20 Best Indie Movies Of 2018

20. Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds is a restrained yet delightfully bleak comedy following two strung-out young women, Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke), as they scheme to murder Lily's step-dad (Paul Sparks).

A stellar debut from writer-director Cory Finley that instantly puts him on the map as a filmmaker to watch, Thoroughbreds deftly plays its potentially kooky premise straight with lashings of deadpan humour while benefiting enormously from the chemistry between its well-matched leads (both of whom turn in arguably their best work to date).

The catty put-downs are as hilarious as they are scathing, and that's not to forget a welcome performance from the late, great Anton Yelchin as the shady drug dealer they rope into carrying out the murder.

The suburban satire doesn't seem much new on the surface, but through Finley's lens, it nevertheless feels positively fresh, exciting and even a little bit dangerous.