Top 50 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2019: A Prelude

At the beginning of the year, we gave our readers an overview of the most anticipated foreign films for the new year (Top 150 plus an additional 150 other titles to consider in our 150-300 ranking) and then, we gave you 100 reasons to be excited for 2020. With Sundance commencing this week, we now shift our attention to American independent film with our curated Top 50 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2019 list. Before we break bread, here are another ranked 150 American indie film options that will be part of conversation this year (and perhaps next).

#51. This is Jane – Kimberly Peirce
#52. Driveways – Andrew Ahn
#53. At Risk – Aron Gaudet / Gita Pullapilly
#54. Shoplifters of the World – Stephen Kijak
#55. Fonzo – Josh Trank
#56. After the Wedding – Bart Freundlich
#57. Sunny – Eva Sorhaug
#58. Mainstream – Gia Coppola
#59. Jungleland – Max Winkler
#60. After Perfect – Elizabeth Chomko
#61. Harriet – Kasi Lemmons
#62. The Arrivals – Heidi Ewing
#63. The Kill Team – Dan Krauss
#64. Dreamland – Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
#65. Music – Sia
#66. The Report – Scott Z. Burns
#67. Gully – Nabil Elderkin
#68. Native Son – Rashid Johnson
#69. The Bell Jar – Kirsten Dunst
#70. Share – Pippa Bianco
#71. Bull – Annie Silverstein
#72. Downhill – Nat Faxon / Jim Rash
#73. High Flying Bird – Steven Soderbergh
#74. The Mustang – Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
#75. Selah and the Spades – Tayarisha Poe
#76. Human Capital – Marc Meyers
#77. Untitled 1969 Moon Landing Film – Richard Linklater
#78. Limited Partners – Miguel Arteta
#79. Untitled Nikola Tesla biopic – Michael Almereyda
#80. In the Shadow of the Moon – Jim Mickle
#81. Someone Great – Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
#82. Lying and Stealing – Matt Aselton
#83. Watch Me Drown – Jack Dunphy / Nathan Silver
#84. Minyan – Eric Steel
#85. Antlers – Scott Cooper
#86. The Beach House – Jeff Brown
#87. Last Black Man in San Francisco – Joe Talbot
#88. Them That Follow – Brittany Poulton / Daniel Savage
#89. Luce – Julius Onah
#90. Premature – Rashaad Ernesto Green
#91. Life on Earth – Noah Hawley
#92. Wander Darkly – Tara Miele
#93. Blackbird – Roger Michell
#94. The Best of Enemies – Robin Bissell
#95. Fracture – Brad Anderson
#96. Where’d You Go, Bernadette – Richard Linklater
#97. Some of Our Stallions – Caron Mell
#98. IO – Jonathan Helpert
#99. Sword of Trust – Lynn Shelton
#100. Swallow – Carlo Mirabella-Davis

