Independent (Indie) Films are made independently, outside of the studio system.

Now Showing defines the studio system as members of the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture + TV Producers)

This includes the current “Big 5” Major Studios: Universal Studios, Paramount Picture, Warner Bros., Walt Disney, and Sony. It also includes streamers like Netflix, Apple, and Amazon.

It also includes all of their subsidiaries or their parent company’s subsidiaries.

Universal Studios (NBCUniversal/Comcast) includes Focus Features, Working Title Films, Dreamworks Animation, Illumination, Amblin (minority), Peacock, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes and more

Paramount includes Miramax (49%), Showtime, MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, Republic Films, Pluto TV and more

Warner Bros. includes New Line Cinema, HBO, Cinemax, DC Studios, Cartoon Network, CNN, TruTV, Hanna-Barbera, Castle Rock, Turner Entertainment, Max, Discovery + and more

Walt Disney includes 20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox), Searchlight Pictures, Marvel Studios, The Muppets Studio, Lucasfilm, Pixar, National Geographic Doc Films (73%), ESPN Films (80%), Freeform, Disney+, Hulu and more

Sony includes Columbia Pictures, Tristar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, Crunchyroll, Imageworks, Destination Films and more