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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Wizard of Oz, The | Victor Fleming | 1939 | No | N/A |
| 27 | Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | 1950 | No | N/A |
| 85 | Sylvia Scarlett | George Cukor | 1935 | No | N/A |
| 18 | Deep End | Jerzy Skolimowski | 1971 | No | N/A |
| 45 | Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | 1954 | No | N/A |
| 8 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Russ Meyer | 1970 | No | N/A |
| 80 | Searchers, The | John Ford | 1956 | No | N/A |
| 19 | Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1945 | No | N/A |
| 9 | Billy Jack | Tom Laughlin | 1971 | No | N/A |
| 63 | Outrageous! | Richard Benner | 1977 | No | N/A |