Cult movie reccomendation

[RamblinYeti]

I thought about starting a thread where people can reccomend each other of cult movies-i reccomend rocky horror picture show(a great piss take of the hammer horrors) and wickerman(its got christopher lee ad he's not dracula)

[Tommuz]

Dusk Till Dawn. Brilliant film, although was badly received but it has got a huge cult following now. Its not supposed to be taken seriously either I don't think, which, in all honesty it would be hard to take any other way. Anyway, recommended if you haven't seen it (but i'm guessing most of you have)

[Twatybollocks]

Bad Tatse by Peter Jackson - You watch this (and his other horror flick Brain Dead) and wonder how he got the job making LOTR. I'm glad he did though.

Anyway, Bad Taste. Over the top, cheap, independnant, gorefest. I love it.

[freddiestarfish]

are you saying brain dead isnt a gore-fest?
i can't belive that, as it hold the record for the most amount of fake blood used in a movie.

i love that movie, its so funny and different to anything else, who else uses a flymo as a weapon?

[seaempty]

Spinal Tap all the way. One of the funniest films I have seen. Though no gore. I heartedly advise viewing this masterpiece.

[Bruce]

Evil dead, Evil dead-Dead by dawn and Army of darkness one of the greates cult movie trilogies that exist.

[bigmother]

bad taste is a great film! I love it!

I dunnow if the shining is really considered cult, I assume it is, but am not sure. Some slightly less terrifying films are, Harold and Maude and eraserhead (ok eraserheads a bit wierd. Oh and the bit where a teenager and the old woman kiss in harold and maude is a bit gross but, hey! thats what makes a film a good film, and then a cult film)

[Rogue]

the amityville horror series.

i found it highly amusing.

also, plan nine from outer space....

[Dødens Knekt]

Reservoir Dogs, Gods Army, Big Trouble in Little China

[Beef Magic]

Requiem For A Dream, Pi, Donnie Darko (naturally), Dawn Of The Dead, The Doom Generation.

[RamblinYeti]

i would argue donniedarko aint no longer a cult film-it has become so popular also i would by no means say reservoir dogs is a cult movie mr knekt

[darkling]

Logan's Run ...and almost anything directed by Stanley Kubrick, in particular Dr.Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, The shining, Eyes Wide Shut and of course A Clockwork Orange... and David Cronenburg's Naked Lunch, Scanners and Existenz. all brilliant in my opinion :)
Originally posted by Bruce
Evil dead, Evil dead-Dead by dawn and Army of darkness one of the greates cult movie trilogies that exist.

and them.. i got the box set for christmas.. wooo

[mm pretty dress]

donnie darko is the second worst film I have ever seen.

So bad.

So very bad.

I can't believe no one has mentioned 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas'.

[Dødens Knekt]

Originally posted by RamblinYeti
i would by no means say reservoir dogs is a cult movie mr knekt

then I suggest you put up your definition of what's a cult movie

most of the filmclubs in norway consider the work of Q.T. to be cult classics...

by the way

The Blues Brothers shouldn't be forgotten, best musical ever

[Bruce]

I can't believe no one has mentioned 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas'. [/B][/QUOTE]

True that, good movie indeed.
Other worth to mention would be Bubbaho-tep and Kill Bill(this one is doomed to become a cult movie)
And Resevoir dogs is a cult movie if I ever saw one(and I see them alot!)

[Beef Magic]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
donnie darko is the second worst film I have ever seen.

So bad.

So very bad.



:rolleyes:

The first was probably Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (For all you uncultured people out there, it was recently voted number 1 in the best films ever in a Reader's poll)

[Pee]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
donnie darko is the second worst film I have ever seen.

So bad.

So very bad.

I can't believe no one has mentioned 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas'.
why?
because you were simply too STUPID to get it?
that film is so damn great
agreed on the fear and loathing in las vegas thing tho..

[Mungo]

freddy vs jason. its a funny film but makes no sense

[Armand]

Err.... A Clockwork Orange, anyone? :p

[seaempty]

Originally posted by Pee
why?
because you were simply too STUPID to get it?
that film is so damn great
agreed on the fear and loathing in las vegas thing tho..

Aren't people allowed an opinion any more?

Any way Duel - top film

[dominatrix]

Originally posted by seaempty
Spinal Tap all the way. One of the funniest films I have seen. Though no gore. I heartedly advise viewing this masterpiece.

