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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The | Tobe Hooper | 1974 | Yes | 10/03/2019 |
| 38 | House of Wax | André De Toth | 1953 | Yes | 01/26/2019 |
| 96 | Vertigo | Alfred Hitchcock | 1958 | Yes | 07/29/2017 |
| 99 | Wild Bunch, The | Sam Peckinpah | 1969 | Yes | 02/22/2015 |
| 56 | Mad Max | George Miller | 1979 | Yes | 11/16/2014 |
| 81 | Shock Corridor | Samuel Fuller | 1963 | Yes | 07/10/2011 |
| 32 | Gun Crazy | Joseph H. Lewis | 1950 | Yes | 02/06/2005 |
| 52 | Laura | Otto Preminger | 1944 | Yes | 03/13/2014 |
| 87 | Targets | Peter Bogdanovich | 1968 | Yes | 01/31/2014 |
| 76 | Rio Bravo | Howard Hawks | 1959 | Yes | 04/27/2013 |