BFI's 100 Cult Films

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"Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.

Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.

Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music).

100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch."

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  1. 37 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 60 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  3. 58 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  4. 59 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  5. 10 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 84 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  7. 85 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 29 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  10. 65 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 11 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 86 new

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
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    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  14. 31 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 52 -

    In Bruges

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 55 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  17. 107 -5

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 13 -

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
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    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 76 -

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 83 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 95 -5

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 89 new

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
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    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 36 -

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
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    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
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    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
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    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 87 new

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 94 -5

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 103 -5

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 88 new

    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

    2002, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 91 -5

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 61 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 40 -

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
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    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 106 -5

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 104 -5

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
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    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Room

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
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    La montaña sagrada

    1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
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    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
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    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
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    Hellraiser

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
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    Re-Animator

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
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    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
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