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. 360 +142

    Zombi 2

    1979 — a.k.a. Zombie, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 370 +131

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 142 +358

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 83 +414

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 228 +268

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  7. 369 +126

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 359 +135

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 82 +411

    Wise Blood

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 81 +411

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 442 +49

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  12. 133 +357

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 290 +199

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 358 +130

    White Zombie

    1932, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 501 -15

    What's Up, Tiger Lily?

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 289 +196

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 132 +352

    What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  19. 227 +256

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 431 +51

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 500 -19

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 143 +337

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 80 +399

    Walk on the Wild Side

    1962, in 1 top list Check
  24. 131 +346

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 175 +301

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 357 +116

    Vamp

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 49 +223

    Les valseuses

    1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 280 +192

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 429 +41

    Up!

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  31. 430 +41

    Up in Smoke

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 226 +243

    Unbreakable

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 453 +15

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 463 +4

    Two-Lane Blacktop

    1971, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 79 +387

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 129 +336

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    1977 — a.k.a. Nuclear Countdown, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 428 +36

    The Twelve Chairs

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  38. 165 +298

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 225 +237

    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 78 +383

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 76 +383

    Trois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 77 +383

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 462 -4

    The Trip

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 141 +316

    Tremors

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 74 +382

    Tracks

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  46. 427 +28

    The Toxic Avenger

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 498 -44

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 238 +215

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  49. 164 +288

    Too Late the Hero

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  50. 279 +172

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
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