The best low-budget films prove that great storytelling and masterful filmmaking can be achieved with minimal resources, from Rocky to Eraserhead.

One of the greatest tragedies of 2023 was the box office failure of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which did not make enough money to recoup its production and publicity costs. Those costs ...

George Miller’s original Mad Max in 1979 was made on a budget of only $350,000. That’s barely enough to pay for craft services on a modern blockbuster. Comparing its box office success with its low ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The movie in question is Tremors, director Ron Howard’s low-budget 1990 monster horror comedy ...