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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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
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Fight Club
1999, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
86 new
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
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Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999, in 5 top lists Check -
89 new
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005, in 6 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002, in 4 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Dirty Dancing
1987, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 15 top lists Check -
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Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
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Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
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Eraserhead
1977, in 20 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 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 -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ringu
1998, in 12 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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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Suspiria
1977, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Warriors
1979, in 8 top lists Check -
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Showgirls
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Room
2003, in 2 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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Withnail & I
1987, in 14 top lists Check -
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Re-Animator
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980, in 2 top lists Check
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