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. 111 +39

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 140 +231

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 67 +326

    Salvador

    1986, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 425 +7

    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 266 +15

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 434 -310

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 369 +126

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 191 -22

    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 22 +50

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 389 -243

    Down by Law

    1986, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 279 +172

    Tôkyô nagaremono

    1966 — a.k.a. Tokyo Drifter, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 28 +94

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  15. 63 +285

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 502 -15

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 440 -97

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 20 +49

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 294 -263

    The Baby

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  20. 178 -160

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 145 -93

    Black Sunday

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  22. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 446 -163

    The Long Riders

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 220 +203

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 250 -98

    The Driver

    1978, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 78 +383

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 476 -300

    Festen

    1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 455 -416

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 338 -5

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 14 +7

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 475 -313

    Elephant

    2003, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 32 +139

    Far from Heaven

    2002, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 107 +9

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 488 -192

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 60 +259

    The Naked Kiss

    1964, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 374 -347

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 124 +285

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 264 +7

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 484 -222

    La jetée

    1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check
  41. 1 +13

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  43. 19 +48

    Breakin'

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 217 +177

    Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

    1964, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 410 -85

    Night of the Comet

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 407 -104

    Meet the Feebles

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 396 -210

    Friday

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 156 +126

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 329 -91

    The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped...

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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