Top 5 Cult Movies

Gotta add Soylent Green...They Live...Ummm..I'm sure I'll think of more. There are so many. Yea...A vote for CHUD, right on.

 

without making a top 5 list, here are some films I'll remember for ever........Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now, Les Uns et Les Autres (no, I'm not french), The Devils (directed by Ken Russell), Psycho, The Raging Bull, Easy Rider, Blow Up, Rumble Fish............................................

 

Easy Rider (1969)
The Evil Dead (1982)
Fritz the Cat (1972)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blood for Dracula - Andy Warhol Presents (1974)

 

A Clockwork orange
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Brother From Another Planet
Slc Punk

not in any order

 

A boy and his dog, Animal House, Dawn of the Dead, The Clockwork orange, The good the bad and the ugly.

 

Where is Xanadu on these lists?

 

Tough question. I love cult films, and it's impossible for me to narrow it down to just 5... So I'm bending the rules a bit and mentioning ten, in no particular order:

Highlander - Such an awesome concept and story. I think in the right hands, a remake of the original would be fantastic.

Clerks - THE Kevin Smith movie. Totally low budget, underground type of flick with great, wickedly funny dialogue.

Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels - Brilliant multiple narratives and really cool characters, coupled with a great ending.

Natural Born Killers - Excellent, highly creative cinematography and use of effects.

Requiem For A Dream - So incredibly bleak and depressing, this is one powerful film.

Blue Velvet - David Lynch's bizarre film noir-type masterpiece. Weird, freaky characters (Frank is on of the coolest bad guys in any movie) and disturbing imagery make this a great cult film.

Fight Club - Great film all around.

The Big Lebowski - Great characters, wickedly funny dialogue.

Trainspotting - Another great British film, with excellent characters, cool dialogue and great script based on Irvine Welsh's novel.

Excalibur - Brilliant adaptation of Malory's Morte D' Arthur, the famous 15th century romance about the tale of King Arthur. Director John Boorman does an incredible job of creating the feel of a mythical, magical time and place of knights, kings and magic.

 

hmm.

i heart huckabees,
fight club,
donnie darko,
the rocky horror picture show,
fear and loathing in las vegas
what the bleep do we know?,
labyrinth,
ghost world

that's more than five and not in any certain order but there ye go.

 

pink flamingos...

 

Fear and Loathing
Donnie Darko
Blow
Matrix trilogy
requiem for a dream

 

cry baby (the Johnny Depp John Waters MUSICAL! WHAT could be better?)
hedwig and the angry inch
RETURN TO OZ (a talking chicken and claymation rocks!)
rocky horror
ERASERHEAD (I'm glad my cheeks aren't that lumpy...)
clockwork orange
blue velvet
labyrinth (David Bowie, best mullet in history, best bulge in history)
daisies (does this count?)

and... Donnie Darko can go poop on itself.

 

My favourite is Easy Rider. I love the landscapes in the film so much and the music is great.

 

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theres a film about Charles Manson.

You should look into that. [over the enternet, no stores will sell it.]

 

oh my god, soooo hard to pick just five.
1.Requiem for a Dream (see my comment in that thread)
2.The Kevin Smith Jersey trilogy, aka Mallrats, Clerks, and Chasing Amy (i cheated a bit here, hehe, but i love his brillant sort of...idk, out there comedy, and the way he writes/directs/acts in all three)
3.Donnie Darko (Definitely a movie i can relate to on soooo many levels.)
4.Fight Club (ahhhhh!!! what's not to love here?!)
5.Pi (i'm not sure why i like this one so much...i'm still not sure if i understand it completely, but it's beautifully made)

Close runners-up here = Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Trainspotting (aka the movie that made Tara want to be a junkie, later counteracted by Requiem for a Dream, hehe), Velvet Goldmine, and Party Monster. Not sure if Party Monster is really "cult" or whatever, but i think it is.

 

Eating Raoul (cannibalism)
Liquid Sky (aliens come to Earth looking for heroin)
The Quiet Earth (last man on earth theme)
Repo Man
The Brother From Another Planet



Hotwater

 

In no particular order:

Bad Boy Bubby - A must see. If you haven't seen this, you are missing out. This is one of my all time favourites.

Trainspotting - An articulate junkie who can communicate in a form other than song. That's got to be a bonus.

He Died with a Felafel in his Hand - A great film. Anyone who has ever lived in shared accommodation should see this one.

A Clockwork Orange - Brutality and Beethoven. What's not to like?

Requiem for a Dream - Good.

AND, not wishing to be limited by numbers:

V for Vendetta
Pricilla, Queen of the Desert
Donny Darko
Blow

 

An Adelaide film , glad this was mentioned. I doubt the yanks have heard of it though.

That one was definitely on my list too and i can definitely relate to the shared accomodation thing, I never get sick of that movie. Too bad its probably only known in Australia.

Anyway, I second fister, if you want original movies you shouldn't miss these.

 

1. RHPS
2. Fear And Loathing In Los Vegas
3. Tank Girl
4. The Blues Brothers
5. Fight Club

I think those all count as cult movies. I'm not sure... but I do know that they're all great!

 

In no particular order:

RHPS
Blue Velvet
Pulp Fiction
Usual Suspects
Blow