"and that was spinal tap in the where are they now section...":D

my favourites are reservoir dogs,the exorcist (so funny),lost highway,the shining and this film called Pi.......if anyones heard of it.......

[Evilone]

Originally posted by Tommuz
Dusk Till Dawn. Brilliant film, although was badly received but it has got a huge cult following now. Its not supposed to be taken seriously either I don't think, which, in all honesty it would be hard to take any other way. Anyway, recommended if you haven't seen it (but i'm guessing most of you have)

classic film, utterly nuts :)

[Rogue]

valley girl--80s movie with a young nic cage

[Smartie Popper!]

Donnie Darko.

Secretary,Donnie Darko,City of God,Donnie Darko, Heathers.

[funkbeans]

True Romance. The ultimate cult movie. SLated by critics, written by Tarantino and starring Christian Slater. Oh and also, it's pretty brilliant.

[mm pretty dress]

Originally posted by Pee
why?
because you were simply too STUPID to get it?
that film is so damn great
agreed on the fear and loathing in las vegas thing tho..

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: (that comment deserves a sea of rolly-eyes)

Oh what a suprise.

The 'you’re too stupid to get it' tactic.

Nice try.

I did get it.

Like I got the Matrix & Requiem for a Dream.

I just happen to think that they are awful awful films.

I can go in-depth if you wish, & give an analysed critique but I'd probably just be slagging off your favourite films & then you’d get all upset & defensive.

Boo hoo.


Hmm back on topic, more cult films... um, Ghost World is ok.

[RamblinYeti]

Originally posted by Bruce
And Resevoir dogs is a cult movie if I ever saw one(and I see them alot!) sorry i -just thought a cult movie coudn't reall have mass popularity(and reservoir dogs certainly does)-plus a few friends seemed to think it was not really a cult movie.

PS has anyone seen ravenous and do they know if it is any gud?

[BigShimmeryWall]

cult films...er.... off the top o' me head...
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (Hip Hop/Gangster/Samurai classic- surely the best genre there is :P), Mulholland Drive (kinda confused me near the end but brilliant none the les), Princess Blade (got lotsa swords and stupid camera angles :D ), Princess Bride (it rules. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."), oh,anything by Takashi Miike...

[Alomie]

quadrophenia... how is this forgotten?

Leon And Pulp fiction

All good films... all cult classics!

[prodigy69]

one flew over the cuckoos nest / shining

are 2 of my all time faves

[Beef Magic]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: (that comment deserves a sea of rolly-eyes)

Oh what a suprise.

The 'you’re too stupid to get it' tactic.

Nice try.

I did get it.

Like I got the Matrix & Requiem for a Dream.

I just happen to think that they are awful awful films.

I can go in-depth if you wish, & give an analysed critique but I'd probably just be slagging off your favourite films & then you’d get all upset & defensive.

Boo hoo.


Hmm back on topic, more cult films... um, Ghost World is ok.


What is your favourite film then mpd? Give us some more examples of films we should watch.

[mm pretty dress]

What is your favourite film then mpd? Give us some more examples of films we should watch

I wouldn't say my favourite films were cult films, so this is a little off topic, but since you asked (I assume you asked so you can diss my taste in films, but feel free. Everyone is entitled their own opinion & if I can dish it out then I can take it as well.)... Waking Life, Alice in Wonderland, The Virgin Suicides, American Beauty, Magnolia, Amelie, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Ghost World, Schindlers List.

[Greg]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
American Beauty

Best movie ever.

[Alumbrada]

Flesh Gordon has a big cult following where I'm from, but it is by no means a "good film". It's amusing, though.

[djnrrd]

Paperhouse (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098061)

Best British film ever. Everytime I see it it makes me wanna cry.

[hopperwithazing]

edward scissor hands ...maybe just in my little town. Hairspray. Pink Flamingo....although if you don't have a strong stomache DON"T watch it it's gross

[bigmother]

the naked gun films are all great, can't forget them:D

[Magpie]

Originally posted by Bruce


Other worth to mention would be Bubbaho-tep [/B]

you have no idea how much i want to see this film.

but i don't think it's coming out in the UK:(

[::Kamiah::]

oh yeah,love Rocky Horror!!! Great for cheering up,though its not ment to have that effect is it???

