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. 170 +176

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  2. 241 -219

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 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
  4. 367 +17

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 381 -310

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  6. 169 +89

    Labyrinth

    1986, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 340 +10

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 91 +236

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  9. 383 -301

    Carnal Knowledge

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 338 -5

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 394 -219

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 365 -151

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 245 -177

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 207 +106

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 374 -347

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 405 -129

    The Little Shop of Horrors

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 9 +397

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 459 -289

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  19. 13 +3

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 89 +215

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 457 -313

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 228 +268

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  23. 64 +310

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  24. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 368 +79

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  28. 403 -156

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 209 +120

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 189 -31

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 371 -366

    200 Motels

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 176 +245

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  33. 372 -371

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 291 -289

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 11 -8

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 144 +334

    The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 94 -90

    84C MoPic

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  38. 95 -88

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  39. 12 -4

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 134 -125

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the...

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 373 -363

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    1994, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 454 -443

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 464 -452

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 177 -164

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 1 +13

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  46. 292 -277

    Alligator

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 240 -223

    Alone in the Dark

    1982, in 1 top list Check
  48. 178 -160

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 179 -160

    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 281 -261

    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 12 top lists Check
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