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. 254 -49

    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 40 +184

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 109 +16

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 96 -72

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 194 +7

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 111 +39

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 112 +42

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 269 +52

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 261 +4

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 79 +387

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 133 +357

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 259 -6

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 85 -5

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 337 -13

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 67 +326

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 117 +176

    Manhunter

    1986, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 84 -26

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 471 -331

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 100 -66

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 98 -70

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 290 +199

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 266 +15

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 30 +115

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 278 +157

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 92 +337

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 161 +242

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 87 +52

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 236 +124

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 173 +223

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 102 -42

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  36. 123 +256

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 54 +246

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 118 +179

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 130 -31

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 297 -256

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 491 -128

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 168 -48

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 475 -313

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 104 -27

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 139 +153

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 289 +196

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  48. 105 -4

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  50. 275 +107

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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