10 Independent Films In 2014 That Could Appeal To Mass Audiences

6. Only Lovers Left Alive

Jim Jarmusch is easily the most interesting American filmmaker of all time who is not David Lynch. His films defy genre, plot, character, or classification, playing off their minimalist aesthetics and somehow showing something incredible, and you can't exactly figure out why. Only Lovers Left Alive, his latest film, might just be his most accessible film, being billed as a comedy - well, as far as Jarmusch can make a "comedy". The premise: two vampires reunite after years of separation to rekindle their eternal romance once more. What Jarmusch has made is basically the anti-Twilight: a sarcastically charged exploration of eternal love that some reviewers are calling a classic. Example: the vampires couldn't care less about humanity, referring to us as 'zombies. Why It Has Mass Appeal: Vampires. Seriously, this could be sold to the Twilight crowd as Twilight-lite, only for them to be tricked into watching something intelligent. Why It Won't Get A Wide Release: Not only has the vampire well dried out, but Jim Jarmusch is probably one of the most anti-commercial American filmmakers in recent memory.