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. 303 -228

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 462 -4

    The Trip

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 156 +126

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 270 +53

    Ne le dis à personne

    2006 — a.k.a. Tell No One, in 1 top list Check
  5. 443 -284

    Quién sabe?

    1967 — a.k.a. A Bullet for the General, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 31 +124

    The Duellists

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 122 +237

    Play Misty for Me

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 339 +1

    Operazione paura

    1966 — a.k.a. Kill Baby, Kill, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 341 +11

    Phantom of the Paradise

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 300 -244

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 106 +5

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 451 -61

    Run of the Arrow

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 272 +81

    The Phenix City Story

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 471 -331

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 169 +89

    Labyrinth

    1986, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 40 +184

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 325 -100

    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 453 +15

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 55 +246

    Martin

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 191 -22

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 265 +9

    The Limey

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 259 -6

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 60 +259

    The Naked Kiss

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 292 -277

    Alligator

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 111 +39

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 119 +211

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 254 -49

    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 160 +226

    Romper Stomper

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 234 -24

    The Harder They Come

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 52 +227

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 274 +92

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 120 +225

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 15 +28

    The Beguiled

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 261 +4

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 65 +311

    Tell Your Children

    1936 — a.k.a. Reefer Madness, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 479 -275

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 439 -100

    One-Eyed Jacks

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 278 +157

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 463 +4

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 499 -25

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 236 +124

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  46. 35 +159

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 267 +13

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 242 -196

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 110 +2

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 315 -173

    Dog Soldiers

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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