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Cult Films / After Dark

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".

Jabberwocky (1977)

6.2/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Deborah Fallender, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier, W...

The Dark Ages as they should have been. A hyper-comic fairytale from the mind of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, and starring Python-pal Michael Palin. Read more

Jackass: Number Two - The Movie (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O , Chris Pontius

Twice as fearless, twice as hilarious, and twice as curious, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, and Chris Pontius stumble back onto the big scree... Read more

Jackass: The Movie (2002)

6.6/10
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O

Those dumb-asses from MTV have put a movie together featuring the stunts no one would let them put on television. Johnny Knoxville and his crazy frien... Read more

Jackie Brown (1997)

7.5/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Pam Grier, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robe...

This flavourful adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel 'Rum Punch' is reset in Southern California. Pam Grier plays a flight attendant who's been traffi... Read more

Jacob's Ladder (1990)

7.5/10
Director: Adrian Lyne
Starring: Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello

An original, highly psychological thriller that explores the thin line between reality and illusion. Jacob is a Vietnam veteran who becomes haunted by... Read more

Jaguar Lives! (1979)

4.3/10
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Starring: Barbara Bach, Capucine, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence, Joe Lewis, John Hust...

The 1970's was the decade of massive international films shot in exotic locations with amazing all-star casts. The "James Bond" films set the tone for... Read more

Jail Bait (1954)

3.2/10
Director: Edward D Wood Jr
Starring: Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Steve Reeves

A hard as nails gangster film Ed Wood style. A hood on the lam shoots his partner, then forces his surgeon father to change his face... Stars Lyle Tal... Read more

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

6.5/10
Director: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy

Elvis Presley goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a bar fight, and is signed to a musical contract following his performance on a TV show... Read more

Jailhouse Rock ( Blu-ray ) (1957)

6.5/10
Director: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Dean Jones, Jennifer Holden

Elvis Presley goes to prison for accidentally killing a man in a bar fight, and is signed to a musical contract following his performance on a TV show... Read more

JCVD (2008)

7.2/10
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more