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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  1. 10 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 20 -

    Wild Things

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 24 -

    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 33 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 34 -

    Gerry

    2002, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 35 -

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 40 -

    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 50 -

    The Limey

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 51 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 53 -

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 64 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 71 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 98 -

    The House of the Devil

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 104 -

    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  15. 107 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 113 -

    Demonlover

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 118 -

    Session 9

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 131 -

    Schizopolis

    1996, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 133 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 154 -

    The People Under the Stairs

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 157 -

    [Rec]

    2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 162 -

    The Rapture

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

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