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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. 166 -

    Trouble Every Day

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 43 -

    Exotica

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 78 -

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 170 -

    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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  5. 176 -

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mother!

    2017, in 3 top lists
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    Go

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  8. 121 -

    Real Genius

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  9. 46 -

    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 81 -

    Pusher

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    C'est arrivé près de chez vous

    1992 — a.k.a. Man Bites Dog, in 12 top lists Check
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    Sexy Beast

    2000, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
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    Sånger från andra våningen

    2000 — a.k.a. Songs from the Second Floor, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 111 -

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 168 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 115 -

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 110 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 100 -

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    1992, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 134 -

    À l'intérieur

    2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 52 -

    Heavenly Creatures

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 85 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 130 -

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 101 -

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 128 -

    Slither

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 39 -

    Ôdishon

    1999 — a.k.a. Audition, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 143 -

    Braindead

    1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 7 -

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 141 -

    Dazed and Confused

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 75 -

    Dead Ringers

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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    Synecdoche, New York

    2008, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 156 -

    The New World

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
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    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 155 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  36. 93 -

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  37. 59 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  38. 152 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 109 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 63 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    Dead Man

    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 31 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 57 -

    The Iron Giant

    1999, in 13 top lists Check
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    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    Serenity

    2005, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 71 -

    Lost Highway

    1997, in 10 top lists Check
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    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 172 -

    Salinui chueok

    2003 — a.k.a. Memories of Murder, in 17 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
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