Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with recorded independent-cinema genres.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 800 films · Page 27.
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When Jen starts her new Job as a nurse at the 'Easy Love Care Home, she is surprised to find James, a 25-year-old man living and working in the building. James and his three, elderly best friends hatch a plan to go on one last adventure an…
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Thriller, independent film
drama film, independent film
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry.
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drama film, independent film
The film stars Chaske Spencer as Wesley, a young successful Apache novelist who left his family back in Arizona on the San Carlos Indian Reservation nine years earlier. His bestselling novel alienates him from most of his family, including…
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Peggy is a seemingly typical Southern newlywed, who gradually transforms into a spiritual seeker, quietly threatening the closest relationships around her.
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Drama, independent film
Shot in a cinéma vérité style, perhaps because this film about teenage prostitution began as a project while director Rose-Marie Turko was a student at UCLA, the format tends to hit home better than a more artificial approach. Although sta…
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independent film
independent film
In order to save his grandmother, his town, and his own skin, Vince, a poor miner's son, takes part in a skateboarding competition without a skateboard. He invents the extreme sport of footskating.
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drama film, independent film
Mary, an unemployed nanny, and Homer, a struggling stand-up comedian, are stuck house-sitting together and reluctantly end up helping each other.
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drama film, independent film
comedy film, independent film
Scotty Pelk is a socially inept film geek who works at a video store called Video Connections in Portland, Oregon. His pet project is his website, www.scottysfilmpage.com (which has yet to receive a hit). He is a hard worker, but eventuall…
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independent film
Facing an intense bout of writer's block, novelist Marian Walker (Carrie Preston) seeks advice from her mentor and ex-lover (Austin Pendleton). He gives her some innocent advice: kill off Humkin (Michael Chernus), the book's protagonist. M…
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independent film
independent film
independent film
Refugee gods, transposed to flesh and blood, wash ashore to rouse the myths of ancient England, half-drowned in a forgotten past. They disperse through shifting realities to awaken the giant Albion and find the holy grail in a ritual to sa…
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In order to save her home from rampant pollution, a little girl goes in search of a magical spell and transforms into a mermaid.
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When Matt moved to Hollywood he made a pact with himself that if he wasn't a working actor in exactly seven years he'd quit the business and move back to Washington, D.C. As the film opens Matt finds himself seven days shy of his self-pres…
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In the film, Dylan Berrick is the overnight manager of the Century Grand Hotel, a high class establishment. On the outside, Dylan seems to be a consummately professional hotel manager. But in reality, he is dealing with heroin addiction.
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independent film
independent film
comedy film, independent film
A woman in the throes of an existential crisis tries to optimize her way back to sanity, one lifestyle app at a time.
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Hoping to convince his wife that a promotion across the country could change their lives, Brian takes her on a trip to a faded resort town where they once honeymooned. Here, Brian is forced to examine his own marriage, fears, and integrity.
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The film follows six individuals, all of whom are struggling to find their place in the world.
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