#101. The Swimsuit Issue – Hannah Marks
#102. The Night Clerk – Michael Cristofer
#103. Troupe Zero – Bert & Bertie
#104. Ready or Not – Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (Radio Silence)
#105. Grind Reset Shine – Margarita Jimeno
#106. Crestone – Marnie Ellen Hertzler
#107. Knives and Skin – Jennifer Reeder
#108. No, No, No, Yes – Drake Doremus
#109. Booksmart – Olivia Wilde
#110. The Sound of Silence – Michael Tyburski
#111. Honky Kong – Stephen Gurewitz
#112. South Mountain – Hilary Brougher
#113. Big Time Adolescence – Jason Orley
#114. The Happy Worker – Duwayne Dunham
#115. Porno – Keola Racela
#116. Once Upon a River – Haroula Rose
#117. Adam – Rhys Ernst
#118. Love & Oatmeal – Peter Sattler
#119. Bliss – Mike Cahill
#120. Beast Beast – Danny Madden
#121. Untitled Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Project
#122. Needle in a Timestack – John Ridley
#123. Hala – Minhal Baig
#124. Frances Ferguson – Bob Byington
#125. Ted K – Tony Stone
#126. Coming to You – Kirill Mikhanovsky
#127. The True Adventures of Wolfboy – Martin Krejcí
#128. Otherhood – Cindy Chupack
#129. Synchronic – Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
#130. Saint Frances – Alex Thompson
#131. Brittany Runs A Marathon – Paul Downs Colaizzo
#132. Separation – William Brent Bell
#133. The Farewell – Lulu Wang
#134. Empty Beds – Chadd Harbold
#135. We Are Unsatisfied – Matt Ratner
#136. Clemency – Chinonye Chukwu
#137. El Tonto – Charlie Day
#138. Adopt a Highway – Logan Marshall-Green
#139. All Day and a Night – Joe Robert Cole
#140. Weetzie Bat – Justin Kelly
#141. Light From Light – Paul Harrill
#142. Mickey and the Bear – Annabelle Attanasio
#143. Before You Know It – Hannah Pearl Utt
#144. One Crazy Summer – Thandie Newton
#145. Minamata – Andrew Levitas
#146. Lost Holiday – Michael Kerry Matthews / Thomas Matthews
#147. Freeland – Mario Furloni / Kate McLean
#148. Sister Aimee – Samantha Buck / Marie Schlingmann
#149. Halo of Stars – Anthony Lucero
#150. The Red Sea Diving Resort – Gideon Raff

#151. Guava Island – Hiro Murai
#152. Greener Grass – Jocelyn DeBoer / Dawn Luebbe
#153. Poms – Zara Hayes
#154. Summer Night – Joseph Cross
#155. Buffaloed – Tanya Wexler
#156. Going Places – John Turturro
#157. Late Night – Nisha Ganatra
#158. Can You Keep a Secret? – Elise Duran
#159. Dinner In America – Adam Rehmeier
#160. Fencer – Jasmine McGlade
#161. Higher – David Slade
#162. Lost Transmissions – Katharine O’Brien
#163. Little Bee – Ritesh Batra
#164. Cut Throat City – RZA
#165. By Now I’ve Lived a Thousand Lives and None of Them Are Mine – Britni West
#166. Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window – Andrew Hevia
#167. Krista – Danny Madden
#168. Braddock – Gregory Caruso
#169. All the Bright Places – Brett Haley
#170. Red 11 – Robert Rodriguez
#171. The Kid – Vincent D’Onofrio
#172. Villains – Dan Berk / Robert Olsen
#173. We Summon the Darkness – Marc Meyers
#174. Mother’s Little Helpers – Kestrin Pantera
#175. 17 Bridges – Brian Kirk
#176. Pig Hag – Sam Probst / Colby Holt
#177. Get Happy – Andrew Peterson
#178. Words on Bathroom Walls – Thor Freudenthal
#179. The Peanut Butter Falcon – Tyler Nilson / Michael Schwartz
#180. Daniel Isn’t Real – Adam Egypt Mortimer
#181. Ms. White Light – Paul Shoulberg
#182. Olympic Dreams – Jeremy Teicher
#183. Yes, God, Yes – Karen Maine
#184. Stargirl – Julia Hart
#185. Action – Brennan Shroff
#186. Kindred Spirits – Lucky McKee
#187. Imaginary Order – Debra Eisenstadt
#188. A Name Without a Place – Kenny Riches
#189. Now Is Everything – Valentina De Amicis / Riccardo Spinotti
#190. Mope – Lucas Heyne
#191. Tuscaloosa – Philip Harder
#192. A Score To Settle – Shawn Ku
#193. Lucky Day – Roger Avary
#194. The Tomorrow Man – Noble Jones
#195. Friendsgiving – Nicol Paone
#196. Tribe – Sabrina McCormick / Soopum Sohn
#197. Shadow Girl – Claudia Myers
#198. Bonded – Mohit Ramchandani
#199. Echo Boomers – Seth Savoy
#200. Fatman – Eshom Nelms