Sex, Lies, and Videotape was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s.The film is also notable for being the breakout film for the then-decade-old Miramax independent film studio. With this film, and My Left Foot (released later in 1989), Miramax became the studio most closely associated with quality independent filmmaking. By the mid 1990s, Miramax had expanded to distribute the films of many notable independent-minded filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Woody Allen.