[apatteopipt]

Can anybody tell me what the definition of a cult film is? I looked up a website on cult films and these are the ones I like, I've also added a few:

Any film with The Beatles - I'm not really a Beatles fan but there was a lot of humour in their films
And Now For Something Completely Different
Exorcist
Monty python & The Holy Grail
Jaws
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Quadrophenia - One of the best cult films
Gregory's Girl - Really good film set in Scotland, with Clare Grogan from the band Altered Images
Fort Apache, the Bronx - stars Paul Newman, but then he made so many good films
The Hustler
It's A Wonderful Life
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarface
Star Wars
Monty Python's Life Of Brian
Airplane
Blues Brothers
Mad Max 1 & 2
Blade Runner
Evil Dead - I saw the second one but was disappointed with it, haven't seen Army Of Darkness yet, but I would like to
The Man With 2 Brains
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life.
Repo Man
Terminator 1 & 2
Blue Velvet
Manhunter - Prequel to Silence Of The Lambs
Wild At Heart
Reservoir Dogs
Groundhog Day
Pump Up The Volume
Pulp Fiction
Reality Bites
Se7en
Usual Suspects
Twin Peaks (Fire Walk With Me)
Romeo & Juliet - with Leonardo Di Caprio
True Romance

[Battwenue]

I thought of a few more that are some of my favorites but I'm not sure if all of them would be considered a cult classic.I have a hard time with what movies are considered a cult classic.

Carrie
Nightmare On Elm Street
Halloween
The Gate
the Lost Boys
The Goonies

I know most of these are horror movies but what can I say?,horror movies have alway's been my favorite.

[Henldyhl]

Here are some of my favorites,I'm sure there's more but I can't think of them at the moment.When I do I'll be sure to post them.

Evil Dead 2
Army Of Darkness(A.K.A.:Evil Dead 3)
Terminator 2
Night Of The Living Dead(1968)
The Exorcist
It's A Wonderful Life

[vRmy0Fzg]

Brandy, I have seen 'Reefer Madness' - that movie is in it´s own way hilarious and scary at the same time. Hilarious because the actors are actually 'acting', scary because there were surely some people who believed all the stories about the threatments of cannabis, especially after seeing that flick.

Other cult movies (in my very own opinion):

2001
Diva
Mad Max I
Night Of The Living Dead (the original 1968 movie)
Blues Brothers
Star Wars (except for 'The Phantom Menace')
Casablanca
The Longest Day
Starfight
Superman
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Pulp Fiction
From Dusk Till Dawn
Last Boy Scout
Terminator 1+2
The Last Countdown
The Philadelphia Experiment 1+2
Fatherland
Airheads
Das Boot

[@Aerodyno@]

The Rocky Horror picture show stands alone from a lot of movies because of the fact it has such long runs long after it's been released. I know in New Zealand it was shown at one cinema for about 2 - 3 years, so it brings new meaning to the word Cult Classic.

I would have included movies like Terminator in my list too, but to include this and many other block busters is pretty much saying any popular movie that is still immensely popular today is classed as a Cult Classic.

I guess you could make an argument for Terminator because a part 3 is on it's way which means this trilogy has spread over a 20 year period. (Much like the Star Wars series I guess). So that makes it more special than a lot of other movies.

[replicamuse]

My favorites are
Rock n Roll High School, A Clockwork Orange, Pink Floyd the Wall, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shocktreatment, and Heavy Metal.

[OWDavid]

hmmm.

The Quiet Man - don't ask.
Blue Velvet
Clockwork Orange - of course.
Europa, Europa
Liquid Sky
Rocky Horror
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Dune - the David Lynch movie

And a bunch of others I can't think of right now.

Bondarchuk's version of War & Peace - 6 1/2 hours of Russian with English subtitles. I wonder, does more than one person have to see a film in order for it to qualify as a cult film. lol

[inilbowly]

Recker, I think that the definition of a cult movie isn´t very easy to make...some were considered as "cult" and were also very successful in the commercial sense. Take the example of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show"...in a Munich cinema, this movie was running over ten years in a row!
On the other hand, some were only know to a minority, or it just had a special "cult" meaning for that special viewer only (like "T2" is an absolute cult movie for me, for reasons that no one else would probably understand ).

