Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "indie-rock"

1. One Tree Hill (2003–2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina.

Stars: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz

Votes: 87,106

2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

In a magically realistic version of Toronto, a young man must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes one by one in order to win her heart.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick

Votes: 465,128 | Gross: $31.49M

3. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)

TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.

Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin

Votes: 16,794

4. Gypsy (2017)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Thriller

Therapist Jean Holloway becomes too immersed in the lives of her patients.

Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman

Votes: 18,726

5. 24 Hour Party People (2002)

R | 117 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Steve Coogan, Lennie James, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell

Votes: 39,675 | Gross: $1.13M

6. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Two newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.

Director: Peter Sollett | Stars: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Aaron Yoo, Rafi Gavron

Votes: 95,351 | Gross: $31.49M

7. Brock Wilbur: 28 Years Later (2012)

76 min | Comedy

Zombies, literary allusions, unrepentant alcoholism, mental illness, esoteric pop-culture references, cocaine-fueled indie-rock dance moves, and more.

Director: Joe Filipas | Star: Brock Wilbur

Votes: 33

8. Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, John Thurgood, Brent Weinbach

Votes: 2,615 | Gross: $0.11M

9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation (2010 TV Special)

4 min | Animation, Short, Action

High school student Scott Pilgrim starts a band with Lisa Miller and battles Simon Lee to rescue, romance and recruit drummer Kim Pine.

Stars: Georgette Perna, Steve Blum, Michael Cera, Alison Pill

Votes: 1,274

10. Grojband (2012–2015)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The story about 12 year old Corey that emotionally torments his sister so that she will write the ultimate lyrics for his garage band.

Stars: Bryn McAuley, Sergio Di Zio, Lyon Smith, Graeme Cornies

Votes: 1,495

11. Mistaken for Strangers (2013)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Tom Berninger chronicles his time spent on the road as a member of the tour crew for The National, the rock & roll band fronted by his brother, Matt.

Director: Tom Berninger | Stars: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf

Votes: 4,605 | Gross: $0.14M

12. No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)

106 min | Drama, Music

Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.

Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani

Votes: 7,480 | Gross: $0.08M

13. Year of the Carnivore (2009)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

A romantic comedy about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more "experience".

Director: Sook-Yin Lee | Stars: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Ali Liebert, Kevin McDonald

Votes: 666

14. Don't Go in the Woods (2010)

Not Rated | 83 min | Horror, Musical

A young band heads to the woods in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to emerge with new music that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension.

Director: Vincent D'Onofrio | Stars: Bo Boddie, Eric Bogosian, Gwynn Galitzer, Tim Lajcik

Votes: 1,112

15. Taylor Swift: Cardigan (2020 Music Video)

5 min | Fantasy, Music

Official music video for "cardigan" by Taylor Swift.

Director: Taylor Swift | Star: Taylor Swift

Votes: 625

16. Red Rover (2018)

100 min | Comedy, Romance

After feeling he has nothing left to live for on earth, a lonely geologist tries to qualify for a one-way mission to Mars with the help of an offbeat musician who is just as lost as he is.

Director: Shane Belcourt | Stars: Kristian Bruun, Cara Gee, Meghan Heffern, Morgan David Jones

Votes: 273

17. Silversun Pickups: Lazy Eye (2006 Music Video)

5 min | Music

Silversun Pickups performs in the music video "Lazy Eye" from the album "Carnavas" recorded for Dangerbird Records. The music video features the band playing on stage at a bar. As they play... See full summary »

Director: Suzie Vlcek | Stars: Silversun Pickups, Filippo Almonde, Brian Aubert, Elvira Gonzalez

Votes: 30

18. No Way Jose (2015)

R | 97 min | Comedy

Jose Stern, an erstwhile indie-rocker relegated to playing children's birthday parties, is on the verge of turning 40 and at a crossroads in his life.

Director: Adam Goldberg | Stars: Gillian Jacobs, Emily Osment, Adam Goldberg, Brendan Hines

Votes: 783

19. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (2010 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Scott Pilgrim, his girlfriend Ramona, and his bandmates Kim and Steven must fight their way through Toronto to battle Ramona's seven evil exes.

Votes: 424

20. Scenes from the Suburbs (2011)

Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Music

A resident of a suburban dystopia tries to reassemble his fragmented memories of life as a teen.

Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Sam Dillon, Paul Pluymen, Zoe Graham, Ashlin Williamson

Votes: 2,326

21. Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Talking Heads perform in the music video "Wild Wild Life" from the album "True Stories" recorded for Sire Records. On a club stage in front of a band and a wall of televisions, a variety of... See full summary »

Director: David Byrne | Stars: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, John Goodman, Jerry Harrison

Votes: 236

22. No Straight Roads (2020 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Start a rock band and end the EDM empire in NO STRAIGHT ROADS, a rockin' action-adventure that mashes together rhythm-infused third-person combat with a kick-ass soundtrack.

Directors: Daim Dziauddin, Wan Hazmer | Stars: Nabil Akram, Syed Hassan Algadrie, Azah Boemia Anuaral, Phraveen Arikiah

Votes: 45

23. Eddie Reynolds y Los Ángeles de Acero (2014)

106 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

They are not wild and crazy anymore, or at least they think so. Now, thanks to an offer nobody can't refuse, they will try to recapture that old rock and roll magic and give themselves a second chance.

Director: Gustavo Moheno | Stars: Luis Alberti, Damián Alcázar, Alfonso Bravo, Lucía Carreras

Votes: 278

24. R.E.M.: Everybody Hurts (1993 Music Video)

6 min | Drama, Music

A promotional video for R.E.M.'s 1993 single "Everybody Hurts."

Director: Jake Scott | Stars: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, R.E.M., Michael Stipe

Votes: 749

25. Searching for Elliott Smith (2009)

80 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The unauthorized biography of the Patron Saint of Indie Rock.

Director: Gil Reyes | Stars: David Bailey, Jennifer Chiba, Christopher Cooper, Larry Crane

Votes: 63

26. Stadium Anthems (2018)

99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.

Director: Scott Douglas Brown | Stars: Kayden Kross, Toddy Walters, Aeon Cruz, Christopher Soren Kelly

Votes: 228

27. The Get Lost Losers (2022)

93 min | Comedy, Musical

THE GET LOST LOSERS follows the most cantankerous rock band in Hollywood as it prepares for a super-clutch industry showcase and one last shot at fame.

Director: Chaz Moore | Stars: Jason Sereno, Anthony Marks, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Orly Gal

Votes: 26

28. Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements (2011)

Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, Music

For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a ... See full summary »

Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Robert Voedisch, Tommy Ramone, Tom Arnold, David Foley

Votes: 374

29. Muse: Supermassive Black Hole (2006 Music Video)

4 min | Fantasy, Music

The single's accompanying music video shows the band playing in a small furniture shop, clad in masks. This is intercut with images of dancers in Zentai suits which are then unzipped at the end to reveal beings made of space.

Director: Floria Sigismondi | Stars: Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Muse, Chris Wolstenholme

Votes: 86

30. Twenty One Pilots: Heathens (2016 Music Video)

G | 4 min | Crime, Music

Twenty One Pilots' music video for "Heathens" from the Suicide Squad (2016) soundtrack.

Director: Andrew Donoho | Stars: I. Elijah Baughman, Delorean Bijon Brandon, Jamil Dotson, Joshua Dun

Votes: 383

31. Bandeiji (2010)

119 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Four boys have their friendship and musical talents tested in the ever changing worlds of the music industry and real life in 1990s Japan.

Director: Takeshi Kobayashi | Stars: Jin Akanishi, Kie Kitano, Kengo Kôra, Ayumi Ito

Votes: 470

32. Wheelbarrows for Wallets (2010 Video)

4 min | Short, Music

A homeless man sits busking, encountering the full array of human nature, via people's reactions to him.

Director: Hesky Tucker | Stars: Joe Carnall, Gabriella Ashcroft, Courtesy Orchis, Nancy Boo Orchis-Evans

33. Nuummioq (2009)

95 min | Drama, Romance

A love-struck man discovers he has an incurable illness shortly after meeting the woman of his dreams.

Directors: Torben Bech, Otto Rosing | Stars: Lars Rosing, Angunnguaq Larsen, Julie Berthelsen, Marius Olsen

Votes: 234

34. Riding in Vans with Boys (2003 Video)

85 min | Documentary, Music

In the summer of 2002, blink-182 invited the little-known band Kut U Up to accompany them on The Pop Disaster Tour. Kut U Up is not known primarily for their music. They are however, ... See full summary »

Director: Matthew Beauchesne | Stars: Chris Cote, Brandon Parkhurst, Micah Mattson, Brendan Raasch

Votes: 268

35. Thinking Speed (2014)

Unrated | 111 min | Horror

A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.

