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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The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
275 +107
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
361 -314
The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
253 -51
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
280 +192
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
263 +6
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
88 +201
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
276 +111
Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
401 -166
In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
238 +215
Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
320 -131
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
165 +298
True Romance
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
87 +52
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
239 -233
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
84 -26
Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
241 -219
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 12 top lists Check -
115 +139
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
268 +34
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
229 -194
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
260 +1
La haine
1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check -
380 -318
Bottle Rocket
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
366 -114
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 20 top lists Check -
133 +357
Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
158 +157
Mou gaan dou
2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check -
116 +154
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
475 -313
Elephant
2003, in 10 top lists Check -
233 -24
Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
365 -151
Heathers
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
374 -347
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
90 +218
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
461 -83
Repo Man
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
340 +10
Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
389 -243
Down by Law
1986, in 9 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
483 -241
Irréversible
2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check -
404 -144
The Ladykillers
1955, in 8 top lists Check -
117 +176
Manhunter
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
151 -13
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
266 +15
The Long Goodbye
1973, in 15 top lists Check -
98 -70
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
267 +13
The Long Good Friday
1980, in 12 top lists Check -
21 +49
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
152 +147
El mariachi
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
262 +5
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check -
468 -365
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check
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