American Independent Films

Discover American films that stray from the beaten path to offer an intimate and original auteur cinema.
  • American Honey

    American Honey

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2016

    2h.38min

    -16

    A group of teenage misfits embark on a road trip through the Midwestern United States.


  • To Leslie

    To Leslie

    Drama

    2022

    1h.59min

    -12

    Leslie, a single mother from Texas, wins the lottery. She quickly squanders the large sum of money to start a new life.


  • The Assistant

    The Assistant

    Drama

    2020

    1h.27min

    -12

    A look at a day in the life of a powerful executive's assistant.


  • 2 Jacks

    2 Jacks

    Comedy, Drama

    2012

    1h.30min

    -10

    Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his fans. Can his son, Jack Jr. maintain his legacy?


  • Call Jane

    Call Jane

    Drama

    2022

    2h.1min

    -12

    At a time when abortion is illegal, a married woman with an unwanted pregnancy works with a group of women to find help.


  • Medusa Deluxe

    Medusa Deluxe

    Comedy, Thriller

    2023

    1h.41min

    -16

    Talented and cutthroat hairstylists at a competition find one of their own murdered before judging can begin.


  • Lapsis

    Lapsis

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thriller

    2021

    1h.48min

    -12

    Ray takes on a strange job: unwinding cables miles into the forest to connect the metal cubes of the new quantum market.


  • Sweet Thing

    Sweet Thing

    Drama

    2020

    1h.31min

    -12

    A brother and sister run away from home to escape their alcoholic father and absent mother.


  • Apples

    Apples

    Drama

    2021

    1h.31min

    -12

    After a pandemic, Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery programme that helps patients forge new identities.


  • Cow

    Cow

    Documentary

    2022

    1h.34min

    -12

    A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.


  • War Pony

    War Pony

    Drama

    2023

    1h.55min

    -12

    Two young Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reserve try to find their way to adulthood in a hostile society.


  • Superior

    Superior

    Drama, Thriller

    2022

    1h.39min

    -12

    On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, bringing their worlds on the verge of a collision.


  • Feels Good Man

    Feels Good Man

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.32min

    -12

    How did Pepe the Frog become the symbol of hatred and racism online?


  • First Date

    First Date

    Comedy, Crime

    2021

    1h.43min

    -12

    Mike’s first date plans with Kelsey spiral out of control when he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.


  • Minyan

    Minyan

    Drama, Queer

    2020

    1h.58min

    -12

    In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable ...


  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    1h.45min

    -10

    An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering ...


  • Potato Dreams of America

    Potato Dreams of America

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    1h.37min

    -10

    The 1990s: A true story of a mother and her 9-year-old son fleeing to the USA after the fall of the USSR.


  • While We're Young

    While We're Young

    Drama

    2015

    1h.37min

    tous publics

    A middle-aged couple's career and marriage are turned upside down when a disarming young couple enters their lives.


  • Night Moves

    Night Moves

    Drama

    2013

    1h.52min

    -12

    Three radical environmentalists look to execute the protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam. Josh and Dena, two young environmental ...


  • Carol

    Carol

    Drama, Queer

    2015

    1h.58min

    -12

    An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.


  • Maggie's Plan

    Maggie's Plan

    Comedy

    2015

    1h.32min

    tous publics

    Maggie (Greta Gerwig) has a plan: she wants a child - but the thirty-something New Yorker's life plan does not include a father.


  • The Rider

    The Rider

    Drama

    2016

    1h.45min

    tous publics

    Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushed ...


  • The Immigrant

    The Immigrant

    Drama, Romance

    2013

    1h.57min

    tous publics

    An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.


  • Wildlife

    Wildlife

    Drama

    2018

    1h.46min

    tous publics

    14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest ...


  • We Own the Night

    We Own the Night

    Drama, Thriller

    2006

    1h.55min

    -12

    A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mob hitmen.


  • Mud

    Mud

    Drama, Thriller

    2012

    2h.4min

    -12

    Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.


  • Winter's Bone

    Winter's Bone

    Drama

    2010

    1h.40min

    -12

    17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family ...


  • Grace Is Gone

    Grace Is Gone

    Drama

    2007

    1h.25min

    tous publics

    Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place ...