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. 182 -93

    Chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji

    1989 — a.k.a. Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 354 +62

    Society

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 355 +86

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 386 -280

    Crimewave

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  6. 162 +269

    Subway

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 163 +275

    Taxi

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  8. 402 -159

    Jamón Jamón

    1992 — a.k.a. Jamón, Jamón, in 1 top list Check
  9. 24 +69

    Cisco Pike

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  10. 422 -

    Spanking the Monkey

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 18 +47

    The Boys in the Band

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 485 -221

    The Last Movie

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 94 -90

    84C MoPic

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  14. 467 -376

    Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo

    1981 — a.k.a. Christiane F., in 2 top lists Check
  15. 50 +223

    Light Sleeper

    1992, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 17 +32

    Big Wednesday

    1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Innocence, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 258 -24

    Il portiere di notte

    1974 — a.k.a. The Night Porter, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 23 +61

    Carny

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  19. 255 -48

    The Grissom Gang

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  20. 45 +206

    The Killing of Sister George

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 97 -72

    Apartment Zero

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  22. 36 +160

    Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  23. 132 +352

    What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

    1969, in 1 top list Check
  24. 256 -38

    High School Confidential!

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  25. 317 -149

    Faces of Death

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 59 +258

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 353 +57

    Shock Waves

    1977 — a.k.a. Almost Human, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 443 -284

    Quién sabe?

    1967 — a.k.a. A Bullet for the General, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 478 -287

    Funny Ha Ha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  30. 489 -184

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 376 -344

    Bad Boy Bubby

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 481 -250

    Idioterne

    1998 — a.k.a. The Idiots, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 75 +375

    To Sleep with Anger

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 450 -69

    Requiescant

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 454 -443

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 220 +203

    Stalker

    1979, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 42 +188

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
  38. 495 -103

    Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

    1975 — a.k.a. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 62 +269

    The Ninth Configuration

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 460 -109

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 53 +233

    Love Streams

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 16 +28

    The Best of Everything

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  43. 445 -225

    The Hired Hand

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 234 -24

    The Harder They Come

    1972, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 471 -331

    Diva

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 127 +301

    Strategia del ragno

    1970 — a.k.a. The Spider's Stratagem, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 473 -325

    The Draughtsman's Contract

    1982, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 257 -35

    The Honeymoon Killers

    1970 — a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 500 -19

    Week End

    1967 — a.k.a. Weekend, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 492 -127

    Prospero's Books

    1991, in 4 top lists Check
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