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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Harder They Come, The | Perry Henzell | 1972 | No | N/A |
| 98 | Where’s Poppa? | Carl Reiner | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 66 | Performance | Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 22 | Emmanuelle | Just Jaeckin | 1974 | No | N/A |
| 60 | Nutty Professor, The | Jerry Lewis | 1963 | No | N/A |
| 32 | Gun Crazy | Joseph H. Lewis | 1950 | Yes | 02/06/2005 |
| 37 | Honeymoon Killers, The | Leonard Kastle | 1970 | Yes | 01/23/2011 |
| 62 | Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | 1947 | Yes | 05/02/2011 |
| 81 | Shock Corridor | Samuel Fuller | 1963 | Yes | 07/10/2011 |
| 93 | Two-Lane Blacktop | Monte Hellman | 1971 | Yes | 12/01/2011 |