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?
sleestakk has logged 63 out of 100 movies in Danny Peary's Cult Movies. Back to Lists Overview.
| Rank | Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Watched | Viewed On |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Johnny Guitar | Nicholas Ray | 1954 | Yes | 03/31/2009 |
| 70 | Pretty Poison | Noel Black | 1968 | Yes | 01/23/2011 |
| 27 | Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | 1950 | Yes | 09/10/2012 |
| 93 | Two-Lane Blacktop | Monte Hellman | 1971 | Yes | 05/07/2009 |
| 76 | Rio Bravo | Howard Hawks | 1959 | Yes | 05/14/2009 |
| 49 | Kiss Me Deadly | Robert Aldrich | 1955 | Yes | 11/16/2012 |
| 36 | Harold and Maude | Hal Ashby | 1971 | Yes | 09/30/2009 |
| 32 | Gun Crazy | Joseph H. Lewis | 1950 | Yes | 09/18/2010 |
| 62 | Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | 1947 | Yes | 09/04/2011 |
| 61 | Once Upon a Time in the West | Sergio Leone | 1968 | Yes | 03/19/2013 |