great cult movie classics

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)

others ?

more movies you probably missed

(before you say anything and email me bad comments, i put a few movies on here that are just funny, outrageous at times; eurotrio and sex drive. i put fanboys on here because it's about star wars fans and their conflict with star trek fans, the conflict is always funny for me to observe in real life. )

for your consideration !

objectified

friends with money

feast of love

away we go

happy endings

dharjeeling limited

dan in real life

juno

my blueberry nights

purple violets

the groomsmen

vantage point

meet bill

i could never be your woman

the life aquatic

alien visitor (austrailian 1995)

traitor

burn after reading

my best friend’s girl

nick and norah’s infinite playlist

charlie bartlet

running with scissors (the funniest thing about this one is that it's a true story)

sex drive (comedy)

l'auberge espagnole ("the spanish apartment" french)

better than sex (new zealand)

outlander (sci-fi)

push (sci-fi)

because i said so

chocolat (i know, it's like like water for chocolate)

easy virtue

management

the brothers bloom

whatever works

fanboys (comedy)

eurotrip (comedy)

500 days of summer

extract (mike judge, the office space guy)

moon (sci-fi)

source code (sci-fi)

love happens (good grief)

the fantastic mr. fox

the limits of control

9 (2009. mechanical sci-fi. shane acker. tim burton.)