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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Tell Your Children | Louis J. Gasnier | 1938 | No | N/A |
| 100 | Wizard of Oz, The | Victor Fleming | 1939 | Yes | 11/26/2020 |
| 17 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Dorothy Arzner | 1940 | No | N/A |
| 25 | Fantasia | David Hand, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ben Sharpsteen, William Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Norman Ferguson, Ford Beebe Jr. | 1940 | Yes | 11/15/2015 |
| 15 | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | 1941 | Yes | 09/22/2021 |
| 57 | Maltese Falcon, The | John Huston | 1941 | Yes | 03/10/2025 |
| 40 | I Walked with a Zombie | Jacques Tourneur | 1943 | Yes | 11/04/2022 |
| 14 | Casablanca | Michael Curtiz | 1943 | Yes | 01/26/2022 |
| 52 | Laura | Otto Preminger | 1944 | Yes | 03/09/2022 |
| 19 | Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1945 | Yes | 11/29/2013 |