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 7 top lists Check
  2. 52 +227

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    1962, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 224 +224

    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 252 -79

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 359 +135

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 322 -125

    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 398 -210

    Fritz the Cat

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 476 -300

    Festen

    1998 — a.k.a. The Celebration, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 154 +39

    The Gauntlet

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 274 +92

    The Prowler

    1951, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 68 +333

    The Servant

    1963, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 404 -144

    The Ladykillers

    1955, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 278 +157

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 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
  16. 257 -35

    The Honeymoon Killers

    1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 219 +194

    Silent Running

    1972, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 177 -164

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  19. 221 +203

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 388 -274

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 29 +107

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 333 -83

    Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 393 -219

    Dance of the Vampires

    1967 — a.k.a. The Fearless Vampire Killers, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 41 +185

    Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    1964, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 261 +4

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 131 +346

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 436 -203

    Il grande silenzio

    1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 35 +159

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 49 +223

    Les valseuses

    1974 — a.k.a. Going Places, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 487 -199

    The Loveless

    1981 — a.k.a. Breakdown, in 1 top list Check
  31. 31 +124

    The Duellists

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 260 +1

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 212 +129

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 415 -51

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 178 -160

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 309 -205

    Countess Dracula

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  37. 318 -141

    Fiend Without a Face

    1958, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 345 +24

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    1955 — a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 374 -347

    Arsenic and Old Lace

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 427 +28

    The Toxic Avenger

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 99 -70

    At Close Range

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 443 -284

    Quién sabe?

    1967 — a.k.a. A Bullet for the General, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 24 +69

    Cisco Pike

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  44. 153 +31

    Foxy Brown

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 494 -105

    Rumble Fish

    1983, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 453 +15

    Ulzana's Raid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 474 -313

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 75 +375

    To Sleep with Anger

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 203 +91

    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
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