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. 176 +245

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 174 +251

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  3. 9 +397

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 308 -212

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 275 +107

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 287 +120

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 361 -314

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  8. 166 -112

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 435 -203

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 364 -217

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 253 -51

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 89 +215

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 457 -313

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 73 +366

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 170 +176

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  16. 93 +382

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  17. 7 +331

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  18. 418 -13

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 280 +192

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 263 +6

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 209 +120

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 455 -416

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 493 -113

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 228 +268

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  25. 330 -86

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  26. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 288 +157

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 205 +101

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  29. 271 +65

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 71 +362

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 88 +201

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 291 -289

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 403 -156

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 189 -31

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 167 -101

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 207 +106

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  38. 230 -169

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  39. 370 +131

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 78 +383

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 1 +13

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 91 +236

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 51 +227

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 348 +40

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 76 +383

    Trois couleurs: Bleu

    1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 107 +9

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 401 -166

    In Bruges

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 13 +3

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 238 +215

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 142 +358

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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