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. 102 -42

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 84 -26

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 79 +387

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 227 +256

    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 87 +52

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 130 -31

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 173 +223

    A Scanner Darkly

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 142 +358

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 119 +211

    Nikita

    1990 — a.k.a. La Femme Nikita, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 133 +357

    Wild at Heart

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 107 +9

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 168 -48

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 238 +215

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  15. 30 +115

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 14 +7

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 85 -5

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 104 -27

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 137 +41

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 171 +183

    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 105 -4

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 109 +16

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 98 -70

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 112 +42

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 307 -219

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 349 +46

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 475 -313

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 224 +224

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 139 +153

    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  31. 311 -202

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 330 -86

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  33. 297 -256

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 491 -128

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 263 +6

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 271 +65

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  37. 166 -112

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 280 +192

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  39. 457 -313

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 275 +107

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 89 +215

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 240 -223

    Alone in the Dark

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  43. 247 -113

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 96 -72

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 97 -72

    Apartment Zero

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  47. 294 -263

    The Baby

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  48. 100 -66

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 101 -65

    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 145 -93

    Black Sunday

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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