Top 100 Cult Films

At Your Best 100, we have already combined various film lists, including top 100 films of all time, top directors and more recently articles about the top 100 actors and top 100 actresses, however it is the first time we compiled a list based uniquely on how movies are perceived by the general public, regardless of their cinematographic value.  Some movies became a classic by having  a great director exploring an unconventional topic such as ultra violence in Clockwork Orange, or other films such as Clerks, filmed on a very low budget enabled the author to launch his career as the film became an instant hit with the fans.  The Your Best 100 list discovers some of the greatest cult films around the world, that movie fans enjoyed over and over.

The top 100 list will be divided into various genres and films in  each category with be classified in an alphabetic order.

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What is a cult movie?

Although various definition exist as to what a cult movie is, it usually a flick that originally was dislike by the studios or made poorly at the box office compared to what was invested,  but manage to became a phenomenon because of the audience the love  for it.  Indeed , some cult masterpieces are stills admire and celebrated even decades after the original theatre release.  Cult Movies are usually avant garde, strange, offbeat, often outrageous and sometimes misunderstood by the masses, but one thing is for sure, is how passionate are the fans about it.

Top 10 all time cult movie

The following are the top 10 all time cult movies in alphabetic order.  Those are the films that just appeared time over time on the numerous film lists and are therefore the pure cult movies for so many fans.

1. A Clockwork Orange
2. Blade Runner
3. Clerks
4. Die Hard
5. Easy Rider
6. Fight Club
7. Freaks
8. Heavy Metal
9. The Big Lebowski
10. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange is one of the biggest cult movie ever.  It was directed and produced by famous English director Stanley Kubrick and staring Malcolm McDowell as a charismatic but psychopathic delinquent whose passion is in Beethoven as well as ultra-violence.  The film, based on Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel of the same name was an instant hit with youngsters around the world (but perhaps not with parents and the establishment).

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Blade Runner

Blade Runner is an 1982 American film directed by known director Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford.  It depicts the dystopian futuristic city of Los Angeles where exist genetically engineered organic robots.  Although the film performed poorly at the box office, it has since become a science fiction cult classic.

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Clerks

Clerks was the 1994 film the put director Kevin Smith (who appeared in the film as Silent Bob) on the movie map.  It is an independent comedy film shot in black and white costing the author 30K USD of its own money but which manage to gross more than US$3 million at the box office.  Clerks enabled Kevin to continue his movie career by authoring films based on the same character including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Clerks II.

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Die Hard

Die Hard is a 1988 American action flick directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis.  It became such a fan hit that it was followed by three sequels including Die Hard 2 in 1990, Die Hard With A Vengeance in 1995, and Live Free or Die Hard in 2007.

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Easy Rider

Easy Rider is a cult road movie representing America of the 60’s which also became a key piece of New Hollywood filmmaking.  It was written by Peter Fonda, directed by Dennis Hopper and have one of the first appearance of Jack Nicholson. It is the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who  are travelling across America to reach Louisiana with the plan to retire but discover the real America.

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Fight Club

Fight Club is a 1999 American film directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt  and adapted from the 1996 novel of the same name. Upon its release it became one of the most controversial and talked-about films of 1999, however made poorly at the box office.  Fight Club only became a cult film when it was later release on DVD.

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Freaks

Freaks is a cult horror film from the 30s directed and produced by Tod Browning who had the brilliant idea to cast real "freaks" carnival performers.

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Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal is a cult animation film produced by Leonard Mogel, the publisher behind the Heavy Metal magazine.  The film is an anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories adapted from the  magazine, with lots of graphic violence, nudity, and sexuality.

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The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 cult comedy film written and directed by the famous Coen Brothers and starring Jeff Bridges as the "The Dude" as well as other great actors such as Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Goodman.  The film did poorly at the box office and received mixed reviews at the time of its release but later became a cult favourite with fans around the world because of its unique characters, unconventional dialogue and eclectic soundtrack.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show has now became one of the greatest a parody of B-movie.  It was released in 1975  based on the British rock musical stage play and was known to be the first film from a major Hollywood studio to be in the midnight movie market. The motion picture has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.

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Top 10 cult thrillers films

The following are the top 10 all time cult thrillers films in alphabetic order. 

