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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. 125 -

    Enter the Void

    2009, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 170 -

    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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  3. 168 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 156 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 126 -

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 167 -

    Mother!

    2017, in 3 top lists
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  7. 57 -

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  8. 99 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 96 -

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 36 -

    Office Space

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 35 -

    Irréversible

    2002 — a.k.a. Irreversible, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 15 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 124 -

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 169 -

    Drive

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 18 -

    The Boondock Saints

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 7 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 12 -

    The Rules of Attraction

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 112 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    The Devil's Advocate

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 25 -

    Showgirls

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 20 -

    Wild Things

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 10 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  25. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 108 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 74 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 149 -

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 104 -

    Mr. Brooks

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    Femme Fatale

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
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    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    Punch-Drunk Love

    2002, in 12 top lists Check
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    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
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    Bad Santa

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Pi

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  44. 69 -

    I Heart Huckabees

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 79 -

    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 31 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
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    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
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    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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