Cult Films generally have limited but very special appeal. They are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal. They may have outrageous, weird, cartoony characters or plots, and garish sets. They are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions. Cult films cut across many film genres (science fiction, horror, melodrama, etc.), and though they can be very stylized, they are often flawed or unusual in some striking way. To make a little sense of this unique genre, scroll the motherlode below, or take a side road by clicking a blue sub-heading to yer left...
Visiting "Television Shows" and the "Cult Television" sub-feature may be worth checking out, also the "Animation" feature and the "Cult Animation" or "JapAnime" sub-feature will help with the bigger picture..
Right: Henry (Jack Nance) is "Eraserhead".
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After an unforgettable turn in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Johnny Depp takes on another Hunter S. Thompson persona in this adaptation of the gon... Read more
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After an unforgettable turn in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Johnny Depp takes on another Hunter S. Thompson persona in this adaptation of the gon... Read more
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The Rutles, a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died. The Rutles are a non-existent band that look like the Beatles, b... Read more
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Director Guy Maddin's works are like a window to an alternate film universe - this unforgettable feverish whirligig of a movie is the closest the cul... Read more
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In your face, modern film noir with Val Kilmer as a California speed freak and jazz musician with multiple indentities who recounts his sordid and fra... Read more
Hollywood's favourite geek Justin Long ('Galaxy Quest', 'Die Hard 4', the Apple Mac vs PC ads) branches out as the scene-stealing, mulleted bully in t... Read more
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Director Michel Gondry returned to France to direct his own screenplay, a surreal and entrancing journey into the mind of young idealist Stephane (Gae... Read more
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In this revered Western, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returns home to Texas after the Civil War. When members of his brother's family are killed or abdu... Read more
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This classic western stars John Wayne as a Civil War veteran who tracks a Comanche raiding party for five years to rescue the girl they hold captive.... Read more
In the late 60s in London, the model Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) meets an aspiring actress, Sybil Vane (Marie Liljedahl), and they fall in love. Meanw... Read more