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. 12 -4

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 427 +28

    The Toxic Avenger

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 453 +15

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 252 -79

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 131 +346

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 303 -228

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 70 +342

    Sid and Nancy

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 377 -340

    Bananas

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 258 -24

    Il portiere di notte

    1974 — a.k.a. The Night Porter, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 96 -72

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 447 -157

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 104 -27

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 26 +91

    Das Experiment

    2001 — a.k.a. The Experiment, in 1 top list Check
  14. 351 +49

    The Serpent and the Rainbow

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 359 +135

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 354 +62

    Society

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 153 +31

    Foxy Brown

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 438 -193

    Johnny Guitar

    1954, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 410 -85

    Night of the Comet

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 54 +246

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 336 -38

    Maniac Cop

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 147 -53

    Clash of the Titans

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 425 +7

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 384 -299

    Casino Royale

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 395 -214

    Fletch

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  26. 338 -5

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 279 +172

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 11 -8

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  31. 332 -84

    The Keep

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 162 +269

    Subway

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 430 +41

    Up in Smoke

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 405 -129

    The Little Shop of Horrors

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 494 -105

    Rumble Fish

    1983, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 22 +50

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 481 -250

    Idioterne

    1998 — a.k.a. The Idiots, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 219 +194

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 194 +7

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 486 -220

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 277 +142

    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 454 -443

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 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. 265 +9

    The Limey

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 302 -229

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 345 +24

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    1955 — a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 469 -361

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 157 +138

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 59 +258

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
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