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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFavorite "Cult" movie?
Right now (I change my opinion often) I'm going with, The Big Lebowski!
How about you?
"Last chance for ice!"
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0114436/
Borogove
(394 posts)anciano
(2,073 posts)TommieMommy
(2,550 posts)rampartd
(3,239 posts)"female trouble" is my favorite
all the divine movies take a special twisted mind.
terry gilliam's "brazil" seems fairly familiar to those of us in modern dystopia.
Laffy Kat
(16,829 posts)Bo Zarts
(26,215 posts)2. Repo Man
3. The Big Lebowski
quaint
(4,487 posts)ultralite001
(2,339 posts)Thanks for sharing!!!
unblock
(55,832 posts)There's a liiight...
FalloutShelter
(14,067 posts)Skittles
(168,870 posts)the audience I was with in Austin yelled, "IT IS IN TEXAS!!!"
The callbacks are the best!
I knew a whole bunch back in the day, forgot pretty much of them, it's been so long....
no_hypocrisy
(53,947 posts)Its Divine!
EYESORE 9001
(29,371 posts)but since The Big Lebowski was already picked, Ill say Office Space.
AnnaLee
(1,337 posts)quaint
(4,487 posts)...it will be my movie tonight, thanks!
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-tall-blond-man-with-one-black-shoe
AI Overview
Desperate to protect his job from a bureaucratic rival, the head of the French secret service (Jean Rochefort) picks outs a stranger, François Perrin (Pierre Richard), from a Paris crowd and singles him out as a master spy who should be tracked very closely. In reality, François is an amiable, if clumsy, classical violinist whose complete obliviousness to the agents watching him only further convinces them that they have a major undercover operative in their sights.
quaint
(4,487 posts)...is on my list
displacedvermoter
(4,039 posts)John Carpenter
Intractable
(1,446 posts)They never topped that one.
Two thumbs up for Lebowski.
dweller
(27,638 posts)😳
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justaprogressive
(6,062 posts)amerikat
(5,197 posts)but somehow missed the film.
justaprogressive
(6,062 posts)Rock superstar Mick Jagger stars in a stunning reality/fantasy trip set in London's underworld. A criminal hides out at the residence of a bizarre rock star (Jagger) and his mysterious and beautiful companion (Anita Pallenberg, Barbarella). A gripping, psychological melodrama and cult favorite, with a fabulous soundtrack by Jack Nitzsche (The Exorcist, Stand By Me), under the direction of Academy Award-winner Randy Newman (Monsters Inc.), and of course the Stones.
Watch it. Pay close attention to the 10 minutes of the film or you'll miss it.
bagimin
(1,648 posts)FullySupportDems
(398 posts)"I wanna show you a trick Mother showed me when you weren't around to use on special occasions like this."
OldBaldy1701E
(9,727 posts)One of the greatest animated films ever.
Avatar is the hero we all need.
FullySupportDems
(398 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(9,727 posts)Get this. My next to the youngest brother saw it in school... in the second grade. I love that teacher.
I wanted to show it to the after-school group when I worked at the school, but I could not find an edited edition and we did not have the means to make one at the time. But, I did show it to the crew that I used to babysit for. They absolutely loved it and would quote it at times. (I requested that they refrain from doing that anywhere but at the house and with me only.)
Their favorite part?
(I worked at a private Catholic school. The kids all went there.)
We are all major fans of Bakshi!
cbabe
(6,013 posts)Roger Ebert
https://www.rogerebert.com reviews bagdad-cafe-1988
Bagdad Cafe movie review & film summary (1988) | Roger Ebert
The proprietor is a free-thinking black woman named Brenda (CCH Pounder - yes, CCH Pounder), who shares the premises with her teenage children, a baby Jack Palance
He is saying something in this movie about Europe and America, about the old and the new, about the edge of the desert as the edge of the American Dream. I am not sure exactly what it is, but that is comforting; if a director could assemble these strange characters and then know for sure what they were doing in the same movie together, he would be too confident to find the humor in their situation. The charm of Bagdad Cafe is that every character and every moment is unanticipated, obscurely motivated, of uncertain meaning and vibrating with life.
//
(note: the cook is native not Italian)
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,626 posts)Weird and creepy. (Actually, ANY David Lynch film.)
lastlib
(27,296 posts)"Hey, would somebody please pass the ketchup?"
