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. 60 +259

    The Naked Kiss

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 124 +285

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 369 +126

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 322 -125

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 379 -334

    Best in Show

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 233 -24

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 53 +233

    Love Streams

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 69 +342

    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 151 -13

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 172 +186

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  11. 501 -15

    What's Up, Tiger Lily?

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 197 +43

    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar...

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 139 +153

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 286 +97

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 87 +52

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 290 +199

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 370 +131

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 68 +333

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 438 -193

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 423 +3

    Stardust Memories

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 441 -42

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 175 +301

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 350 +47

    Scanners

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 302 -229

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 310 -203

    Cronos

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 131 +346

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 52 +227

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 112 +42

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 83 +414

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 496 -94

    Sex, Lies, and Videotape

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 465 -384

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 267 +13

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 152 +147

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 461 -83

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 109 +16

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 478 -287

    Funny Ha Ha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  39. 454 -443

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 34 +156

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 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
  42. 498 -44

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 48 +220

    Lenny

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 312 -194

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 377 -340

    Bananas

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 2 +48

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 244 -181

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 469 -361

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 236 +124

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
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