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Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 Cult Films of All-Time

1 This Is Spinal Tap (1984, R)


2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, R)


3 Freaks (1932, Unrated)


4 Harold and Maude (1971, PG)


5 Pink Flamingos (1972, NC-17)


6 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, R)


7 Repo Man (1984, R)


8 Scarface (1983, R)


9 Blade Runner (1982, R)


10 The Shawshank Redemption (1994, R)


11 Five Deadly Venoms (1978, R)


12 Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959, Unrated)


13 Brazil (1985, R)


14 Eraserhead (1977, Unrated)


15 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965, R)


16 The Warriors (1979, R)


17 Dazed and Confused (1993, R)


18 Lat sau san taam (Hard-Boiled) (1992, R)


19 Evil Dead 2 (1987, R)


20 The Mack (1973, R)


21 Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985, PG)


22 Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1929, Unrated)


23 Akira (1988, R)


24 The Toxic Avenger (1984, R)


25 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, G)


26 Stranger Than Paradise (1984, R)


27 Dawn of the Dead (1979, R)


28 The Wiz (1978, G)


29 Clerks (1994, R)


30 The Harder They Come (1973, R)


31 Slap Shot (1977, R)


32 Re-Animator (1985, R)


33 Grey Gardens (1975, PG)


34 The Big Lebowski (1998, R)


35 Withnail and I (1987, R)


36 Showgirls (1995, NC-17)


37 A Bucket of Blood (1959, Unrated)


38 They Live (1988, R)


39 The Best of Everything (1959, Unrated)


40 Barbarella (1968, PG)


41 Heathers (1988, R)


42 Rushmore (1998, R)


43 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984, PG)


44 Love Streams (1984, PG-13)


45 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972, Unrated)


46 Walking and Talking (1996, R)


47 The Decline of Western Civilization (1981, Unrated)


48 The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988, R)


49 Friday (1995, R)


50 Faces of Death (1978, Unrated)

Now thats more my kind of list. I have most of those movies in the archives.

There's a few here, such as The Shawshank Redemption, that I would not consider a Cult Film. I'm thinking Roadhouse should be on here, if they are playing fast and loose...also no Dead Alive..hmmmm...interesting list.

I just highlighted my faves.

I would really like to see "The Best of Everything" - glad and VERY surprised it made the top 50.

The 1950's were the greatest decade for cinema:

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Top 50 Films of the Decade 1950's

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This is my personal list of the top 50 films of the decade. I believe these are the films that should be studied most, and were of the highest artistic achievement.
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1 Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) (1953, Unrated)

2 Vertigo (1958, PG)


3 Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) (1951, Unrated)


4 Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) (1959, Unrated)

5 Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Blvd.) (1950, Unrated)


6 Singin' in the Rain (1952, G)


7 High Noon (1952, Unrated)


8 On the Waterfront (1954, Unrated)


9 The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai) (1954, Unrated)


10 Rear Window (1954, PG)


11 The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet) (1957, Unrated)

12 Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951, Unrated)

13 Hiroshima Mon Amour (Hiroshima, My Love) (1959, Unrated)

14 Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Unrated)


15 North by Northwest (1959, Unrated)


16 Touch of Evil (1958, PG-13)


17 La Strada (The Road) (1954, PG)


18 Strangers on a Train (1951, PG)


19 The Searchers (1956, Unrated)

20 Some Like It Hot (1959, Unrated)


21 Umberto D. (1952, Unrated)

22 Anatomy of a Murder (1959, R)

23 Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Unrated)

24 From Here to Eternity (1953, Unrated)


25 The Night of the Hunter (1955, PG)

26 Roman Holiday (1953, Unrated)


27 The Barefoot Contessa (1954, Unrated)

28 Paths of Glory (1957, Unrated)

29 Ben-Hur (1959, G)


30 A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, PG)

31 Rebel Without a Cause (1955, PG-13)

32 12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957, Unrated)


33 All About Eve (1950, Unrated)


34 A Place in the Sun (1951, Unrated)

35 All That Heaven Allows (1955, Unrated)

36 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, PG)


37 Gun Crazy (1950, Unrated)

38 The Hitch-Hiker (1953, Unrated)

39 The Killing (1956, Unrated)

40 Sabrina (1954, Unrated)


41 The Seven Year Itch (1955, Unrated)

42 The Wrong Man (1957, Unrated)

43 In a Lonely Place (1950, Unrated)

44 Written on the Wind (1957, Unrated)

45 To Catch a Thief (1955, Unrated)


46 The River (1959, Unrated)

47 Dial M for Murder (1954, PG)


48 A Face in the Crowd (1957, Unrated)

49 The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, G)


50 Auntie Mame (1958, Unrated)

Still waiting for "Get Crazy" to be issued on DVD

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005JKQ7/?tag=imwan-20

oh, Hollywood Knights...

Rocky Horror is not #1?

I'm fine with Spinal Tap being #1

I own 6 of those. How could they leave off:

The Fabulous Stains
Liquid Sky
Every film Ed Wood ever made
"Ed Wood" (Depp biopic)

And way more that I own & would remember if i was awake.......

I've seen 23 of those 50. Other than Spinal Tap, I don't think I've even heard of the other ones I didn't see. And I managed to see Un Chien Andalou!

It's missng Donnie Darko.



another one? How about Bubble Boy?

"Dark Star"

No "Up in Smoke"? Very cool list though.

Rick A.

Indeed.

Dark Star is a wonderful spoof.

It did make #2!

A few from my own personal list:

Rock & Roll High School
Wizards
Tank Girl
Phantom of the Paradise
What's Up, Tiger Lily?

Count me in as a fan of Dark Star too.

I love Spinal Tap more than Rocky Horror but RHPS is definitely the number one cult film. Getting crowds to dress up as characters and show up at midnight movies every week for decades is the definition of cult in my book.

Yeah, I would have switched #1 and #2 around.

Another good cult film? Where's Poppa?

The Wild Angels - more biker than Easy Rider.