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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. 79 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 93 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 63 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 31 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 159 -

    Zoolander

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 169 -

    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 137 -

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 138 -

    Anaconda

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  12. 56 -

    The Room

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 124 -

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 51 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 135 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 25 -

    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 19 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 44 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 65 -

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 133 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 106 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 33 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 7 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 97 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 9 -

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 22 -

    Manos: The Hands of Fate

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 35 -

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  32. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 69 -

    I Heart Huckabees

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 23 -

    Troll 2

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 156 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 5 -

    Babe: Pig in the City

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  37. 99 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 103 -

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 8 -

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 168 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 119 -

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 95 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 64 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 90 -

    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 73 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 163 -

    The Counselor

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  47. 41 -

    The Devil's Rejects

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 127 -

    Birdemic: Shock and Terror

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  49. 157 -

    [Rec]

    2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check
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    Observe and Report

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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