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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457 -313
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
403 -156
Juno
2007, in 12 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
493 -113
Requiem for a Dream
2000, in 21 top lists Check -
170 +176
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
330 -86
Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
9 +397
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
69 +342
Showgirls
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
275 +107
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
401 -166
In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
271 +65
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
226 +243
Unbreakable
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
280 +192
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
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 -
394 -219
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
189 -31
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
483 -241
Irréversible
2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check -
263 +6
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
491 -128
Primer
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
475 -313
Elephant
2003, in 10 top lists Check -
245 -177
Brick
2005, in 8 top lists Check -
7 +331
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
253 -51
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
13 +3
Almost Famous
2000, in 9 top lists Check -
470 -347
Dazed and Confused
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
4 +153
Easy Rider
1969, in 17 top lists Check -
348 +40
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
66 +325
Rushmore
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
220 +203
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
297 -256
Batoru rowaiaru
2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check -
101 -65
Baise-moi
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
441 -42
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
159 +216
Red Dawn
1984, in 3 top lists Check -
205 +101
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
239 -233
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
14 +7
Amores perros
2000, in 17 top lists Check -
455 -416
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
44 +205
Kids
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
102 -42
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
37 +158
Ghost World
2001, in 8 top lists Check -
178 -160
Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check -
104 -27
Caché
2005, in 15 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
30 +115
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
434 -310
Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
51 +227
Lolita
1962, in 11 top lists Check -
392 -220
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982, in 8 top lists Check
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