Jennifer Eiss's 500 Essential Cult Movies

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From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).

#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab

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  1. 29 +107

    The Devils

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 351 +49

    The Serpent and the Rainbow

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 157 +138

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 108 +13

    The Day of the Locust

    1975, in 1 top list Check
  5. 437 -220

    High Plains Drifter

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 262 +5

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  7. 267 +13

    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 248 -113

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 414 -53

    Polyester

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 90 +218

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 8 +336

    The Outsiders

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 213 +129

    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 204 +295

    X

    1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 388 -274

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 216 +169

    Rollerball

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 352 +56

    Shivers

    1975, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 407 -104

    Meet the Feebles

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 314 -182

    Dellamorte Dellamore

    1994 — a.k.a. Cemetery Man, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 390 -230

    Election

    1999, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 163 +275

    Taxi

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  21. 492 -127

    Prospero's Books

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 313 -187

    Dead of Night

    1945, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 21 +49

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 98 -70

    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 180 -157

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 144 +334

    The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 161 +242

    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 252 -79

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 413 -58

    Pink Flamingos

    1972, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 137 +41

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 392 -220

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 259 -6

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 135 -8

    Death Race 2000

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 96 -72

    Angel Heart

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 124 +285

    Shock Corridor

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 372 -371

    24 Hour Party People

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 100 -66

    Bad Timing

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 10 +426

    The Swimmer

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 426 +23

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 466 -379

    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 62 +269

    The Ninth Configuration

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 499 -25

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 464 -452

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 277 +142

    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 121 +226

    The Parallax View

    1974, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 33 +146

    Five Easy Pieces

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 283 -71

    The Haunting

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 415 -51

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 488 -192

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
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