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".
Straight To Hell (1987)
5.8/10
Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Sy Richardson, Dick Rude, Courtney Love
Director Alex Cox ('Repo Man', 'Sid and Nancy') takes on the spaghetti Western, as the bizarre citizens of a desert hamlet find themselves at the merc... Read more
Strange Invaders / Invaders From Mars (1986)
Director: Michael Laughlin, Tobe Hooper
Starring: Nancy Allen, Paul LeMat, Fiona Lewis, Karen Black, Bud Cort
'Strange Invaders' (1983): A fun spoof of science fiction invader films of the '50s and '60s. A UFO lands in a remote area of the midwest during the 1... Read more
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
7.6/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
Offbeat and engaging look at the American dream through "foreign" eyes from Jim Jarmusch. The stagnant lives of two New York misfits are changed when... Read more
Strangers with Candy (2005)
6.1/10
Director: Paul Dinello
Starring: Amy Sedaris, Greg Hollimon, Paul Dinello, Deborah Rush, Stephen Colbert, Dan Hed...
A prequel to the brilliant comedy series of the same name about Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) an ex-drug addict who wants to come good - so she's going ba... Read more
Streets of Fire (1984)
6.8/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Pare, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan
Ultra-stylish rock & roll fable with Michael Pare as a soldier of fortune who returns to his old neighbourhood to rescue his ex-girlfriend from the cl... Read more
Stunt Rock (1978)
5.5/10
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: Monique Van De Ven, Grant Page
Australian stuntman Grant Page accepts a job on an American television series and travels to Los Angeles, where he reunites with old friend and fellow... Read more
Stylemasters (2006)
Starring: Gerry Lopez, Wayne Bartholomew, Peter Townend, Shaun Tomson
Digitally remastered footage of some of the most influential and extreme surfers the sport has ever seen. Watch Gerry Lopez, Peter Townend and more ex... Read more
Sucker (Mosquito-Man) (2013)
5.7/10
Down on his luck and unlikely hero, Jim Crawley is having the worst day of his miserable life. He decides to end it all and even fails at that. An imp... Read more
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
6.3/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Masanobu Ando, Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Kaori Momoi, Yusuke Iseya, Renji Ishiba...
With more than a nod to spaghetti westerns, Takashi Miike's hip 'sukiyaki western' is inspired by Sergio Corbucci's violent classic, 'Django!'; and de... Read more
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
8.1/10
Director: Preston Sturges
Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Joel McCrea plays successful Hollywood director John L Sullivan, an idealist who believes you can't accurately direct a screen tragedy unless you live... Read more