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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. 118 -

    Session 9

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 74 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 28 -

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 70 -

    Darkman

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 21 -

    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 148 -

    UHF

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  9. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 140 -

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 6 -

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
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    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
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    Married to the Mob

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 75 -

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 73 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 84 -

    The Stepfather

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 38 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 126 -

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 114 -

    Death Wish 3

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 134 -

    À l'intérieur

    2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 164 -

    Speed Racer

    2008, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 151 -

    Hot Rod

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  24. 169 -

    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 104 -

    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  26. 116 -

    Hausu

    1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 170 -

    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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  28. 85 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 22 -

    Manos: The Hands of Fate

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 11 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 176 -

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 167 -

    Mother!

    2017, in 3 top lists
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    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 128 -

    Slither

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 103 -

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Pusher III

    2005 — a.k.a. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III, in 1 top list Check
  39. 156 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Devil's Rejects

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 82 -

    Pusher II

    2004 — a.k.a. With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II, in 1 top list Check
  42. 64 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
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    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 97 -

    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 99 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 79 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
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    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
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    Mysterious Skin

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
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