Scott Tobias's The New Cult Canon

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The idea behind The New Cult Canon is to take a fresh look at the new generation of cult movies that have sprung up in the last two decades, although some older movies are also included into the list. The list is authored by Scott Tobias.

[From 2008 to 2013, starting with Donnie Darko and ending with The Rapture, I wrote a column for The A.V. Club called The New Cult Canon, my homage to Danny Peary’s three Cult Movies books, which were a huge influence on my moviegoing habits as a young cinephile. My idea was to pick up where Peary’s last book left off, in 1987, and explore “The Classics, The Sleepers, The Weird and the Wonderful”—films that have inspired mad obsession since. With The Reveal, I finally have the opportunity to bring it back.]

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    Riget

    1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
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    Enter the Void

    2009, in 7 top lists Check
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
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    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
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    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
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    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
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    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
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    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
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    Under the Silver Lake

    2018, in 2 top lists
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    The Empty Man

    2020, in 1 top list
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    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Speed Racer

    2008, in 4 top lists Check
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    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
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    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
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    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
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    Demonlover

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
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    Koroshiya 1

    2001 — a.k.a. Ichi the Killer, in 5 top lists Check
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    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
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    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
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    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
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    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 10 top lists Check
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    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
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    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    2009 — a.k.a. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in 2 top lists Check
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    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
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    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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    Mother!

    2017, in 3 top lists
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    Rounders

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
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    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
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    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Way of the Gun

    2000, in 1 top list Check
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    Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages

    2000 — a.k.a. Code Unknown, in 6 top lists Check
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    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
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    Velvet Goldmine

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Counselor

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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