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Reservoir Dogs, 1992. In many ways this is an even better film than "Pulp Fiction." Tarantino's sun-splashy film noir pays tribute to everything from Hong Kong gangster films to Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing."
Repo Man , 1984. Alex Cox's science-fictiony film about a world of men who repossess cars is a cool, out-there fantasy.
Blue Velvet, 1986. David Lynch has made so many great films, but this dark vision of American life -- featuring Kyle MacLachlan as an innocent who discovers a bizarre underworld beneath suburbia -- deserves its own grim category.
She's Gotta Have It, 1986. Spike Lee's sensational debut about a special woman (Tracy Camilla Johns) and her three lovers, introduced his own one-of-a-kind humor, a new sensibility and the whole Spike industry.
El Mariachi, 1992. Robert Rodriguez made this brilliant post-Sergio Leone flick set in Mexico on a shoestring. A guitarist as lone hero? Who knew?
Pink Flamingos , 1972. John Waters's gross-out classic is not to be missed. I couldn't eat eggs for months after seeing the Egg Lady, who eats 'em and eats 'em.
The Thin Blue Line, 1988. Errol Morris's film about a Texas man who was falsely imprisoned for murder started an ongoing revolution of personal documentaries as high art.
Slacker, 1991. Richard Linklater's debut, a movie that coined a new word and put Austin on everyone's hip map, became the story of an entire generation.
Bottle Rocket, 1996. Director Wes Anderson's debut set in Texas, which also introduced a funny young man named Owen Wilson to the world, remains the funniest, quirkiest film he has made.
Stranger Than Paradise, 1983. Jim Jarmusch began to establish himself as a sort of indie father figure with this slice-of-lifer about a New York hipster who gets a surprise visit from his Hungarian cousin.
Here's a bonus movie (because this one has been removed from release and is only available, ahem, in certain circles): Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, 1987. Todd Haynes's satirical takeoff on biopictures uses Barbie dolls to reenact singer Carpenter's sad life. No, it's not campy; it's surprisingly moving.
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