Favorite "Cult" movie?

[Upthevibe]

Right now (I change my opinion often) I'm going with, The Big Lebowski!

How about you?

[ZDU]

1. Showgirls

"Last chance for ice!"

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0114436/

[Borogove]

2. The Big Lebowski for me too.

[anciano]

3. "Detour" (1945)...a film noir classic

[TommieMommy]

4. Kill Bill 👍

[rampartd]

5. divine

"female trouble" is my favorite

all the divine movies take a special twisted mind.

terry gilliam's "brazil" seems fairly familiar to those of us in modern dystopia.

[Laffy Kat]

57. Brazil is mine.

[Bo Zarts]

6. 1. Vanishing Point

2. Repo Man
3. The Big Lebowski

[quaint]

15. Rec for Repo Man

[ultralite001]

44. I ❤️❤️❤️ them all...

Thanks for sharing!!!

[unblock]

7. Rocky horror picture show!

There's a liiight...

[FalloutShelter]

30. Let's do the Time Warp.

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[Skittles]

58. when he says, "It's no crime to give yourself over to absolute pleasure"

the audience I was with in Austin yelled, "IT IS IN TEXAS!!!"

[unblock]

67. lol!

The callbacks are the best!

I knew a whole bunch back in the day, forgot pretty much of them, it's been so long....

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Pink Flamingos

It’s Divine!

[EYESORE 9001]

9. Don't hold me to this

but since The Big Lebowski was already picked, I’ll say Office Space.

[AnnaLee]

10. THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE

[quaint]

29. Haven't heard of this before,

...it will be my movie tonight, thanks!
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-tall-blond-man-with-one-black-shoe

AI Overview
Desperate to protect his job from a bureaucratic rival, the head of the French secret service (Jean Rochefort) picks outs a stranger, François Perrin (Pierre Richard), from a Paris crowd and singles him out as a master spy who should be tracked very closely. In reality, François is an amiable, if clumsy, classical violinist whose complete obliviousness to the agents watching him only further convinces them that they have a major undercover operative in their sights.

[quaint]

11. Caddyshack

...is on my list

[displacedvermoter]

12. Big Trouble in Little China

John Carpenter

[Intractable]

13. Star Trek II

They never topped that one.

Two thumbs up for Lebowski.

[dweller]

14. VIDEODROME

😳
😱




✌🏻

[justaprogressive]

16. Performance

[amerikat]

68. I'm familiar with the song

but somehow missed the film.

[justaprogressive]

70. A strange and brilliant movie

Rock superstar Mick Jagger stars in a stunning reality/fantasy trip set in London's underworld. A criminal hides out at the residence of a bizarre rock star (Jagger) and his mysterious and beautiful companion (Anita Pallenberg, Barbarella). A gripping, psychological melodrama and cult favorite, with a fabulous soundtrack by Jack Nitzsche (The Exorcist, Stand By Me), under the direction of Academy Award-winner Randy Newman (Monsters Inc.), and of course the Stones.

Watch it. Pay close attention to the 10 minutes of the film or you'll miss it.

[bagimin]

17. Final Sacrifice

[FullySupportDems]

18. Wizards

"I wanna show you a trick Mother showed me when you weren't around to use on special occasions like this."

[OldBaldy1701E]

81. "Oh yeah, one last thing. I'm glad you changed your last name you...."

One of the greatest animated films ever.

Avatar is the hero we all need.

[FullySupportDems]

90. Yes! So good, I need to watch it again soon

[OldBaldy1701E]

108. I used to watch it every Halloween.

Get this. My next to the youngest brother saw it in school... in the second grade. I love that teacher.

I wanted to show it to the after-school group when I worked at the school, but I could not find an edited edition and we did not have the means to make one at the time. But, I did show it to the crew that I used to babysit for. They absolutely loved it and would quote it at times. (I requested that they refrain from doing that anywhere but at the house and with me only.)

Their favorite part?

(I worked at a private Catholic school. The kids all went there.)

