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http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/143296617 ... -film-list

Excuse me, LJ

Not trying to take any "wind out of your sails" but stumbled upon this list:

What's On Your Cult Film List?


100 Cult Films

by Xavier Mendik and Ernest Mathijs



December 7, 2011

The authors of the upcoming book "100 Cult Films" have put together their list of top cult films, but we think 100 movies aren't enough. Is your cult film favorite missing? Make your pitch for the 101st film in our comment section below, and we may read your pick on air!

Top 100 Cult Films
Source: "100 Cult Films" by Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik

2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968

Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988

Angel of Vengeance, Abel Ferrara, 1981

Bad Taste, Peter Jackson, 1987

Baise-moi, Virginie Despentes, Coralie Trinh Thi, 2000

Begotten, E. Elias Merhige, 1991

Behind the Green Door, Artie Mitchell, Jim Mitchell, 1972

La belle et la bête, Jean Cocteau, 1946

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Russ Meyer, 1970

The Big Lebowski, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 1998

Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, 1982

Blue Sunshine, Jeff Lieberman, 1978

Brazil, Terry Gilliam, 1985

Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale, 1935

The Brood, David Cronenberg, 1979

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene, 1920

Café Flesh, Stephen Sayadian, 1982

Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato, 1979

Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, 1942

Un chien andalou, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí,1928

Coffy, Jack Hill, 1973

Daughters of Darkness, Harry Kümel, 1971

Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero, 1978

Deadly Weapons, Doris Wishman, 1974

Debbie Does Dallas, Jim Clark, 1978

Deep Red, Dario Argento, 1975

Dirty Dancing, Emile Ardolino, 1987

Django, Sergio Corbucci, 1966

Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001

Don't Torture a Duckling, Lucio Fulci, 1972

Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton, 1990

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, Aristide Massaccesi, 1977

Emmanuelle, Just Jaeckin, 1974

Enter the Dragon, Robert Clouse, 1973

Eraserhead, David Lynch, 1977

The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi, 1981

Fight Club, David Fincher, 1999

Flaming Creatures, Jack Smith, 1963

Freak Orlando, Ulrike Ottinger, 1981

Freaks, Tod Browning, 1932

Ginger Snaps, John Fawcett, 2000

The Gods Must Be Crazy, Jamie Uys, 1981

Godzilla, Ishirô Honda, 1954

The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell, 1972

Harold and Maude, Hal Ashby, 1971

Häxan, Benjamin Christensen, 1922

Hellraiser, Clive Barker, 1987

The Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973

The House with the Laughing Windows, Pupi Avati, 1976

I Walked with a Zombie, Jacques Tourneur, 1943

Ichi the Killer, Takashi Miike, 2001

In Bruges, Martin McDonagh, 2008

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Don Siegel, 1956

Invocation of My Demon Brother, Kenneth Anger, 1969

It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, 1946

The Killer, John Woo, 1989

Lady Terminator, H. Tjut Djalil, 1988

The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, 2001–3

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, George Miller, 1981

Man Bites Dog, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, 1992

Manos, the Hands of Fate, Harold P. Warren, 1966

The Masque of the Red Death, Roger Corman, 1964

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975

Near Dark, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987

Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, 1987

Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero, 1968

Pink Flamingos, John Waters, 1972

Piranha, Joe Dante, 1978

Plan 9 from Outer Space, Ed Wood, Jr, 1959

Re-Animator, Stuart Gordon, 1985

Reefer Madness, Louis Gasnier, 1936

Repo Man, Alex Cox, 1984

Ringu, Hideo Nakata, 1998

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Jim Sharman, 1975

Rome Armed to the Teeth, Umberto Lenzi, 1976

The Room, Tommy Wiseau, 2003

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975

She Killed in Ecstasy, Jesús Franco, 1971

Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven, 1995

Soul Vengeance, Jamaa Fanaka, 1975

The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965

Star Wars, George Lucas, 1977–2005

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Todd Haynes, 1988

Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977

Tank Girl, Rachel Talalay, 1995

Tetsuo, Shinya Tsukamoto, 1989

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, 1974

This Is Spınal Tap, Rob Reiner, 1984

Thriller: A Cruel Picture, Bo Arne Vibenius, 1974

Thundercrack!, Curt McDowell, 1975

El Topo, Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1970

The Toxic Avenger, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, 1984

Two-Lane Blacktop, Monte Hellman, 1971

Two Thousand Maniacs!, Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1964

The Vanishing, George Sluizer, 1988

Videodrome, David Cronenberg, 1983

The Warriors, Walter Hill, 1979

Witchfinder General, Michael Reeves, 1968

Withnail & I, Bruce Robinson, 1987

The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming, 1939

I've seen around 25 and own a few of these.

[Lord Jim]

It seems to me that whoever came up with this list must have been having trouble coming up with a hundred if he included these movies as "cult" films:


2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968
Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, 1942
It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra, 1946
The Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, 2001–3
Star Wars, George Lucas, 1977–2005
The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, 1965
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, 1975
The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming, 1939



Those aren't "cult movies"...

They're mainstream classics...

Geez, if you're going to have Casablanca, It's A Wonderful Life, and The Sound Of Music on your "cult" movie list, you might as well include Citizen Kane and Gone With The Wind....

(And for Kubrick he lists 2001 as a cult film, but not A Clockwork Orange?)

I would add a few true "cult" movies to the list that I've enjoyed:

The Ruling Class
The King Of Hearts
Surf Nazis Must Die
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Mars Needs Women
Glen Glenda
A Boy And His Dog

[loCAtek]

My personal fav was Wizards. While I was still a wee locita, I became hell-bent on seeing the local midnight showing ...whether my dad wanted me to see it or not. The compromise was that he was going to see it too; whereupon he promptly fell asleep through most it.

[Guinevere]

On first blush I would agree with you LJ, but listen to their explanation of why in the npr interview. For example, they talk about people who have made " The Sound of Music" a philosophy and way of life.

[dgs49]

Wait a Second.

A "Cult Film," according to my understanding is a film that had very little box office success originally, but became popular later through word of mouth, and eventually became considered something of a classic because of qualities that the General Public may have missed. A "cult," by definition involves esoterica.

A recent example of a "cult film" would be, "The Blair Witch Trial."

A film that was originally a box office smash cannot, by definition, be a "cult film." The Sound of Music? Gimme a break.

This is a listing of 100 film classics, which is another thing entirely.

My candidates for best Cult Film:

Pulp Fiction,

The Tin Men,

Hoosiers,

My Cousin Vinny, and of course,

Monty Python & the Holy Grail.

[BoSoxGal]

I think you meant: The Blair Witch Project

Here's one:

The Boondock Saints

[Sean]

The Blues Brothers.

[loCAtek]

The Blues Brothers.

Not a cult film;

The film grossed $57 million domestically in its theatrical release, making it the 10th highest grossing movie of 1980, and grossed an additional $58 million in foreign release.[9]

[Timster]

That list is fucked. You want a cult film? Try Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. . (Sorry, I cannot post the YouTube movie trailer from my overpriced pain in the ass phone.)

[loCAtek]

TROLL 2

Instead of a trailer for the film, here's one for the documentary;

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