Great Independent Movies of the 1930-70s?

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If you can't think of "great", a good movie is better than nothing. I was just thinking of the movie, "Le Jour Se Leve" and think it's an independent movie from the 1930s, because it stands out. It starts at the present with some flashbacks, but it's rare to find any movie in the classic era where a movie's setting mostly takes place in one bedroom. "Shadows" by John Cassavetes in 1959, the same year France started with their New Wave which soon spread out all over Europe, and even countries like Japan later. It took a while for the US to have enough independent movies/directors but when it did in the 70s, I think they passed foreign movies, which seems to have hit their peak in the 60s. Interesting, because I remember reading a European director who credited "The Little Fugitive" (1953) influencing the French New Wave, which would be another example of a great movie that stands out for that era and is available on YouTube for free!