We are all major fans of Bakshi!

[cbabe]

19. Baghdad Cafe

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Roger Ebert
https://www.rogerebert.com › reviews › bagdad-cafe-1988
Bagdad Cafe movie review & film summary (1988) | Roger Ebert
The proprietor is a free-thinking black woman named Brenda (CCH Pounder - yes, CCH Pounder), who shares the premises with her teenage children, a baby… Jack Palance …

…

He is saying something in this movie about Europe and America, about the old and the new, about the edge of the desert as the edge of the American Dream. I am not sure exactly what it is, but that is comforting; if a director could assemble these strange characters and then know for sure what they were doing in the same movie together, he would be too confident to find the humor in their situation. The charm of “Bagdad Cafe” is that every character and every moment is unanticipated, obscurely motivated, of uncertain meaning and vibrating with life.

//

(note: the cook is native not Italian)

[some_of_us_are_sane]

20. Blue Velvet

Weird and creepy. (Actually, ANY David Lynch film.)

[lastlib]

21. Heavy Metal and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

"Hey, would somebody please pass the ketchup?"

And then there's "Life Of Brian" and "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" --dayum, those were FUNNY!

[bif]

22. Is "2001: A Space Odyssey" considered a "cult" movie? If not than "Spinal Tap"

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[Emile]

23. "The Gods Must Be Crazy" and "Up In Smoke"

[quaint]

31. Rec for both!

The Gods Must Be Crazy really well done.

[EverHopeful]

66. Yes! I've loved many of the movies mentioned here

but The Gods Must Be Crazy is an all-time favorite. It comes to mind often.

[Eugene]

24. The President's Analyst

1960s spy-fi satire starring James Coburn

[Morbius]

87. That's a great movie.

Perfectly encapsulates 1968.

Keep the faith, baby.

[LogDog75]

25. Tremors

Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross (the dadi n Family Ties), and Reba McEntire who also sang the song in the closing credits.

[Leghorn21]

26. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

I'm yelling because this gem doesn't get mentioned enough in the world and it's a perfect movie with great actors, subtle humor, genuinely moving moments and a BRILLIANT soundtrack by Stephen Trask that should have scored some Grammys dammit.

S'there!!!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

27. 🤗

😱

[Coloradan4Truth]

28. The Guru

Lol and catchy tunes.

[patphil]

32. Forbidden Planet - 1956

This Sci Fi movie starred Leslie Nielsen, and was also the first movie Robby the Robot appeared in.

[marked50]

50. Here here- one of the best

[electric_blue68]

78. Definitely! Walking through the Krel machinery....

fantastic visuals!

In Babylon 5 (TV) the show's creator and 90% of episode writing did a visual homage to the Krel machinery walkway in an episode!

[Morbius]

96. Note my name.

That movie is where it came from.

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Of course, he's a bit better looking than I am.

[Jeebo]

109. I don't consider Forbidden Planet a "cult" movie ...

... I consider it a mainstream science-fiction movie. Not only that, I think it's the BEST science-fiction movie ever made. IMHO.

-- Ron

[ms liberty]

33. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension

[Wifes husband]

53. Absolutely!

[Bayard]

56. That's mine too!

Lithgow is hysterical!

[ms liberty]

73. That-sa John-a Big-a boot-aayyy!

[Bayard]

75. Don't you realize what-a you saying?

[GoCubsGo]

99. Laugha while you can, Monkey Boy!

[Bayard]

100. I frequently said that to my ex

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Lots Of Good Ones Here, But...

...I'll add Repo Man.
Very odd movie with Emilio Estevez & Harry Dean Stanton.
A sci-fi dark comedy taking shots at Reagan era policies.
Haven't seen it in a long time, but probably watched it 20 times.
I'll also add Real Genius.

[Alpeduez21]

55. Soon as I saw the op title

I thought of this movie, too. Must that lattice of coincidence

[ProfessorGAC]

60. "Plate Of Shrimp"

The band used "plate of shrimp" to describe coincidence all the time!

