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. 371 -366

    200 Motels

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 396 -210

    Friday

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 489 -184

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 101 -65

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 482 -243

    Inserts

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  6. 162 +269

    Subway

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 407 -104

    Meet the Feebles

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 426 +23

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 256 -38

    High School Confidential!

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  10. 29 +107

    The Devils

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 255 -48

    The Grissom Gang

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  12. 208 +114

    The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 376 -344

    Bad Boy Bubby

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 17 +32

    Big Wednesday

    1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Innocence, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 298 -247

    Black Sheep

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 386 -280

    Crimewave

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  17. 58 +258

    Mudhoney

    1965 — a.k.a. Mud Honey, in 1 top list Check
  18. 413 -58

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 206 +103

    Mirrormask

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 43 +193

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 474 -313

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 197 +43

    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar...

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 382 -303

    The Cannonball Run

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 495 -103

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 477 -297

    Flesh

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 431 +51

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 400 -192

    Happiness

    1998, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 432 +66

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  31. 448 -137

    The Missouri Breaks

    1976, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 417 -13

    Shakes the Clown

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  34. 286 +97

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 305 -227

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 19 +48

    Breakin'

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 478 -287

    Funny Ha Ha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  38. 155 +100

    Knightriders

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  39. 346 +26

    Razorback

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 466 -379

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 68 +333

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 372 -371

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 487 -199

    The Loveless

    1981 — a.k.a. Breakdown, in 1 top list Check
  45. 422 -

    Spanking the Monkey

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 186 -53

    Demon Seed

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 498 -44

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 140 +231

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 500 -19

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 223 +223

    The Thing with Two Heads

    1972, in 1 top list Check
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