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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Hard Day's Night, A | Richard Lester | 1964 | No | N/A |
| 39 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Gene Fowler Jr. | 1958 | No | N/A |
| 66 | Performance | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 98 | Where’s Poppa? | Carl Reiner | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 7 | Behind the Green Door | Jim Mitchell, Artie Mitchell | 1972 | No | N/A |
| 58 | Man of the West | Anthony Mann | 1958 | No | N/A |
| 86 | Tall T, The | Budd Boetticher | 1957 | No | N/A |
| 80 | Searchers, The | John Ford | 1956 | No | N/A |
| 12 | Burn! | Gillo Pontecorvo | 1969 | No | N/A |
| 45 | Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | 1954 | No | N/A |