# Worthy cult classics. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324 "2019-12-03T20:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/1 "2019-12-03T20:11:22Z")
So as the winter has ended all enjoyment from doing my walking outside, and I prepare for the dreadmill for the next few months, I was trying to think of movies worth getting a hold of to make the time pass. The big name movies I have generallly either seen, or chosen never to see. But I was wanting suggestions of smaller movies worth finding, Ones that I haven’t seen, or haven’t seen in a while,not that anyone would know those details. For example I finally saw Repo Man all the way through in a couple sessions. I saw it was on a couple weeks ago, and DVRed it, but if I hadn’t noticed it, I never would have thought of it to look for it. Nothing too deep, please, it’s hard enough to get the exercise done without an existential crisis. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/2 "2019-12-03T20:18:44Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > So as the winter has ended all enjoyment from doing my walking outside, and I prepare for the dreadmill for the next few months, I was trying to think of movies worth getting a hold of to make the time pass. The big name movies I have generallly either seen, or chosen never to see. But I was wanting suggestions of smaller movies worth finding, Ones that I haven’t seen, or haven’t seen in a while,not that anyone would know those details. > > For example I finally saw Repo Man all the way through in a couple sessions. I saw it was on a couple weeks ago, and DVRed it, but if I hadn’t noticed it, I never would have thought of it to look for it. > > Nothing too deep, please, it’s hard enough to get the exercise done without an existential crisis. 😉 The Stunt Man with Peter O’Toole. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/3 "2019-12-03T20:18:54Z")
Mrs. Nonsuch and I recently rented Roadside Prophets, an early-90s road picture with John Doe (X), Adam Horovitz (Beasties) and a bunch of other folks that make you go, “Wow, they’re in this movie too?” John Cusack also has a nice scene-stealing role. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/4 "2019-12-03T20:25:40Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > The Stunt Man with Peter O’Toole. Excellent fucking answer. My suggestion is a moody, tense, weird kind of psychological thriller, sorta: [Beyond the Black Rainbow](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534085/). If that’s not at all the type of film you’re interested in watching, I’ll suggest something else, tho. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/5 "2019-12-03T20:36:56Z")
Another vote for _The Stunt Man_, and you could also check out O’Toole in _The Ruling Class_ _Ishtar_. Despite the jokes, it’s a pretty decent movie. _Million Dollar Legs_ – about a country where everyone is an Olympic class athlete. W.C. Fields is president, and a champion weightlifter. _Adventures in Babysitting_ _The Missionary_ – Michael (Monty Python) Palin as a missionary who ends up running a bordello. With Maggie Smith. _Arthur Christmas_ – A Christmas classic – and very funny. _The Great Train Robbery_ – Sean Connery and Michael Caine in a comedy-drama about the first train robbery. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/6 "2019-12-03T20:39:19Z")
[Songwriter](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088153/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) [Night of the Comet](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) [World Gone Wild](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096465/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_48) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/7 "2019-12-03T20:39:50Z")
Heathers, Drugstore Cowboy, Harold and Maude, Best in Show. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/8 "2019-12-03T20:40:41Z")
Anything by Christopher Guest. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/9 "2019-12-03T20:46:20Z")
Big Trouble in Little China The Thing (1982) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Time Bandits Tango & Cash The Connection (2014) Turbo Kid Das Boot (Director’s Cut) Charlie Wilson’s War Real Genius Cobb ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/10 "2019-12-03T20:59:03Z")
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Quadrophenia ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/11 "2019-12-03T21:25:13Z")
Ladyhawke Xanadu Repo Man ---
**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:** [December 3, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/12 "2019-12-03T21:37:35Z")
[Mystery Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmHBFgIoX0) [Near Dark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaO4Y_249U8) [7 Faces of Dr Lao](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOvqqD8kVw0) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/13 "2019-12-03T21:37:44Z")
A couple of examples of British nonsense to amuse: [Bullshot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshot_(film)) - a parody not entirely unlike Bulldog Drummond [Sir Henry At Rawlinson End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_at_Rawlinson_End_(film)) - the creation of Vivian Stanshall; no further explanation should be necessary. Or useful. j ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/14 "2019-12-03T21:45:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Near Dark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaO4Y_249U8) Theme music by Tangerine Dream, and one of the best vampire movies of all time, particularly because they never say the word “vampire.” “We’re… different.” ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/15 "2019-12-03T22:14:00Z")
Tremors (Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward have amazing chemistry) Godzilla (the original) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/16 "2019-12-03T22:18:44Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Theme music by Tangerine Dream, and one of the best vampire movies of all time, particularly because they never say the word “vampire.” “We’re… different.” Speaking of Tangerine Dream, consider watching [Thief](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083190/reference) from 1981 with James Caan. It’s a classic, and I’d call it cult. Another cult classic worth watching is Lindsay Anderson’s [If](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mufpDXIss5A) from 1968. It was Malcolm McDowell’s first movie (and an interesting look at late 60’s England). If you don’t mind the Portuguese subtitles, check out that YouTube link. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/17 "2019-12-03T23:06:14Z")
Oh yeah – Tangerine Dream – watch Sorcerer 1977 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/18 "2019-12-03T23:07:41Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Night of the Comet](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) We are friends now. This is such an underappreciated movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/19 "2019-12-03T23:10:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Excellent fucking answer. > > My suggestion is a moody, tense, weird kind of psychological thriller, sorta: [Beyond the Black Rainbow](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1534085/). > > If that’s not at all the type of film you’re interested in watching, I’ll suggest something else, tho. An excellent choice, as is **Mandy** from the same director. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324/20 "2019-12-03T23:23:31Z")
[The Host](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468492/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) - A Korean monster movie/comedy. [El Mariachi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - Robert Rodriguez’ first film, made for $7000. Much like Repo Man, just about every thing about the movie is bad (particularly the acting and dubbing), yet it still manages to be good. [The Guest](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980592/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) - kind of hard to categorize without spoiling, but it is pretty dark and violent. Also has a great industrial/post-punk/goth soundtrack. And Lance Reddick. [Mandy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - It’s literally a cult film! Nicolas Cage stars, and he is the least crazy thing in this movie. [Creep (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2428170/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)- To quote IMDB - “When a videographer answers an advert of the website Craigslist for a one-day job in a remote mountain town to video the last messages of a dying man. The job takes a strange turn when the last messages get darker and darker.” There are only 2 characters, everything is improvised, and everything is shown through the videographers’ camera. Very creepy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324.md?page=2)