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re: The 50 Best Cult Movies

Posted on 1/25/21 at 1:33 pm to
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 1:33 pm to
Empire Records should be top 10
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 1:39 pm to
super troopers is top 5 easily.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 1:53 pm to
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super troopers is top 5 easily.
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CarRamrod
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Spurbury, VT


Not #1?
This post was edited on 1/25/21 at 1:54 pm
Posted by CarRamrod
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:12 pm to
well Dazed and Lewboski are a pretty damn good movies too.
Posted by LSUDav7
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:33 pm to
PCU
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:37 pm to
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PCU


I bought one of those double dvd combos from the book store in the Florida law school for $5 that was PCU and Slackers, great purchase.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:43 pm to
I've seen 29 out of 50. I wholeheartedly agree with The Big Lebowski being number one.
Posted by wildtigercat93
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 2:46 pm to
Dazed and office space would be my top two from this list
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 3:55 pm to
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7. Eraserhead

I actually refuse to believe there is anybody out there that truly, honestly likes this movie. I've seen lots of clips of it online, and it's just weird for the sake of weird. It's one of those movies that feel like people think is cool to say they have seen it and like it, when in actuality they don't because it sucks.
Posted by skrayper
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 4:01 pm to
Army of Darkness made the list. I deem the list worthy.
Posted by joeyb147
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 4:02 pm to
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7. Eraserhead
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and it's just weird for the sake of weird.
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Directed by David Lynch
Produced by David Lynch
Written by David Lynch
I mean... it's the epitome of a David Lynch movie. If you don't like Lynch, then you won't like it.
Posted by OMLandshark
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 4:43 pm to
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I've seen 29 out of 50. I wholeheartedly agree with The Big Lebowski being number one.



Same. Thought I would have seen more of them.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 5:03 pm to
Seen 30/50

Haven’t seen:

The Man Who Fell to Earth
Ghost World
Kids
La Haine
Harold and Maude
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Stranger than Paradise
Empire Records
UHF
Paid in Full
Brazil
MacGruber
Slap Shot
Fire Walk With Me
Repo Man
Oldboy
Rushmore
Heathers
Eraserhead
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Posted by LaLadyinTx
Cypress, TX
Member since Nov 2018
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 6:19 pm to
I can't believe that most of the lists don't include Rocky Horror. I guess you're just young. It is totally cult. And weird. But there was not a more cult movie in 1982 or so.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 6:47 pm to
Where the F is Ravenous?
Posted by RoyalWe
Prairieville, LA
Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 6:55 pm to
Apparently I watch too many movies.
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 6:58 pm to
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I actually refuse to believe there is anybody out there that truly, honestly likes this movie. I've seen lots of clips of it online, and it's just weird for the sake of weird. It's one of those movies that feel like people think is cool to say they have seen it and like it, when in actuality they don't because it sucks


I've never seen anyone say they like Eraserhead.

I watched it.
I didn't take a lot from it.
I have no desire to watch it again.

It came across as a feature length student film focused exclusively on primal sexual horrors with a lot of effort taken to make the sound and set design disgusting to hear and painful to look at.
This post was edited on 1/25/21 at 6:58 pm
Posted by HabaneroBuck
Up a ways.
Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 7:08 pm to
4 John Carpenter films (I liked all of his stuff), but no John Waters films?

I wouldn't really call Carpenter films "cult". They appeal to a certain niche, but they just don't feel "cult" to me.

I don't even like what I've seen of John Waters, but Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble feel more like what I would deem a cult movie. Same with Jodorowsky and Tarkovsky.

Of course, the seventies was an odd time for cinema, and we obviously aren't going to ever see anything like it again.
This post was edited on 1/25/21 at 7:11 pm
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 7:09 pm to
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read this ENTIRELY differently




Same. I was ready to start talking about kill list again.

But seriously, we need a “best of” list dealing with cults. It’s a favorite genre of mine.
Posted by UndercoverBryologist
Member since Nov 2020
8077 posts
Posted on 1/25/21 at 7:22 pm to
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I've never seen anyone say they like Eraserhead.

I watched it.
I didn't take a lot from it.
I have no desire to watch it again.

It came across as a feature length student film focused exclusively on primal sexual horrors with a lot of effort taken to make the sound and set design disgusting to hear and painful to look at.


It's a quasi-Freudian exploration of the fears and anxieties of parenthood. It's basically a fever dream an expectant parent might experience just prior to the birth of their first child.
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