Favourite “Cult Classic”

[Jim Rockford]

To Live and Die In LA (1985)

Great movie and a really cool soundtrack by Wang Chung.

 

[Willie Ray]

Great movie and a really cool soundtrack by Wang Chung.

great car chase too

 

[The Mad Hatter]

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Tron (1982)
Congress (2013)

I recently bought Until The End of the World (1991) the 4 hour version.

Metropolis (1927)
Wings of Desire (1987)

 

[Jim Rockford]

Metropolis (1927)
Wings of Desire (1987)

Two excellent German films.

 

[Jim Rockford]

great car chase too

It's a beauty. Speaking of car chases I should add Dirty Mary,Crazy Larry and Vanishing Point to the mix. Oh, and Repo Man as well.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Repo Man is awesome

And Repo Men with Jude Law and Forrest Whittaker

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Cult cinema / music doesn’t feel the same these days.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Pump Up The Volume (1990)
Predator 2 (1991)
Edward Scissorhands (1991)
Cube (1999)
Leon / The Professional
Caspar (1996)

 

[Desert Qlder]

Vanishing Point (1971)
The Boys Next Door (1985)
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Time Machine (1960)
Krull (1983)
Weird Science (1985)
Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
Thief (1981)
Trick Or Treat (1986)
Idiocracy (2006)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Pin (1988)
Talk Radio (1988)

 

[Desert Qlder]

Red Sonja (1985)
Over The Top (1987)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Crucible (1996)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Stone (1974)
Dune (1984)
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Stir Crazy (1980)
M (1931)

 

[Matua]

Seems to be loose definitions of cult on this thread so I'll add to it with:

True Romance
Carlito's Way
Infernal Affairs
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Rain

 

[Mark B]

Red Sonja (1985)
Over The Top (1987)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Crucible (1996)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Stone (1974)
Dune (1984)
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Stir Crazy (1980)
M (1931)

Some awesome films in the two lists. Stir Crazy, Weird Science and Any Which Way but Lose. Great memories from when I was a kid. Conan is IMHO Arnie’s best movie apart from the first two Terminator films.

 

[Jim Rockford]

True Romance

Even though he didn't direct it only wrote it, this is my favourite Tarantino movie. I've actually got a very cool 15 foot long vinyl banner that they hung outside cinemas to promote the film.

 

[Mark B]

Seems to be loose definitions of cult on this thread so I'll add to it with:

True Romance
Carlito's Way
Infernal Affairs
Big Trouble in Little China
Black Rain

Interesting fact about Black Rain, apart from being a great movie. The final scene in the Vinyard had to be filmed in a Vinyard in Northern California. Most of the film was done in Japan. Due to Japan’s very stringent gun laws, even a film production could not use automatic weapons that fired blanks. So Ridley Scott did the scene in Napa, California.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Red Sonja (1985)
Over The Top (1987)
Addams Family Values (1993)
The Crucible (1996)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Stone (1974)
Dune (1984)
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Stir Crazy (1980)
M (1931)

Over The Top and Hudson Hawk seen as misfires but good movies.

 

[Desert Qlder]

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2006)
Top Secret (1984)
Blind Fury (1989)
Fritz The Cat (1972)
Wag The Dag (1998)
Screamers (1995)
Enemy Mine (1985)
The Sure Thing (1985)
The Wild Life (1984)

 

[Parra]

Vanishing Point (1971)
The Boys Next Door (1985)
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
The Time Machine (1960)
Krull (1983)
Weird Science (1985)
Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
Thief (1981)
Trick Or Treat (1986)
Idiocracy (2006)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Pin (1988)
Talk Radio (1988)

Vanishing Point
Two Lane Blacktop

There's two classic car movies that qualify as cult.

Christine
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Duel - this seems like the first run at Jaws
Mad Max
Bullitt
Gone in 60 Seconds

 

[Desert Qlder]

I have no idea what 'defines' a cult movie or who is qualified to decide. Nor do I care quite frankly.

What I know is that certain 'underground' (you could say) movies like The Boys Next Door, Pin and Talk Radio used to turn up on late night network television once upon a time. That doesn't seem to happen any more which I think is a great shame.

TV networks used to take chances on screening these movies and you could watch without any advance knowledge of what you were getting into. The surprise element of finding a great, underappreciated film is long gone in the internet age.

At any rate, those three movies (of many, many more) are highly recommended from me, just don't look them up too much before viewing.

 

[Desert Qlder]

The Natural (1984)
Flashback (1990)
Airheads (1994)
Memoirs Of An Invisible Man (1992)
Punchline (1988)
Soapdish (1991)
Norma Rae (1979)
Gotcha! (1984)
Wargames (1983)
Half Baked (1998)
The Gambler (1974)
Wildcats (1986)