[LEMAUS]

35. The Room

[dpibel]

36. Rancho Deluxe

With "Living in Oblivion" a close second.

[Sneederbunk]

37. Eraserhead.

[Chasstev365]

38. Harold and Maude: Best movie tagline: "They met at the funeral of a stranger; and things got stranger and stranger."

[Celerity]

39. Hard to Be a God (2013)

[WheelWalker]

40. Pulp Fiction

I've never watched The Big Lebowski, TBH

[surrealAmerican]

41. many good ones already in this thread, also ...

... Donnie Darko.

... ooh and Being John Malkovich.

... and, I guess a lot of MST3K movies would qualify as "cult" too.

[blm]

42. Galaxy Quest and Mondo Video

[ultralite001]

43. Now I need to start a new "Cult Movie" list in my phone...

DU FTW!!!

I'm going w/ Buckaroo Banzai (today 'cuz my movie favorites also change often)...

Good to the last drop...

[Pinback]

94. Great choice

John Lithgow as Emilio Lizardo / Lord Whorfin is one of my favorite cinematic roles of all time.

And is that Margaret Hamilton in the Maxwell House commercial?
“Here’s some coffee for you, and your little dog too!!”

[LudwigPastorius]

45. Dazed and Confused

It's the most realistic depiction of middle/high school in Texas in the late '70s on film.

[Mad_Dem_X]

46. Gotta be Rocky Horror. n/t

[Niagara]

47. I struggle to choose "favorites" of anything

And so begins (I attempted to keep my list down to dull roar ) of MY fav cult movies!


Happy Birthday to Me - 1981

Halloween - 1978

The Lost Boys - 1987

The Witches of Eastwick - 1987

Death Becomes Her - 1992

The Blair Witch Project - 1999

Dogma - 1999 (Can Kevin Smith please, please, please obtain the rights to this movie? Thank you.)

Jawbreaker - 1999

What Lies Beneath - 2000 (Most likely not yet considered a cult movie but it definitely has the characteristics of one. I certainly can not discount it. )

Trick 'r Treat - 2007

The Happening - 2008

The VVitch - 2015

[Unwind Your Mind]

74. Dogma is a favorite of mine

Also, Pump up the Volume

[Niagara]

88. It would be fantastic if Dogma would be available on DVD again

It was on YouTube for awhile but it would nice for it to be re-released

[TexasBushwhacker]

111. December 2025!

25th anniversary! It was tied up in rights issues with the Weinstiens and Disney. Kevin Smith finally regained the rights and it will be released on Blu-Ray and digital platforms by Paramount.

[Niagara]

112. I've been waiting (it seems like forever) for Kevin Smith to gain the rights to this movie

Thank you for the terrific news, TexasBushwhacker!


Oh, happy day!

[Submariner]

48. Canadian Bacon

[cbabe]

49. Brother from another planet (giving myself two choices)

Trailer

https://www.criterionchannel.com/trailers/videos/the-brother-from-another-planet-trailer

Full movie

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[The Blue Flower]

51. Brasil

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[RockRaven]

52. Monty Python's Holy Grain and Life of Brian

[HappyH]

54. Harold and Maude

[Maninacan]

59. Man who fell to earth

Saw this at the dollar theater in OKC when i was 19yrs.. Always stuck with me . Have the book by Walter Tevis.
There is a good documentary about his life. The movie is somewhat self biographical.

[Sequoia]

62. David Bowie IS the man who fell to earth.

I had the old paperback book too until it yellowed and disintegrated.

[Sequoia]

61. Hairspray

[Deep State Witch]

63. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

And Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[bpj62]

64. I have two

Excalibur the 1981 version that has Helen Mirren as Morgana and The Fifth Element.

