20 Best Indie Movies Of 2016

2. Hell Or High Water

Part gritty neo-Western, part compelling character study, Scottish director David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water was the crossover indie hit of 2016 and its highest grossing independent film too.

Chris Pine and Ben Foster star as brothers who commit a series of robberies at the bank chain about to foreclose on their family ranch while Jeff Bridges – in his most impressive performance since fellow Western, True Grit – and Gil Birmingham play the old-school Texas Rangers hot on their trail.

It’s a blistering, beautifully shot modern-day Robin Hood-esque fable, but most of all a fascinating portrayal of brotherly bonds both blood and fictive.