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".
Throughout the 1950s Bettie Page ignited the world with her notorious bondage and burlesque poses. Today a cult icon, Page started her career performi... Read more
6.9/10
In 1927, a Satanic disciple is crucified and melted alive in the basement of a Louisiana hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Catriona MacColl) inherits th... Read more
6.6/10
In 1927, a Satanic disciple is crucified and melted alive in the basement of a Louisiana hotel. Fifty years later, Lisa (Catriona MacColl) inherits th... Read more
6.1/10
Cheap drive-in thrills abound as Terry (Anitra Ford) is kidnapped during a nightclub shootout and thrown into a concentration camp for women. In the c... Read more
6/10
This groundbreaking "woman behind bars" actioner became an instant cult classic. When the desperate, abused inmates of an all-female prison rebel agai... Read more
8.1/10
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
8.1/10
A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-... Read more
7.2/10
After witnessing an attempted murder, American writer Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) decides to stay in Italy to help the police with their enquiries. He... Read more
3/10
In this sequel to "The Stud," Joan Collins is the owner of a popular London nightclub whose future is threatened when her marriage dissolves after she... Read more
6.4/10
This classic cult movie of the 50's combined both elements inherent in the Sci-Fi and teen delinquent movies of the time and created a new hybrid that... Read more