Entertainment Weekly: Top 50 Cult Movies

[Jaimoe]

It's interesting to see what EW chose as their best cult movies. I can't argue with any of the selections. Note: Office Space is not on the Top 50 list, but in this EW Cult issue ( on stands now ), Office Space is singled out in a 3-page feature article. Well deserved. But no Donnie Darko!!!

EW's cult criteria is that most if not all the films mentioned below, died at the box-office: " Mangled and despised, they were re-animated on video ".

If you want to check out reviews of any of these movies, I recommend the All Movie Guide website. It's invaluable.

http://www.allmovie.com

1. Spinal Tap (1984) Rob Reiner

2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Jim Sharman

3. Freaks (1932) Tod Browning

4. Harold & Maude (1971) Hal Ashby

5. Pink Flamingos (1972) John Waters

6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Tobe Hooper

7. Repo Man (1984) Alex Cox

8. Scarface (1983) Brian De Palma

9. Blade Runner (1982) Ridley Scott

10. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Frank Darabont

11. Five Deadly Venoms (1978) Chang Cheh

12. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959) Ed Wood Jr.

13. Brazil (1985) Terry Gilliam

14. Eraserhead (1977) David Lynch

15. Faster Pussy-Cat! Kill! Kill! (1966) Russ Meyer

16. The Warriors (1979) Walter Hill

17. Dazed & Confused (1993) Richard Linklater

18. Hard-Boiled (1992) John Woo

19. Evil Dead II (1997) Sam Raimi

20. The Mack (1973) Michael Campus

21. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) Tim Burton

22. Un Chien Andalou (1928) Luis Bunuel

23. Akira (1988) Katsuhiro Otomo

24. The Toxic Avenger ( 1985) Michael Herz & Samuel Weil

25. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) Mel Stuart

26. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Jim Jarmusch

27. Dawn Of The Dead ( 1978) George A. Romero

28. The Wiz (1978) Sidney Lumet

29. Clerks (1994) Kevin Smith

30. The Harder They Come (1973) Perry Henzell

31. Slap Shot (1977) George Roy Hill

32. Re-Animator (1985) Stuart Gordon

33. Grey Gardens (1976) David & Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke

34. The Big Lebowski (1998) Joel Coen

36. Showgirls (1995) Paul Verhoeven

37. A Bucket Of Blood (1959) Roger Corman

38. They Live (1988) John Carpenter

39. The Best Of Everything (1959) Jean Negulesco

40. Barbarella (1968) Roger Vadim

41. Heathers (1989) Michael Lehmann

42. Rushmore (1998) Wes Anderson

43. The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) W.D. Richter

44. Love Streams (1984) John Cassavetes

45. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) Todd Haynes

46. Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972) Werner Hertzog

47. Walking & Talking (1996) Nicole Holofcener

48. The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988) Penelope Spheeris

49. Friday (1995) F. Gary Gray

50. Faces Of Death Vol. I (1978) Conan Le Cilaire

Of course, I'd like to add a few of my own:

Evil Dead (1983) Sam Raimi

Quadrophenia (1979) Frank Roddam

Donnie Darko (2001) Richard Kelly

Bottle Rocket (1996) Wes Anderson

Dead Man (1995) Jim Jarmusch

The Omega Man (1971) Boris Sagal

Hard-Core Logo (1996) Bruce McDonald

Basket Case (1982) Frank Henenlotter

Strange Brew (1983) Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas

Election (1999) Alexander Payne

Ghost World (2001) Terry Zwigoff

The Ice Storm (1997) Ang Lee