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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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    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 146 -

    Koroshiya 1

    2001 — a.k.a. Ichi the Killer, in 5 top lists Check
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    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 19 -

    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 37 -

    Rounders

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  7. 143 -

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 157 -

    [Rec]

    2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 154 -

    The People Under the Stairs

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 151 -

    Hot Rod

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    UHF

    1989, in 1 top list Check
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    Cabin Boy

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  13. 142 -

    Observe and Report

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  14. 138 -

    Anaconda

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  15. 137 -

    The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 136 -

    Black Dynamite

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  17. 134 -

    À l'intérieur

    2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 132 -

    May

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 128 -

    Slither

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 121 -

    Real Genius

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  22. 120 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 119 -

    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 118 -

    Session 9

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
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    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 107 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 106 -

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 103 -

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 99 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
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    The House of the Devil

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 96 -

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
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    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
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    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 71 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 72 -

    Pootie Tang

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  39. 69 -

    I Heart Huckabees

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 65 -

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 60 -

    Les triplettes de Belleville

    2003 — a.k.a. The Triplets of Belleville, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 56 -

    The Room

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 41 -

    The Devil's Rejects

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
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    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    Manos: The Hands of Fate

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
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    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
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    Wild Things

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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