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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a favorite Cult film? [View all]red dog 1
(29,647 posts)19. I never saw that one, but since Jonathan Winters is in it, I'll have to put it on my "wish list"
Let's see if it gets anymore mentions - I may still put it up as a poll choice.
It has a great cast.
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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