Quirky Indies, a list by Riz

6.5

/13938/

65

/273/

62

/194/

3.4

/6399/

84

/112/

72

/2007/

73

/28/

3.5

age 16+

Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.

NEW

72

6.9

/139457/

70

/8827/

69

/3689/

3.7

/368671/

73

/209/

72

/1075/

64

/36/

3.5

age 16+

Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

66

6.5

/8574/

66

/242/

63

/87/

3.7

/83938/

82

/39/

75

/280/

55

/16/

2.0

Although Mary has little income, she still finds ways to spend her nights at clubs. After being arrested for throwing an illegal rave, she asks her aunt Judy for bail money. Judy then finds Mary a job at her library so that Mary can repay her. Initially, Mary finds the job as a clerk boring and stifling, and prefers to get to know a street food vendor whom she likes. However, Mary must refocus her life once she loses her job and apartment.

NEW

65

6.3

/17647/

60

/506/

59

/337/

3.0

/4329/

77

/97/

50

/820/

69

/31/

3.5

age 17+

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

NEW

60

6.2

/7464/

59

/232/

58

/152/

2.9

/3541/

52

/54/

37

/82/

59

/21/

4.0

age 17+

A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's prank.

60

6.6

/39639/

68

/1633/

65

/760/

3.2

/16667/

45

/132/

59

/520/

43

/34/

3.0

age 16+

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.

NEW

83

7.4

/42882/

72

/727/

71

/579/

3.9

/71607/

100

/26/

88

/765/

86

/13/

4.0

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

NEW

66

7.2

/95031/

73

/2556/

73

/1980/

3.5

/107411/

57

/42/

69

/406/

49

/13/

age 17+

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

NEW

73

7.3

/33289/

72

/747/

69

/388/

3.4

/6194/

83

/101/

80

/1111/

66

/28/

3.0

age 15+

The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.

59

6.4

/47089/

64

/1812/

61

/1159/

3.1

/34504/

64

/114/

50

/213/

63

/32/

2.0

age 16+

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.

76

7.1

/56160/

71

/981/

68

/534/

3.6

/18013/

95

/173/

85

/2009/

75

/34/

3.0

age 16+

When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.

NEW

78

7.4

/198013/

73

/5206/

70

/2974/

3.7

/134484/

97

/183/

80

/3513/

76

/35/

3.5

age 14+

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.

68

7.1

/87103/

71

/2754/

70

/1194/

3.5

/101736/

76

/117/

77

/874/

61

/33/

2.0

age 16+

Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.

NEW

63

6.4

/33232/

65

/1386/

66

/915/

3.0

/30565/

65

/107/

55

/371/

57

/29/

3.0

age 16+

An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.

NEW

63

6.7

/27390/

66

/741/

65

/318/

3.4

/40961/

56

/110/

67

/3755/

55

/25/

age 16+

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.

NEW

72

7.7

/255750/

77

/8247/

77

/6082/

3.7

/190535/

64

/28/

76

/1438/

63

/10/

age 16+

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

NEW

61

7.0

/38306/

71

/1751/

69

/645/

3.3

/13505/

35

/20/

61

/539/

Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub.

NEW

70

7.1

/6360/

70

/109/

67

/73/

3.6

/2414/

59

/17/

81

/116/

3.0

Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself.

NEW

79

7.6

/58132/

75

/967/

73

/811/

4.1

/75186/

88

/32/

93

/1294/

75

/20/

3.0

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

77

7.1

/42385/

70

/1592/

69

/769/

3.9

/226206/

96

/167/

76

/367/

86

/35/

3.0

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

68

6.4

/3448/

62

/120/

67

/38/

3.3

/1565/

84

/25/

61

/99/

54

/12/

3.5

age 16+

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.

NEW

76

6.8

/191090/

66

/3957/

67

/3256/

3.8

/267378/

86

/293/

60

/6429/

85

/50/

4.0

age 14+

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

73

7.2

/91431/

74

/4564/

71

/1539/

3.5

/128011/

88

/161/

83

/1096/

72

/37/

2.5

age 17+

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

NEW

65

6.1

/17987/

61

/841/

59

/355/

3.1

/17768/

83

/134/

54

/264/

65

/32/

3.0

Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.

