# Cult Movies You Love **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378 "2010-03-30T20:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/21 "2010-03-31T02:16:50Z")
**Killer Klowns from Outer Space Big Trouble in Little China They Live** ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/22 "2010-03-31T02:22:00Z")
Some of my favourites: _The Big Lebowski Kung Pow: Enter The Fist Hercules Returns Trainspotting Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels_ Are we including Hong Kong cinema in here? Because if we are, I’ll add _A Better Tomorrow II_, _Vengeance_, and _Kung Fu Hustle_ to the list as well. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/23 "2010-03-31T02:30:54Z")
_ **Lisztomania** _ with Roger Daltrey is my somewhat obscure favorite. Once seen, it is never forgotten. A demonic Richard Wagner creats a Hitler Frankenstein which Daltrey as Franz Liszt destroys with a pipe organ fighter jet that uses showgirls as ammunition. Oh, and Ringo Starr shows up as the Pope. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/24 "2010-03-31T02:35:58Z")
I suspect I’m one of a very few who enjoys simply watching and listening to Rocky Horror Picture Show. The audience activity in a theatre would ruin my enjoyment of the movie. While I enjoyed Kentucky Fried Movie, Amazon Women on the Moon was better. Dunno if these count as cult except in my mind, but they’re relatively unknown and enjoyable movies: The King of Comedy State and Main Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/25 "2010-03-31T03:11:37Z")
Mostly from my rental queue over the last few years: Destry Rides Again The Barbarian Invasions The Lives of Others Being There Man From Earth Harvey The City of Lost Children Proof (1991) Delicatessen Thank You for Smoking Old Gringo Gods and Monsters ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/26 "2010-03-31T03:16:24Z")
**A Bucket of Blood The Forbidden Zone Spider Baby Freaks Eating Raoul Betty Blue** (the theatrical cut) **Tromeo and Juliet** ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/27 "2010-03-31T03:25:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > \*\*Eating Raoul Ooh, good one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/28 "2010-03-31T03:29:16Z")
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension! Dune Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters True Stories Frankenhooker ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/29 "2010-03-31T03:32:05Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension! How could I have forgotten that one? (Actually, there are others on my shelves that I should have listed; but I didn’t look for them.) ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/30 "2010-03-31T03:47:51Z")
Sid and Nancy Pulp Fiction Duel The Big Lebowski They Live Boon Dog Saints Good Fellas The Shining Fargo Idiocracy Pretty In Pink The Goonies Tommy Boy ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/31 "2010-03-31T03:48:08Z")
Get Crazy. > **[Get Crazy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Crazy)** > > Get Crazy is a 1983 American musical comedy film directed by Allan Arkush, and stars Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail Edwards, and Ed Begley Jr. > It is December 31, 1982, and the Saturn Theater is preparing for its big New Year's Eve concert under the direction of owner and master showman Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield, credited as Allen Goorwitz), who has operated the Saturn since 1968. Assisting Max are stage manager Neil Allen (Daniel Stern), and visiting former stage manager... Not available on DVD, but I got a good VHS copy on Ebay. I had to buy two copies, as the first one had corrupted sound. Others may not see the greatness and refuse to reissue it, but I’ve got mine! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/32 "2010-03-31T03:50:23Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > Boon Dog Saints Do you mean [The Boondock Saints](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/)? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/33 "2010-03-31T03:50:53Z")
Ever heard of _The Blue Iguana_ and _The Blood of Heroes_? Bryan-Bob says check 'em out. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/34 "2010-03-31T03:56:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Ever heard of _The Blue Iguana_ and _The Blood of Heroes_? I liked The Blue Iguana too. **Percival** , I’m not certain that well-known, commercially successful movies such as Pulp Fiction count as cult movies. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/35 "2010-03-31T03:57:20Z")
Nevertheless, _Pulp Fiction_ does have a following. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/36 "2010-03-31T04:10:53Z")
Kalifornia Freaks Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog version) Wild at Heart The Atomic Cafe The Bridge Brother’s Keeper Cocaine Cowboys The Lives of Others Grey Gardens (original) The Natural History of the Chicken (I have the DVD–but I saw this was on PBS last week!) Hands on a Hard Body The Story of the Weeping Camel Downfall (Der Untergang) Nosferatu (original) Little Dieter Must Fly Paradise Lost (films 1 & 2) The Station Agent Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea Dammit, I’m weird!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/37 "2010-03-31T04:13:52Z")
**Leningrad Cowboys Go America** ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/38 "2010-03-31T04:15:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nevertheless, _Pulp Fiction_ does have a following. So does Gone with the Wind, and In the Heat of the Night. But they’re classics, not cult, as is Pulp Fiction. Different thread, maybe? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/39 "2010-03-31T04:19:49Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > So does Gone with the Wind, and In the Heat of the Night. But they’re classics, not cult, as is Pulp Fiction. Different thread, maybe? 🙂 The structure of _Pulp Fiction_ is significantly different from GWTW. I’m not claiming it is a ‘cult film’, but I can see how some would consider it one. Quentin Tarantino is a bit of a quirky filmmaker. I don’t think that _Pulp Fiction_ or _Reservoir Dogs_ should be excluded just because they were commercially successful. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/40 "2010-03-31T04:23:56Z")
Seconds on Schizopolis - I have a copy on VHS, everyone I have shown it to is seeing it for the first time. I don’t think anyone saw it when it came out, it rules. Thirds on Eating Raoul and seconds on Rock n Roll High School - heck anything with Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov in it is usually good for a weird hour and a half. He directed Eating Raoul, and Deathrace 2000. I just saw that he died back in 2000. Dang, well, at leas the year was apropos. And to the ones above, I’ll add: Tetsuo: The Iron Man Naked Lunch Man Bites Dog What’s Up, Tiger Lily? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378.md?page=3)