"Some films should never have been made. They are too unsettling, too dangerous, too challenging, too outrageous and even too badly made to be let loose on unsuspecting audiences.
Yet these films, from the shocking Cannibal Holocaust to the apocalyptic Donnie Darko, from the destructive Tetsuo to the awfully bad The Room, from the hilarious This Is Spı¨nal Tap to the campy Showgirls, from the asylum of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari to the circus of Freaks, from the gangs of The Warriors to the gangsters of In Bruges and from the flamboyant Rocky Horror Picture Show to the ultimate cool of The Big Lebowski, have all garnered passionate fan followings.
Cult cinema has made tragic misfits, monsters and cyborgs, such as Edward Scissorhands or Blade Runner's replicants, heroes of our times. 100 Cult Films explains why these figures continue to inspire fans around the globe. Cult film experts Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik round up the most cultish of giallo, blaxploitation, anime, sexploitation, zombie, vampire and werewolf films, exploring both the cults that live hidden inside the underground (Nekromantik, Café Flesh) and the cult side of the mainstream (Dirty Dancing, The Lord of the Rings, and even The Sound of Music).
100 Cult Films is a true trip around the world, providing a lively and illuminating guide to films from more than a dozen countries, across nine decades, representing a wide range of genres and key cult directors such as David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and David Lynch."
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Note: Cafe Flesh (1982) is missing from this list.
Film that acquire a Cult following- Obscure or unpopular, shunned by the mainstream audience.
Knowledge of cult films proves that one is "authentic" or "non-mainstream"
Movies - Best Movies of the Decade
Movies which have the following elements and themes:
Surreal atmosphere
Identity surprises
Reality surprises
Existentialism
Postmodernism
Time Travel
universal movies
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From 2009, Time Out London lists the 50 finest, most fully formed and influential debut movies of all time.
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Comedies where commonly objectionable topics and events are used in a satrical manner, subject matter that is generally considered taboo, serious or painful to discuss
Must see nihilistic, apocalyptic, hate-fueled punk stuff
I'm trying to watch all the live action cyberpunk movies, and a selection of animated ones.
A list for the Masters of Cinema releases in blu-ray format
This list is drawn from the second edition of "The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" (St. Martin's Griffin, $24.95), edited by Peter M. Nichols and published in 2004. For additional information about the list, read Peter M. Nichols's preface, or A. O. Scott's introduction.
Movies and TV shows related to metal and punk music.
Movies about punk or for punks
BFI's 100 Cult Films
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