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".
4/10
Twenty-one years after two zoologists disappeared in the jungle, detective Hamilton Hornee leads an expedition into daftest Africa to search for their... Read more
7.4/10
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are about to get out of jail and this time, Julian vows to go straight, even open a legit business. Soon the boys will be ri... Read more
7.3/10
Taking their trailer trash antics to the big screen, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles have the perfect job lined up, the job to end all jobs - The Big Dirty.... Read more
8.2/10
A gritty, graphically painful and, at times, blackly funny look at a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland focusing on one young man as he re... Read more
8.2/10
A gritty, graphically painful and, at times, blackly funny look at a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland focusing on one young man as he re... Read more
5.7/10
An outrageous tale of two of lifes losers, from the Andy Warhol factory. Joe Dallesandro is a heroin-addicted male hustler whose girlfriend, Holly Woo... Read more
7.2/10
A fast-paced tale about deadly worm-like creatures menacing a tiny desert community. Perky script, good special effects and extraordinary performances... Read more
7.1/10
A fast-paced tale about deadly worm-like creatures menacing a tiny desert community. Perky script, good special effects and extraordinary performances... Read more
6.8/10
As with their previous collaboration ('24 Hour Party People'), Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan subvert the medium; making a film about a 'docume... Read more
"Troll" (1985) is a bizarre comic fantasy/adventure about a San Francisco apartment house that serves as a gateway to a dimension of trolls and demons... Read more