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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. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 44 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 33 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 15 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 8 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 71 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 24 -

    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 39 -

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 120 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 75 -

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 153 -

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 38 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 132 -

    May

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 134 -

    À l'intérieur

    2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 46 -

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 81 -

    Pusher

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  22. 20 -

    Wild Things

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 21 -

    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 48 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 177 new

    Go

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  26. 123 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 40 -

    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 53 -

    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 83 -

    Pusher III

    2005 — a.k.a. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III, in 1 top list Check
  30. 163 -

    The Counselor

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  31. 160 -

    Hard Target

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 166 -

    Trouble Every Day

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 127 -

    Birdemic: Shock and Terror

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  34. 84 -

    The Stepfather

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 175 -

    Unfriended

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  36. 113 -

    Demonlover

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 122 -

    Series 7: The Contenders

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 76 -

    Stuck

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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