[Beef Magic]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
The Virgin Suicides, Amelie

I haven't seen these films yet. To some degree, you could call both of them cult, as one of them is independant and the other is in a non-commersial Language for films (As in English).

Also, notice how non-English speaking countries have a much stronger film industry than we do.

The British film industry is picking up quite well at the moment, but as we speak English, we tend to get Hollywood films first and there is an unwilling part to finance British films - look at the Ealing Comedy's for example.

But Film Four is our best bet for a distrubitor - They tried to hit America, releasing films like Death To Smoochy, but unfortunetly, Film Four didn't quite make it big, so they are just staying in the UK for now.



And no, I can not spell to save my life.

[cervantes]

Originally posted by mm pretty dress
I can't believe no one has mentioned 'Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas'.

That film was an abomination, did you read the book now that is pure drug induced genius, Hunter S, i salute you (read hells angels as well....sorry not books.....films)

Doberman: a brilliant french film, super cool opening sequence
Sexy Beast: ray winstone at his best
American Beauty: kevin spaceys last good film
Delicatessen: weired and wonderfull
Doctor Stranglove: what can i say, just watch it!
plus lots more...

[leeroy]

Originally posted by cervantes
That film was an abomination, did you read the book now that is pure drug induced genius, Hunter S, i salute you (read hells angels as well....sorry not books.....films)

ehe the book was stunning, i loved it, if you liked that you should check out the dice man and high rise, which probably has the best opening line ever

later as he sat on his balcony eating the dog dr robert laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months

genius and so sorry for going off topic but if you like fear and loathing you should like these

[Dødens Knekt]

Originally posted by Magpie
you have no idea how much i want to see this film.

but i don't think it's coming out in the UK:(

what?

but if it doesn't reach the UK, it certainly will not reach Norway
:( :( :(

on a brighter note, Hellboy was just released, and hopefully it will hit Norwegian cinemas before summer :D

oooops

off topic again are we?

ok, then I'll throw in an eeeeexcellent link to a wonderfull place I came across today

http://www.badmovies.org/

It contains loads of cult movies, has screenshot's, quotes (with sound), and short movieclips from ALL the movies.

I love that page...

[vampiress]

donnie darko is still a cult film here.
mulholland drive was ace because of the random lesbian scenes.
evil dead trilogy is amazing. brice campbell is my hero. i am pissed bubbs hotep isn't coming here.
yeah for resevoir dogs and pulp fiction, and the other tarantino flicks.
ameli was awesome.
my additions:
pleasantville, big lebowski, rushmore, royal tennebaums, bottle rocket, the minus man, adrian po, legend, trainspotting and shallow grave, the original dune, a life less ordinary( yes i am the one person who loved this movie), mansfield park, lost in translation, empire records, the jersey kevin smith movies,bonnie and clyde, young frankenstein, the poisiden adventure, children of the corn
and the best movie ever....
empire of the ants with joan collins. fabulous. must see horror film

[darkling]

Originally posted by Magpie
you have no idea how much i want to see this film.

but i don't think it's coming out in the UK:(

but it HAS to! nooooooooooo :(

[elroy]

Dark City
U-turn.
I saw that movie Pi the other night, it was cool.
p.s. read the sig. 12 motherfuckin monkeys, biatch.

[Sloth]

right well... one ups to all that mentioned movies based off of Thompson... I just got back into reading Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail '72 (thats why i just made the new sig, ofcourse...)

for those of you, mentioned previously in my post, want to see more... try Where the Buffalo Roam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081748/)

Also there is The Rum Diary (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376136/) (in production) which is a fiction love story he wrote.... no drug use, but rum is drank like water...

this pricey dvd has some great interviews, btw... --> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007ELDF/qid=1076089212//ref=pd_ka_1/103-2456182-4620647?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

[Panto]

Ginger Snaps (Great Horror film, not scary but lots of 'depth' to it),
Chasing Amy (A film that is great despite having Ben Affleck in it),
American History X (AMAZING film, Ed Norton gives one of the best performances ever!),

Sorry if some people don't think the last two are "Cult" but I wouldn't consider either of them 'big' movies.

(I did leave out Leon because I once saw it in a top 100 poll in a magazine)

[jessabon]

The Princess Bride
South Park :Bigger Longer and Uncut
Casablana

[Greg]

I just watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That movie was so insanely chaotic, it was fucking incredible.

