Cult Classics, a list by Riz

7.7

/152444/

78

/4251/

72

/1734/

3.8

/124149/

89

/70/

Audience

91

/218776/

73

/12/

4.0

age 15+

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

87

8.2

/920377/

79

/13846/

81

/11443/

4.2

/1091535/

89

/159/

Audience

93

/262011/

94

/23/

4.0

age 17+

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

76

7.9

/214436/

80

/6873/

77

/3981/

4.0

/162638/

72

/90/

Audience

92

/256316/

60

/12/

3.0

age 16+

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

86

8.3

/719314/

80

/15433/

80

/11030/

4.3

/816051/

92

/118/

Audience

89

/300434/

84

/25/

4.0

age 12+

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

79

8.0

/849886/

79

/19613/

77

/11959/

4.0

/1073493/

87

/119/

Audience

80

/871660/

88

/15/

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.

79

8.2

/1051077/

81

/20847/

80

/11187/

4.0

/608012/

86

/162/

Audience

90

/1037599/

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.

87

8.8

/1783332/

87

/44119/

84

/21071/

4.4

/1048366/

95

/258/

Audience

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 12+

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.

76

7.7

/83545/

79

/1772/

77

/1261/

3.9

/59786/

76

/45/

Audience

87

/120443/

64

/21/

3.0

age 13+

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

72

7.1

/150483/

72

/5161/

68

/3030/

3.5

/125332/

88

/51/

Audience

75

/240553/

65

/13/

age 13+

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

10

83

8.1

/725524/

81

/14187/

79

/9280/

4.2

/618307/

90

/90/

Audience

93

/314120/

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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

78

7.4

/262406/

74

/7735/

73

/4862/

3.7

/420981/

95

/59/

Audience

84

/416480/

76

/12/

age 17+

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

69

7.3

/149550/

76

/5168/

72

/2270/

3.7

/193872/

77

/52/

Audience

86

/373799/

50

/10/

2.0

age 8+

When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.

60

6.6

/758754/

70

/28011/

65

/12689/

2.8

/794649/

65

/257/

Audience

56

/857077/

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 that could change the galaxy forever.

65

6.9

/179923/

73

/7429/

70

/4279/

3.7

/249571/

67

/52/

Audience

66

/315647/

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.

74

7.4

/166891/

77

/4863/

74

/2677/

4.0

/401817/

80

/49/

Audience

85

/366911/

65

/12/

2.5

age 15+

Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'. Harriet then spawns in and says hello and the credits roll!

62

6.9

/208346/

72

/4865/

68

/3098/

3.2

/62769/

51

/57/

Audience

72

/10353/

51

/25/

2.0

age 14+

When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the evil sheriff's reign of terror.

56

6.3

/209882/

66

/5903/

62

/3473/

2.8

/68236/

46

/65/

Audience

43

/230876/

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.

68

7.0

/257093/

71

/7964/

65

/3213/

3.4

/207980/

73

/71/

Audience

77

/848707/

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.

75

7.4

/183575/

72

/4032/

72

/3015/

3.9

/412009/

89

/71/

Audience

82

/203369/

90

/15/

2.0

age 16+

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

76

7.3

/179527/

74

/5192/

71

/2815/

3.5

/223912/

88

/76/

Audience

79

/182819/

79

/16/

3.0

age 13+

Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.

79

7.7

/242647/

77

/5039/

74

/3863/

4.0

/468239/

91

/79/

Audience

89

/396442/

76

/17/

3.0

age 16+

During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.

65

7.2

/129838/

74

/4264/

70

/1839/

3.4

/60261/

53

/59/

Audience

80

/241573/

47

/12/

2.5

age 8+

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.

61

6.5

/291791/

66

/7935/

62

/4259/

3.3

/402528/

65

/141/

Audience

80

/945269/

61

/31/

1.0

age 14+

Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda can Derek make the world safe for male models everywhere.

57

6.4

/157405/

66

/4639/

63

/2724/

3.0

/264888/

66

/59/

Audience

60

/229775/

22

/11/

age 18+

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

34

4.1

/75283/

49

/1976/

46

/1374/

2.1

/34266/

11

/44/

Audience

20

/79861/

34

/21/

age 14+

Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

57

6.5

/182446/

69

/5752/

66

/3691/

3.1

/74754/

33

/46/

Audience

60

/100165/

47

/15/

age 16+

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

60

7.0

/244513/

70

/6272/

66

/3719/

3.1

/66365/

38

/152/

Audience

69

/410355/

46

/26/

age 16+

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.