1. Blood Simple
2. Cape Fear
3. Deliverance
4. Dirty Harry
5. M
6. Memento
7. Mildred Pierce
8. The night of the Hunter
9. Straw dogs
10. Vertigo

Blood Simple

Blood Simple is a 1984 neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.  The film is derived from the Dashiell Hammett novel Red Harvest, in which "blood simple" is a term to describe the addled, fearful mindset of people after a prolonged immersion in violent situations.

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Cape Fear (1962)

Cape Fear is a cult thriller from the 60s’ which was later remarked in the 1990’s by Martin Scorsese.  The film stars Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and is the story of an attorney family who is stalked by a criminal just released from jail.

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Deliverance

Deliverance is an 1972  American thriller film based on a novel of the same name produced and directed by John Boorman, starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds and.

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Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry is a 1971 Clint Eastwood action crime thriller classic, in which he plays a San Francisco Police Department Inspector. The film was directed by Don Siegel and became a huge critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films including the four sequels that followed.

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M (fritz Lang 1931)

M is a cult 1931 German drama-thriller directed by celebrated moviemaker Fritz Lang and consider by the audience to be its finest work.

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Memento

Memento is a 2000 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan’s short story, Memento Mori, about a man who losses the use of his short memory.

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Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce is a 1945 cult American film noir thriller about a long-suffering mother and her ungrateful daughter directed by famous Casablanca director Michael Curtiz.

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The night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American film noir thriller based on the 1953 novel of the same directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum.  The film soon became a cult among its audience, and is also known to have inspired later great directors such as David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Jim Jarmusch, the Coen brothers, and Spike Lee.

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Straw dogs

Straw Dogs is a 1971 cult psychological thriller directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.

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Vertigo

Vertigo is a 1958 cult psychological thriller by famous suspense director Alfred Hitchcock about a retired police detective suffering from acrophobia who is hired as a private investigator to follow the wife of an acquaintance to uncover the mystery of her peculiar behaviour.

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Top 10 cult dramas films

The following are the top 10 all time cult drama films in alphabetic order. 

1. All About Eve
2. Amores Perros
3. Barold and Maude
4. Black Narcissus
5. Blackbone  Jungle
6. One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
7. Outsiders
8. The Lost Weekend
9. The Shawshank Redemption
10. The Swimmer

All About Eve

All About Eve is a 1950 American cult drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mickiewicz and starring Bette Davis.

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Amores Perros

Amores Perros is a 2000 neorealist Mexican drama directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, the first of its triptych about death.  The film shows three distinct stories which are connected by a car accident in Mexico City, and is often referred to as the "Mexican Pulp Fiction.

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Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude is a 1971 American comedy drama directed by Hal Ashby incorporating elements of dark humour and existentialist drama.  The film became a huge hit and had many theatrical adaptations as well as TV version.

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Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus is a 1947 is a  cult psychological drama authored by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger about the emotional tensions within a convent of nuns in an isolated Himalayan valley.

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Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on a novel of the same, directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Dustin Hoffman and then-newcomer Jon Voight in the title role. It is known to be the only X rated film ever to win Best Picture.
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One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a 1975 American drama film directed by famous Czech director  Miloš Forman starring Jack Nicholson.

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Outsiders

The Outsiders is a 1983 American cult drama film directed by known director Francis Ford Coppola, and known for being the spark to start the Brat Pack genre of the 1980s.

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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American cult drama film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman.

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The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman and adapted from a Stephen King novel.  The film made poorly at the box office reception but later enjoyed a remarkable life on cable television, DVD and Blu-ray.

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The Swimmer

The Swimmer is a 1968 American drama directed by Frank Perry and starring Burt Lancaster, based on a surreal and allegorical short story by John Cheever.

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Top 10 cult action films

The following are the top 10 all time action movies in alphabetic order. 

1. Adventures of Buckaroo Bansai across the 8th dimension
2. Death Race 2000
3. Escape from New York
4. First Blood
5. Mad Max
6. Race with the devil
7. The host
8. The Warriors
9. Tremors
10. Yoyimbo

Adventures of Buckaroo Bansai across the 8th dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai, is an American science fiction action film released in 1984 and directed by W. D. Richter about a physicist, neurosurgeon and rock musician that needs to save the world.