And if you haven't seen Snatch, go check it out. Watched it yesterday, it is beyond being the shit, it is the mega shits.

[bigmother]

I think Blow is a pretty good film, of course not the best.

[elroy]

the movie Snatch. Dang good.

[NIGHTCOW]

Time bandits, one of the most stupid films you will ever see but it is funny as...


Also twelve monkeys - i love terry gilliam films

[bigmother]

ooh that reminds me...

back to the future are also a selection of tender meats

[bethie_nova]

Cult movies are some of my favirotes...I don't know if you'd call some of these "cult" or not. They are lesser known, but entertaining nonetheless...

1. The Search for One-Eyed Jimmy
Samuel L. Jackson as Col. Ron "If they hadn't shot my dick off in 'Nam, I'd whip it out and piss in your face!"

2. The Big Lebowski
"The Dude abides."

3. Young Frankenstein
"Hearts and kidneys are tinkertoys. I'm talking about the central nervous system."

4. Swimming With Sharks
"I told you, it's gotta be loud loud loud! The audience should feel their balls tremble, their ears should bleed!"

5. The Last Supper
"I say we bury the cracker and have dessert."

6. Dark Star

7. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension

8. Cube

9. Brazil

10. Harold and Maude

Just to name a few....

[Dødens Knekt]

I would like to recomend the movie Black Samurai too you. It's probably the worst movie ever made. It even tops Plan 9 From Outer Space, and that's pretty damn extraordinary.

WARNING! spoilers ahead!

I don't really think it will spoil the movie for you though, as it's so insanely bad and the sound quality is so low you will probably have to see it twice to understand what's actually going on. Some of the events and some of the dialogue is still a mystery to me and I've seen it 3 times...











I can even provide pictures from it:

http://home.no/magnarmuller/bs1.jpg
Here we see Jim Kelly, playing the black samurai (secret agent for D.R.A.G.O.N.), driving his purple sports car.

The plot is amazing. He is sent on a mission to hunt down the leader of a crime league operating in the fields of prostitution, drug dealing, black magic, satanic ritual murders and the occult. Here we see the black samurai at a party held by the leader of the league. The party is filled with prostitutes, and the leader of the league reads the samurais mind and blows his cover.

They actually used the same recordings over and over again because they couldn't afford shooting all the footage they needed.

http://home.no/magnarmuller/bs3.jpg
Jim Kelly at the party

Later in the movie the black samurai grabs a jetpack (you can see the threads he is being kept in the air with) and flies to an island for no apparent reason. There he battles a midget swinging from tree to tree on a rope.

http://home.no/magnarmuller/bs5.jpg
The black samurai at the island.

Later on he is put in a prison cell filled with snakes. He torches the snakes with a flamethrower in a pen and then escapes by torching the iron lock with the same flamethrower. I'm not sure if that scene was meant to insult our intelligence.

http://home.no/magnarmuller/bs9.jpg
FACT: a flamethrower is a decent replacement for lockpicks... especially iron locks on iron bar doors.


See the movie and laugh your ass off.

[Cjw]

Looks like that is where they got the inspiration for undercover brother from then ;)

[Dødens Knekt]

Seriously, this terrible terrible movie is actually based on a book!

I do want to read it.

[HappyJack]

As far as cult movies go, well there are Dead Man, and Ghost Dog: the way of the samurai. Both directed by Jim Jarmusch, and both of which are amazing films.

Also, You should all see Bubba Ho Tep. It's about an elvis impersonator fighting a 4000 year old mummy

[RamblinYeti]

oooh my long last thread has been revived (Hope no one has a go at me for posting in an old thread-sorry if it annoys anyone-but it had already been revived_ anyway a cool cult movie which i reccomend is the hapiness of the katakuris-i did a little peace about it in the meeja section if you want more details(it was directed by miike takashi)

[Tweekish]

Fear and Loathing - we stayed at teh casino it was filmed in! And drank in the carousel bar!
Donnie Darko
The Crow - I love. i dont know why.
Spirited Away - I cant recommend enough
Haggard - Pure Bammage
Pirates of the Caribbean (sorry!) but Johnny Depp as a pirate? Mmmmmm, nice!

