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. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 499 -25

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 498 -44

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 497 -57

    Teaserama

    1955, in 1 top list Check
  5. 489 -184

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 488 -192

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 486 -220

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 479 -275

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 472 -329

    Dogtown and Z-Boys

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 469 -361

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 465 -384

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 456 -327

    The Decline of Western Civilization

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 317 -149

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
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