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The Best R-Rated Indie Movies
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List of R-Rated indie movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated indie movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Indie movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated indie movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Indie movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Indie films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Indie film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.
Movies on this list include Pulp Fiction and The Big Lebowski.
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Use this list if you're looking for some new indie movies that are rated R. Between Netflix, Hulu and other services there are thousands of great indie movies rated R, so get out there and start watching.
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- 1Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman, Jean Reno
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Luc Besson
Léon: The Professional is a 1994 English-language French action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. The film stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman, and features the film debut of Natalie ...more - 2John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are hitmen with a penchant for philosophical discussions. In this ultra-hip, multi-strand crime movie, their storyline is ...more ![Memento]()
3Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Leonard (Guy Pearce) is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, ...more- 4Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: John Carpenter
On a cold Halloween night in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his 17-year-old sister, Judith. He was sentenced and locked away for 15 years. But on October 30, 1978, while being ...more ![The Full Monty]()
5Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Peter Cattaneo
After losing his job at a steel factory, Gaz (Robert Carlyle) learns that his wife wants to sue him for missed child support payments. Desperate for money, Gaz and his friend Dave (Mark Addy) decide ...more- 6Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Allen Danziger
- Released: 1974
- Directed by: Tobe Hooper
When Sally (Marilyn Burns) hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin (Paul A. Partain), set out with their friends to investigate. After a ...more ![Sling Blade]()
7Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton
Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after murdering his mother and her lover. He soon forms a bond with Frank ...more- 8Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau ...more - 9John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Wes Craven
In Wes Craven's classic slasher film, several Midwestern teenagers fall prey to Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund), a disfigured midnight mangler who preys on the teenagers in their dreams -- which, in ...more ![American History X]()
10Ed Norton, Edward Furlong, Fairuza Balk- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Tony Kaye
Living a life marked by violence and racism, neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) finally goes to prison after killing two black youths who tried to steal his car. Upon his release, Derek vows to ...more- 11Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Oliver Stone
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) leaves his university studies to enlist in combat duty in Vietnam in 1967. Once he's on the ground in the middle of battle, his idealism fades. Infighting in his unit ...more ![The Motorcycle Diaries]()
12Gael GarcÃa Bernal, MÃa Maestro, Nidia Bermejo- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Walter Salles
The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara, who would several years later become internationally known as the iconic Marxist ...more![Mad Max 2]()
13Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Emil Minty- Released: 1981
- Directed by: George Miller
After avenging the death of his wife and young son at the hands of a vicious gang leader, Max (Mel Gibson) drives the post-apocalyptic highways of the Australian outback, fending off attacks from ...more- 14Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Danny Boyle
As 18-year-old Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) answers questions on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," flashbacks show how he got there. Part of a stable of young thieves after their ...more ![The Big Lebowski]()
15Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Joel Coen
Jeff Bridges plays Jeff Lebowski who insists on being called "the Dude," a laid-back, easygoing burnout who happens to have the same name as a millionaire whose wife owes a lot of dangerous people a ...more- 16Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
A group of thieves assemble to pull of the perfect diamond heist. It turns into a bloody ambush when one of the men turns out to be a police informer. As the group begins to question each other's ...more - 17Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Tony Scott
A comic-book nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence (Christian Slater) and a prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) fall in love. Clarence breaks the news to her pimp and ends up killing him. He grabs ...more - 18Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: David Fincher
When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly ...more ![Little Miss Sunshine]()
19Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
The Hoover family -- a man (Greg Kinnear), his wife (Toni Collette), an uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano) and a grandfather (Alan Arkin) -- puts the fun back in dysfunctional by piling into ...more![Gran Torino]()
20Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. ...more![Lost in Translation]()
21Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is ...more![The Basketball Diaries]()
22Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruno Kirby, Lorraine Bracco- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is consumed by his life as a high school basketball star. Pressured by a wicked coach (Bruno Kirby) and a concerned mother (Lorraine Bracco), Jim develops an appetite ...more![The Crow]()
23Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Alex Proyas
The night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent inner-city gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the ...more![Election]()
24Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Alexander Payne
Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick), a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) uses less than ethical tactics to get ...more![Dawn of the Dead]()
25David Emge, Ken Foree, Gaylen Ross- Released: 1978
- Directed by: George A. Romero
As hordes of zombies swarm over the U.S., the terrified populace tries everything in their power to escape the attack of the undead, but neither cities nor the countryside prove safe. In ...more
