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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308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
253 -51
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
330 -86
Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
9 +397
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
7 +331
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 35 top lists Check -
71 +362
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
170 +176
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
275 +107
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 26 top lists Check -
205 +101
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
88 +201
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
271 +65
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
457 -313
Donnie Darko
2001, in 21 top lists Check -
348 +40
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
493 -113
Requiem for a Dream
2000, in 21 top lists Check -
280 +192
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 24 top lists Check -
1 +13
All About Eve
1950, in 25 top lists Check -
220 +203
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
441 -42
The Searchers
1956, in 26 top lists Check -
239 -233
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
263 +6
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
455 -416
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 24 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
42 +188
Idi i smotri
1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check -
454 -443
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check -
105 -4
The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
264 +7
Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
63 +285
Paris, Texas
1984, in 21 top lists Check -
107 +9
Das Boot
1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check -
78 +383
Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check -
64 +310
Rebel Without a Cause
1955, in 16 top lists Check -
229 -194
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
20 +49
Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
76 +383
Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check -
30 +115
Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
56 +251
Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
319 -134
Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
142 +358
Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
123 +256
Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
189 -31
Edward Scissorhands
1990, in 10 top lists Check -
28 +94
Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 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 -
116 +154
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
102 -42
Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
340 +10
Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
476 -300
Festen
1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 18 top lists Check -
394 -219
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
401 -166
In Bruges
2008, in 6 top lists Check
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