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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. 11 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 22 -

    Manos: The Hands of Fate

    1966, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 85 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 116 -

    Hausu

    1977 — a.k.a. House, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 117 -

    Clue

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 114 -

    Death Wish 3

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 121 -

    Real Genius

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  8. 126 -

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 38 -

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 84 -

    The Stepfather

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 73 -

    Beetlejuice

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 75 -

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 45 -

    Married to the Mob

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 58 -

    Neco z Alenky

    1988 — a.k.a. Alice, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 6 -

    They Live

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 147 -

    Vampire's Kiss

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 140 -

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 21 -

    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 148 -

    UHF

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  22. 70 -

    Darkman

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 46 -

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 4 -

    Miami Blues

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 158 -

    Pump Up the Volume

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  27. 68 -

    Quick Change

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 78 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 23 -

    Troll 2

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 67 -

    Trust

    1990, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 108 -

    Delicatessen

    1991, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 161 -

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 154 -

    The People Under the Stairs

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 120 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 162 -

    The Rapture

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 89 -

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

    Bitter Moon

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 143 -

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 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
  42. 139 -

    Diggstown

    1992, in 1 top list Check
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    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 101 -

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 44 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 141 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 160 -

    Hard Target

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 74 -

    Naked

    1993, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 27 -

    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
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    Cabin Boy

    1994, in 1 top list Check
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