Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies

As seen by filmantrop

You are viewing filmantrop's version of this list. You can view your version too.

Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies's icon

An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from Cayh).

Favorited 624 times, disliked 9 times, added to 1027 watchlists.

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

Source

Remove ads
  1. 106 +5

    Cutter's Way

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. Le Doulos, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 350 +47

    Scanners

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 123 +256

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 387 -277

    Cul-de-sac

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 31 +124

    The Duellists

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 194 +7

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 328 -99

    I Walked with a Zombie

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 246 -156

    Chopper

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 367 +17

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 261 +4

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 198 +43

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 314 -182

    Dellamorte Dellamore

    1994 — a.k.a. Cemetery Man, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 491 -128

    Primer

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 494 -105

    Rumble Fish

    1983, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 273 +89

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 214 +143

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 210 +122

    Nochnoy dozor

    2004 — a.k.a. Night Watch, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 331 -85

    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 402 -159

    Jamón Jamón

    1992 — a.k.a. Jamón, Jamón, in 1 top list Check
  22. 325 -100

    The Hunger

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 318 -141

    Fiend Without a Face

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 251 -98

    Drugstore Cowboy

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 231 -103

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 300 -244

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 293 -267

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 467 -376

    Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

    1981 — a.k.a. Christiane F., in 1 top list Check
  29. 147 -53

    Clash of the Titans

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 85 -5

    Cape Fear

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 29 +107

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 291 -289

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 1 +13

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 229 -194

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 297 -256

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 361 -314

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  37. 230 -169

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 244 -181

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 362 -288

    Bubba Ho-Tep

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 303 -228

    A Bucket of Blood

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 104 -27

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 148 -46

    Coogan's Bluff

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 311 -202

    Cube

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 86 +45

    Deliverance

    1972, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 149 -36

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 264 +7

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 151 -13

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 232 -91

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 315 -173

    Dog Soldiers

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 502 movies

Last updated on Jun 28, 2015 by mjf314; source