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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276 +111
Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
110 +2
D.O.A.
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
120 +225
Panic in the Streets
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
168 -48
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
274 +92
The Prowler
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
269 +52
The Narrow Margin
1952, in 7 top lists Check -
81 +411
The Wild One
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
194 +7
Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
130 -31
Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...
1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check -
196 +41
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
300 -244
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
318 -141
Fiend Without a Face
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
238 +215
Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
93 +382
Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
142 +358
Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
85 -5
Cape Fear
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
262 +5
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. Le Doulos, in 10 top lists Check -
118 +179
The Manchurian Candidate
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
289 +196
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962, in 15 top lists Check -
204 +295
X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
41 +185
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964, in 3 top lists Check -
54 +246
Marnie
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
123 +256
Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
102 -42
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
387 -277
Cul-de-sac
1966, in 6 top lists Check -
113 +103
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967, in 1 top list Check -
236 +124
Point Blank
1967, in 15 top lists Check -
180 -157
The Andromeda Strain
1971, in 3 top lists Check -
87 +52
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
112 +42
Duel
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
211 +126
The Omega Man
1971, in 2 top lists Check -
161 +242
Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
92 +337
Straw Dogs
1971, in 11 top lists Check -
278 +157
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
224 +224
THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
86 +45
Deliverance
1972, in 15 top lists Check -
294 -263
The Baby
1973, in 1 top list Check -
30 +115
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
266 +15
The Long Goodbye
1973, in 15 top lists Check -
227 +256
Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
290 +199
The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
105 -4
The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
231 -103
Death Wish
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
153 +31
Foxy Brown
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
121 +226
The Parallax View
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
237 +200
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974, in 6 top lists Check -
108 +13
The Day of the Locust
1975, in 1 top list Check -
330 -86
Jaws
1975, in 27 top lists Check -
140 +231
Race with the Devil
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
98 -70
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, in 6 top lists Check
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