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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do you have a favorite Cult film? [View all]
Last edited Mon Jun 4, 2018, 07:10 PM - Edit history (3)
(From Wikipedia)
A cult film, often referred to as a cult classic, is a film with a cult following, obscure or unpopular with mainstream audiences, and often revolutionary or ironically enjoyed.
Sometimes, the definition is expanded to exclude films that have been released by major studios or have big budgets, try specifically to become cult films, or become accepted by widespread audiences and critics.
Cult films are defined as much by audience reaction as they are content.
29 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
This is Spinal Tap (1984) | |
5 (17%) |
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A Clockwork Orange (1971) | |
1 (3%) |
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Harold and Maude (1971) | |
5 (17%) |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) | |
8 (28%) |
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Repo Man (1984) | |
2 (7%) |
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The Warriors (1979) | |
3 (10%) |
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Pulp Fiction (1994) | |
1 (3%) |
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The Big Lebowski (1998) | |
4 (14%) |
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Easy Rider (1969) | |
0 (0%) |
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Donnie Darko (2001) | |
0 (0%) |
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I loved Spinal Tap and would consider putting it up there, but which one should I take down?
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#6
Spinal Tap is now in 2nd place in the poll, right behind Rocky Horror Picture Show
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#92
I think I'll put Spinal Tap up there, since it's absolutely hilarious, and I love Rob Reiner films
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#16
If I had more than 10 slots to use, I would definitely include Pink Flamingos as a poll choice,
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#74
+++Jack Nicholson helped write it . I hope everyone involved was extremely stoned because
lunasun
Jun 2018
#50
It's when the punks (Otto's old girlfriend etc) were robbing the conveniece store.
progressoid
Jun 2018
#113
I love "Harold and Maude"! I haven't seen it in ages, but I have to add it to either
smirkymonkey
Jun 2018
#99
I never saw that one, but since Jonathan Winters is in it, I'll have to put it on my "wish list"
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#19
He got the hubba hubba in his soul . Robert Downey Sr directed this & another great
lunasun
Jun 2018
#25
The whole script is online . Some say Body Heat was her pinnacle I say Serial Mom !!
lunasun
Jun 2018
#44
If Weird Al's "UHF" or Broken Lizard's "Super Troopers" count as cult, they'd have my vote.
NightWatcher
Jun 2018
#49
+++ for both "They think it's a baby" .... and hey a dog is a boy's best friend
lunasun
Jun 2018
#61
Eraserhead was up there as one of the original poll choices, but got zero votes,
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#78
My mother was in love with thisfilm & I tried to explain the reference ...she didn't even care !!!
lunasun
Jun 2018
#60
Electra Glide in Blue. Robert Blake's later domestic issues taint things a bit. Easy Rider from list
Hoyt
Jun 2018
#63
Agree. If any Tarantino is to be on the cult movie list it should at least be Straw Dogs
lunasun
Jun 2018
#68
I agree. I also don't think "A Clockwork Orange" counts either - by 1971, a Kubrick film was
Midwestern Democrat
Jun 2018
#112
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2018
#76
when I took the service exam, my psych profile fit a certain... "moral flexibility"
progressoid
Jun 2018
#114
Cusack made that film his way, unlike the necessary Conair film which made bigger $.
empedocles
Jun 2018
#115
I would definitely agree with the "Holy Grail" as well as "The Life of Brian"
smirkymonkey
Jun 2018
#101
Well, it got zero votes after being up there for over 3 hours, so I took it down to make room
red dog 1
Jun 2018
#87
Others here may not agree that this is a cult film, but it is for me and a lot of people
smirkymonkey
Jun 2018
#104
Wim Wenders: Until the End of the World (I don't know if this is considered cult,
fierywoman
Jun 2018
#107