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The best indie movies and shows to stream right now
Right now the best indie films and series in the United States are Obsession (2026), City of God (2002) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. Obsession2026
Film · 1h 49mHorror, Thriller★ 8.2
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
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Film · 2h 9mDrama, Crime★ 8.4
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an…
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Film · 1h 55mCrime, Drama★ 8.1
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief…
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Cinemax5. Pride & Prejudice2005
Film · 2h 8mDrama, Romance★ 8.1
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant…
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YouTube Free (free)7. Jojo Rabbit2019
Film · 1h 48mComedy, War, Drama★ 8.0
Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
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8. Room2015
Film · 1h 58mDrama, Thriller★ 8.0
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
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HBO MaxCinemax9. Poor Things2023
Film · 2h 21mScience Fiction, Romance, Comedy★ 7.6
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
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Hulu10. The Whale2022
Film · 1h 57mDrama★ 7.7
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
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Roku Channel (free)11. Ex Machina2015
Film · 1h 48mDrama, Science Fiction★ 7.6
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company.
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Fandango at Home Free (free)+312. Ready or Not: Here I Come2026
Film · 1h 48mHorror, Comedy★ 7.5
Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side.
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Hulu14. Marty Supreme2025
Film · 2h 30mDrama, Thriller★ 7.4
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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HBO Max15. Dogville2003
Film · 2h 58mCrime, Drama, Thriller★ 7.7
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
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MUBI16. Backrooms2026
Film · 1h 51mHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction★ 7.0
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
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HBO Max17. The Lighthouse2019
Film · 1h 49mDrama, Fantasy, Thriller★ 7.5
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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HBO Max18. Wind River2017
Film · 1h 47mCrime, Mystery, Thriller★ 7.4
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
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Netflix20. Nimona2023
Film · 1h 42mAnimation, Family, Fantasy★ 7.8
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.
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Netflix21. The Banshees of Inisherin2022
Film · 1h 54mDrama, Comedy★ 7.5
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
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Film · 1h 59mScience Fiction, Thriller, Comedy★ 7.3
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
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Netflix23. The Invite2026
Film · 1h 47mComedy, Drama, Romance★ 7.2
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?
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HBO Max24. (500) Days of Summer2009
Film · 1h 35mComedy, Drama, Romance★ 7.3
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him.
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Hoopla (free)
Questions
- What are the best indie films and series right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Obsession (2026), rated 8.2 out of 10 on TMDB, then City of God and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
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