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Films with 'cult followings'

by whipitgirl666 • Created 13 years ago • Modified 4 weeks ago
Anything from great films to b flicks that have earned their status as a 'cult classic' cinematic experiences. From all genres and will be frequently added to this list
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  • Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

    1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    19751h 40mR65Metascore
    7.4 (176K)
    A newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.
    DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry Bostwick
  • Bad Taste (1987)

    2. Bad Taste

    19871h 31mNot Rated52Metascore
    6.5 (50K)
    The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTerry PotterPete O'HerneCraig Smith
  • Dead Alive (1992)

    3. Dead Alive

    19921h 44mR54Metascore
    7.5 (107K)
    A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth Moody
  • Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

    4. Repo! The Genetic Opera

    20081h 38mR32Metascore
    6.4 (28K)
    A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
    DirectorDarren Lynn BousmanStarsPaul SorvinoAnthony HeadAlexa PenaVega
  • Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)

    5. The Evil Dead

    19811h 25mNC-1771Metascore
    7.4 (244K)
    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincor
  • Embeth Davidtz and Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness (1992)

    6. Army of Darkness

    19921h 21mR59Metascore
    7.4 (203K)
    When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus Gilbert
  • Mitch Cohen in The Toxic Avenger (1984)

    7. The Toxic Avenger

    19841h 22mR42Metascore
    6.2 (35K)
    Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
    DirectorsMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsAndree MarandaMitch CohenJennifer Babtist
  • Trey Parker in Orgazmo (1997)

    8. Orgazmo

    19971h 34mNC-1748Metascore
    6.1 (39K)
    Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.
    DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerDian BacharRobyn Lynne Raab
  • Matt Stone and Trey Parker in BASEketball (1998)

    9. BASEketball

    19981h 43mR38Metascore
    6.5 (68K)
    Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.
    DirectorDavid ZuckerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneDian Bachar
  • John Leguizamo, Wesley Snipes, and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

    10. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

    19951h 49mPG-1360Metascore
    6.8 (39K)
    Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
    DirectorBeeban KidronStarsWesley SnipesPatrick SwayzeJohn Leguizamo
  • Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, and Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

    11. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    19941h 44mR70Metascore
    7.5 (59K)
    Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
    DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence Stamp
  • Divine in Pink Flamingos (1972)

    12. Pink Flamingos

    19721h 33mNC-1747Metascore
    6.0 (30K)
    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".
    DirectorJohn WatersStarsDivineDavid LocharyMary Vivian Pearce
  • Chris Isaak, Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair, Johnny Knoxville, and Suzanne Shepherd in A Dirty Shame (2004)

    13. A Dirty Shame

    20041h 29mNC-1756Metascore
    5.1 (14K)
    An uptight, middle-aged, repressed woman turns into a sex addict after getting hit on the head, and she then falls into an underground subculture of sex addicts in suburban Baltimore.
    DirectorJohn WatersStarsTracey UllmanChris IsaakSelma Blair
  • Neve Campbell, Alan Cumming, Steven Weber, Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Ana Gasteyer, John Kassir, and Amy Spanger in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005)

    14. Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

    20051h 49mRTV Movie
    7.1 (7.1K)
    An outrageous tongue-in-cheek musical comedy adaptation of the classic anti-marijuana propaganda film Reefer Madness (1938).
    DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKristen BellChristian CampbellNeve Campbell
  • House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

    15. House of 1000 Corpses

    20031h 29mR31Metascore
    6.0 (98K)
    Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
    DirectorRob ZombieStarsSid HaigKaren BlackBill Moseley
  • The Devil's Rejects (2005)

    16. The Devil's Rejects

    20051h 47mR54Metascore
    6.7 (109K)
    The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
    DirectorRob ZombieStarsSid HaigSheri Moon ZombieBill Moseley
  • John Altamura and Phoebe Legere in The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)

    17. The Toxic Avenger Part II

    19891h 42mR
    5.0 (7.9K)
    The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.
    DirectorsMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsRon FazioJohn AltamuraPhoebe Legere
  • The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)

    18. The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie

    19891h 42mR
    4.4 (5.6K)
    Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.
    DirectorsMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsRon FazioPhoebe LegereJohn Altamura
  • Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)

    19. Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

    20001h 49mR41Metascore
    5.9 (6.5K)
    The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelgänger, The Noxious Offender.
    DirectorLloyd KaufmanStarsDavid MatteyClyde LewisHeidi Sjursen
  • Rosario Dawson, Carisa Glucksman, Michele Lockwood, and Yakira Peguero in Kids (1995)

    20. Kids

    19951h 31mNC-1763Metascore
    7.0 (89K)
    A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
    DirectorLarry ClarkStarsLeo FitzpatrickJustin PierceChloë Sevigny
  • Shortbus (2006)

    21. Shortbus

    20061h 41mNot Rated64Metascore
    6.4 (36K)
    A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
    DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsSook-Yin LeePeter SticklesPJ DeBoy
  • Ken Park (2002)

    22. Ken Park

    20021h 33mNot Rated
    5.8 (32K)
    Ken Park is about several Californian skateboarders' lives and relationships with and without their parents.
    DirectorsLarry ClarkEdward LachmanStarsAdam ChubbuckJames BullardSeth Gray
  • Cannibal! The Musical (1993)

    23. Cannibal! The Musical

    19931h 35mR
    6.9 (14K)
    The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
    DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerDian BacharStephen Blackpool
  • Doug Bradley in Hellraiser (1987)

    24. Hellraiser

    19871h 34mR56Metascore
    6.9 (149K)
    A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
    DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley Laurence
  • Doug Bradley in Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

    25. Hellbound: Hellraiser II

    19881h 37mR41Metascore
    6.4 (59K)
    Kirsty is brought to an institution after the horrible events of Hellraiser (1987), where the occult-obsessive head doctor resurrects Julia and unleashes the Cenobites and their demonic underworld.
    DirectorTony RandelStarsDoug BradleyAshley LaurenceClare Higgins

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