[Scribbly]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is brilliant... from dusk till dawn (note: only the first. 2 and 3 suck)

Also; hooray, somebody is using my weebl-in-an-airoplane avatar :D

[gatochy]

I love this movie I've only seen once, "Heartbeeps" (1981), with one of my favorite divas, Bernadette Peters as "AquaCon 89045", a female robot and Andy Kaufman.
They play two robots who decide to escape and be free and they are so sweet and innocent. They find other robots and one of those robots is a comedic robot, so he can only communicate what he means to say through jokes and puns. It's very moving when he tries to say something sad and it only comes out a sadness related joke.

I remember a scene close to the end of the movie where they have sort of run out of batteries and are getting paralyzed. She's already perfectly still and he's almost saying that he loves her when he too comes to a complete halt. But if I well remember it does have a happy ending, although it's a tear jerker. Innocence and naiveness always make me cry pool of tears.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0783237278/002-0021741-4484064?v=glance

[HappyJack]

One of my favorite cult movies is the Japanese film "Battle Royale", mainly because its soo strange. About a class of grade 9's who get transported to this deserted island where they have to kill each other to be the last one alive, otherwise they all die.
I know there was a sequal to the movie but I haven't seen it yet.

[ZekeyLizard]

I cant beleive no one has mentioned the hilarious Weird Al movie, UHF.


You can watch us all day
You can watch us all night
You can watch us any time that you please.
While you sit around staring at the picture tube
As your brain turns into cottage cheese
YEAH!

Dont change that channel!
Dont touch that dial!
We got it all on UHF
Forget about your family
Dont worry about your job
Just crank up the volume
Yank off the knob
We got it all
we got it all
We got it all, on UHF

I love that movie.

[Zero bass]

haagard rules no doubt about it

[oppernaR]

The french movie La Haine, absolutely brilliant
House of 1000 corpses
Dog Soldiers <- definately!
Cabin Fever
all the little horror movies nobody's ever heard about

Pulp fiction isn't exactly cult, it's a way of living!!
(I have that movie on VHS, DVD and DVD collector's edition)

[junior]

Dog soldiers! Class movie!!

Fear and loathing in las vegas is great, although its based on a hunter s. thompson novel.

[therhino]

The french movie La Haine, absolutely brilliant


YES! That is such an utterly brilliant film in so many ways!

Jusqu' ici tout va bien. Mais ce n'est pas la chute qui fait mal- c'est l'atterissage.

Genius. Love it.

[Ouroboros]

Just watched Donnie Darko today, twas fecking awesome.

[ZekeyLizard]

Does "Taxi Driver" starring Robert DeNiro count as a cult movie?

You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?

Suck This. (BLAM!) *blows a pimp's guts out*

[GorillaBearBear]

Another French movie - Delicatessen

Jean Pierre jeunot and Marc Caro direct and write. Really quite funny and surreal.

[RamblinYeti]

Does "Taxi Driver" starring Robert DeNiro count as a cult movie?

You talkin' to me?
You talkin' to me?


you must be talkin to me theres noone else here(apart from GuerillaBaaBaa)----i dont know whether taxi driver is a cult movie--i suppose it is-it has it dedicated audience although may not be as cult as some other movies like donnie darko

[princess gecko]

First, homage must be paid to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Best flick ever. :notworthy

That said, The Vanishing. NOT the American remake. The original (Dutch?) version. Creepy.

Does Airplane count as a cult flick?

[mr jones]

pi is an amazing film!
trainspotting is a good cult-y film but is nothing compared to the book - i recomened to anyone, if you can get through the first chapter.
also, nighmare before christmas. is htis counted as cult? and edward scissorhands?
Also Ring is a very good film. shame about the awful usa vesion :(

[gatochy]

And let's not forget "Bagdad Cafe" and "Sugar Baby" both starring Marianne Sägebrecht. Bagdad Cafe's soundtrack is a cult music in itself. In that movie Marianne is a foreigner who comes to this café stuck in the middle of nowhere and begins to stir things up and get people unstuck from their monotonous, dreary lives; a bit like Mary Poppins, like she's a magical person who can make things happen.
In the second movie she's someone with a humdrum life herself, but she decides to take action when she falls in love with a guy when she hears the sound of his voice. Although he's married she decides to try to seduce him anyway. Their affair is really touching.
I think both movies have a fairytale like simplicity about them.