And then there's "Life Of Brian" and "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" --dayum, those were FUNNY!
bif
(26,530 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 18, 2025, 04:33 PM - Edit history (1)
Emile
(39,642 posts)EverHopeful
(629 posts)but The Gods Must Be Crazy is an all-time favorite. It comes to mind often.
Eugene
(66,648 posts)1960s spy-fi satire starring James Coburn
Morbius
(828 posts)Perfectly encapsulates 1968.
Keep the faith, baby.
LogDog75
(1,012 posts)Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross (the dadi n Family Ties), and Reba McEntire who also sang the song in the closing credits.
Leghorn21
(14,003 posts)I'm yelling because this gem doesn't get mentioned enough in the world and it's a perfect movie with great actors, subtle humor, genuinely moving moments and a BRILLIANT soundtrack by Stephen Trask that should have scored some Grammys dammit.
S'there!!!
Floyd R. Turbo
(31,967 posts)Coloradan4Truth
(391 posts)Lol and catchy tunes.
patphil
(8,568 posts)This Sci Fi movie starred Leslie Nielsen, and was also the first movie Robby the Robot appeared in.
marked50
(1,542 posts)electric_blue68
(25,221 posts)In Babylon 5 (TV) the show's creator and 90% of episode writing did a visual homage to the Krel machinery walkway in an episode!
Morbius
(828 posts)That movie is where it came from.
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Of course, he's a bit better looking than I am.
Jeebo
(2,548 posts)... I consider it a mainstream science-fiction movie. Not only that, I think it's the BEST science-fiction movie ever made. IMHO.
-- Ron
ms liberty
(10,857 posts)Wifes husband
(667 posts)Bayard
(28,093 posts)Lithgow is hysterical!
ms liberty
(10,857 posts)Bayard
(28,093 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,595 posts)Bayard
(28,093 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,490 posts)...I'll add Repo Man.
Very odd movie with Emilio Estevez & Harry Dean Stanton.
A sci-fi dark comedy taking shots at Reagan era policies.
Haven't seen it in a long time, but probably watched it 20 times.
I'll also add Real Genius.
Alpeduez21
(1,995 posts)I thought of this movie, too. Must that lattice of coincidence
ProfessorGAC
(75,490 posts)The band used "plate of shrimp" to describe coincidence all the time!
dpibel
(3,738 posts)With "Living in Oblivion" a close second.
Sneederbunk
(17,071 posts)Chasstev365
(6,859 posts)Celerity
(53,276 posts)WheelWalker
(9,369 posts)I've never watched The Big Lebowski, TBH
surrealAmerican
(11,711 posts)... Donnie Darko.
... ooh and Being John Malkovich.
... and, I guess a lot of MST3K movies would qualify as "cult" too.
blm
(114,387 posts)ultralite001
(2,339 posts)DU FTW!!!
I'm going w/ Buckaroo Banzai (today 'cuz my movie favorites also change often)...
Good to the last drop...
Pinback
(13,466 posts)John Lithgow as Emilio Lizardo / Lord Whorfin is one of my favorite cinematic roles of all time.
And is that Margaret Hamilton in the Maxwell House commercial?
Heres some coffee for you, and your little dog too!!
LudwigPastorius
(13,926 posts)It's the most realistic depiction of middle/high school in Texas in the late '70s on film.
Mad_Dem_X
(10,084 posts)Niagara
(11,246 posts)And so begins (I attempted to keep my list down to dull roar ) of MY fav cult movies!
Happy Birthday to Me - 1981
Halloween - 1978
The Lost Boys - 1987
The Witches of Eastwick - 1987
Death Becomes Her - 1992
The Blair Witch Project - 1999
Dogma - 1999 (Can Kevin Smith please, please, please obtain the rights to this movie? Thank you.)
Jawbreaker - 1999
What Lies Beneath - 2000 (Most likely not yet considered a cult movie but it definitely has the characteristics of one. I certainly can not discount it. )
Trick 'r Treat - 2007
The Happening - 2008
The VVitch - 2015
Unwind Your Mind
(2,311 posts)Also, Pump up the Volume
Niagara
(11,246 posts)It was on YouTube for awhile but it would nice for it to be re-released
TexasBushwhacker
(21,078 posts)25th anniversary! It was tied up in rights issues with the Weinstiens and Disney. Kevin Smith finally regained the rights and it will be released on Blu-Ray and digital platforms by Paramount.