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Death Race 2000

Death Race 2000 is a 1975 cult action film directed by Paul Bartel and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone about a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment.

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Escape from New York

Escape from New York is a cult 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter about a future crime-ridden Manhattan Island transformed into a maximum security prison. Since its release it has developed its own cult following, particularly around the anti-hero Plissken.

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First Blood

First Blood also mostly known as Rambo is an 1982 action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood Vietnam War veteran who goes on a killing spree. It since became a classic in its genre and chosen by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.

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Mad Max

is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film starring Mel Gibson, about a  breakdown of society, love and revenge. It became a top-grossing Australian film and has been credited for further opening up the global market to Australian New Wave films.

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Race with the devil

Race with the Devil is a 1975 occult thriller and action film starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit and Lara Parker.

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The host

The Host  which can be translated to Creature is a 2006 South Korean action monster film, which also contains elements of comedy and drama. By the end of its run the film was seen 13 million times, making it the highest grossing South Korean film of all time.

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The Warriors

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon.

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Tremors

Tremors is a 1990 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, starring Kevin Bacon soon emerged as a cult classic and was followed by various direct-to-video sequels Tremors.

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Yoyimbo

Yojimbo, which can be translated to bodyguard is a 1961  action packed period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa about a “ronin”, a masterless samurai, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords make their money from gambling.

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Other action packed films include Quentin Tarrantino martial art classic

Kill Bill: Vol. 1  and Vol. 2 starring Uma Thurman, David Carradine and Daryl Hannah.

Top 10 cult criminal films

The following are the top 10 all time criminal movies in alphabetic order. 

1. Badlands
2. Dog day afternoon
3. Goodfellas
4. La Haine
5. Leon
6. Mean Streets
7. Pulp Fiction
8. Scarface
9. The Usual suspects
10. Touch of Evil

Badlands

Badlands is a 1973 American crime drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick (the author behind this year Palmes d’Or winner The Tree of Life) starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and loosely based on the real-life of murderer Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend.

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Dog day afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet starring Al Pacino and John Cazale, about a bank robbery going terribly wrong inspired by the "The Boys in the Bank” article based on real facts.

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Goodfellas

Goodfellas a 1990 cult mafia film directed by Martin Scorsese, one of today’s greatest American director .  The film is an adaptation of the Pileggi book Wiseguy featuring Robert Deniro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, about the rise and fall of the Lucchese crime family associates Henry Hill and his friends over the course of thirty years from the 1950s to 1980.

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La Haine

La Haine is a 1995 French black-and-white film written directed by Mathieu Kassovitz who won the Palmes d’Or at Cannes.  The movie is about a day in the life of three teenage friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of Paris.

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Leon

Léon also known under The Professional is a 1994 thriller film written and directed by French director Luc Besson and starring Jean Reno, Gary and a young Natalie Portman.  The film based in Manhattan is about a hitman protecting a young girl after her family is murdered by corrupt police agents.

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Mean Streets

Mean Streets is a 1973 drama film by world class director Martin Scorsese starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro about Italian American in New York City a theme which will continue to have a fundamental place in his career.

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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is a American gangster film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who was awarded the Palmes d’Or at Cannes in 1994. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humour and violence, nonlinear storyline and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references.

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Scarface

Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. The story is about  the rise and fall of Tony Montana in the cocaine boom of the 1980s.  The film was largely criticised upon its release but since gained a massive cult following and has become an important cultural.

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The Usual suspects

The Usual Suspects is a brilliant 1995 American neo-noir film directed by Bryan Singer starring Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak and Kevin Spacey about a criminal interrogation.

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Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American crime thriller film, written, directed  and co-starring Orson Welles as well as Charlton Heston, and Marlene Dietrich.  It has gain a cult status by being one of the last examples of film noir in the genre’s classic era .

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Other great criminal movies worth discovering includes: Jean Luc Godard’s A Bout de Souffle, Anatomy of a murder, Chopper, Reservoir Dogs  starting Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen, The Harder they come, The Mack, Point Blank, The taking of Pelham one two three, Hard Boiled, Blue Velvet and Death Wish

Top 10 cult comedy films

The following are the top 10 all time comedy movies in alphabetic order. 

