The Top 100 Cult Films

Top 100 Cult Films

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

There are still a few I have not seen yet... those I have seen or own have an asterisk next to them.

* 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