Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies

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From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).

#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab

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  1. 412 -77

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 403 -156

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 159 +216

    Red Dawn

    1984, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 152 +147

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 432 +66

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 125 +295

    Southern Comfort

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 283 -71

    The Haunting

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 436 -203

    Il grande silenzio

    1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 324 -103

    The Hitcher

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 99 -70

    At Close Range

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 307 -219

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 424 +6

    Stripes

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 191 -22

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 133 +357

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 370 +131

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 367 +17

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 395 -214

    Fletch

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  20. 258 -24

    Il portiere di notte

    1974 — a.k.a. The Night Porter, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 267 +13

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 372 -371

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 81 +411

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 12 -4

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 112 +42

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 203 +91

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 168 -48

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 461 -83

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 79 +387

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 193 -10

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 328 -99

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 313 -187

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 106 +5

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 498 -44

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 270 +53

    Ne le dis à personne

    2006 — a.k.a. Tell No One, in 1 top list Check
  37. 216 +169

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 311 -202

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 449 -100

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 389 -243

    Down by Law

    1986, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 100 -66

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 425 +7

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  43. 175 +301

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  44. 438 -193

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 21 +49

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 440 -97

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 28 +94

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 215 +162

    Renaissance

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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