Niagara
(11,246 posts)Thank you for the terrific news, TexasBushwhacker!
Oh, happy day!
Submariner
(13,225 posts)cbabe
(6,013 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,277 posts)nt
RockRaven
(18,524 posts)HappyH
(152 posts)Maninacan
(195 posts)Saw this at the dollar theater in OKC when i was 19yrs.. Always stuck with me . Have the book by Walter Tevis.
There is a good documentary about his life. The movie is somewhat self biographical.
Sequoia
(12,708 posts)I had the old paperback book too until it yellowed and disintegrated.
Sequoia
(12,708 posts)Deep State Witch
(12,492 posts)And Rocky Horror Picture Show.
bpj62
(1,062 posts)Excalibur the 1981 version that has Helen Mirren as Morgana and The Fifth Element.
Mike Nelson
(10,872 posts)WheelWalker
(9,369 posts)berniesandersmittens
(12,886 posts)Sucker Punch
Kill Bill
Scream
Final Destination
Nightmare Before Christmas
(Not sure if those qualify as a cult classic though)
Emile
(39,642 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,060 posts)Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Ruthless People
Sorry couldnt pick just one.
Coldwater
(722 posts)murielm99
(32,547 posts)murielm99
(32,547 posts)catbyte
(38,423 posts)It's so odd and the cast is stellar.
lark
(25,795 posts)Flash Gordon is also pretty funny. Can't think of the name of the movie, but the one where the plant, Audrey 2 eats Steve Martin - love that show, hate my old memory banks sometimes.
Boomerproud
(9,078 posts)nt
lark
(25,795 posts)Little Shop of Horrors - one of my alltime faves. It has everything, song, music, drama, comedy, villain, heroine, hero and sci-fi!!
lark
(25,795 posts)Zorro
(18,267 posts)A Clockwork Orange is up there, too, along with Koyaanisqatsi and The Seventh Seal.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,377 posts)but "12 Monkeys" is incredibly good, and in my opinion the most purely science-fictional movie I've ever seen.
ultralite001
(2,339 posts)It's almost time to dig out my "Die Hard" advent calendar...

https://youtube.com/shorts/vkd0YADZYrY
"Die Hard" is my holiday cult favorite film...
Thank you, John McClane (Bruce Willis) for many, many awesome holiday memories...
Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber), you are sorely missed...
Happy trails, y'all...
boonecreek
(1,335 posts)Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle and Marilu Henner in a fictional story of
author Dashiell Hammett investigating the disappearance of an actress.
A nice touch is Elisha Cook Jr. as Hammett's cab driver friend.
Morbius
(828 posts)1988: John Carpenter's They Live.
It's very entertaining but also kind of an eye-opener about how we're being manipulated to consume and conform. In the movie (mild spoilers) it's aliens, but here it's the mega-wealthy and those they employ.

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum."
Coldwater
(722 posts)Paris Texas (1984)
Liquid Sky (1982)
pansypoo53219
(22,809 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(31,159 posts)"The Departed" fits the bill for me.
Sewa
(1,559 posts)One of my favorite movies. Thora Birch gave an outstanding performance in this movie, as well did Steve Buscemi.
GReedDiamond
(5,504 posts)Not necessarily my favorite, but those have already been posted by others, like for example, The Big Lebowski.
RazorbackExpat
(829 posts)2. Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. The Magic Sword (starring Basil Rathbone in a post-Sherlock Holmes role as a bad guy)
CTyankee
(67,672 posts)Jeebo
(2,548 posts)The original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is the greatest mad-slasher movie ever made. I haven't watched it in a long time. I just can't take it because it's so incredibly intense. During the run-up to Halloween a few weeks ago the cable channels were all showing non-stop mad-slasher movies 24/7 and I watched I think every Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie ever made ... except the very first one, the original! Why is that? Why did those cable channels show every one EXCEPT the original? Which is also by far the BEST one? I think that's a commentary on how GREAT that movie is. It's just too intense for cable.
-- Ron