# 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:** 6
**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:** [April 3, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/101 "2010-04-03T03:19:25Z")
> [@becbec](#): > > Tank Girl Got the poster up in my kitchen, got the comics, and the soundtrack is in regular rotation on my iPod. 😉 > [@becbec](#): > > Drop Dead Fred Like it. Pretty sure I don’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/102 "2010-04-03T23:47:13Z")
Greasers Palace Streets of Fire American Werewolf in London Reservoir Dogs The Warriors Repo Man Robocop ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/103 "2010-04-04T00:40:10Z")
_Better Off Dead The Sure Thing Murder In the First Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (I need to get this on DVD) Mommie Dearest_ And along with _Best In Show_ & _Waiting for Guffman_, I’ve got a lotta love for _A Mighty Wind_. That whole ensemble rocks my world in everything they do. Even U.S. Census commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/104 "2010-04-05T00:28:14Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > - > > Mommie Dearest\*. Ooooh, good one. “I am not one of your faaaaans!” ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/105 "2010-04-05T13:09:06Z")
> [@YoudNeverGuess](#): > > OK - taking the bolded bit as my definition of cult movie and also adding a movie which people watch ritually and/ or know the script backwards and forwards and quote from it regularly then for me the top cult movie has to be _This is Spinal Tap_ A cult movie is any movie that you have to watch over and over. You will memorize lines from it or ponder it like a Picasso. It usually has a following. Rocky Horror was the a big cult movie that I did not understand for years but I knew when to throw the pop corn. It isn’t a favorite of mine just a good example of one. It also has a hidden message or theme that takes a while to understand. For Instance in, ‘Shawshank Redemption’ Andy decides to play some classic opera over the PA system . I think it was, "Marriage of Figaro? He gets a week in the hole for pulling this stunt. When he gets out of the hole his buddy asks him, Was it worth it? Andy looks at him and says it was the easiest time I ever did. His buddy says, no time in the hole is easy time. Andy then explains how important that one song was to him and that it was worth the penalty to hear it. The message is that no man, prison or society can take away your freedom unless you allow it. Well, that was my take on it. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/106 "2010-04-05T20:09:34Z")
Two good Richard Farnsworth movies qualify: **The Gray Fox** **The Straight Story** ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/107 "2010-04-06T16:49:56Z")
Clerks And Now for Something Completely Different Heathers Labyrinth ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/108 "2010-04-06T17:06:31Z")
I forgot to include **A Knight’s Tale** - does that count as cult? I love me some Paul Bettany and you get to see his heinie! ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/109 "2010-04-06T23:44:48Z")
How about _The Room_? Man, if you haven’t seen it you need to. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/110 "2010-04-07T15:50:20Z")
What about the Spielberg masterpiece **Duel**! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/111 "2010-04-07T17:47:52Z")
Or the Ridley Scott masterpiece _The Duellists_? ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/112 "2010-04-07T18:15:40Z")
> [@Nutty\_Bunny](#): > > Mommie Dearest. > Ooooh, good one. “I am not one of your faaaaans!” Me too! And I recite the lines along with the movie. They really need to have late night showings at theaters. People can dress up as Joan or little Christina in her party dress. Fun. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/113 "2010-04-07T19:01:25Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > How about _The Room_? Man, if you haven’t seen it you need to. I just can’t get past the “love scenes”. I’m still planning on inflicting it on some unsuspecting friends, though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/114 "2010-04-07T19:08:28Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Two good Richard Farnsworth movies qualify: > > **The Gray Fox** > > **The Straight Story** Stellar selections both! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/115 "2010-04-07T19:09:30Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > I just can’t get past the “love scenes”. I’m still planning on inflicting it on some unsuspecting friends, though 🙂 Okay, this I need to check out. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/116 "2010-04-07T23:50:55Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > I just can’t get past the “love scenes”. I’m still planning on inflicting it on some unsuspecting friends, though 🙂 My favorite part is during the party scene when Johnny sees Mark and Lisa together and says something along the lines of: “Don’t tawch me, MUDDAHFAWKAH!!!” Ah, that line had me in stitches. At least Tommy Wiseau has a good sense of humor about his film, encouraging people to accept it as camp. But his attempts to pass it off as a “black comedy” instead of a terribly-made drama are just as funny as the film itself. Another awful cult movie: _Gummo_. It took me five sittings before I could get all the way through it. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/117 "2010-04-08T23:06:26Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > Another awful cult movie: _Gummo_. It took me five sittings before I could get all the way through it. I still don’t know how I feel about that one. At least **The Room** was just plain awful. > [@MTCicero](#): > > Okay, this I need to check out. Check out the “full length trailer”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj8sPCWfUw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj8sPCWfUw) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/118 "2010-04-08T23:40:11Z")
I’m still stuck on the definition. If a cult film is simply one that people watch over and over and over after it’s out of theaters, and quote endlessly, and watch repeatedly on DVD, then Star Wars is probably the biggest cult film ever, despite the fact that it kicked ass at the box office. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/119 "2010-04-09T00:20:53Z")
For me it would be: Foxes Man Bites Dog Strange Brew Modern Girls (way obscure, starred three of the most beautiful young actresses of the mid-80s and chock full o’ LA clubbing insider jokes. The scene where Virginia Madsen’s character flips out in the pool hall is worth the rental price all on its own.) ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Kapowzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378/120 "2010-04-09T00:24:28Z")
. . . **The FIVE DEADLY VENOMS!!! Are you Shittin’ Me?** Don’t bring dumb shit to me, please. **The Thing** (Carpenter) “You gotta be fuckin’ kiddin’ me.” No, and I ain’t shittin’ you neither. “Yeah…Fuck You Too!!”, that shit was the truth! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cult-movies-you-love/534378.md?page=7)