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. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 110 +2

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 120 +225

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 168 -48

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 274 +92

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 269 +52

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 81 +411

    The Wild One

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 194 +7

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 130 -31

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 300 -244

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 318 -141

    Fiend Without a Face

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 238 +215

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  15. 142 +358

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 85 -5

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. Le Doulos, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 118 +179

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 289 +196

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 41 +185

    Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 54 +246

    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 123 +256

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 102 -42

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 113 +103

    Hells Angels on Wheels

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  27. 236 +124

    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 87 +52

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 112 +42

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 211 +126

    The Omega Man

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 161 +242

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 92 +337

    Straw Dogs

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 278 +157

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 224 +224

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 294 -263

    The Baby

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  38. 30 +115

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 266 +15

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 227 +256

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 290 +199

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  42. 105 -4

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 231 -103

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 153 +31

    Foxy Brown

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 237 +200

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 108 +13

    The Day of the Locust

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  48. 330 -86

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 140 +231

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 98 -70

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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