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. 274 +92

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 162 +269

    Subway

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 455 -416

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 359 +135

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 196 +41

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 23 +61

    Carny

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  8. 38 +160

    The Girl on a Motorcycle

    1968, in 1 top list Check
  9. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 342 +14

    Piranha

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 95 -88

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 65 +311

    Tell Your Children

    1936 — a.k.a. Reefer Madness, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 276 +111

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 244 -181

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 269 +52

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 419 -5

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 233 -24

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 151 -13

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 214 +143

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 382 -303

    The Cannonball Run

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 406 -119

    The Loved One

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 221 +203

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 83 +414

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 370 +131

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 242 -196

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 25 +72

    Cockfighter

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 409 -91

    Mystery Men

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  29. 6 +279

    The Lost Weekend

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 82 +411

    Wise Blood

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 213 +129

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 43 +193

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 11 -8

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 120 +225

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 172 +186

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 5 +206

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 501 -15

    What's Up, Tiger Lily?

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 377 -340

    Bananas

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 141 +316

    Tremors

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 39 +160

    Glen or Glenda

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 108 +13

    The Day of the Locust

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  43. 64 +310

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 57 +255

    Mommie Dearest

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 336 -38

    Maniac Cop

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 129 +336

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    1977 — a.k.a. Nuclear Countdown, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 140 +231

    Race with the Devil

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 62 +269

    The Ninth Configuration

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 320 -131

    From Dusk Till Dawn

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 184 -79

    The Craft

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
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