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".
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...
The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life ( Blu-ray ) (1983)
Director: Terry Jones
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...
The Monty Python team embark on the holy grail of human understanding with a series of sketches aimed at discovering the meaning of life itself. Inclu... Read more
More American Graffiti (Blu-ray) (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Bill L Norton
Starring: Ron Howard, Bo Hopkins, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Mart...
"American Graffiti" (1973) - Follow the misadventures of a group of friends on one summer night in '62, as they prepare for the uncertainty of life af... Read more
Morgan - A Suitable Case For Treatment (1966)
Director: Karel Reisz
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Robert Stephens
A landmark of English film history, with David Warner as a 'suitable case for treatment' trying to reconcile his failed marriage as his life descends... Read more
Motel Hell (1980)
6.1/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Nancy Parsons, Paul Linke, Rory Calhoun, Wolfman Jack, Nina Axelrod
Just what could be the secret ingredient that makes Farmer Vincent's sausages so tasty? Guests of his motel know the answer...or should we say are the... Read more
Mother Mary (2026)
4/10
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hunter Schafer
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume des... Read more
Mothra (1961)
6.6/10
Director: Ishiro Honda
Mothra was the third major addition to the Toho Studios' giant-monster stable after Godzilla and Rodan, and the first female beast in the series. The... Read more
Motorcycle Gang (1957)
5.7/10
Director: Edward L Cahn
Starring: Steve Terrell, John Ashley
Wild and Wicked living with no tomorrow! This classic tale of good versus evil takes place between two rival motorcyclists. Fresh from prison Nick wan... Read more
MPD-Psycho: Season 1, Parts 1 & 2 (2000)
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Naoki Hosaka, Tomoko Nakajima
From the mind of Takashi Miike ("Ichi the Killer", "Audition") comes this brilliant new series that thrusts the viewer into a surreal world of psychol... Read more
Mr Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
5/10
Director: Michael O'Donoghue
Starring: Bill Murray, Carrie Fisher, Dan Aykroyd, Deborah Harry, Jane Curtin, Joan Hacket...
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video is the wildly demented comedy from the mind of National Lampoon's and Saturday Night Live's notoriously funny writer/performer... Read more