 comedy.
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Cold Souls
2008 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsPaul Giamatti stars as himself, an actor in the throes of anxiety over an upcoming performance -- until he gives his soul to a mysterious company that promises to freeze and store it until he wants it again, along with his anxieties. But when his soul goes missing, Giamatti embarks on a journey to track it down. Along the way he learns a thing or two about engaging every human emotion, however difficult. Sophie Barthes directs.
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Deadline
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen Alice, a fragile scribe, seeks peace so she can complete her screenplay before a deadline, she moves to a remote country house. Soon, baffling noises ignite her imagination and and she tries to discover the force behind the mind games.
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Solitary Man
2009 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsMichael Douglas stars as a former car dealership owner who sees his personal and professional lives take a nosedive when the repercussions of years of shady business dealings and chronic womanizing finally catch up with him.
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Jack Goes Boating
2010 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsJack, a marijuana-smoking Manhattan limo driver, begins an unlikely regimen of self-improvement to win the heart of a fellow misfit named Connie. But as Jack learns to cook and swim for her benefit, he also witnesses his best friends' breakup.
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