[Littleshore]

I've heared a lot about a movie called Bubba Ho-Tep.. But since I havent seen it, and it would be such a waste to get a dvd from the states just to realise that it's crap, I'm wondering what you think about it if you have seen it..

Not sure that it is a cult movie, but people say that it is so...

[mother leopard]

im surprised that noone has mentioned withnail and i yet it's got some great moments like when they try to cook the chicken

[princess gecko]

I've heared a lot about a movie called Bubba Ho-Tep.. But since I havent seen it, and it would be such a waste to get a dvd from the states just to realise that it's crap, I'm wondering what you think about it if you have seen it..

Not sure that it is a cult movie, but people say that it is so...
Littleshore-- Bubba Hotep was a great movie. I was prepared for crap, but my husband made me watch it. If you are a bruce cambell fan, it's a must see

[Piemaster3000]

donnie darko
doesnt get any better than that.
and empire records

[Gork]

All time best ever cult movie in existence is undoutecly Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. This movie has played a crucial and monumental role in warpping and twisting my mind into the ooditiy it is since before I can remember. (Which is why I'm all psyched up for an upcoming film of his, The Corpse Bride. Burton returns to stop-motion animation! And it's coming out Halloween of this year!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121164/

[Piemaster3000]

AAHHH! How could i not have remembered nightmare!? its my other favorite movie!

[Dibbie]

Heh,

I love you guys. You ask for cult movie recommendations and give mainstream movie answers - brilliant :p

I would recommend Sergio Leone's not so well known movie "A Fistful of Dynamite" sometimes known as "Duck, You Sucker". It forms the second part of the "Once Upon a Time In..." Trilogy.

[sack the chimp]

Hmmmm, cult movies not mentioned so far....

Withnail and I: Perhaops one of the ultimate cult movies, I only saw this for the first time recently, genius. Moderate/heavy spannering.

Human Traffic: Perhaps more a movie about the cult than the other way round. Spannering at record levels.

The Blues Brothers: Superb work of cinema, maybe escaping the cult category even. Spanner free.

Drunken master (2): I've only seen the original, but thats pretty cult as far as kung fu fulms go. Spanner free.

Up in Smoke (and other Cheech and Chong films): Classic stoner action. Heavy spannering.

[junior]

Withnail and I is great! I've got it on DVD!!!

I would recommend Kung Pow and Human Traffic. And of couse Withnail and I.

[Littleshore]

Littleshore-- Bubba Hotep was a great movie. I was prepared for crap, but my husband made me watch it. If you are a bruce cambell fan, it's a must see


Thanks! I have spoken to quite a few people lately, and noone seemed to hate it, so i'll take my chances and get it shipped from the states. I think I'll buy it when I get my money from the local authority(done 3 weeks of work for them and still nothing>:( ). I saw it on Amazon.com and it wasn't that expensive.. Hope the shipping won't be too steep..

[gatochy]

Oh, and Luc Besson's "La Femme Nikita," the french original, not the American version. If you liked that one you should also see his "Atlantis," it's so beautiful.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000844ML/qid=1090637448/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/002-1449479-3783206?v=glance&s=dvd

[RamblinYeti]

is LA Femme Nikita the same as Nikita-another film i thin besson directed

[gatochy]

They're one and the same. The whole title of the film is "La Femme Nikita," not just Nikita as it came to be known.

[FoxDhoj]

Erm, quirky French movies:

Amelie
Happenstance
Delicatessen
and the best one I've seen (recently):
City Of Lost Children

All brilliant films + very cult.

[Hannisburg]

Donnie Darko - it's probably been mentioned but that film is just plain awesome!

[ZekeyLizard]

I love City of Lost Children.

That movie fucking rocks.


Also, look for the movie Weird Al made. UHF it is called.

Tres funny and...well......weird.

[GorillaBearBear]

It's a shame you can only get that film dubbed though (City of Lost Children)

[kerousel]

well, I 've only seen some of Donnie Darko...I obviously have to get to a Blockbuster...anywho, Leon/The Professional is amazing, even though it's already been mentioned. and I don't know that Immortal Beloved is cultish, but it's not exactly mainstream. And I love Jesus Christ Superstar! Another one that's not real mainstream. You have to see the Norman Jewison version, though, with Ted Neely as Jesus. There's another version out there that really sucks. and I loved Snatch, and Sid and Nancy. I guess that's it for now.

