BFI's 100 Cult Films
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"Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.
Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.
Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music).
100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch."
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Tell Your Children
1936 — a.k.a. Reefer Madness, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 37 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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I Walked with a Zombie
1943, in 10 top lists Check -
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La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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Flaming Creatures
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Masque of the Red Death
1964, in 3 top lists Check -
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Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 — a.k.a. 2,000 Maniacs, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
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Django
1966, in 5 top lists Check -
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Manos: The Hands of Fate
1966, in 3 top lists Check -
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Witchfinder General
1968, in 8 top lists Check -
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Invocation of My Demon Brother
1969, in 3 top lists Check -
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970, in 6 top lists Check -
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El topo
1970 — a.k.a. El Topo, in 8 top lists Check -
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Harold and Maude
1971, in 22 top lists Check -
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Les lèvres rouges
1971 — a.k.a. Daughters of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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Sie tötete in Ekstase
1971 — a.k.a. She Killed in Ecstasy, in 1 top list Check -
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Two-Lane Blacktop
1971, in 13 top lists Check -
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Behind the Green Door
1972, in 1 top list Check -
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The Harder They Come
1972, in 7 top lists Check -
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Non si sevizia un paperino
1972 — a.k.a. Don't Torture a Duckling, in 3 top lists Check -
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Pink Flamingos
1972, in 13 top lists Check -
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Coffy
1973, in 3 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
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La montaña sagrada
1973 — a.k.a. The Holy Mountain, in 9 top lists Check -
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Thriller - en grym film
1973 — a.k.a. Thriller: A Cruel Picture, in 5 top lists Check -
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Deadly Weapons
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Emmanuelle
1974, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Profondo rosso
1975 — a.k.a. Deep Red, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975, in 13 top lists Check -
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Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check -
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Thundercrack!
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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Welcome Home Brother Charles
1975, in 1 top list Check -
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La casa dalle finestre che ridono
1976 — a.k.a. The House with Laughing Windows, in 4 top lists Check -
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Roma a mano armata
1976 — a.k.a. The Tough Ones, in 1 top list Check -
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Blue Sunshine
1977, in 2 top lists Check
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