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. 113 +103

    Hells Angels on Wheels

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  2. 97 -72

    Apartment Zero

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  3. 145 -93

    Black Sunday

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  4. 129 +336

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    1977 — a.k.a. Nuclear Countdown, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 240 -223

    Alone in the Dark

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  6. 187 -38

    Dreamscape

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  7. 294 -263

    The Baby

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  8. 162 +269

    Subway

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 101 -65

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 273 +89

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 210 +122

    Nochnoy dozor

    2004 — a.k.a. Night Watch, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 346 +26

    Razorback

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 108 +13

    The Day of the Locust

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  14. 318 -141

    Fiend Without a Face

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 140 +231

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 316 -165

    The Driller Killer

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 153 +31

    Foxy Brown

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 81 +411

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 62 +269

    The Ninth Configuration

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 125 +295

    Southern Comfort

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 231 -103

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 211 +126

    The Omega Man

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 120 +225

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 274 +92

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 324 -103

    The Hitcher

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 41 +185

    Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 110 +2

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 26 +91

    Das Experiment

    2001 — a.k.a. The Experiment, in 1 top list Check
  30. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 254 -49

    The Grifters

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 109 +16

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 100 -66

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 278 +157

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 269 +52

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 300 -244

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 67 +326

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 119 +211

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 261 +4

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 250 -98

    The Driver

    1978, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 307 -219

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 259 -6

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 40 +184

    House of Games

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 224 +224

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 237 +200

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 355 +86

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 227 +256

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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