[Weevel]

Most of my favorites have been mentioned 'cept:

Clerks, Fight Club (didn't do too well at the box office but had a good cult following), Planet of the Apes (and sequels), the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the Thing.

[Sigerson Holmes]

Donnie Darko, Blazing Saddles, 24 hour party people.

man, I'm a sellout.

[FoxDhoj]

I love City of Lost Children.

That movie fucking rocks.


Also, look for the movie Weird Al made. UHF it is called.

Tres funny and...well......weird.

Yeah, it does!
We have quite a few French Cult Movies at our house. They're so...quirky. Well, enoguh cult movies for a while, I'm gonna go watch Schindler's List.

[allfalldown]

I think I've heard Pitch Black described as a cult film. If it is, it's probably one of my faves. I haven't seen that many of the films mentioned here, but the ones I like that have been mentioned are Fight Club (awesome), Leon (Gary Oldman = awesome), and probably Nightmare Before Christmas (not quite sure why).

[Disgruntledgoat]

Night of the Living Dead and the original Dawn of the Dead. Both by George Romero

There's also Day of the Dead, which I haven't seen.

They're now making another in the series, with Zombie Cameos from Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright after George Romero saw their work in Shaun of the Dead, it's called Land of the Dead.

But you lot probably knew that already...

[GorillaBearBear]

Day of the Dead is the best one, so you have to go and see it now.

Well, best from an entertainment perspective anyway

[Cynic]

Assalt on Precinct 13, classic

And the original 1927 Fritz Lang Metropolis which in my opinion is the oldest film in the world thats still actually good.

[Woloch]

before you say you don't like anime, you must watch "spirited away".

it's one of the best movies i've ever seen, and even my friends who hate anime thought so.

also, watch the cowbow bebop movie. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense unless you've watched a couple of episodes, but it's not like you won't understand anything. Plus, it's still overflowing with the atmosphere of the series.

[Munkee]

Godzilla (the original 1954 Japanese version)... it is quite a dark film and miles better than the sequels it spawned through out the 60s & 70s.

[Discodoris]

Dougal and the Blue Cat - 70s spin off film from the Magic Roundabout. Best watched under the influence....
Easy Rider
Roadhouse
Last Tango in Paris

[kerousel]

Yeah, I can't believe Fight Club didn't get mentioned more. I am Jack's raging bile duct.

[GorillaBearBear]

Fight Club isn't, I don't think, that cult. Probably why

[Tommuz]

Nightmare Before Christmas is a stunning film. Saw it for the first time in 10 years last night. I love that film so much now. Can't wait for Corpse Bride (http://corpsebridemovie.warnerbros.com/) to come out later this year

[patch]

prolly mentioned already, but the blues brothers, dazed and confused, and also too, empire records. Love those films

[Evil Sperm]

Death to Smoochy: Edward Norton romping around in a big fluffly purple rhino suit. What's not to like?

[patch]

hmmm, bettlejuice if it hasnt been mentioned
hackers
bill and ted's excellent journey
bill and ted's bogus adventure

[Discodoris]

I couldn't remember the title of this until now -

Dark Star

[Chavvy]

I'd have to recommend Sexy Beast. Actually most films with Ray Winstone in (Scum, Nil By Mouth as well). Excellent actor whose starred in some classic films...

[Curley_Bun]

If by cult you mean excellent, non mass media film, bit kooky and admired by nearly all who watch - then please watch Slingblade.

Awesome film.
Superb.
Billy Bob rules

[Anti - Squirrel]

I've just finished watching 'Cannibal - the musical' and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Trey Parker's first film, made pre-South Park while he was still in college. Bloodthirsty, incredibly low budget, and the writing certainly needs to be refined a little bit, but it still throws up a lot of genuine belly laughs. Particularly the "Native Americans". Matt stone's performance is typically irritating but, as with every Trey Parker film, Dian 'Squeak' Bachar totally steals it from beneath everyone's noses.

I'd definitely recommend it, though. If only to see how far Parker's humour has come since then.

[Mellomeh]

The Breakfast Club

Can't believe no-one's mentioned this beauty. It's on later this week I think.

[FoxDhoj]

La Cabina

Spanish cult movie short about a bloke who gets stuck in a telephone booth and is taken away...