60

6.7

/543366/

71

/22035/

67

/9465/

3.0

/324472/

34

/218/

Audience

60

/793215/

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.

48

6.2

/39936/

71

/1720/

61

/582/

3.0

/14357/

29

/34/

Audience

61

/46595/

28

/10/

0.5

age 13+

A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.

74

7.3

/41228/

74

/824/

68

/345/

3.6

/22404/

85

/39/

Audience

89

/40084/

61

/9/

age 17+

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

69

7.0

/59083/

69

/1199/

64

/723/

3.5

/72667/

88

/51/

Audience

79

/113481/

47

/14/

age 7+

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.

47

5.7

/28931/

64

/669/

63

/504/

3.4

/61035/

14

/64/

Audience

55

/56658/

24

/21/

1.5

age 17+

When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible conspire to hide the truth.

57

5.4

/45133/

63

/1229/

64

/1442/

3.2

/108928/

52

/87/

Audience

62

/296757/

51

/27/

2.0

age 9+

Two teenage girls discover that mermaids really do exist after a violent storm washes one ashore. The mermaid, a sassy creature named Aquamarine, is determined to prove to her father that real love exists, and enlists the girls' help in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.

83

7.5

/59815/

73

/990/

70

/690/

3.8

/47319/

91

/74/

Audience

85

/56214/

96

/6/

4.0

age 14+

Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

51

5.8

/140171/

65

/4474/

62

/2971/

2.7

/51254/

41

/37/

Audience

45

/77630/

36

/15/

age 16+

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.

69

66

6.9

/17149/

68

/233/

70

/376/

3.6

/15655/

66

/32/

Audience

74

/11132/

Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.

51

42

5.4

/4129/

58

/66/

56

/94/

2.8

/1911/

50

/18/

Audience

33

/1454/

The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.

69

?

6.0

/122/

63

/6/

86

/3/

67

/6/

After his fiancee in killed a car accident, a gifted surgeon revives her severed head in hopes of finding her a new body.

24

1.7

/25445/

31

/455/

22

/319/

1.6

/27302/

18

/17/

Audience

27

/1902/

A platoon of eagles and vultures attacks the residents of a small town. Many people die. It's not known what caused the flying menace to attack. Two people manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?

44

15

5.4

/423/

37

/8/

46

/8/

Audience

41

/146/

A late night talk show host masterminds an elaborate scheme to save his canceled show and avenge his wife's affair, entangling an eclectic collection of tinsel towners in the process.

48

?

5.5

/265/

40

/19/

50

/1/

Blinded by the urgency of addiction, two junkies embark on a desperate odyssey to get their next fix.

?

Mockumentary about a film school graduate who stumbles upon an improv troupe that he thinks is a cult.

59

27

7.8

/229/

10

/2/

50

/3/

Audience

99

/73/

A female recording artist encounters the misogyny and outdated business practices of male record label executives.

60

?

6.2

/127/

60

/1/

Small-time drug dealer Al Dean is out for the ultimate score. But when Al and his friends adopt a pig, their laid-back summer plans get baked. Set in the '70s, Scrapple is a Colorado ski-town story of drugs, love, and a pig named Scrapple.

67

?

6.2

/393/

67

/12/

73

/3/

On a cotton plantation in Puerto Rico, the slaves are growing restless and rebellious, and attempts to crush the resistance by brute force have only made things worse. The owner, Mr. Jones, fears not only losing his plantation but also his life.

42

26

4.6

/2565/

63

/62/

50

/32/

2.7

/1079/

17

/12/

Audience

23

/550/

A mission to Venus discovers the planet inhabited only by women led by their evil Queen Yllana. Yllana had all the men of Venus killed, now that's she met Earth men, she wants them dead, too.

52

5.7

/1502/

56

/10/

61

/22/

3.2

/669/

60

/5/

Audience

41

/120/

1.0

A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

65

35

6.6

/1030/

62

/16/

62

/24/

3.5

/1079/