cult movies the classics and ..

so what defines a cult movie?

is it one you watch over and over with friends and repeat lines at school or at work? is it one that epitomizes an era, a movement or a group of people? or is it just a popular independent film? or an unpopular mainstream movie that eventually finds it's niche. maybe one that catches your attention early in the film and lets you enjoy the very unique ride? cult movies definitely don't follow the typical hollywood formula, or spend millions on sets or famous actors. cult movies used to be defined as low-budget '50's horror movies, or B movies that, later, became popular. the best i can describe them is interesting films that present an unexpected story in a unique way that somehow finds their way into our hearts and minds.

some of these movies are classic, some are retro (baby boomers and the late baby boomer generation, also referred to as "toddler boomers"), many are from generationX, some are from generation dot com (also referred to as "generation question mark") and a few are from the echo generation.

they are in no particular order.

• repo man

• memento

• tank girl

• blade (the first one)

• trainspotting

• wild at heart

• swingers

• the big lebowsky

• the big night (trust me, you'll be eating italian food afterwards)

• the royal tenenbaums

• baseketball (1/2 south path, 1/2 airplane)

• better off dead

• say anything ...

• garden state (awesome! unexpected. a great movie about life, even though it was in jersey.)

• the adventures of buckaroo bonzai across the 8th dimension

• the breakfast club

• the princess bride

• bill and ted's excellent adventure

• there's something about mary

• office space

• the crow

• heat (yes... the bank scene)

•pulp fiction

• true romance

• stigmata

• the matrix

• so close (matrix-style action with a sexy side. japanese)

• the outsiders

• casablanca

• rebel without a cause

• breakfast at tiffany's

• harold and maude

• raising arizona

• o brother where art thou?

• the rocky horror picture show

• the adventures of priscilla, queen of the desert

• slacker

• eurotrip

• being there

• animal house

• airplane!

• top secret

• history of the world, part1

• blazing saddles

• spaceballs

• ferris bueller's day off

• the gods must be crazy

• this is spinal tap

• monty python and the holy grail (just don't repeat every line, it's against most city ordinances)

• a fish called wanda

• best in show

• death to smoochie

• the big hit (mark wahlberg. action-comedy)

• tommy boy

• american pie

• clerks

• mallrats

• dazed and confused

• reality bites

• singles

• high fidelity

• sideways

• napoleon dynamite

• road trip

• dodgeball

• the 40 year-old virgin

• highlander (the first one)

• brain donors (if you like the marx brothers humor, you'll love this)

• heathers

• fight club

• kill bill, vol 1&2

• blade runner

• a bronx tale

• the hudsucker proxy

• the butcher's wife (a fate-oriented, random-circumstance, love story. demi moore.1991)

• ready to wear (about the fashion industry)

• thelma & louise

• the sweetest thing (a chick flick with a few 'guy' elements)

• when harry met sally ...

• the fifth element

• the adventures of jake speed (from the '80's)

• pee-wee's big adventure

• yellow beard

• big trouble

• van wilder

• harold and kumar go to white castle

• fast times at ridgemont high

• austin powers, international man of mystery (1&2, not 3)

• buffy the vampire slayer (the original movie, not the series)

• flirting with disaster

• the day trippers

• groundhog day

• krull (and i don't mean 'kull' with kevin sorbo)

• dragon slayer

• galaxy quest (mostly just for trekkies)

• time bandits

• the big chill

• half-baked

• UHF

• amazon women on the moon

• attack of the killer tomatoes (a slow movie, but very cheesy)

• the adventures of baron von munchausen (kids)

• mystery science theatre 3000 (the movie or tv show)

• idle hands

• be kind, rewind

• juno

• scot pilgrim

• little britain (uk. tv.)

• coupling (uk. tv.)

• renaissance (black and white animation)

• the secret of kells (incredible animation)

• stunt man

• j men

others ?

movies that i've liked ..
.. in the last few years or so ..


