A list of cult movies!
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stonebenderI got this list from supergee, who got it from mattapp, the top 50 cult films, plus 11 later additions.
1 This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner. The pre-eminent Mocumentary. Great fun!
2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman Ah, my college days! I stopped counting around 180 times. My favorite song, There's a Light
3 Freaks, Tod Browning Don't mess with a gimp! I'm just saying.
4 Harold And Maude, Hal Ashby Very sweet, funny film
5 Pink Flamingos, John Waters I saw it. I didn't like it.
6 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper Yes I saw it too. I wish I hadn't.
7 Repo Man, Alex Cox *Yawn* Emilio Estevez can stop acting anytime now. Why he has a career is beyond me.
8 Scarface, Brian De Palma And Brian can stop directing or get himself his own style rather than stealing from Hitchcock or Kubrick.
9 Blade Runner, Ridley Scott A truly visually stunning movie!
10 The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont I like this movie. I really don't understand what it is doing on this list.
11 Five Deadly Venoms Cheh Chang
12 Plan Nine From Outer Space, Ed Wood Nothing to say here.
13 Brazil, Terry Gilliam I love Brazil! Terry Gilliam is a true original.
14 Eraserhead, David Lynch There are many David Lynch films that I really like. This is not one of them. It pushed too many buttons for me.
15 Faster, Pussycat! Kill!, Kill! Russ Meyer Eck, I don't get it.
16 The Warriors, Walter Hill "Warriors, come out to plaaaaaaeeaay" This movie is a great fun!
17 Dazed And Confused, Richard Linklater Ah, my high school days! A stupid fun movie!
18 Hard-Boiled, John Woo A minor, but fun Woo film.
19 Evil Dead II Sam Raimi "Gimme some sugar, baby!" :-)
20 The Mack, Michael Campus
21 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Tim Burton it's OK I guess.
22 Un Chien Andalou, Luis Bunuel I didn't know this was a cult film.
23 Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo
24 The Toxic Avenger, Michael Herz and Samuel Weil
25 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Mel Stuart A marvelously perverse film
26 Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch
27 Dawn Of The Dead, George A. Romero I don't usually like this first sort of movie but I liked this one.
28 The Wiz, Sidney Lumet I like this one better than the Wizard of Oz.
29 Clerks, Kevin Smith Funnier than it had any right to be.
30 The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell
31 Slap Shot, George Roy Hill I'm partial to Paul Newman and I enjoyed this one. It's not my favorite however.
32 Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon
33 Grey Gardens, David Maysles & Albert Maysles
34 The Big Lebowski, Joel Coen
35 Withnail and I, Bruce Robinson
36 Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven As long as you don't pay attention to anything but the tit's. It's Purty!
37 A Bucket Of Bood, Roger Corman
38 They Live, John Carpenter
39 The Best Of Everything, Jean Negulesco
40 Barbarella, Roger Vadim I never cared for it. It's pretty dated.
41 Heathers, Michael Lehmann I need to see this one again. Really liked it.
42 Rushmore, Wes Anderson
43 The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension, W.D. Richter This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I just love it
44 Love Streams, John Cassavetes
45 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Todd Haynes
46 Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Werner Herzog I didn't like. I'm not sure why, it didn't do anything for me.
47 Walking And Talking, Nicole Holofcener
48 The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, Penelope Spheeris
49 Friday, F. Gary Gray
50 Faces of Death, Vol. 1 Conan Le Cilaire. I didn't see it. I never will.
51 Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam It's Monty Python! Got to love it!
52 A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick My favorite Kubrick!
53 Mommie Dearest, Frank Perry *Yawn*
54 The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner That'sserenejournal's and my movie. Right Princess?
55 Swingers, Doug Liman Fun movie, but nothing special.
56 UHF Jay Levey
57 Valley of the Dolls, Mark Robson I didn't care for it.
58 Fight Club, David Fincher This movie is saying something really important about masculinity. I just can't quite figure out what it is.
59 Dead Alive (aka Braindead) Peter Jackson
60 Better Off Dead Savage Steve Holland
61 Donnie Darko Richard Kelly (II) Beautiful, spooky film.
supergee, who got it from mattapp, the top 50 cult films, plus 11 later additions.1 This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner. The pre-eminent Mocumentary. Great fun!
2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman Ah, my college days! I stopped counting around 180 times. My favorite song, There's a Light
3 Freaks, Tod Browning Don't mess with a gimp! I'm just saying.
4 Harold And Maude, Hal Ashby Very sweet, funny film
5 Pink Flamingos, John Waters I saw it. I didn't like it.
6 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper Yes I saw it too. I wish I hadn't.
