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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. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 60 -

    Les triplettes de Belleville

    2003 — a.k.a. The Triplets of Belleville, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 73 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 1 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 96 -

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 13 -

    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 102 -

    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    2009 — a.k.a. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 63 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  13. 10 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 91 -

    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 7 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 24 -

    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 51 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 124 -

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 31 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 100 -

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 161 -

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 33 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  24. 9 -

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 8 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 93 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 44 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 12 -

    The Rules of Attraction

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 164 -

    Speed Racer

    2008, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 65 -

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 133 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 159 -

    Zoolander

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 30 -

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 90 -

    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 141 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 169 -

    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 14 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 69 -

    I Heart Huckabees

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 88 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 57 -

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 35 -

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 74 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 142 -

    Observe and Report

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  45. 36 -

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 158 -

    Pump Up the Volume

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  47. 37 -

    Rounders

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  48. 131 -

    Schizopolis

    1996, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 97 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
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    Babe: Pig in the City

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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