There is something about Independent films which attracts all the genuine movie lovers. Whether it might be the simplicity, or the setting of it, something just clicks. Another particular which attracts viewers is the shock value or the surprise which movies create and then deliver. To club both of them, these are available in the independent sci-fi genre. One might feel that there are big budgeted films which deliver great entertainment but that doesn’t excite you because that’s the only job for big budgeted films. Independent and small budgeted films create that sense of excitement and joy of like “how did they manage to pull that off!”
Here are some of the film’s which you can watch over the weekend to get into the zone of Independent movies. Who knows you might become a fan!
1. Coherence
Tremendously underrated movie which has started to gain the attention that it deserves. What starts off as a simple get together dinner turns out to be one of the most unexpected evenings. A meteor which is going above the town, leads to a powercut, and alternate worlds with different time and same people get connected. Okay this might sound confusing but just go watch the movie!
Just Remember : Wait till the powercut happens and I bet you’ll not even turn your head from the screen.
2. The Man From Earth
How were they able to pull this one off is still beyond my imagination. The movie happens inside a living room of a group of teachers who are there to bid goodbye to their fellow colleague. Then begins a conversation which focuses on what would a “guy who has lived since past 10000 years would look like?” and then takes the figure of something bizzare. The whole movie will make you think deeply.
Streaming On :- Amazon Prime Video
3. Primer
What can you with $7000? Well you certainly can make a film which will be hailed as a cult classic for years to come. Primer is a film about two engineers who accidentally discover time travel. They find out more about their new discovery and start to make some money by going into the future and investing in stocks. But soon enough their plan comes crashing down when other they start to interact with other versions of themselves.
4. The Vast Of Night
The sci fi genre is incomplete if without aliens! Well, The Vast Of Night is the latest independent film which after garnering tremendous acclaim from fill festivals released on Amazon Prime. Set in 1950s, the movie follows a switchboard operator and a radio jockey who receive a strange signal which might be connected to extraterrestrial life. The storyline is watertight and will hold you to your screens. And you will wonder yourself independent films really does manages to get it right.
5. Triangle
Probably the one movie which can come close to Coherence. Triangle is a heartbreaking take of a woman who with her friends goes sailing on a yatch untill a giant wave turns the yatch upside down. A giant cruise ship out of nowhere comes to the rescue and they board it. Only to realize that water was much safer than this lonely ship which has an extra person other than the group who is hunting them off one by one!
One of the best films which will keep you hooked!
6. The Butterfly Effect
This didn’t go down well with the crtics but since it’s release has created a huge cult status as well as following. The movie follows a man who in his childhood had frequent blackouts where he didn’t used to remember what happened in that particular time and the situations completely changed. After turning into grown man while reading his notes about his frequent blackouts he accidentally travels back in time in his childhood body with the mind of a young man. This is where he learns what happened in these blackouts, and tries to change the timeline, but soon finds out that every single action of his will create a new timeline with consequences.
7. Donnie Darko :- RELAX!!! We didn’t forget about this! Still one of the best movies to come out of the last decade. With storyline so different and the music so haunting the movie is one of the best examples of Independent films.
Honorable Mentions
Source Code
Timecrimes
Looper
Predestination
Frequency
Which movies you think deserves a place in this list? Do tell us.
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