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The idea behind The New Cult Canon is to take a fresh look at the new generation of cult movies that have sprung up in the last two decades, although some older movies are also included into the list. The list is authored by Scott Tobias.

[From 2008 to 2013, starting with Donnie Darko and ending with The Rapture, I wrote a column for The A.V. Club called The New Cult Canon, my homage to Danny Peary’s three Cult Movies books, which were a huge influence on my moviegoing habits as a young cinephile. My idea was to pick up where Peary’s last book left off, in 1987, and explore “The Classics, The Sleepers, The Weird and the Wonderful”—films that have inspired mad obsession since. With The Reveal, I finally have the opportunity to bring it back.]

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  1. 65 -

    Team America: World Police

    2004, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 141 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 87 -

    Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    2001, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 148 -

    UHF

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  5. 127 -

    Birdemic: Shock and Terror

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  6. 23 -

    Troll 2

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 63 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  9. 151 -

    Hot Rod

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  10. 17 -

    Wet Hot American Summer

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 56 -

    The Room

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 159 -

    Zoolander

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 79 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 73 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 57 -

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 124 -

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 135 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 44 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 31 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 77 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 30 -

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 138 -

    Anaconda

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  27. 89 -

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 5 -

    Babe: Pig in the City

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  29. 102 -

    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    2009 — a.k.a. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 90 -

    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 15 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

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

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
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    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 136 -

    Black Dynamite

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 91 -

    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 153 -

    Bound

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
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    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
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    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
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    Cabin Boy

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  43. 62 -

    Careful

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
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    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
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    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 66 -

    Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages

    2000 — a.k.a. Code Unknown, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 163 -

    The Counselor

    2013, in 1 top list Check
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    Darkman

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
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