1. 24 hour party people
2. A Christmas story
3. Bubba Ho-tep
4. Dr. Strangelove
5. Friday
6. Heathers
7. The Adventure of Priscilla
8. This is spinal tap
9. Withnail and I
10. Yourng Frankenstein

24 hour party people

24 Hour Party People is a 2002 British film written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom about Manchester’s popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records.

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A Christmas story

A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy directed by Bob Clark and based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd. It has since become a holiday classic and is known to be shown numerous times on television during the Christmas season.

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Bubba Ho-tep

Bubba Ho-tep is a 2002 drama starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley residing in a nursing home as well as Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy.

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Dr. Strangelove

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy film which satirized the nuclear scare, directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott.

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Friday

Friday is a 1995 comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Ice Cube , Chris Tucker and Bernie Mac about 16 hours in the lives of Craig Jones (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker), who must pay a drug dealer $200 on Friday night by 10:00 PM.

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Heathers

Heathers is a 1989 black comedy film starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty about four girls in a trend-setting clique ruling their school through intimidation, contempt, and sex appeal.

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The Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott about the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback .

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This is spinal tap

This Is Spinal Tap is an 1984  American rock musical “mockumentary” directed by Rob Reiner satirizing heavy metal band musical pretensions as well as the hagiographic tendencies of rock documentaries of the time.

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Withnail and I

Withnail and I is a 1986  British black comedy written and directed by Bruce Robinson about the life of two unemployed young actors in London  and their trip to the Lake District in the late 1960s.

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Yourng Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

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Top 10 cult horror films

The following are the top 10 all time cult horror movies in alphabetic order. 

1. An American werewolf in London
2. Army Of Darkness
3. Eraserhead
4. Labyrinth
5. Night of the Demon
6. Night of the living dead
7. Repo Man
8. The Evil dead
9. The Haunting
10. The Shining

An American werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London is a 1981 British-American horror comedy film, written and directed by John Landis and staring David Naughton, Griffin Dunne and Jenny Agutter.

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Army Of Darkness

Army Of Darkness also known  as Evil Dead III is an 1993 American comedy horror fantasy film written  and directed by Sam Raimi.  It shows the story of Ash Williams trapped in the Middle Ages and his quest to return to the present.

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Eraserhead

Eraserhead is a 1977 cult surrealist movie written, directed, and produced by David Lynch where he used money from a $10,000 grant as well from various other sources such as friend and odd jobs to finish the film.  It finally did paid off as the film is considered one of Lynch greatest by his fans.

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Labyrinth

Labyrinth is a 1986 British/American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, produced by George Lucas and starring David Bowie.

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Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur adaptation from the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes" about an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of more than one murder.

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Night of the living dead

Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent black-and-white zombie film directed by George A. Romero and completed on a very low budget of USD$114,000.  It was hugely criticized during its release because of its explicit content but eventually received critical acclaim and became a cult film.

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Repo Man

is a 2010 American-Canadian science fiction action-thriller film directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker and based on the novel Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia.

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The Evil dead

The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi about five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a wooded area who find an audiotape that releases evil spirits.

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The Haunting

The Haunting is a 1963 British psychological horror film by American director by Robert Wise about  the conflict between a team of paranormal investigators and the house in which they spend several nights.

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The Shining

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, inspired by Stephen King novel and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is about a writer with a wife and young son who accepts the job of an off-season caretaker at an isolated hotel.

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Other great cult horror movies worth discovering includes: Child’s Play, The Thing,What ever happened to baby Jane, The Wicker Man, Blair Witch Project.

Top 10 science-fiction films

The following are the top 10 all time cult science-fiction movie in alphabetic order. 

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Akira
3. A Scanner Darkly
4. Brazil
5. Pan’s Labrynth
6. PI
7. Planet of the Apes
8. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
9. The day the earth stood still
10. Videodrome

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968  science-fiction film, produced and written by Arthur C. Clarke and directed by famous British director Stanley Kubrick.  It has become a classic in its genre and an inspiration for many movie fans across the world.

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Akira

Akira is a 1988 Japanese animated cyberpunk science fiction film written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and based on a manga of the same name. The film is set in a futuristic and post- Neo-Tokyo war city, and considered to be a landmark in Japanese animation and film making in general.

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A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 rotoscoped film directed by Richard Linklater based on the novel of the same name showing identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic.

