Criterion Collection Themes - Cult Movies
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Though many drive-ins have been shut down, and the practice of screening midnight movies in theaters has waned considerably from its heyday in the early 1970s, the thrill of sharing boundary-testing films in the dark can now be enjoyed just as well while curled up on the couch—no accompanying cult required. From the whiff of exploitation emanating from Roger Vadim’s sensational And God Created Woman to the touch of snuff in Michael Powell’s voyeuristic Peeping Tom, these films delicately ride the line between pulp and art, always landing firmly in the latter camp. Who better to challenge cinematic standards than Samuel Fuller, with his unforgettable B melodramas Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss, or Brian De Palma, whose wonderfully nasty Sisters ushered in a new era of thrilling post-Hitchcock stylish excess? These films stubbornly refuse to be marginalized, lower budgets and lack of Hollywood gloss be damned.
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Et Dieu... créa la femme
1956 — a.k.a. ...And God Created Woman, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Atomic Submarine
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Babo 73
1964, in 1 top list Check -
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Black Moon
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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Sangue per Dracula
1974 — a.k.a. Blood for Dracula, in 2 top lists Check -
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Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters
2006 — a.k.a. Brand Upon the Brain!, in 2 top lists Check -
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Carnival of Souls
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
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Chafed Elbows
1966, in 1 top list Check -
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Corridors of Blood
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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Cronos
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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Sedmikrásky
1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check -
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Dillinger è morto
1969 — a.k.a. Dillinger Is Dead, in 5 top lists Check -
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Eating Raoul
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
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Ai no bôrei
1978 — a.k.a. Empire of Passion, in 1 top list Check -
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Equinox
1970, in 1 top list Check -
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Europa
1991 — a.k.a. Zentropa, in 4 top lists Check -
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Les yeux sans visage
1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
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Fiend Without a Face
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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First Man Into Space
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 — a.k.a. Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, in 2 top lists Check -
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Konchû daisensô
1968 — a.k.a. Genocide, in 1 top list Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro
1968 — a.k.a. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell, in 2 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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Grip of the Strangler
1958 — a.k.a. The Haunted Strangler, in 1 top list Check -
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Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Head
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Honeymoon Killers
1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hausu
1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check -
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989, in 3 top lists Check -
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått
1968 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Blue), in 3 top lists Check -
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Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult
1967 — a.k.a. I Am Curious (Yellow), in 5 top lists Check -
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Ai no korîda
1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check -
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Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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Jigoku
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
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Jubilee
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Kiss Me Deadly
1955, in 20 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989, in 4 top lists Check -
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Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994, in 1 top list Check -
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Kyûketsu dokuro-sen
1968 — a.k.a. The Living Skeleton, in 1 top list Check -
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Maidstone
1970, in 1 top list 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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The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
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Le couple témoin
1977 — a.k.a. The Model Couple, in 1 top list Check -
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Life of Brian
1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
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