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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176 +245
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 42 top lists Check -
287 +120
The Shining
1980, in 26 top lists Check -
174 +251
Star Wars
1977 — a.k.a. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, in 38 top lists Check -
308 -212
A Clockwork Orange
1971, in 35 top lists Check -
166 -112
Blade Runner
1982, in 32 top lists Check -
73 +366
Taxi Driver
1976, in 31 top lists Check -
93 +382
Vertigo
1958, in 39 top lists Check -
253 -51
Goodfellas
1990, in 30 top lists Check -
364 -217
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 33 top lists Check -
9 +397
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 21 top lists Check -
330 -86
Jaws
1975, in 26 top lists Check -
7 +331
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975, in 33 top lists Check -
419 -5
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 36 top lists Check -
435 -203
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 26 top lists Check -
89 +215
Memento
2000, in 24 top lists Check -
170 +176
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 31 top lists Check -
71 +362
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 33 top lists Check -
275 +107
Reservoir Dogs
1992, in 25 top lists Check -
228 +268
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 33 top lists Check -
205 +101
Metropolis
1927, in 34 top lists Check -
361 -314
The Big Lebowski
1998, in 24 top lists Check -
88 +201
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 34 top lists Check -
271 +65
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 29 top lists Check -
288 +157
The Thing
1982, in 19 top lists Check -
457 -313
Donnie Darko
2001, in 19 top lists Check -
230 -169
Blue Velvet
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
91 +236
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 30 top lists Check -
348 +40
Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
280 +192
The Usual Suspects
1995, in 21 top lists Check -
493 -113
Requiem for a Dream
2000, in 20 top lists Check -
338 -5
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 27 top lists Check -
441 -42
The Searchers
1956, in 24 top lists Check -
1 +13
All About Eve
1950, in 24 top lists Check -
167 -101
Brazil
1985, in 19 top lists Check -
263 +6
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 22 top lists Check -
238 +215
Touch of Evil
1958, in 27 top lists Check -
239 -233
À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 27 top lists Check -
304 -228
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
220 +203
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
418 -13
Shaun of the Dead
2004, in 12 top lists Check -
285 +43
Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 19 top lists Check -
442 +49
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 24 top lists Check -
455 -416
Barry Lyndon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
207 +106
Mononoke-hime
1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 17 top lists Check -
22 +50
Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
458 -294
Eraserhead
1977, in 18 top lists Check -
232 -91
Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 21 top lists Check -
454 -443
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 17 top lists Check -
105 -4
The Conversation
1974, in 21 top lists Check -
312 -194
Dawn of the Dead
1978, in 14 top lists Check