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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176 +245
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
166 -112
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
205 +101
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
167 -101
Brazil
1985, in 23 top lists Check -
177 -164
Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
220 +203
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
457 -313
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
288 +157
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
198 +43
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
484 -222
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
175 +301
Videodrome
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
172 +186
Planet of the Apes
1968, in 16 top lists Check -
185 -55
Delicatessen
1991, in 15 top lists Check -
178 -160
Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
168 -48
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
194 +7
Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
138 +85
Gwoemul
2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check -
196 +41
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
461 -83
Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
203 +91
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
219 +194
Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
388 -274
Dark Star
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
347 +26
Re-Animator
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
295 -262
Bad Taste
1987, in 6 top lists Check -
171 +183
Pi
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
214 +143
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
491 -128
Primer
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
226 +243
Unbreakable
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
300 -244
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
302 -229
The Brood
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
311 -202
Cube
1997, in 5 top lists Check -
136 +29
Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
318 -141
Fiend Without a Face
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
224 +224
THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
225 +237
Tron
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
227 +256
Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
204 +295
X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
135 -8
Death Race 2000
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
188 -32
Dune
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
191 -22
Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
192 -10
The Fly
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
201 +74
Liquid Sky
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
202 +75
Logan's Run
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
342 +14
Piranha
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
216 +169
Rollerball
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
350 +47
Scanners
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
180 -157
The Andromeda Strain
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
378 -336
The Bed Sitting Room
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
333 -83
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988, in 3 top lists Check
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