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Upthevibe

(9,919 posts)
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:01 AM Nov 18

Favorite "Cult" movie?

Right now (I change my opinion often) I'm going with, The Big Lebowski!

How about you?

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Favorite "Cult" movie? (Original Post) Upthevibe Nov 18 OP
Showgirls ZDU Nov 18 #1
The Big Lebowski for me too. Borogove Nov 18 #2
"Detour" (1945)...a film noir classic anciano Nov 18 #3
Kill Bill 👍 TommieMommy Nov 18 #4
divine rampartd Nov 18 #5
Brazil is mine. Laffy Kat Nov 18 #57
1. Vanishing Point Bo Zarts Nov 18 #6
Rec for Repo Man quaint Nov 18 #15
I ❤️❤️❤️ them all... ultralite001 Nov 18 #44
Rocky horror picture show! unblock Nov 18 #7
Let's do the Time Warp. FalloutShelter Nov 18 #30
when he says, "It's no crime to give yourself over to absolute pleasure" Skittles Nov 18 #58
lol! unblock Nov 18 #67
Pink Flamingos no_hypocrisy Nov 18 #8
Don't hold me to this EYESORE 9001 Nov 18 #9
THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE AnnaLee Nov 18 #10
Haven't heard of this before, quaint Nov 18 #29
Caddyshack quaint Nov 18 #11
Big Trouble in Little China displacedvermoter Nov 18 #12
Star Trek II Intractable Nov 18 #13
VIDEODROME dweller Nov 18 #14
Performance justaprogressive Nov 18 #16
I'm familiar with the song amerikat Nov 18 #68
A strange and brilliant movie justaprogressive Nov 18 #70
Final Sacrifice bagimin Nov 18 #17
Wizards FullySupportDems Nov 18 #18
"Oh yeah, one last thing. I'm glad you changed your last name you...." OldBaldy1701E Nov 19 #81
Yes! So good, I need to watch it again soon FullySupportDems Nov 20 #90
I used to watch it every Halloween. OldBaldy1701E Nov 23 #108
Baghdad Cafe cbabe Nov 18 #19
Blue Velvet some_of_us_are_sane Nov 18 #20
Heavy Metal and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! lastlib Nov 18 #21
Is "2001: A Space Odyssey" considered a "cult" movie? If not than "Spinal Tap" bif Nov 18 #22
"The Gods Must Be Crazy" and "Up In Smoke" Emile Nov 18 #23
Rec for both! quaint Nov 18 #31
Yes! I've loved many of the movies mentioned here EverHopeful Nov 18 #66
The President's Analyst Eugene Nov 18 #24
That's a great movie. Morbius Nov 19 #87
Tremors LogDog75 Nov 18 #25
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Leghorn21 Nov 18 #26
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 18 #27
The Guru Coloradan4Truth Nov 18 #28
Forbidden Planet - 1956 patphil Nov 18 #32
Here here- one of the best marked50 Nov 18 #50
Definitely! Walking through the Krel machinery.... electric_blue68 Nov 19 #78
Note my name. Morbius Nov 22 #96
I don't consider Forbidden Planet a "cult" movie ... Jeebo Nov 23 #109
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension ms liberty Nov 18 #33
Absolutely! Wifes husband Nov 18 #53
That's mine too! Bayard Nov 18 #56
That-sa John-a Big-a boot-aayyy! ms liberty Nov 18 #73
Don't you realize what-a you saying? Bayard Nov 18 #75
Laugha while you can, Monkey Boy! GoCubsGo Nov 22 #99
I frequently said that to my ex Bayard Nov 23 #100
Lots Of Good Ones Here, But... ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #34
Soon as I saw the op title Alpeduez21 Nov 18 #55
"Plate Of Shrimp" ProfessorGAC Nov 18 #60
The Room LEMAUS Nov 18 #35
Rancho Deluxe dpibel Nov 18 #36
Eraserhead. Sneederbunk Nov 18 #37
Harold and Maude: Best movie tagline: "They met at the funeral of a stranger; and things got stranger and stranger." Chasstev365 Nov 18 #38
Hard to Be a God (2013) Celerity Nov 18 #39
Pulp Fiction WheelWalker Nov 18 #40
many good ones already in this thread, also ... surrealAmerican Nov 18 #41
Galaxy Quest and Mondo Video blm Nov 18 #42
Now I need to start a new "Cult Movie" list in my phone... ultralite001 Nov 18 #43
Great choice Pinback Nov 22 #94
Dazed and Confused LudwigPastorius Nov 18 #45
Gotta be Rocky Horror. n/t Mad_Dem_X Nov 18 #46
I struggle to choose "favorites" of anything Niagara Nov 18 #47
Dogma is a favorite of mine Unwind Your Mind Nov 18 #74
It would be fantastic if Dogma would be available on DVD again Niagara Nov 19 #88
December 2025! TexasBushwhacker Nov 24 #111
I've been waiting (it seems like forever) for Kevin Smith to gain the rights to this movie Niagara Nov 24 #112
Canadian Bacon Submariner Nov 18 #48
Brother from another planet (giving myself two choices) cbabe Nov 18 #49
Brasil The Blue Flower Nov 18 #51
Monty Python's Holy Grain and Life of Brian RockRaven Nov 18 #52
Harold and Maude HappyH Nov 18 #54
Man who fell to earth Maninacan Nov 18 #59
David Bowie IS the man who fell to earth. Sequoia Nov 18 #62
Hairspray Sequoia Nov 18 #61
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Deep State Witch Nov 18 #63
I have two bpj62 Nov 18 #64
Who Killed Teddy Bear? Mike Nelson Nov 18 #65
Easy Rider WheelWalker Nov 18 #69
Donnie Darko, Dreamcatcher berniesandersmittens Nov 18 #71
BERNIE starring Jack Black Emile Nov 18 #72
Police Academy Keepthesoulalive Nov 18 #76
Eating Raoul 1982 Coldwater Nov 18 #77
Mine too Auggie Nov 19 #86
Americathon. murielm99 Nov 19 #79
The Kentucky Fried Movie JoseBalow Nov 19 #80
Plan 9 From Outer Space. murielm99 Nov 19 #82
Donnie Darko catbyte Nov 19 #83
Rocky Horror! lark Nov 19 #84
Little Shop of Horrors? Boomerproud Nov 22 #92
Yes, that is it! lark Nov 22 #93
Oh, I thought of another one - Grandma's Boy. I laugh so much every time I watch it! nt lark Nov 19 #85
Blade Runner Zorro Nov 19 #89
Not sure how you define a cult movie, PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 21 #91
The Holidays are fast approaching... ultralite001 Nov 22 #95
"Hammett" boonecreek Nov 22 #97
I thought of another one, a genuine cult classic if ever there was one. Morbius Nov 22 #98
Repo Man (1984) Coldwater Nov 23 #101
airplane 1 or 2. pansypoo53219 Nov 23 #102
If, by a cult movie, you mean, a movie that I've watched a lot of times.... OAITW r.2.0 Nov 23 #103
Ghost World Sewa Nov 23 #104
"Fritz The Cat" by Ralph Bakshi, based on the R. Crumb character... GReedDiamond Nov 23 #105
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail RazorbackExpat Nov 23 #106
Anything with Meryl Streep. She is my cult. CTyankee Nov 23 #107
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Jeebo Nov 23 #110
Dr. Strangelove. kairos12 Wednesday #113

