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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. 165 -

    Under the Silver Lake

    2018, in 2 top lists
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  2. 175 -

    Unfriended

    2014, in 1 top list Check
  3. 105 -

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 166 -

    Trouble Every Day

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 168 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 61 -

    Sennen joyû

    2001 — a.k.a. Millennium Actress, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 170 -

    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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  8. 78 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 85 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 67 -

    Trust

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 107 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 6 -

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 150 -

    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 80 -

    Gegen die Wand

    2004 — a.k.a. Head-On, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 116 -

    Hausu

    1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 126 -

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 11 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 94 -

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 42 -

    Do lok tin si

    1995 — a.k.a. Fallen Angels, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 70 -

    Darkman

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 65 -

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 39 -

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 49 -

    Velvet Goldmine

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 58 -

    Neco z Alenky

    1988 — a.k.a. Alice, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 104 -

    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  31. 167 -

    Mother!

    2017, in 3 top lists
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  32. 66 -

    Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages

    2000 — a.k.a. Code Unknown, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 125 -

    Enter the Void

    2009, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 79 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 137 -

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 119 -

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 41 -

    The Devil's Rejects

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 28 -

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 57 -

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 128 -

    Slither

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 83 -

    Pusher III

    2005 — a.k.a. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III, in 1 top list Check
  43. 149 -

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 103 -

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 139 -

    Diggstown

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  46. 82 -

    Pusher II

    2004 — a.k.a. With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II, in 1 top list Check
  47. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
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    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
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