In the 1990s, indie filmmaking started to break ground as a hot, more mainstream commodity than ever before, and one such filmmaker who has maintained his signature indie attitude no matter how mainstream he gets is Robert Rodriguez. Watch any one of his films - from the Spanish-language El Mariachi to the lighter Spy Kids movies - and each of them feels similarly rebellious and refreshingly unique no matter how big (or even charmingly ridiculous at times) they prove to be.
That rebellious ambition and charm are what make the following Robert Rodriguez movies so memorable and fun to revisit again and again, such as his feature-length debut.