Indie Movies are basically different from a common blockbuster movie, such as The Dark Knight or Transformers from various aspects as it is produced in much more smaller scale in terms of money, production and casting.

From the start, Indie Movies are commonly independent film projects and it is usually shoot and produced with a small budget that can ranging from few thousands to an average of $10,000 as compared to big blockbuster movies that cost about few millions to be produce.

In terms of production, the cameras used in the shooting also vary from 16mm film camera to digital handy cam or using a mobile phone that technology that allows the user to shoot short film such as Nokia N95. These are affordable for consumers and with popular software such as iMovie, Adobe Premier Pro and Final Cut Pro which are made available for commercial and consumer level, film editing are much easier and cheaper to indie-inspired directors or producers.

Although it is common that one might not recognize directors, producers or casts in Indie Movies, however in the recent years, a lot of notable directors or actors/actresses are involved in Indie Movies, for example, Ellen Page starred in Juno and Jared Leto in Requiem for a Dream.

The support for Indie Movies has also helped in popularizing the indie industry such as the annual Sundance Film Festival. For example, well-known director and writer Quentin Tarantino's Indie Movie, Reservoir Dogs (1992) became a cult hit and made him famous when it was shown in the film festival and the movie has become a classic in the Indie Movie industry as it was well-received by critics on the movie overall including for the casts. He has gone on to produce many more independent films, for example Pulp Fiction.

Apart from the Sundance Film Festival, another form of support to Indie Movies is the Independent Spirit Award which are founded in 1984 (the award was originally known as FINDIE Awards - Friends of Independents) which is dedicated to indie industry - independent movies and independent filmmakers. Notably, Nokia has also started to organize competitions to generate more interest among the public or consumers to produce independent films and hence generate greater publicity in producing the Indie Movies industry.