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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241 -219
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 12 top lists Check -
253 -51
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
9 +397
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
270 +53
Ne le dis à personne
2006 — a.k.a. Tell No One, in 1 top list Check -
247 -113
Der amerikanische Freund
1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check -
255 -48
The Grissom Gang
1971, in 1 top list Check -
233 -24
Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
133 +357
Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 top lists Check -
468 -365
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989, in 10 top lists Check -
273 +89
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
156 +126
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
117 +176
Manhunter
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
165 +298
True Romance
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
374 -347
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
361 -314
The Big Lebowski
1998, in 26 top lists Check -
376 -344
Bad Boy Bubby
1993, in 5 top lists Check -
474 -313
Electra Glide in Blue
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
267 +13
The Long Good Friday
1980, in 12 top lists Check -
421 -3
Something Wild
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
21 +49
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
266 +15
The Long Goodbye
1973, in 15 top lists Check -
268 +34
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
99 -70
At Close Range
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
151 -13
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
90 +218
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
254 -49
The Grifters
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
261 +4
The Last Seduction
1994, in 10 top lists Check -
263 +6
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
235 +56
The Mack
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
244 -181
Bound
1996, in 6 top lists Check -
106 +5
Cutter's Way
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
154 +39
The Gauntlet
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
213 +129
Outland
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
262 +5
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check -
320 -131
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
249 -112
Dillinger
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
389 -243
Down by Law
1986, in 9 top lists Check -
257 -35
The Honeymoon Killers
1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check -
401 -166
In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
366 -114
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 21 top lists Check -
280 +192
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
149 -36
Diabolik
1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check -
460 -109
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
237 +200
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974, in 6 top lists Check -
234 -24
The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check
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