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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. 176 -

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 174 -

    The Duke of Burgundy

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 169 -

    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 168 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 166 -

    Trouble Every Day

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 163 -

    The Counselor

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  8. 162 -

    The Rapture

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 161 -

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 158 -

    Pump Up the Volume

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  11. 156 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 153 -

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 150 -

    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 142 -

    Observe and Report

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  15. 141 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 140 -

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 139 -

    Diggstown

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  18. 133 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 132 -

    May

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 125 -

    Enter the Void

    2009, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 123 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 119 -

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 114 -

    Death Wish 3

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 113 -

    Demonlover

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 111 -

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 107 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 105 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 104 -

    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  32. 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
  33. 101 -

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 100 -

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 97 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 96 -

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 95 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 94 -

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 93 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 92 -

    Zero Effect

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  41. 91 -

    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 90 -

    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 88 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 87 -

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 86 -

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 85 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 83 -

    Pusher III

    2005 — a.k.a. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III, in 1 top list Check
  48. 82 -

    Pusher II

    2004 — a.k.a. With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II, in 1 top list Check
  49. 80 -

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 78 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
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