Cult Classics, a list by Riz

9.0

/2135204/

88

/54490/

84

/25842/

4.5

/1926836/

94

/279/

86

/2050091/

94

/41/

3.5

age 11+

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.

79

8.8

/2558649/

87

/60158/

84

/31221/

4.3

/4703998/

81

/185/

96

/73947/

67

/36/

2.0

age 17+

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

87

8.8

/1929021/

87

/53331/

84

/23266/

4.4

/1885599/

95

/258/

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 11+

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

78

8.5

/1224611/

83

/22749/

81

/11062/

4.1

/845756/

87

/83/

96

/25629/

76

/22/

1.5

age 17+

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

82

8.6

/1538540/

86

/31998/

85

/18705/

4.3

/1132476/

78

/134/

94

/31674/

61

/36/

3.5

age 16+

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

70

7.3

/162190/

76

/7064/

72

/2641/

3.8

/410219/

78

/55/

86

/28193/

50

/10/

2.0

age 8+

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers. To get through it in time to save Toby, Sarah befriends the Goblins, in hopes that their loyalty isn’t just another illusion in a place where nothing is as it seems.

72

7.4

/439837/

77

/14825/

75

/8682/

4.0

/3280513/

72

/93/

69

/987442/

70

/26/

2.5

age 13+

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

79

8.2

/1129965/

81

/26573/

79

/12476/

4.1

/1193362/

86

/167/

90

/39168/

64

/35/

3.0

age 14+

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

77

8.0

/902081/

79

/24464/

78

/13094/

4.0

/2040293/

88

/124/

80

/871660/

71

/21/

2.5

age 17+

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

81

8.2

/856114/

82

/23685/

78

/10778/

4.1

/759109/

84

/138/

94

/24689/

65

/14/

3.5

age 11+

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

83

8.3

/1000148/

82

/20252/

82

/12650/

4.1

/1387619/

78

/82/

93

/30667/

65

/9/

4.0

age 18+

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

85

8.3

/404796/

81

/6459/

84

/5836/

4.2

/275338/

86

/56/

93

/3956/

75

/20/

4.0

age 18+

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

72

7.3

/685618/

74

/26217/

70

/11925/

3.4

/739075/

82

/176/

83

/28281/

64

/33/

2.5

age 11+

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

71

7.5

/449929/

75

/10601/

74

/6648/

3.5

/417568/

66

/68/

68

/127/

60

/19/

3.5

age 16+

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

76

7.7

/89852/

78

/2627/

76

/1421/

4.0

/114143/

77

/47/

87

/43/

64

/21/

3.0

age 13+

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

64

6.5

/915042/

69

/34674/

65

/15462/

3.1

/1675824/

54

/289/

59

/40380/

51

/36/

3.5

age 8+

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

75

7.8

/188694/

79

/6538/

75

/2337/

3.9

/200014/

76

/50/

93

/10942/

50

/22/

age 16+

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

68

7.2

/133432/

73

/3929/

66

/1251/

3.4

/108024/

73

/62/

87

/7253/

48

/12/

2.5

age 17+

At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.

72

7.4

/265470/

74

/8188/

74

/5586/

3.7

/495104/

69

/128/

79

/10199/

57

/17/

3.0

age 17+

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray—the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker—believing her to be the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

70

7.0

/463170/

72

/18848/

69

/10932/

3.4

/795466/

81

/58/

68

/23489/

59

/12/

3.0

age 12+

Stanley, a meek bank employee, turns into an eccentric and maniacal green-skinned superhero who can bend reality, after wearing a wooden mask that was created by Loki, the Norse god of mischief.

70

7.1

/398647/

73

/13196/

74

/8756/

3.7

/1057917/

65

/77/

68

/1183532/

51

/18/

3.5

age 15+

While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a prostitute, Vivian, while asking for directions; after, Edward hires Vivian to stay with him for the weekend to accompany him to a few social events, and the two get closer only to discover there are significant hurdles to overcome as they try to bridge the gap between their very different worlds.