So, here are some more "culty" movies (for me)...

Evil Dead I+II
Army Of Darkness
Much Ado About Nothing
Leon (with Jean Reno...surely not that flick featuring Van Damme )
Beavis & Butthead Do America
South Park: Bigger, Better & Uncut
Highlander I
To Wong Foo...Julie (hope the title is correct)
Priscilla
Black Rain
The Day After
Jungle Book

[valiumnopresc]

Here are some of my faves:

A Clockwork Orange
Pulp Fiction
Clue!
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Night Of The Living Dead ('68)
Alien
Aliens
Texas Chiansaw Massacre

[agolutuaddiff]

Originally posted by this charming man
I can only think of a few off the top of my head to add:

Blue Velvet
Repo-Man
Blade Runner This is why I stalk you! I love all 3 of these films. Good stuff.

A few other favs are:

Beyone the Vally of the Dolls
Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill
Night of the Living Dead
Evil Dead I & II
Pink Flamingos
Polyester
(pretty much anything John Waters)
um....ok....that's it for now.

[gogFloark]

What are your favorite cult films?
so far I have seen and liked:

"A Clockwork Orange"
"Rocky Horror Picture Show"
"The Hotel New Hampshire"
"The Wall"
"Tommy"
"Alice's Restaurant"
almost anything by Ed Wood (so bad they're good)
still lookingfor Reefer Madness
I have seen a lot of cult films but these stand out as the best

[LINETFAD]

Here's my list..for now:

Subway
The Big Blue
Le Femme Nikita
Leon
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Bagdad Cafe
Akira
Fahrenheit 451
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Manhattan

[arcalmanard]

Originally posted by Bogie
Blue VelvetShudder!! I've said this before, I love that movie, but it scares the #$%& out of me! Can't watch it alone. Can't even look at a nitrous oxide tank in the dentist's office without thinking of Dennis Hopper.

My favorites are The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, RHPS, Spaceballs, (absolutely straight face) The Red Balloon, The Elephant Man, and Barton Fink, if that last one really counts as a cult film.

(hi Bogie! *waves* )

[Xcqjwarl]

Here are some of my faves:

Rock And Roll High School
A Clockwork Orange
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Hunger (I don't know if that would be considered a cult film)
Dazed And Confused (this one was filmed in my hometown)

[krasniyluch]

I like this thread and a lot of the films that have been mentioned.

I can only think of a few off the top of my head to add:

Blue Velvet
Repo-Man
Blade Runner

[DumErrory]

Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Lost Boys
Scarface
The Outsiders
Goonies
Valley Girl(my personal)
The Exorist(even though I wasn't allowed to watch this till the age of 15 and I had to sneak that)

[annouhMus]

I'm not 100% sure what is classed as a cult classic as some of the movies listed above seem to be blockbuster types I wouldn't include under that category. So here's my list based on the fact I have heard many of these referred to as cult classics.

A Clockwork Orange
The Living Dead movies (With Dawn of the Dead at the top of the list)
Bad Taste: Peter Jackson's first movie
Dead Alive: Another of Peter Jackson's early movies.
Reservoir Dogs (Steve Buscemi rocks!)
Dazed & Confused
Basket Case
Morons from Outter Space
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Yellow Beard
Monty Python's Life of Bryan
Monty Python's Holy Grail

[DariushPetresku]

The way I would define a cult classic is this:

It's a movie that just won't die. It may or may not have done so well when it was first released, but it's always being "kept alive" or "being revived" It never seems to be out of circulation. It will have memorable moments in it that everyone who has ever seen it will almost inevitably remember.

[serius_06]

Here's mine:
1.Rock n Roll High School
2.Sid and Nancy
3.Clockwork Orange
4.Rocky Horror Picture Show
5.Blue Velvet
6.True Romance
7.Near Dark
8.The Wall
9.Hardcore Logo
10.Spinal Tap
11.Trainspotting
12.Desprite Living
13.Reanimator
14.Pulp Fiction
15.The Funeral
16.Duel
17.Last house on the left
18.Repo Man
19.The Abominable Dr.Phibes
20.Ed Wood(the Tim Burton Film)
21.Shadow of the Vampire