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. 224 +224

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 440 -97

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 449 -100

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 484 -222

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 107 +9

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 409 -91

    Mystery Men

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  7. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  8. 360 +142

    Zombi 2

    1979 — a.k.a. Zombie, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 144 +334

    The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 306 -223

    Carnival of Souls

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 205 +101

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 167 -101

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 332 -84

    The Keep

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 466 -379

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 328 -99

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 376 -344

    Bad Boy Bubby

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 302 -229

    The Brood

    1979, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 304 -228

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 305 -227

    Cannibal ferox

    1981 — a.k.a. Cannibal Ferox, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 325 -100

    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 193 -10

    Forbidden Planet

    1956, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 214 +143

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 401 -166

    In Bruges

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 30 +115

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 364 -217

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 73 +366

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 168 -48

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 88 +201

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 34 +156

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 207 +106

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  33. 123 +256

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 340 +10

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 222 +221

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 407 -104

    Meet the Feebles

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 295 -262

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 299 -244

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 352 +56

    Shivers

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 310 -203

    Cronos

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 289 +196

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 355 +86

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 264 +7

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 461 -83

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 199 +57

    Kôkaku Kidôtai

    1995 — a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 91 +236

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  48. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 347 +26

    Re-Animator

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 441 -42

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
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