The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

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From the 3rd Edition (2010) by Paul Simpson. The book is divided into a large number of (sub)genres:

Action & Adventure 1-13, Actor's Lapses 14-22, Adventure 23-32, Alcohol 33-45, Animals 46-53, Animated 54-65, Anime 66-72, Apocalypse 73-80, Art 81-90, Asian Extreme 91-96, B-Movies 97-109, Bad Girls 110-115, Banned 116-125, Beaches 126-132, Bikers 133-139, Biopics 140-149, Blaxploitation 150-158, Bollywood 159-164, Buddy 165-173, Business 174-184, Cars 185-194, Chick Flicks 186-207, Circus 208-214, Comedies 215-239, Coming of Age 240-247, Cops 248-262, Costume 263-275, Courtroom 276-285, Crime 286-310, Cross-dressing 311-316, Cult Studios 317-322, Culture Clash 323-328, Cut 329-333, Dance 334-343, Decadence 344-350, The Devil 351-359, Disaster 360-369, Doctors 370-376, Documentaries 377-395, Drama 396-417, Drugs 418-430, Dystopias 431-436, Epics 437-449, Erotica 450-456, Euro Horror 457-462, Eye Candy 463-471, Families 472-481, Fantasy 482-502, Fight Club 503-510, Film Noir 511-531, Food 532-538, Gambling 539-545, Gangsters 546-558, Gay 559-568, Gross Out 569-575, Guilty Pleasures 576-587, Heist 588-597, Historical 598-608, Hollywood 609-620, Horror 621-632, Independent 633-645, Kids 646-660, Kitsch 661-672, Lesbian 673-680, Made for Money 681-686, Mafia 687-700, Martial Arts 701-715, Mavericks 716-723, Media 724-734, Midnight Movies 735-741, Minimalism 742-749, Monsters 750-760, Music 761-780, Musicals 781-804, Mutations 805-810, Nazis 811-819, Nostalgia 820-828, Nuns 829-835, Outlaws 836-842, Paranoia 843-857, Politics 858-876, Porn 877-884, Presidents 885-892, Prison 893-907, Private Eyes 908-925, Propaganda 926-937, Psychos 938-947, Religion 948-958, Road Movies 959-970, Robots 971-979, Rock Stars 980-988, Romance 989-1006, Samurai 1007-1012, Satire 1013-1019, School 1020-1027, Sci-fi 1028-1050, Screwball 1051-1059, Serial Killers 1060-1068, Sexploitation 1069-1077, Shorts 1078-1084, Shrinks 1085-1093, Silents 1094-1105, Slasher 1106-1111, Soundtracks 1112-1124, Space 1125-1134, Spaghetti Westerns 1135-1141, Spoofs 1142-1155, Sport 1156-1174, Spy Movies 1175-1193, Steampunk 1194-1199, Superheroes 1200-1211, Supernatural 1212-1218, Teen 1219-1230, Thrillers 1231-1254, Torture Porn 1255-1259, Trains 1260-1264, True Stories 1265-1274, Turkeys 1275-1285, Underground 1286-1297, Urban Nightmare 1298-1304, Vampires 1305-1311, Vamps 1312-1316, Villains 1317-1324, War 1325-1352, Weepies 1353-1366, Westerns 1367-1389, X-Rated 1390-1404, Yakuza 1405-1412, Zombies 1413-1419.

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  1. 1040 new

    The Phantom Empire

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 1045 new

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 1210 new

    Watchmen

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 1038 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 74 new

    Armageddon

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 1049 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  7. 971 new

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 1208 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 984 new

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 1112 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 13 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 117 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 10 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 1284 new

    Waterworld

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 77 new

    On the Beach

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 1194 new

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 1031 new

    Star Trek Into Darkness

    2013, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 758 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 1046 new

    Star Trek

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 1035 new

    The Fifth Element

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 1205 new

    Iron Man

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 811 new

    The Boys from Brazil

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 66 new

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 1126 new

    Capricorn One

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 1034 new

    Tanin no kao

    1966 — a.k.a. The Face of Another, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 754 new

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 1037 new

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 1276 new

    Battlefield Earth

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 1028 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  30. 975 new

    The Stepford Wives

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 51 new

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 484 new

    La cité des enfants perdus

    1995 — a.k.a. The City of Lost Children, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 5 new

    District 9

    2009, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 432 new

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 737 new

    Liquid Sky

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 1043 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 1203 new

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 75 new

    Children of Men

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 993 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  40. 976 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 500 new

    Les visiteurs

    1993 — a.k.a. The Visitors, in 1 top list Check
  42. 1209 new

    Unbreakable

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 752 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  44. 1050 new

    Zardoz

    1974, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 1125 new

    The Astronaut Farmer

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 753 new

    Gojira vs. Desutoroiâ

    1995 — a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 1187 new

    The President's Analyst

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 734 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 973 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 76 new

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    1970 — a.k.a. The Day the World Changed Hands, in 1 top list Check
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