The Best Movies All Hipsters Love

Updated February 22, 2021 102.2k votes 8.6k voters 741.7k views304 items

List RulesVote up the movies that convey a hipster mentality or are loved by "hipsters."

Grab your mason jars, mustache comb, and ironic glasses, it’s time to rank the most hipster movies of all time! As any self-respecting hipster knows, liking anything, even a great hipster movie, is inherently uncool. That’s what makes figuring out which of these hipster films is the best especially difficult. Some may be considered among the best movies of all time, but since a real hipster could never like anything someone else does (even another hipster), it’s up to you to decide which edgy movie should be at the top.

From Lost in Translation to Garden State to anything made by Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums... the hipster movie list goes on). You might also be looking for movies like The Perks of being a Wallflower. These great hipster films are fine pieces of movie making that just happen to feature characters who probably wear flannel while listening to Arcade Fire on vinyl. This list of the best hipster movies includes films that are either beloved by hipsters, or feature a hipster as one of the central characters. You'll far more than just the top 10 hipster movies on this list so vote up your favorite indie hipster movies to help determine the best hipster film of all time.

Despite stereotypes, the hipster subculture is about more than vintage bicycles and ironic T-shirts. They value progressive, independent thinking, and counter-culture tastes. They tend to lean towards androgyny, because classic male/female imagery is considered too mainstream and even offensive. In many ways, they are modern beatniks. If you consider yourself a hipster, then one of these films may well be your favorite movie of all time.

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Juno
Jennifer Garner, Ellen Page
Released: 2007
Directed by: Jason Reitman
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Moonrise Kingdom
Bruce Willis, Bill Murray
Released: 2012
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
Released: 2004
Directed by: Michel Gondry
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The Royal Tenenbaums
Gwyneth Paltrow, Alec Baldwin
Released: 2001
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Released: 2001
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Donnie Darko
Drew Barrymore, Ashley Tisdale
Released: 2001
Directed by: Richard Kelly
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev
Released: 2012
Directed by: Stephen Chbosky
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(500) Days of Summer
Zooey Deschanel, Minka Kelly
Released: 2009
Directed by: Marc Webb
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Fargo
Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy
Released: 1996
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Little Miss Sunshine
Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston
Released: 2006
Directed by: Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
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The Big Lebowski
Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges
Released: 1998
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke
Released: 1971
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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Pulp Fiction
John Travolta, Bruce Willis
Released: 1994
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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Trainspotting
Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle
Released: 1996
Directed by: Danny Boyle
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Napoleon Dynamite
Haylie Duff, Jon Heder
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jared Hess
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Fight Club
Brad Pitt, Jared Leto
Released: 1999
Directed by: David Fincher
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Girl, Interrupted
Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder
Released: 1999
Directed by: James Mangold
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Rushmore
Bill Murray, Alexis Bledel
Released: 1998
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Edward Scissorhands
Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder
Released: 1990
Directed by: Tim Burton
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Amélie
Audrey Tautou, Spencer Tracy
Released: 2001
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Superbad
Emma Stone, Seth Rogen
Released: 2007
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Clerks
Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
Released: 1994
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Lost in Translation
Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray
Released: 2003
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Anna Kendrick, Chris Evans
Released: 2010
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn, Mickey Rooney
Released: 1961
Directed by: Blake Edwards
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Heathers
Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty
Released: 1988
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