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".
Sleeper (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Woody Allen
'Sleeper' is loaded with hilarious sight gags and brilliant wit as Woody pokes fun at everything from sex to politics to health foods in this look at... Read more
Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
5.7/10
Director: Amy Jones
Starring: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella
When Trish (Michele Michaels) decides to invite her high school girl's basketball teammates over for a slumber party, she makes three big mistakes, Sh... Read more
Smithereens (1982)
6.7/10
Director: Susan Seidelman
Starring: Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, Richard Hell, Roger Jett
With a budget of only $80,000 director Susan Seidelman rocked the movie industry, this quirky and daring story of Wren (Susan Berman), a self-promotin... Read more
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
5.5/10
Director: David R Ellis
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Al...
Samuel L. Jackson is FBI agent Neville Flynn, a no-nonsense professional bringing an important government witness across the Pacific Ocean. But the ba... Read more
Snatch (2000)
8.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason...
Following 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', Guy Ritchie revisits that film's territory of London's criminal-ridden underbelly, with this labyrint... Read more
Snatch ( Blu-ray ) (2000)
8.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina, Rade Serbedzija, Vinnie Jones, Jason...
Following 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', Guy Ritchie revisits that film's territory of London's criminal-ridden underbelly, with this labyrint... Read more
Snuff (1976)
2.8/10
Director: Michael Findlay
This wild, amoral film is one of the most cynical cinematic hoaxes ever pulled on the public, and was, unbelievably, a success. "Snuff" debuted on US... Read more
Society (1989)
6.5/10
Director: Brian Yuzna
Starring: Billy Warlock, Devin Devasquez, Evan Richards
An intriguing and original thriller about a man who has a tape recording of his parents and sister taking part in a murderous sex orgy, but is told by... Read more
Some Like It Hot (1959)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E Brown
Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take... Read more
Some Like It Hot ( Blu-ray ) (1959)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: George Raft, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Pat O'Brien, Tony Curtis, Joe E Brown
Perhaps the funniest American film of the 1950's, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two second rate musicians on the run from the Chicago mob, who take... Read more