For every Wonder Woman, and Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 that raked in hundreds of millions at the box office this summer, there were half a dozen indies that dazzled audiences. Here are Time's list
Beach Rats (2017)
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On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare...
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Patti Cake$ (2017)
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Fed up with life in her New Jersey hometown, Patricia Dombrowski, aka Patti Cake$, hopes to follow...
Ingrid Goes West (2017)
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Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing...
Columbus (2017)
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A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma....
Wind River (2000)
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Historical drama based on true-life events. Based on the memoirs of Pony Express rider Nick Wilson....
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What is it about watching others in peril from nature or technology that fascinates us so much? I love a great disaster film.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
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A massive fire breaks out at a high rise office building with a group of party-goers trapped on the...
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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The luxury cruise liner S.S. Poseidon is capsized by a massive tidal wave. Some of the passengers...
Titanic (1997)
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A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious,...
The Perfect Storm (2000)
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It's Halloween, 1991. Near Gloucester, Massachusetts, the six members of the Andrea Gail, a...
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
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A monstrous tidal wave has left the luxury liner Poseidon capsized mid-ocean and its few survivors...
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1. The Godfather 2. Goodfellas 3. Donnie Brasco 4. Scarface 5. Carlitos way 6. Pulp Fiction 7. Once upon a time in America 8. The Godfather II 9. Casino 10. The Departed
Top five Comic book movies (always changing and updating as needed).
Dredd (2012)
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Mega City One is a vast, violent metropolis where felons rule the streets. The only law lies with...
Batman Begins (2005)
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A young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels to the Far East, where he's trained in the martial arts...
X2: X-Men United (2003)
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Stryker (Brian Cox), a villainous former Army commander, holds the key to Wolverine's (Hugh Jackman)...
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
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As Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world, he teams up with a fellow Avenger...
The Secret Life of Bees
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Set in South Carolina during 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a fourteen year old...
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American Gods: TV Tie-in
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American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for...
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Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1
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Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he’s the only at what he does. So...
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Dreamcatcher
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Four lifelong friends gather in the woods of western Maine for their annual hunting trip. When they...
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Every October I try to watch an average of one horror movie a day, three on Halloween itself.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
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The film opens by revealing that a cemetery in rural Texas has been vandalized; several gravesites...
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The Evil Dead (1981)
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Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin...
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Trick 'r Treat (2007)
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The stories of a peculiar school principal, a group of trick-or-treaters investigating a legendary...
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The Burning (1981)
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Counselors and teenagers at a summer camp in upstate New York have their lives endangered when a...
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Demons (1985)
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A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves...
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The holidays are not necessarily synonymous with scary or horror movies; however, there have been some interesting ones over the years. And you thought The Nightmare Before Christmas was scary!
Gremlins (1984)
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Billy Peltzer receives a creature called a mogwai as a Christmas gift, but with it comes three...
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Black Christmas (1974)
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During the holiday season, a group of sorority sisters are murdered by a mysterious stalker who...
Slasher
Krampus (2015)
7.5
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Tensions between family members and relatives cause a young boy named Max to lose his Christmas...
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Just a list of movies that my better half is still yet to see. They're favourites of mine, so I'll be inflicting them on her as soon as possible.
The Nice Guys (2016)
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Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy...
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
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After assassin Martin Blank (John Cusack) has trouble focusing on his work, resulting in a failed...
High Fidelity (2000)
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Rob Gordon (John Cusack) is the owner of a failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the...
Aliens (1986)
9.0
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James Cameron's sequel to the highly successful 'Alien'. Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole...
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Man of Steel (2013)
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A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he...
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
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Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor believe that Superman's actions should not be left unchecked, leading...
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Wonder Woman (2017)
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Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable...
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Shazam! (2019)
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Billy Batson, a troubled 14-year-old orphan, is set up to move into a new foster home - his seventh...
Aquaman (2018)
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Aquaman finds himself caught between a surface world that ravages the sea and the underwater...
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From Ted to Neo, John, and beyond. He's the internet's boyfriend for a reason. The man, the myth, the "You're amazing!" legend. Here are the top movies of a top man.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
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Bill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam....
The Matrix (1999)
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Neo (Keanu Reeves) believes that Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), an elusive figure considered to be...
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Point Break (1991)
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After a string of bizarre bank robberies in Southern California, with the crooks donning masks of...
The Replacements (2000)
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During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.
Constantine (2005)
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Supernatural detective John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a...