IMDb Picks: January Indie Releases
by IMDb-Editors | created - 11 Dec 2015 | updated - 11 Jan 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Yosemite (2015)
R | 80 min | Drama
It's the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community.
Director: Gabrielle Demeestere | Stars: James Franco, Everett Meckler, Alec Mansky, Calum John
Votes: 940 | Gross: $0.01M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 8
2. Lamb (I) (2015)
R | 97 min | Drama
When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
Director: Ross Partridge | Stars: Ross Partridge, Oona Laurence, Jess Weixler, Tom Bower
Votes: 2,323 | Gross: $0.01M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 8
3. Anesthesia (2015)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Director: Tim Blake Nelson | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Gretchen Mol
Votes: 5,024 | Gross: $0.02M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 8
4. Diablo (2015)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Director: Lawrence Roeck | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Walton Goggins, Camilla Belle, Adam Beach
Votes: 5,272
Opens in limited release on Jan. 8
5. Wazir (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A grief-stricken cop and an amputee grandmaster are brought together by a peculiar twist of fate as part of a wider conspiracy that has darkened their lives.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari, John Abraham
Votes: 19,916 | Gross: $0.59M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 8
6. Band of Robbers (2015)
TV-MA | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.
Directors: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee | Stars: Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress
Votes: 4,497 | Gross: $0.02M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 15
7. The Benefactor (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A philanthropist meddles in the lives of newly-married couples in an attempt to relive his past.
Director: Andrew Renzi | Stars: Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James, Dylan Baker
Votes: 5,239
Opens in limited release on Jan. 15
8. Moonwalkers (2015)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy
After failing to locate the legendary Stanley Kubrick, an unstable CIA agent must instead team up with a seedy rock band manager to develop the biggest con of all time-staging the moon landing.
Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet | Stars: Rupert Grint, Ron Perlman, Robert Sheehan, Stephen Campbell Moore
Votes: 9,914
Opens in limited release on Jan. 15
9. A Perfect Day (I) (2015)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry
Votes: 23,512
Opens in limited release on Jan. 15
10. Aferim! (2015)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Director: Radu Jude | Stars: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija
Votes: 7,761 | Gross: $0.10M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
11. Exposed (III) (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner's death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.
Director: Gee Malik Linton | Stars: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino
Votes: 16,785
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
12. Ip Man 3 (2015)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Biography, Drama
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over a local school, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Lynn Xiong, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson
Votes: 60,125 | Gross: $2.68M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
13. Mojave (2015)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.
Director: William Monahan | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Louise Bourgoin, Cletus Young
Votes: 5,562
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
14. Synchronicity (IV) (2015)
R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A physicist who invents a time machine must travel back to the past to uncover the truth about his creation and the woman who is trying to steal it.
Director: Jacob Gentry | Stars: Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress
Votes: 11,322 | Gross: $0.00M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
15. Naz & Maalik (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.
Director: Jay Dockendorf | Stars: Kerwin Johnson Jr., Curtiss Cook Jr., Annie Grier, Ashleigh Awusie
Votes: 471
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
16. Prescription Thugs (2015)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary
In this follow-up to his film BIGGER FASTER STRONGER, director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself. As Bell learns more about Big Pharma,... See full summary »
Directors: Chris Bell, Josh Alexander, Greg Young | Stars: Mark Bell, Mike Bell, Rosemary Bell, Greg Critser
Votes: 2,200
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
17. Monster Hunt (2015)
TV-Y7 | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Human and monsters have lived in their separate worlds, but after the birth of Wuba, the last of the monster kings, begins the adventure to bring the two races together.
Director: Raman Hui | Stars: Baihe Bai, Boran Jing, Wu Jiang, Elaine Jin
Votes: 5,680 | Gross: $0.02M
Opens in limited release on Jan. 22
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