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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8 +336
The Outsiders
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
9 +397
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
21 +49
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974, in 10 top lists Check -
34 +156
Funny Games
1997, in 12 top lists Check -
36 +160
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
1988, in 1 top list Check -
40 +184
House of Games
1987, in 7 top lists Check -
44 +205
Kids
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
50 +223
Light Sleeper
1992, in 3 top lists Check -
60 +259
The Naked Kiss
1964, in 6 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
81 +411
The Wild One
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
84 -26
Blood Simple
1984, in 10 top lists Check -
87 +52
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
88 +201
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
90 +218
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
98 -70
Assault on Precinct 13
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
99 -70
At Close Range
1986, in 2 top lists Check -
101 -65
Baise-moi
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
106 +5
Cutter's Way
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
109 +16
Dead Man's Shoes
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
113 +103
Hells Angels on Wheels
1967, in 1 top list Check -
115 +139
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
116 +154
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
117 +176
Manhunter
1986, in 6 top lists Check -
120 +225
Panic in the Streets
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
122 +237
Play Misty for Me
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
132 +352
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969, in 1 top list Check -
133 +357
Wild at Heart
1990, in 6 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 -
150 -35
Darkman
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
151 -13
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
152 +147
El mariachi
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
153 +31
Foxy Brown
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
154 +39
The Gauntlet
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
156 +126
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
158 +157
Mou gaan dou
2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check -
160 +226
Romper Stomper
1992, in 3 top lists Check -
161 +242
Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
163 +275
Taxi
1998, in 1 top list Check -
165 +298
True Romance
1993, in 7 top lists Check -
213 +129
Outland
1981, in 2 top lists Check -
229 -194
Badlands
1973, in 23 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
231 -103
Death Wish
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
233 -24
Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
234 -24
The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check -
235 +56
The Mack
1973, in 2 top lists Check
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