[Mike Nelson]

65. Who Killed Teddy Bear?

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[WheelWalker]

69. Easy Rider

[berniesandersmittens]

71. Donnie Darko, Dreamcatcher

Sucker Punch
Kill Bill
Scream
Final Destination
Nightmare Before Christmas


(Not sure if those qualify as a cult classic though)

[Emile]

72. BERNIE starring Jack Black

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[Keepthesoulalive]

76. Police Academy

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Ruthless People
Sorry couldn’t pick just one.

[Coldwater]

77. Eating Raoul 1982

[Auggie]

86. Mine too

[murielm99]

79. Americathon.

[JoseBalow]

80. The Kentucky Fried Movie

This classic is very high on my list of favorites...

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[murielm99]

82. Plan 9 From Outer Space.

[catbyte]

83. Donnie Darko

It's so odd and the cast is stellar.

[lark]

84. Rocky Horror!

Flash Gordon is also pretty funny. Can't think of the name of the movie, but the one where the plant, Audrey 2 eats Steve Martin - love that show, hate my old memory banks sometimes.

[Boomerproud]

92. Little Shop of Horrors?

nt

[lark]

93. Yes, that is it!

Little Shop of Horrors - one of my alltime faves. It has everything, song, music, drama, comedy, villain, heroine, hero and sci-fi!!

[lark]

85. Oh, I thought of another one - Grandma's Boy. I laugh so much every time I watch it! nt

[Zorro]

89. Blade Runner

A Clockwork Orange is up there, too, along with Koyaanisqatsi and The Seventh Seal.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

91. Not sure how you define a cult movie,

but "12 Monkeys" is incredibly good, and in my opinion the most purely science-fictional movie I've ever seen.

[ultralite001]

95. The Holidays are fast approaching...

It's almost time to dig out my "Die Hard" advent calendar...




https://youtube.com/shorts/vkd0YADZYrY


"Die Hard" is my holiday cult favorite film...

Thank you, John McClane (Bruce Willis) for many, many awesome holiday memories...

Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber), you are sorely missed...

Happy trails, y'all...

[boonecreek]

97. "Hammett"

Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle and Marilu Henner in a fictional story of
author Dashiell Hammett investigating the disappearance of an actress.
A nice touch is Elisha Cook Jr. as Hammett's cab driver friend.

[Morbius]

98. I thought of another one, a genuine cult classic if ever there was one.

1988: John Carpenter's They Live.

It's very entertaining but also kind of an eye-opener about how we're being manipulated to consume and conform. In the movie (mild spoilers) it's aliens, but here it's the mega-wealthy and those they employ.

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum."

[Coldwater]

101. Repo Man (1984)

Paris Texas (1984)

Liquid Sky (1982)

[pansypoo53219]

102. airplane 1 or 2.

[OAITW r.2.0]

103. If, by a cult movie, you mean, a movie that I've watched a lot of times....

"The Departed" fits the bill for me.

[Sewa]

104. Ghost World

One of my favorite movies. Thora Birch gave an outstanding performance in this movie, as well did Steve Buscemi.

[GReedDiamond]

105. "Fritz The Cat" by Ralph Bakshi, based on the R. Crumb character...

Fritz The Cat Explored - An Adult Cartoon That Changed Animation Forever

Not necessarily my favorite, but those have already been posted by others, like for example, The Big Lebowski.

[RazorbackExpat]

106. 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

2. Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. The Magic Sword (starring Basil Rathbone in a post-Sherlock Holmes role as a bad guy)

[CTyankee]

107. Anything with Meryl Streep. She is my cult.

[Jeebo]

110. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

The original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the greatest mad-slasher movie ever made. I haven't watched it in a long time. I just can't take it because it's so incredibly intense. During the run-up to Halloween a few weeks ago the cable channels were all showing non-stop mad-slasher movies 24/7 and I watched I think every Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie ever made ... except the very first one, the original! Why is that? Why did those cable channels show every one EXCEPT the original? Which is also by far the BEST one? I think that's a commentary on how GREAT that movie is. It's just too intense for cable.

-- Ron

[kairos12]

113. Dr. Strangelove.