77

7.5

/180482/

76

/6722/

72

/3548/

3.6

/140367/

87

/53/

85

/3021/

69

/11/

3.5

age 15+

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

59

6.3

/317009/

65

/12747/

63

/7448/

3.2

/725444/

51

/119/

43

/1097842/

48

/32/

3.0

age 16+

A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!

71

7.2

/404519/

74

/15203/

70

/6206/

3.3

/239387/

68

/68/

70

/11059/

67

/17/

3.5

age 16+

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

71

7.6

/427915/

77

/15064/

72

/6476/

3.7

/226679/

60

/80/

83

/13402/

58

/19/

3.0

age 15+

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

83

8.1

/762932/

80

/17335/

79

/10149/

4.2

/1083952/

90

/98/

93

/16408/

83

/28/

3.0

age 18+

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

72

7.1

/433910/

71

/12858/

66

/6173/

2.9

/140149/

82

/206/

86

/116514/

69

/34/

3.0

age 14+

John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.

54

6.9

/349127/

70

/13108/

65

/6172/

3.2

/357299/

47

/64/

57

/1444188/

37

/14/

1.0

age 14+

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

76

7.6

/909420/

77

/32240/

74

/14571/

4.0

/1940249/

79

/335/

66

/1608216/

68

/40/

3.5

age 11+

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

71

7.5

/428392/

74

/14639/

72

/8339/

3.6

/567874/

77

/142/

84

/28997/

69

/21/

2.0

age 12+

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.

60

6.6

/810331/

70

/31200/

65

/14004/

3.0

/1521124/

62

/322/

56

/29580/

54

/39/

2.0

age 9+

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

78

7.6

/203865/

76

/5476/

74

/3310/

3.7

/169082/

88

/126/

88

/7338/

76

/18/

3.0

age 17+

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.

65

6.2

/510610/

63

/16452/

60

/8798/

2.8

/533190/

77

/306/

53

/74128/

65

/40/

3.5

age 11+

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

79

7.6

/178858/

76

/6247/

72

/2129/

3.8

/260730/

93

/68/

87

/5815/

72

/22/

3.5

age 15+

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

62

6.9

/220017/

71

/6068/

69

/3463/

3.3

/97482/

51

/57/

72

/10342/

51

/25/

2.0

age 14+

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.

88

8.1

/193633/

78

/3060/

79

/2026/

4.2

/177978/

99

/97/

93

/3386/

97

/30/

4.0

age 13+

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

65

7.2

/138156/

73

/5049/

70

/2089/

3.4

/94511/

52

/63/

80

/8860/

47

/12/

2.5

age 9+

The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.

68

7.0

/271187/

71

/10310/

65

/3664/

3.4

/339363/

73

/70/

77

/16718/

51

/25/

3.0

age 14+

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

62

6.7

/144523/

71

/5332/

66

/2197/

3.3

/108488/

42

/45/

81

/14802/

44

/22/

age 13+

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

74

7.4

/181649/

76

/6391/

74

/3042/

4.0

/770073/

81

/52/

85

/20683/

65

/12/

2.5

age 15+

After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr. Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.

66

7.0

/199217/

73

/9700/

70

/4923/

3.8

/518721/

67

/54/

67

/5847/

57

/19/

2.0

age 12+

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

69

6.5

/311976/

65

/9712/

64

/5250/

3.3

/857435/

86

/175/

57

/16475/

80

/33/

age 16+

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

60

6.7

/570795/

71

/26256/

67

/10499/

3.1

/491403/

33

/215/

60

/23860/

47

/41/

3.0

age 15+

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

74

7.1

/170439/

71

/6228/

70

/3397/

3.6

/248781/

85

/71/

77

/3482/

76

/12/

age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

58

6.3

/222442/

65

/7570/

62

/3932/

2.9

/110135/

60

/136/

44

/7286/

56

/17/

2.5

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

54

6.2

/289464/

64

/10983/

61

/5378/

2.6

/283594/

56

/163/

39

/7351/

62

/21/

1.5

age 17+

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

73

7.5

/223258/

76

/7504/

74

/3949/

3.7

/190015/

75

/57/

84

/4036/

56

/21/

3.0

age 16+

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

76

7.3

/193121/

73

/6900/

71

/3229/

3.5

/349863/

88

/80/

79

/5536/

79

/16/