The Completest Cult Film List Ever

Monty Python's Holy Grail & Life of Brian
Heathers
Repo Man
Evil Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
True Romance
Taxi Driver
This is Spinal Tap
True Stories
Buckaroo Banzai
Raising Arizona
finally: any and all Troma pics!!

plus ...err...any I forgot that Ill add in later.....
 
Repo Man
The Big Lebowski
Swingers
Heathers
Anything Monty Python
Manos, the Hands of Fate
A Boy and His Dog
Raising Arizona
Army of Darkness
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Trainspotting
Highlander
The Shining
A Fish Called Wanda
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Airplane
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Amazon Women on the Moon
Cool Hand Luke
The Re-animator
Young Frankenstein

plus a bunch more that I can't think of at the moment.
 
I'm seeing an awful lot of high-end Hollywood product here... the definition of "cult movie" has decidedly undergone a sea-change over the years, hasn't it?

Well, I'll toss in a few for the moment, since we don't seem concerned to keep it to things that are truly "cult" films, but which have a large and rather vociferous following (not necessarily the same thing):

Ingrid Bergman's flms, especially The Seventh Sign, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers

Last Year at Marienbad
The Ghoul (with Karloff)
Return of the Living Dead
The Resurrected
Death in Venice
Passolini's The Arabian Nights, Canterbury Tales, and Saalo
Carnival of Souls (the Herk Harvey original)
the films of Roger Corman

and, yes, such things as Atomic Submarine, Russ Meyers' films, etc., etc., though I don't particularly have any use for them, they do indeed have a large cult following (as does that horrendous waste of film, Sleepaway Camp;ugh).

Also a few oddball things:

The Ritz
Homebodies
Dark Star
 
Dave said:
My own view would be that for a film to be considered a 'Cult Movie' it needs to have one or more of the following:

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a science fiction, horror or criminal theme
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That one doesn't make sense to me, really.
 
j. d. worthington said:
Ingrid Bergman's flms, especially The Seventh Sign, Fanny and Alexander, Cries and Whispers
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Ingmar you mean? :)
But would they classify as cult, because I think they were funded by a government organization (Svensk Filmindustrie or something like that?)

SO what was the definition of cult again?
 
ravenus said:
Ingmar you mean? :)
But would they classify as cult, because I think they were funded by a government organization (Svensk Filmindustrie or something like that?)

SO what was the definition of cult again?
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Oh, yes... Ingmar... :eek: (I don't believe I did that!!!) Okay... That was my point exactly... A lot of the films on here simply didn't seem to fit that criteria of "cult film", but to be based on having a large and sometimes vocal following... in which case, Bergman's films would apply, as well. Which is why I think a good definition of what -- for purposes of this thread -- constitutes a cult film would be very helpful. No objections to any of the films listed, particularly, but things such as Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, the films of Stanley Kubrick, etc., just don't seem to fit as "cult" films, I'd say. They have too broad an audience base....
 
All of my favs have already been listed: Donnie Darko, Big Lebowski, Heathers

Would Run, Lola, Run count?

edit = What about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? I know it became really popular, even with the critics, but that doesn't make it un-cultisty does it?
 
I'm kind of wondering what the point of such a list would be. It seems to be so ill-defined in what films are gathered together, it's not even a helpful pointer for anybody interested in a particular kind of movie.
 
jackokent said:
Harold and Maud
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:D You know, I saw Harold and Maude in the theatres when it first came out (it was a double feature with What's Up Doc), and I ended up seeing that thing three times in one week. Excellent movie, with excellent songs by Cat Stevens.:D
 
Amazon Women on The Moon...hee-hee. is that the one with Arsenio Hall in it???
 
jenna said:
can you count, SUCKERRRRRRRS!! man i love that freaking movie.
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hey Warriors! *clink clink* come out and plaaaayay!

Lets get down to it Boppers!!!
 
I'd argue that The Rocky Horror Picture Show does count as it's not a mainstream phenomenon, it's still a relatively underground movement. the 'cult' may have more members today than when it started in the 70's, but it's nowhere near as big as other concepts, such as the aforementioned Star Trek and Star Wars.

I'd also include...

Dagon
Nosferatu (F.W. Murnau)
Hammer Horror
 
littlemissattitude said:
:D You know, I saw Harold and Maude in the theatres when it first came out (it was a double feature with What's Up Doc), and I ended up seeing that thing three times in one week. Excellent movie, with excellent songs by Cat Stevens.:D
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I;ve been meaning to view this again and it happened to be on the tv yesterday. Glad to see it on this list--cool clothes!

The Blues Brothers.

The Barbarian Brothers. :D
 
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