Top 100 Cult Classic Movies List

#40 Cult Classic Movie

The Wild One (1953)

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Director:

Laslo Benedek

Writers:

John Paxton, Frank Rooney

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith

#39 Cult Classic Movie

The Holy Mountain (1973) R

In a corrupt, greed-fueled world, a powerful alchemist leads a Christ-like character and seven materialistic figures to the Holy Mountain, where they hope to achieve enlightenment.

Director:

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Writers:

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Stars:

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas, Zamira Saunders

#38 Cult Classic Movie

Being John Malkovich (1999) R

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

Director:

Spike Jonze

Writers:

Charlie Kaufman

Stars:

John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener

#37 Cult Classic Movie

The Boondock Saints (1999) R

Fraternal twins set out to rid Boston of the evil men operating there while being tracked down by an FBI agent.

Director:

Troy Duffy

Writers:

Troy Duffy

Stars:

Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus

#36 Cult Classic Movie

Napoleon Dynamite (2004) PG

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

Director:

Jared Hess

Writers:

Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess

Stars:

Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries

#35 Cult Classic Movie

Raising Arizona (1987) PG-13

When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson

#34 Cult Classic Movie

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Director:

George A. Romero

Writers:

George A. Romero

Stars:

David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger

#33 Cult Classic Movie

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) G

Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything.

Director:

Mel Stuart

Writers:

Roald Dahl

Stars:

Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum

#32 Cult Classic Movie

Brazil (1985) R

A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard

Stars:

Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro

#31 Cult Classic Movie

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) PG

A group of scientists band together to save the world from mutated killer tomatoes.

Director:

John De Bello

Writers:

Costa Dillon, John De Bello

Stars:

David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor

#30 Cult Classic Movie

Wizards (1977) PG

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest.

Director:

Ralph Bakshi

Writers:

Ralph Bakshi

Stars:

Jesse Welles, Bob Holt, Richard Romanus

#29 Cult Classic Movie

Pink Flamingos (1972) NC-17

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person Alive".

Director:

John Waters

Writers:

John Waters

Stars:

Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce

#28 Cult Classic Movie

Eraserhead (1977)

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

Director:

David Lynch

Writers:

David Lynch

Stars:

Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph

#27 Cult Classic Movie

Dead Man (1995) R

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writers:

Jim Jarmusch

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover

#26 Cult Classic Movie

Quadrophenia (1979) R

London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company's mailing division. Only when he's together with his friends, a 'Mod' clique, cruising London on his motor-scooter and hearing music such as that of 'The Who' and 'The High Numbers', does he feel free and accepted. However, it's a flight into an illusionary world.

Director:

Franc Roddam

Writers:

Dave Humphries, Martin Stellman

Stars:

Phil Daniels, Leslie Ash, Phil Davis

#25 Cult Classic Movie

The Lost Boys (1987) R

After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Writers:

Jan Fischer, James Jeremias

Stars:

Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest

#24 Cult Classic Movie

Easy Rider (1969) R

Two counterculture bikers travel from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America.

Director:

Dennis Hopper

Writers:

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper

Stars:

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson

#23 Cult Classic Movie

The Breakfast Club (1985) R

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

Director:

John Hughes

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald

#22 Cult Classic Movie

Army of Darkness (1992) R

A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi

Stars:

Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert

#21 Cult Classic Movie

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) PG

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Director:

Jamie Uys

Writers:

Jamie Uys

Stars:

N!xau, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo

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