Top 100 Cult Classic Movies List

#20 Cult Classic Movie

Clerks (1994) R

A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Kevin Smith

Stars:

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti

#19 Cult Classic Movie

Labyrinth (1986) PG

A 16-year-old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.

Director:

Jim Henson

Writers:

Dennis Lee, Jim Henson

Stars:

David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud

#18 Cult Classic Movie

Heavy Metal (1981) R

A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Director:

Gerald Potterton, John Bruno

Writers:

Daniel Goldberg, Len Blum

Stars:

Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty

#17 Cult Classic Movie

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

There is panic throughout the nation as the dead suddenly come back to life. The film follows a group of characters who barricade themselves in an old farmhouse in an attempt to remain safe from these flesh eating monsters.

Director:

George A. Romero

Writers:

John A. Russo, George A. Romero

Stars:

Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman

#16 Cult Classic Movie

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) R

Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper

Stars:

Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger

#15 Cult Classic Movie

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) PG

King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.

Director:

Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Writers:

Graham Chapman, John Cleese

Stars:

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

#14 Cult Classic Movie

Taxi Driver (1976) R

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Paul Schrader

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd

#13 Cult Classic Movie

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) R

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Director:

Jim Sharman

Writers:

Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman

Stars:

Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

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#12 Cult Classic Movie

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) R

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Hunter S. Thompson, Terry Gilliam

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire

#11 Cult Classic Movie

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) R

A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Director:

Alan Parker

Writers:

Roger Waters

Stars:

Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson

#10 Cult Classic Movie

The Big Lebowski (1998) R

"The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writers:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore

#9 Cult Classic Movie

Twelve Monkeys (1995) R

In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Writers:

Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt

#8 Cult Classic Movie

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) PG

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home cause confusion.

Director:

Henry Selick

Writers:

Tim Burton, Michael McDowell

Stars:

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

#7 Cult Classic Movie

Blade Runner (1982) R

A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

#6 Cult Classic Movie

Scarface (1983) R

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Director:

Brian De Palma

Writers:

Oliver Stone

Stars:

Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer

#5 Cult Classic Movie

Donnie Darko (2001) R

A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.

Director:

Richard Kelly

Writers:

Richard Kelly

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell

#4 Cult Classic Movie

Reservoir Dogs (1992) R

After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

Stars:

Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen

#3 Cult Classic Movie

Fight Club (1999) R

An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more.

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf

#2 Cult Classic Movie

Pulp Fiction (1994) R

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

Stars:

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson

#1 Cult Classic Movie

A Clockwork Orange (1971) R

In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psychopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan.

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess

Stars:

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates

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