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. 342 +14

    Piranha

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 156 +126

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 295 -262

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 69 +342

    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 413 -58

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 478 -287

    Funny Ha Ha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  7. 402 -159

    Jamón Jamón

    1992 — a.k.a. Jamón, Jamón, in 1 top list Check
  8. 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
  9. 463 +4

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  10. 356 +86

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 450 -69

    Requiescant

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 473 -325

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 490 -180

    Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 67 +326

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 303 -228

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 279 +172

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 194 +7

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 127 +301

    Strategia del ragno

    1970 — a.k.a. The Spider's Stratagem, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 68 +333

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 203 +91

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 286 +97

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 148 -46

    Coogan's Bluff

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 106 +5

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 272 +81

    The Phenix City Story

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 249 -112

    Dillinger

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 150 -35

    Darkman

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 124 +285

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 464 -452

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 231 -103

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 212 +129

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 348 +40

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 195 +20

    Heavy Metal

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 175 +301

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 491 -128

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 199 +57

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 2 +48

    Black Narcissus

    1947, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 131 +346

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 130 -31

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 264 +7

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 202 +75

    Logan's Run

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 135 -8

    Death Race 2000

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 324 -103

    The Hitcher

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 222 +221

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 98 -70

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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