great cult movies

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 definately 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




others ?




• 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 sweetwst 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



i realize some of my listings may not be considered cult movies, with more campy than cult, but they made me laugh, so hey.

best car chase scene in a movie

• striking distance

• ronin

• the rock

• the transporter

• the blues brothers

• gone in 60 seconds








worst car chase scene in a movie:

dirty harry: the dead pool
(if you haven't scene it, don't miss jim carrey as a serious suicidal death metal rock star and the premier of guns and roses. dirty harry, in a "sporty" '80's k-car is chased by a remote control car with a bomb in it. it's pretty hilarious. it's just like something mad tv or snl would do, only this was intended to be serious).

best movie endings

here's just a few ..

• say anything ...

• thelma and louise