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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Primer
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
484 -222
La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
461 -83
Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
457 -313
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
411 -77
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984, in 1 top list Check -
410 -85
Night of the Comet
1984, in 2 top lists Check -
388 -274
Dark Star
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
378 -336
The Bed Sitting Room
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
375 -345
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
1958, in 1 top list Check -
353 +57
Shock Waves
1977 — a.k.a. Almost Human, in 2 top lists Check -
352 +56
Shivers
1975, in 3 top lists Check -
350 +47
Scanners
1981, in 4 top lists Check -
347 +26
Re-Animator
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
345 +24
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 — a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown, in 2 top lists Check -
342 +14
Piranha
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
333 -83
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
321 -129
The Fury
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
318 -141
Fiend Without a Face
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
311 -202
Cube
1997, in 5 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
302 -229
The Brood
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
300 -244
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
298 -247
Black Sheep
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
295 -262
Bad Taste
1987, in 6 top lists Check -
288 +157
The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
227 +256
Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
226 +243
Unbreakable
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
225 +237
Tron
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
224 +224
THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
223 +223
The Thing with Two Heads
1972, in 1 top list Check -
220 +203
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
219 +194
Silent Running
1972, in 8 top lists Check -
217 +177
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
1964, in 2 top lists Check -
216 +169
Rollerball
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
215 +162
Renaissance
2006, in 1 top list Check -
214 +143
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
213 +129
Outland
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
211 +126
The Omega Man
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
205 +101
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
204 +295
X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
203 +91
The Man Who Fell to Earth
1976, in 8 top lists Check -
202 +75
Logan's Run
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
201 +74
Liquid Sky
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
198 +43
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
196 +41
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
194 +7
Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
192 -10
The Fly
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
191 -22
Fahrenheit 451
1966, in 4 top lists Check -
188 -32
Dune
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
187 -38
Dreamscape
1984, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Jun 28, 2015 by mjf314; source