rampartd

(3,239 posts)
5. divine
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 10:15 AM
Nov 18

"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.

Skittles

(168,870 posts)
58. when he says, "It's no crime to give yourself over to absolute pleasure"
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:35 PM
Nov 18

the audience I was with in Austin yelled, "IT IS IN TEXAS!!!"

unblock

(55,832 posts)
67. lol!
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:48 PM
Nov 18

The callbacks are the best!

I knew a whole bunch back in the day, forgot pretty much of them, it's been so long....

quaint

(4,487 posts)
29. Haven't heard of this before,
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 02:54 PM
Nov 18

...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.

justaprogressive

(6,062 posts)
70. A strange and brilliant movie
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:58 PM
Nov 18


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.

FullySupportDems

(398 posts)
18. Wizards
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:10 AM
Nov 18

"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)
81. "Oh yeah, one last thing. I'm glad you changed your last name you...."
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 09:04 AM
Nov 19

One of the greatest animated films ever.

Avatar is the hero we all need.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,727 posts)
108. I used to watch it every Halloween.
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:05 PM
Nov 23

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)
19. Baghdad Cafe
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:14 AM
Nov 18
https://m.


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)

lastlib

(27,296 posts)
21. Heavy Metal and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:50 AM
Nov 18

"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)
22. Is "2001: A Space Odyssey" considered a "cult" movie? If not than "Spinal Tap"
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:54 PM
Nov 18

Last edited Tue Nov 18, 2025, 04:33 PM - Edit history (1)

EverHopeful

(629 posts)
66. Yes! I've loved many of the movies mentioned here
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:45 PM
Nov 18

but The Gods Must Be Crazy is an all-time favorite. It comes to mind often.

LogDog75

(1,012 posts)
25. Tremors
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 02:39 PM
Nov 18

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)
26. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 02:43 PM
Nov 18

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!!!

patphil

(8,568 posts)
32. Forbidden Planet - 1956
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:00 PM
Nov 18

This Sci Fi movie starred Leslie Nielsen, and was also the first movie Robby the Robot appeared in.

electric_blue68

(25,221 posts)
78. Definitely! Walking through the Krel machinery....
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 12:33 AM
Nov 19
fantastic visuals!

