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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Eraserhead | David Lynch | 1977 | Yes | 08/08/2022 |
| 10 | Black Sunday | Mario Bava | 1960 | Yes | 05/06/2022 |
| 59 | Night of the Living Dead | George A. Romero | 1968 | Yes | 04/29/2022 |
| 44 | Jason and the Argonauts | Don Chaffey | 1963 | Yes | 01/23/2022 |
| 41 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Don Siegel | 1956 | Yes | 07/24/2021 |
| 53 | Little Shop of Horrors, The | Roger Corman | 1960 | Yes | 06/18/2021 |
| 15 | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 | Yes | 02/28/2021 |
| 5 | Beauty and the Beast | Jean Cocteau | 1946 | Yes | 12/21/2020 |
| 94 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick | 1968 | Yes | 12/14/2020 |
| 61 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | 1968 | Yes | 03/14/2020 |