7 Repo Man, Alex Cox *Yawn* Emilio Estevez can stop acting anytime now. Why he has a career is beyond me.
8 Scarface, Brian De Palma And Brian can stop directing or get himself his own style rather than stealing from Hitchcock or Kubrick.
9 Blade Runner, Ridley Scott A truly visually stunning movie!
10 The Shawshank Redemption, Frank Darabont I like this movie. I really don't understand what it is doing on this list.
11 Five Deadly Venoms Cheh Chang
12 Plan Nine From Outer Space, Ed Wood Nothing to say here.
13 Brazil, Terry Gilliam I love Brazil! Terry Gilliam is a true original.
14 Eraserhead, David Lynch There are many David Lynch films that I really like. This is not one of them. It pushed too many buttons for me.
15 Faster, Pussycat! Kill!, Kill! Russ Meyer Eck, I don't get it.
16 The Warriors, Walter Hill "Warriors, come out to plaaaaaaeeaay" This movie is a great fun!
17 Dazed And Confused, Richard Linklater Ah, my high school days! A stupid fun movie!
18 Hard-Boiled, John Woo A minor, but fun Woo film.
19 Evil Dead II Sam Raimi "Gimme some sugar, baby!" :-)
20 The Mack, Michael Campus
21 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Tim Burton it's OK I guess.
22 Un Chien Andalou, Luis Bunuel I didn't know this was a cult film.
23 Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo
24 The Toxic Avenger, Michael Herz and Samuel Weil
25 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Mel Stuart A marvelously perverse film
26 Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch
27 Dawn Of The Dead, George A. Romero I don't usually like this first sort of movie but I liked this one.
28 The Wiz, Sidney Lumet I like this one better than the Wizard of Oz.
29 Clerks, Kevin Smith Funnier than it had any right to be.
30 The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell
31 Slap Shot, George Roy Hill I'm partial to Paul Newman and I enjoyed this one. It's not my favorite however.
32 Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon
33 Grey Gardens, David Maysles & Albert Maysles
34 The Big Lebowski, Joel Coen
35 Withnail and I, Bruce Robinson
36 Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven As long as you don't pay attention to anything but the tit's. It's Purty!
37 A Bucket Of Bood, Roger Corman
38 They Live, John Carpenter
39 The Best Of Everything, Jean Negulesco
40 Barbarella, Roger Vadim I never cared for it. It's pretty dated.
41 Heathers, Michael Lehmann I need to see this one again. Really liked it.
42 Rushmore, Wes Anderson
43 The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension, W.D. Richter This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I just love it
44 Love Streams, John Cassavetes
45 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Todd Haynes
46 Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Werner Herzog I didn't like. I'm not sure why, it didn't do anything for me.
47 Walking And Talking, Nicole Holofcener
48 The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years, Penelope Spheeris
49 Friday, F. Gary Gray
50 Faces of Death, Vol. 1 Conan Le Cilaire. I didn't see it. I never will.
51 Monty Pyton and the Holy Grail Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam It's Monty Python! Got to love it!
52 A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick My favorite Kubrick!
53 Mommie Dearest, Frank Perry *Yawn*
54 The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner That's
serenejournal's and my movie. Right Princess?55 Swingers, Doug Liman Fun movie, but nothing special.
56 UHF Jay Levey
57 Valley of the Dolls, Mark Robson I didn't care for it.
58 Fight Club, David Fincher This movie is saying something really important about masculinity. I just can't quite figure out what it is.
59 Dead Alive (aka Braindead) Peter Jackson
60 Better Off Dead Savage Steve Holland
61 Donnie Darko Richard Kelly (II) Beautiful, spooky film.
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Date: 2003-07-10 11:30 pm (UTC)I have to say that about most David Lynch films - I always see them, and afterwards I always ask myself "Why did I watch that?"
Eraserhead, though, is in a class of its own on the squick-o-meter...
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Date: 2003-07-11 09:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-07-11 10:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2003-07-11 11:22 am (UTC)Lynch films leave me feeling as if I'm *expected* to like them, because so many hip, smart people do, and maybe I'm just too mundane to get it.
Oddly, I adored Twin Peaks, once I figured out that understanding what was going on was both impossible and beside the point ...
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Date: 2003-07-11 11:38 am (UTC)I did love Twin Peaks. It's still my favorite Lynch project. Partly because it was so completely different from anything I'd ever seen on TV. I also found it perversely erotic. Come to think of it, I find most of Lynch's work (at least the stuff I like) perversely erotic.