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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88 +201
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
374 -347
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944, in 9 top lists Check -
248 -113
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
90 +218
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
276 +111
Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
366 -114
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949, in 21 top lists Check -
120 +225
Panic in the Streets
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
81 +411
The Wild One
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
242 -196
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
404 -144
The Ladykillers
1955, in 8 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
272 +81
The Phenix City Story
1955, in 6 top lists Check -
256 -38
High School Confidential!
1958, in 1 top list Check -
238 +215
Touch of Evil
1958, in 31 top lists Check -
241 -219
Anatomy of a Murder
1959, in 12 top lists Check -
239 -233
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
340 +10
Peeping Tom
1960, in 20 top lists Check -
262 +5
Le doulos
1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check -
60 +259
The Naked Kiss
1964, in 6 top lists Check -
279 +172
Tôkyô nagaremono
1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check -
501 -15
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966, in 3 top lists Check -
113 +103
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967, in 1 top list Check -
236 +124
Point Blank
1967, in 15 top lists Check -
116 +154
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
148 -46
Coogan's Bluff
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
149 -36
Diabolik
1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check -
132 +352
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969, in 1 top list Check -
243 -184
Bloody Mama
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
257 -35
The Honeymoon Killers
1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check -
460 -109
Performance
1970, in 16 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 37 top lists Check -
87 +52
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
255 -48
The Grissom Gang
1971, in 1 top list Check -
122 +237
Play Misty for Me
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
161 +242
Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
278 +157
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
234 -24
The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check -
413 -58
Pink Flamingos
1972, in 13 top lists Check -
229 -194
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
249 -112
Dillinger
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
474 -313
Electra Glide in Blue
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
266 +15
The Long Goodbye
1973, in 15 top lists Check -
235 +56
The Mack
1973, in 2 top lists Check -
268 +34
Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
21 +49
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
231 -103
Death Wish
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
153 +31
Foxy Brown
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
237 +200
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974, in 6 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
98 -70
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, in 6 top lists Check
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