The 50 Greatest Midnight Movies of All Time (Flavorwire)
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Midnight screenings inspire rabid devotees, because they invite fans to participate in communal antics (think Rocky Horror) and indulge that giddy feeling when experiencing something shocking or strange on an intimate scale. It’s a bonding experience that unites outsiders, offers a venue for discovery, and encourages audiences to let their hair down. Midnight showings can elevate a movie to cult status, but not all cult movies are midnight favorites. Here are 50 of the greatest midnight movies that have that certain je ne sais quoi — the ones we’d happily stay up all night to watch.
(By Alison Nastasi | January 14, 2015)
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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Eraserhead
1977, in 20 top lists Check -
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El topo
1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check -
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Pink Flamingos
1972, in 13 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Telephone Book
1971, in 1 top list Check -
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Black Devil Doll from Hell
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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Tell Your Children
1936 — a.k.a. Reefer Madness, in 2 top lists Check -
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Alice's Restaurant
1969, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Warriors
1979, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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Altered States
1980, in 5 top lists Check -
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982, in 8 top lists Check -
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Heavy Metal
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
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Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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Cannibal Holocaust
1980, in 6 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Fritz the Cat
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
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Meet the Feebles
1989, in 3 top lists Check -
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Liquid Sky
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Mo
1983 — a.k.a. The Boxer's Omen, in 3 top lists Check -
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Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Flesh for Frankenstein
1973 — a.k.a. Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, in 2 top lists Check -
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Day of the Woman
1978 — a.k.a. I Spit on Your Grave, in 3 top lists Check -
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Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
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Zabriskie Point
1970, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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Showgirls
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check -
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Nekromantik
1988, in 4 top lists Check -
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Mad Max
1979, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Last House on the Left
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
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Naked Lunch
1991, in 4 top lists Check -
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Akira
1988, in 22 top lists Check -
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The Toxic Avenger
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Blue Sunshine
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dark Star
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
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Valley of the Dolls
1967, in 1 top list Check -
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Troll 2
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mondo cane
1962, in 2 top lists Check -
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Blood Feast
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check -
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Re-Animator
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1978, in 1 top list Check -
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Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check
Last updated on May 29, 2018 by Darin; source