 (for my fans ...)
some independent, some otherwise, most, not all that well known ..
.. in no particular order
&
mostly the ones that you may not have seen already ..






the limits of control  (james jarmusch)

away we go

 little children  (some content may be objectionable, but it is a great movie in all senses)

 the king of california

charlie bartlet


all the days before tomorrow

my last five girlfriends

the big bad swim

jack goes boating

skateland

spin

submarine

ira & abby

friends (with benefits) 2009.  (independent, not the mila kunis/justin timberlake                  one, although that one was funny too)


drool

shades of ray

timer 



answer man

the adjustment bureau  


troll hunter (norwegian independent. blair witch style, not way not boring)

monsters (independent sci-fi)

women in trouble

youth in revolt


the royal tenembaums


the life aquatic

gigantic

catch .44

win win

the rage in placid lake

the four-faced liar  (pretty ok

the oh in ohio

i'm reed fish

palo alto, ca

eagle vs shark

2 days in paris

the go-getter

for your consideration

repo chick (not a sequel, & ot as cool as repo man, but worth watching)







more main stream stream:

american beauty

drive

stranger than fiction

in time

source code


crazy, stupid love

meet bill


pandorum  (sci-fi)

(500) days of summer

wedding daze

the rum diary

true grit

the romantics

going the distance

love and other drugs

thank you for smoking

easy a

please give

leaves of grass

boogie woogie

diggers

city island

easy virtue (fun.)





animation:

the secret of kells  (kids. incredible)

TO  (amazing anime, with great story. two episodes, although not related in plot.)

9   (although you shortly forget that it's animated)

the fantastic mr fox   (still motion)






tv.

game of thrones  (hbo television. incredible. character development is amazing)

coupling  (like 'friends,' but british, sexier and funnier)

eureka  (syfy channel series, 4 seasons, light hearted)





art.


rivers and tides


between the folds

2011, the year of bad movie titles

cowboys and aliens


bonnie and clyde vs dracula


hobo with a shotgun




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up and coming movie releases...

apollo 18
the blair witch project on the moon






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movies we should all see, but wish we could avoid

health/ toxins among us:

homotoxicus

the story of cosmetics .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfq000AF1i8&feature=relmfu

the beautiful truth

food:

vanishing of the bees

(cause: fungus-virus combination)

food, inc

food matters

black gold

king corn

future of food

the end of the line

water:

blue gold

flow

the story of bottled water . (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0&feature=relmfu

tapped

energy / fuel / alt energy/ green building:

300 years of fossil fuels .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w&feature=related

e2 .(the pbs series. every episode is important to see)

solar energy

coal: burning the future

fuel

gasland

crude

the green builders

environment:

an inconvenient truth

kilowatt ours

home

the human footprint

the 11th hour

the unforeseen

resources:

dirt

capitalism/ consumerism:

the story of stuff .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&feature=related

the corporation

the story of electronics .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6T_H78&feature=related

walmart, the high cost of low prices

buy, use, toss .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrbwhrc5gq0

capitalism. a love story

no end in sight

commanding heights

politics/ economics:

inside job

21st century enlightenment .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo

starve the beast by thom hartmann . (youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MhoCzYN0yk

the story of cap and trade .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA6FSy6EKrM&feature=relmfu

economic warning .(frontline)

the coming collapse of the middle class .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A

economics. a brief history of the current situation .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQItB5uoiHI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0&feature=related

the crisis of capitalism .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

invisible empire

enron. the smartest guys in the room

truth about the economy/ total collapse .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cziN3gt-hic

why societies collapse by jared diamond .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESYMFtLIis

collapse

fdr "fala" speech .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gztvtSyTdY

war:

the fog of war

why we fight

education:

waiting for superman

the secret powers of time .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3oIiH7BLmg

changing education paradigms .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

media:

freakonomics

outfoxed

the great shlep .(youtube)

the yes men

religion:

religulous

the evolution of religions by jared diamond .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOsOb0QRaQs

other:

why good ideas are never heard .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

hope:

the empathic civilization .(rsa animate) .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g

smile or die .(rsa animate) .(youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo