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".
7.8/10
Charismatic Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow's ('Shaolin Soccer') frenetically paced martial arts spoof is a delirious mix of quickfire gags, surr... Read more
7.8/10
David Carradine, star of the 70's TV series, reprises his role as Caine, the mysterious Shaolin champion who lives by his deepest spiritual beliefs th... Read more
6.4/10
David Carradine reprises his role as Kwai Chang Caine, caught up in a battle with a Chinese warlord who's shipping opium to America and a search for a... Read more
7.3/10
The greatest drag comedy since 'Some Like It Hot', and a phenomenal success. La Cage is a transvestite nightclub run by a pair of ageing homosexuals,... Read more
7.3/10
Film Noir featuring John Garfield as an attorney who works for a mobster and finds himself caught in a numbers racket scheme that could bankrupt New Y... Read more
7.4/10
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more
7.4/10
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wished her baby brother would be taken away by goblins, and now her wish has come true. Jareth (David Bowie), the Goblin Kin... Read more
6.2/10
George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more
6.2/10
George A. Romero revolutionized American horror in 1968 with his instant classic 'Night of the Living Dead', followed by 'Dawn' and 'Day'. Now his ico... Read more
7.1/10
Powerful, explosive, erotic, political film that took the world by storm; Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando co-star in this film of love, sex and will... Read more