Director: Lisa Menzel | Stars: Lisa Menzel, Patrick Doran, Adam Fallon, Nick Doetsch

Votes: 8

36. R.E.M. by MTV (2014)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary

On April 5, 1980 four college pals-Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe-took the stage together for the first time to play at a friend's birthday party. The band they ... See full summary »

Director: Alex Young | Stars: Bill Berry, Jay Boberg, Peter Buck, Stephen Colbert

Votes: 353

37. Never Get Tired (2014)

91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Never Get Tired is the story of underground musician Jeff Rosenstock, who put his songs online for free and redefined punk rock for the internet age.

Director: Sara Crow | Stars: Bomb the Music Industry!, Jeff Rosenstock

Votes: 71

38. Broken Social Scene: Sweetest Kill (2011 Music Video)

6 min | Music

Broken Social Scene performs in the music video "Sweetest Kill" from the album "Forgiveness Rock Record" recorded for Arts and Crafts Records. The music video features a woman watching her ... See full summary »

Director: Claire Edmondson | Stars: Broken Social Scene, Kevin Drew, Bijou Phillips, Andrew Whiteman

39. East West (2016)

86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ezequiel, a former professional car racer, returns to his hometown after 15 years to compete in his last race. He finds Stela, an old affair; Angelo, the family patriarch, as well as Pedro, a 16 year-old boy who dreams of being a driver.

Director: Rodrigo Grota | Stars: Felipe Kannenberg, Simone Iliescu, Bruno Silva, José Maschio

Votes: 443

40. Sharon Van Etten: Seventeen (2019 Music Video)

4 min | Music

The official page for the music video for the song Seventeen by Sharon Van Etten.

Director: Maureen Towey | Stars: Rachel Trachtenburg, Sharon Van Etten

Votes: 33

41. The Weathered Underground (2010)

310 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Groundbreaking interactive DVD that plays like a video version of the "Choose Your Own Adventure Books" as the story follows 21 Year old Eric (the character whom the audience makes ... See full summary »

Director: David N. Donihue | Stars: Michael Ciriaco, Brea Grant, Hollis McLachlan, David N. Donihue

Votes: 65 | Gross: $0.14M

42. Dayglow: Can I Call You Tonight? (2018 Video)

5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Probably the best use of green screen ever conceived.

Director: Sloan Struble | Stars: Reece Myers, Sloan Struble

Votes: 7

43. The Smiths: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (1984 Music Video)

4 min | Music

The band performs the song on stage. Morrissey has a tree branch protruding from his posterior.

Stars: Mike Joyce, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Andy Rourke

Votes: 21

44. Muse: Pressure (2018 Music Video)

5 min | Action, Horror, Music

Music video by Muse. Homecoming dance '84 turns into 80s horror movie when mutated man-eating fuzzballs escape their cages in the science lab and start devouring everyone present. The principal and the hired band try to stop them.

Director: Lance Drake | Stars: Matt Bellamy, Terry Crews, Javier Luna, Michelle Mao

Votes: 48

45. Iggy Pop: Real Wild Child (Wild One) (1986 Music Video)

TV-14 | 3 min | Music

Promotional Music video of Iggy Pop's hit "Real Wild Child (Wild One)", from his 1986 album Blah-Blah-Blah.

Star: Iggy Pop

Votes: 10

46. Phoebe Bridgers: Kyoto (2020 Music Video)

3 min | Music

Official music video for "Kyoto" by Phoebe Bridgers.

Director: Nina Ljeti | Stars: Emily Bannon, Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford

Votes: 45

47. Eraserheads: Julie Tearjerky (1998 Music Video)

4 min | Music

Add a Plot

Director: Matthew E. Rosen | Stars: Eraserheads, Marcus Adoro, Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan

48. Mitski: Your Best American Girl (2016 Music Video)

4 min | Drama, Music

Official music video for "Your Best American Girl" by Mitski.

Director: Zia Anger | Stars: Candace Bryant, Tyler Gardella, Mitski

Votes: 33

49. Radical Act (1996)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary

Radical Act, a feature-length (and vintage) documentary about the contribution of female artists to the 1990's punk scene. Featuring: Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre), Tribe 8, Toshi ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Clark | Stars: Kathleen Hanna, Evelyn McDonnell, Gretchen Phillips

Votes: 7

50. Couldn't You Wait? (2013)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music

Couldn't You Wait chronicles the music and the history of the band Silkworm and their unique 17-year-long career on the fringe of "indie rock".

Director: Seth Pomeroy | Stars: Steve Albini, Greg Anderson, Ross Best, Bryan Brown

Votes: 10