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. 338 -5

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  2. 304 -228

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 296 -256

    Basket Case

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 398 -210

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 432 +66

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 230 -169

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 285 +43

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 294 -263

    The Baby

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  9. 170 +176

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  10. 412 -77

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 299 -244

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 9 +397

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 289 +196

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 57 +255

    Mommie Dearest

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 151 -13

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 376 -344

    Bad Boy Bubby

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 300 -244

    The Blob

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 264 +7

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 361 -314

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 349 +46

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 71 +362

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 390 -230

    Election

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 5 +206

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 308 -212

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  25. 348 +40

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 253 -51

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 469 -361

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 356 +86

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 214 +143

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 1 +13

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 64 +310

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 434 -310

    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 347 +26

    Re-Animator

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 458 -294

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 306 -223

    Carnival of Souls

    1962, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 459 -289

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 340 +10

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 14 +7

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 34 +156

    Funny Games

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 333 -83

    Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 365 -151

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 51 +227

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 181 -143

    Barbarella

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 263 +6

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 403 -156

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 418 -13

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 291 -289

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 37 +158

    Ghost World

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 457 -313

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 297 -256

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
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