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. 258 -24

    Il portiere di notte

    1974 — a.k.a. The Night Porter, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 380 -318

    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 291 -289

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 290 +199

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 412 -77

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 293 -267

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 392 -220

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 4 +153

    Easy Rider

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 266 +15

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 340 +10

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 270 +53

    Ne le dis à personne

    2006 — a.k.a. Tell No One, in 1 top list Check
  12. 297 -256

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 179 -160

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 175 +301

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 231 -103

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 165 +298

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 377 -340

    Bananas

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 119 +211

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 268 +34

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 102 -42

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  21. 466 -379

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 483 -241

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 437 -220

    High Plains Drifter

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 440 -97

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 79 +387

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 87 +52

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 34 +156

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 105 -4

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 454 -443

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 171 +183

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 338 -5

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  32. 385 -290

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 282 -116

    The Evil Dead

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 63 +285

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 13 +3

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 64 +310

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 22 +50

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 188 -32

    Dune

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 229 -194

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 133 +357

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 241 -219

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 374 -347

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 123 +256

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  45. 220 +203

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 78 +383

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 77 +383

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 76 +383

    Trois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 66 +325

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 230 -169

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
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