The Natural History of Parking Lots is a 1990 American independent film written and directed by Everett Lewis.

It tells the story of two estranged brothers who seek to reconcile their relationship against a background of criminal activity and violence.

His distant father (who insists his sons call him "Sam" and not "Dad") arranges for him to be bailed into the custody of Chris's older brother, Lance.

Critic Emanuel Levy said the film’s "visual style owes a lot to the early works of French New Wave".

[1] He added, "Mood and tone one are far more important than text or plot, which are slender, underdeveloped, often feeling arbitrary in the order which the sequences unfold and are presented.