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Brazil

Brazil is a 1985 British science fiction fantasy black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam features Robert De Niro about  a dystopian world.

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Pan’s Labrynth

Pan’s Labyrinth is a 2006 Mexican Spanish-language fantasy film written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro.

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Pi

Pi is a 1998 American psychological thriller film written and made by first time director Darren Aronofsky which earned him the many various awards.

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, based on the 1963 novel La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle and starring Charlton Heston.

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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the six-film saga.

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The day the earth stood still

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise about  a humanoid alien visiting Earth.

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Videodrome

Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods and set in Toronto during the early 80s.  It follows the CEO of a small cable station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring extreme violence and torture.  

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Top 10 cult westerns films

The following are the top 10 all time cult westerns movie in alphabetic order. 

1. Cat Ballou
2. Dead Man
3. High Plains Drifter
4. Johnny Guitar
5. One-eyed jacks
6. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
7. The Great Silence
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales
9. The Searchers
10. The Wild Bunch

Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou is a 1965 comedy/western film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, about  a woman who hires a famous gunman to protect her father’s ranch and later to avenge his murder, but finds that the man she hires is not what she expected.

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High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American western film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood about a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town to defend them against a group of criminals.

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Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar is a 1954 Western film directed by Nicholas Ray.

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One-eyed jacks

One-Eyed Jacks, a 1961 Western, is the only film directed by actor Marlon Brando, who also played its lead character, Rio.

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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood.  It is the third and final film in the Dollars Trilogy following A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965).

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The Great Silence

The Great Silence also known as The Big Silence is an Italian spaghetti western considered by many as Sergio Corbucci masterpiece set in the snow-filled landscapes of Utah during the Great Blizzard of 1899.  The movie features a score by Ennio Morricone and stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as Silence, a mute gunfighter with a grudge against bounty hunters.

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The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist western film set after the end of the American Civil War directed by and starring Clint Eastwood .

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The Searchers

The Searchers is a 1956 cult American western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece.

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The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch is a 1969 cult American western film directed by Sam Peckinpah about an aging outlaw gang on the Texas-Mexico border.  The film was controversial because of its graphic, bloody violence and its portrayal of the crude men attempting to survive by any available means.

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Top 10 cult experiental films

The following are the top 10 all time cult experiental movies in alphabetic order. 

1. Aguirre: the wrath of god
2. Barry Lyndon
3. Donnie Darko
4. Eraserhead
5. Fantasia
6. Performance
7. Repo Man
8. The Decline of Western Civilization
9. The trip
10. Two-lane blacktop

Aguirre: the wrath of god

Aguirre, the Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure film written and directed by famous German  director Werner Herzog, about the travels of Lope de Aguirre, a Spanish soldier, who goes to South America in search of El Dorado, the legendary city of gold.

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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon is a 1975 period film directed by great British director Stanley Kubrick based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon and is known to have been shot entirely using candle lights. Upon its release the film had a modest commercial success but slowly grew in popularity with the audience and is now consider one of Kubrick’s finest films.

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Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Drew Barrymore and Patrick Swayze.  The whole film was shot in only 28 days, made poorly at the box office but since then received favourable reviews from critics and developed a large cult following.

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Fantasia

Fantasia is a 1940 cult American animated film produced by Walt Disney and consisting of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski.

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Performance

Performance is a British film made in 1968 directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and starring James Fox and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in his film acting debut.

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Repo Man

Repo Man is a 1984 cult experimental film directed by Alex Cox starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.

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The Decline of Western Civilization

The Decline of Western Civilization is an American documentary film of the 80s about the Los Angeles punk rock scene. Shortly after its release the LAPD Chief of Police demanded that the film not be shown again in L.A which contributed to the film a cult status.

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The trip

The Trip is a 1967 cult film directed by Roger Corman and written by Jack Nicholson, shot on location in and around Los Angeles, including on top of Kirkwood in Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, and near Big Sur, California in 1966.

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Two-lane blacktop

The Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman and considered by some to be the hit of the year even though it wasn’t a commercial success. The film has since become a cult experimental movie.

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Other cult experiental films

Other experiental movies that are worth viewing include C’est arrive pres de chez vous, Dazed and confused, Elephant and The idiots.