Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies

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From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).

#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab

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  1. 477 -297

    Flesh

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 68 +333

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 398 -210

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 136 +29

    Escape from New York

    1981, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 51 +227

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 114 +105

    The Hill

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  8. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 423 +3

    Stardust Memories

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 355 +86

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 490 -180

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 331 -85

    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 286 +97

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 277 +142

    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 279 +172

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 495 -103

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 459 -289

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  20. 328 -99

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 198 +43

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 92 +337

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 116 +154

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 30 +115

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 46 +213

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 64 +310

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 447 -157

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 56 +251

    Midnight Cowboy

    1969, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 33 +146

    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 151 -13

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 464 -452

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 432 +66

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 434 -310

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 104 -27

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 268 +34

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 212 +129

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 105 -4

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 77 +383

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 230 -169

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 83 +414

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 229 -194

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  44. 438 -193

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 95 -88

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 78 +383

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 181 -143

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 500 -19

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
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