Cult Movies is a 1981 book by Danny Peary, consisting of a series of essays regarding what Peary described as the 100 most representative examples of the cult film phenomenon. This is a list of those films. Interesting that what Peary considered “cult” in 1981 are now classic films. How many have you seen?
Copied from Sleestakk’s original list.
sensoria has logged 45 out of 100 movies in Danny Peary's Cult Movies. Back to Lists Overview.
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Watched | Viewed On |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | Edward D. Wood Jr. | 1959 | No | N/A |
| 79 | Scarlet Empress, The | Josef von Sternberg | 1934 | No | N/A |
| 54 | Lola Montès | Max Ophüls | 1955 | No | N/A |
| 27 | Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | 1950 | No | N/A |
| 21 | El Topo | Alejandro Jodorowsky | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 90 | Top Hat | Mark Sandrich | 1935 | No | N/A |
| 68 | Pink Flamingos | John Waters | 1972 | No | N/A |
| 92 | Two for the Road | Stanley Donen | 1967 | No | N/A |
| 4 | Badlands | Terrence Malick | 1974 | No | N/A |
| 88 | Tarzan and His Mate | Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway | 1934 | No | N/A |