As we look forward to the flashy premieres at this year's Sundance Film Festival at the end of January, we wanted to have our own celebration of indie cinema right here at the Oriental Theatre. Enjoy the breakout films from some of our favorite current filmmakers, back when they were still up and coming.

Film Lineup

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    Donnie Darko - Indie Breakouts!

    After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a ...

    Director: Richard Kelly USA | 2001 |

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    Hereditary - Indie Breakouts!

    A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

    Director: Ari Aster USA | 2018 |

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    To Sleep with Anger - Indie Breakouts!

    A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.

    Director: Charles Burnett USA | 1990 |

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    Whiplash - Indie Breakouts!

    A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness a...

    Director: Damien Chazelle USA | 2014 |

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    The Witch - Indie Breakouts!

    An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and poss...

    Director: Robert Eggers USA, Canada, UK | 2015 |

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    Paris is Burning - Indie Breakouts!

    A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and ...

    Director: Jenny Livingston UK, USA | 1990 |

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    American Movie - Indie Breakouts!

    Documentary about an aspiring filmmaker's attempts to finance his dream project by finally completin...

    Director: Chris Smith USA | 1999 |

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    We're All Going to the World's Fair - Indie Breakouts!

    Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, w...

    Director: Jane Schoenbrun USA | 2021 |

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    Hoop Dreams - Indie Breakouts!

    A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball ...

    Director: Steve James USA | 1994 |

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    Dinner in America - Indie Breakouts!

    An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go ...

    Director: Adam Rehmeier USA | 2020 |

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    Embrace of the Serpent - Indie Breakouts!

    The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his peopl...

    Director: Ciro Guerra Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina | 2015 |