67

6.7

/10058/

67

/601/

63

/165/

3.5

/25953/

85

/104/

73

/24/

66

/29/

2.0

age 10+

An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.

74

6.6

/33770/

68

/1545/

63

/551/

3.3

/22974/

92

/129/

71

/670/

79

/30/

3.5

age 16+

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

NEW

61

59

6.5

/5412/

65

/288/

64

/106/

3.0

/2607/

55

/69/

Will is a 30-something website manager who uses local café, Coffee Town, as his office. When the owners of the shop discuss plans to convert Coffee Town into a bar, Will enlists the help of his two best friends Chad and Gino to save his freeloading existence. In order to thwart the plans of Coffee Town's owners, the trio stages a robbery to create the illusion of an unsafe neighborhood not suitable for the proposed venue. Also standing in their way is Sam, a disgruntled barista with delusions of grandeur and Will's heartache over unrequited love for Becca.

NEW

74

7.1

/113481/

71

/2833/

68

/1330/

3.7

/133628/

79

/141/

86

/9209/

72

/34/

3.0

age 17+

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

NEW

75

7.2

/114344/

72

/3451/

72

/2334/

3.8

/215840/

86

/205/

75

/894/

79

/41/

3.0

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

NEW

62

6.4

/9470/

67

/402/

65

/227/

3.3

/15876/

67

/73/

59

/82/

58

/25/

2.0

age 14+

Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a band.

61

6.2

/11081/

63

/527/

62

/370/

3.3

/15083/

64

/42/

54

/122/

58

/17/

2.5

Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.

NEW

84

8.0

/718903/

79

/27418/

78

/14930/

4.0

/2009044/

95

/294/

82

/5920/

91

/49/

3.5

age 16+

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

70

6.6

/6177/

63

/100/

59

/67/

3.5

/4821/

85

/89/

66

/179/

76

/30/

3.0

Chuck and Buck are childhood best friends whose lives have taken very different paths. While Chuck moved away and now has a real life, Buck stayed behind and developed a dangerous fixation—on Chuck's life.

73

7.2

/108456/

73

/3071/

71

/1729/

3.6

/137993/

79

/183/

75

/1423/

67

/40/

3.0

age 16+

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

67

6.2

/1361/

62

/40/

59

/27/

3.3

/473/

89

/35/

54

/27/

71

/16/

3.0

After a stroke leaves her husband disabled and fundamentally changed, a spirited Irish wife struggles to keep her family members together. All the while they are under the microscope of an American researcher documenting their recovery process.

NEW

63

6.4

/77785/

63

/1805/

62

/953/

3.1

/53010/

66

/168/

52

/3989/

63

/35/

3.0

age 17+

As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's love at first sight for frustrated and inexperienced Nick. Learning that she is dating someone, Nick launches a hilarious quest to find his way into Sheeni's heart -- and bed.

NEW

62

61

6.7

/11157/

67

/348/

65

/163/

3.1

/4450/

70

/23/

65

/203/

43

/8/

An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

66

6.9

/19958/

73

/579/

65

/429/

3.4

/5660/

64

/88/

83

/726/

62

/32/

2.0

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.

77

7.2

/16208/

70

/707/

69

/299/

3.9

/38510/

89

/46/

87

/104/

70

/17/

3.5

age 15+

An unlikely friendship between two neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

NEW

70

6.6

/22949/

70

/1526/

63

/500/

3.3

/18888/

86

/127/

76

/523/

63

/25/

3.0

age 15+

A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

75

7.1

/18542/

70

/288/

69

/201/

3.6

/16265/

81

/26/

79

/314/

76

/24/

3.5

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend. This gets him into serious trouble with her father.

79

7.3

/258464/

70

/4770/

68

/2954/

3.6

/130154/

88

/264/

79

/6350/

84

/43/

4.0

age 16+

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

54

6.3

/38247/

65

/791/

61

/480/

3.1

/19599/

41

/37/

59

/1350/

37

/22/

2.0

A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.

NEW

66

7.1

/60433/

72

/1298/

70

/782/

3.7

/53546/

55

/146/

81

/3225/

56

/35/

2.0

age 15+

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

61

6.2

/9179/

62

/199/

60

/127/

3.2

/3868/

40

/52/

61

/942/

56

/27/