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)
96. Note my name.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 08:15 PM
Nov 22

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)
109. I don't consider Forbidden Planet a "cult" movie ...
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:00 PM
Nov 23

... I consider it a mainstream science-fiction movie. Not only that, I think it's the BEST science-fiction movie ever made. IMHO.

-- Ron

ProfessorGAC

(75,490 posts)
34. Lots Of Good Ones Here, But...
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:09 PM
Nov 18

...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.

Chasstev365

(6,859 posts)
38. Harold and Maude: Best movie tagline: "They met at the funeral of a stranger; and things got stranger and stranger."
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:24 PM
Nov 18

surrealAmerican

(11,711 posts)
41. many good ones already in this thread, also ...
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:53 PM
Nov 18

... Donnie Darko.

... ooh and Being John Malkovich.

... and, I guess a lot of MST3K movies would qualify as "cult" too.

ultralite001

(2,339 posts)
43. Now I need to start a new "Cult Movie" list in my phone...
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 04:10 PM
Nov 18

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)
94. Great choice
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 06:46 PM
Nov 22

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?
“Here’s some coffee for you, and your little dog too!!”

LudwigPastorius

(13,926 posts)
45. Dazed and Confused
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 04:29 PM
Nov 18

It's the most realistic depiction of middle/high school in Texas in the late '70s on film.





Niagara

(11,246 posts)
47. I struggle to choose "favorites" of anything
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 05:35 PM
Nov 18

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






Niagara

(11,246 posts)
88. It would be fantastic if Dogma would be available on DVD again
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:08 PM
Nov 19

It was on YouTube for awhile but it would nice for it to be re-released

TexasBushwhacker

(21,078 posts)
111. December 2025!
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:39 PM
Nov 24

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)
112. I've been waiting (it seems like forever) for Kevin Smith to gain the rights to this movie
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:45 PM
Nov 24

Thank you for the terrific news, TexasBushwhacker!


Oh, happy day!

Maninacan

(195 posts)
59. Man who fell to earth
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 06:37 PM
Nov 18

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)
62. David Bowie IS the man who fell to earth.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:11 PM
Nov 18

I had the old paperback book too until it yellowed and disintegrated.

bpj62

(1,062 posts)
64. I have two
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 07:26 PM
Nov 18

Excalibur the 1981 version that has Helen Mirren as Morgana and The Fifth Element.

berniesandersmittens

(12,886 posts)
71. Donnie Darko, Dreamcatcher
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 08:34 PM
Nov 18

Sucker Punch
Kill Bill
Scream
Final Destination
Nightmare Before Christmas


(Not sure if those qualify as a cult classic though)

Keepthesoulalive

(2,060 posts)
76. Police Academy
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 11:36 PM
Nov 18

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Ruthless People
Sorry couldn’t pick just one.

lark

(25,795 posts)
84. Rocky Horror!
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:26 AM
Nov 19


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.

lark

(25,795 posts)
93. Yes, that is it!
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 09:58 AM
Nov 22

Little Shop of Horrors - one of my alltime faves. It has everything, song, music, drama, comedy, villain, heroine, hero and sci-fi!!

Zorro

(18,267 posts)
89. Blade Runner
Wed Nov 19, 2025, 11:00 PM
Nov 19

A Clockwork Orange is up there, too, along with Koyaanisqatsi and The Seventh Seal.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,377 posts)
91. Not sure how you define a cult movie,
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:08 AM
Nov 21

but "12 Monkeys" is incredibly good, and in my opinion the most purely science-fictional movie I've ever seen.

ultralite001

(2,339 posts)
95. The Holidays are fast approaching...
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 07:18 PM
Nov 22

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)
97. "Hammett"
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 08:43 PM
Nov 22

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)
98. I thought of another one, a genuine cult classic if ever there was one.
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 09:31 PM
Nov 22

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."

OAITW r.2.0

(31,159 posts)
103. If, by a cult movie, you mean, a movie that I've watched a lot of times....
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 01:05 AM
Nov 23

"The Departed" fits the bill for me.



Sewa

(1,559 posts)
104. Ghost World
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 01:07 AM
Nov 23

One of my favorite movies. Thora Birch gave an outstanding performance in this movie, as well did Steve Buscemi.

GReedDiamond

(5,504 posts)
105. "Fritz The Cat" by Ralph Bakshi, based on the R. Crumb character...
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:36 AM
Nov 23
Fritz The Cat Explored - An Adult Cartoon That Changed Animation Forever



Not necessarily my favorite, but those have already been posted by others, like for example, The Big Lebowski.

RazorbackExpat

(829 posts)
106. 1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 09:07 AM
Nov 23

2. Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. The Magic Sword (starring Basil Rathbone in a post-Sherlock Holmes role as a bad guy)

Jeebo

(2,548 posts)
110. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:21 PM
Nov 23

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

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