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Top Cult Films (#1-200)

The IMDb lists following films as being a "cult film" or a "cult favorite"

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 3
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 9
3 Citizen Kane 1941 Orson Welles 11
4 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 12
5 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 16
7 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 17
8 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 24
9 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 27
10 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 32
11 The Third Man 1949 Carol Reed 42
12 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 43
13 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 45
14 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 47
15 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 48
16 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 50
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 52
18 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 56
19 The Night of the Hunter 1955 Charles Laughton 57
20 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 58
21 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 63
22 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 67
23 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 68
24 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
25 Inception 2010 Christopher Nolan 74
26 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 76
27 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 80
28 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 82
29 M 1931 Fritz Lang 84
30 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles 87
31 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 88
32 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 89
33 Seven 1995 David Fincher 90
34 Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 97
35 Night of the Living Dead 1968 George A. Romero 102
36 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 103
37 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 104
38 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 105
39 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 106
40 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 114
41 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 116
42 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
43 Persona 1966 Ingmar Bergman 122
44 Paths of Glory 1957 Stanley Kubrick 127
45 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 133
46 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 134
47 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 136
48 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 140
49 Oldboy 2003 Park Chan-wook 141
50 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner 143
51 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 144
52 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 145
53 The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg 147
54 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 149
55 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 151
56 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 153
57 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 156
58 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 157
59 The Battle of Algiers 1966 Gillo Pontecorvo 158
60 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 160
61 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 163
62 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 164
63 Parasite 2019 Bong Joon Ho 165
64 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski 166
65 The Sixth Sense 1999 M. Night Shyamalan 168
66 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 169
67 Solaris 1972 Andrei Tarkovsky 170
68 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 173
69 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 174
70 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 175
71 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 178
72 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper 179
73 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 182
74 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 184
75 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 185
76 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018 Bob Persichett, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman 189
77 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 193
78 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 194
79 Trainspotting 1996 Danny Boyle 197
80 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 199
81 Beauty and the Beast 1946 Jean Cocteau 201
82 Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 205
83 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Don Siegel 212
84 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 213
85 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 214
86 Children of Paradise 1945 Marcel Carné 216
87 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 217
88 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 218
89 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 220
90 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 222
91 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
92 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 228
93 Fantasia 1940 James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Ben Sharpsteen 229
94 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 231
95 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 236
96 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 242
97 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 246
98 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 247
99 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch 249
100 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 256
101 Life Is Beautiful 1997 Roberto Benigni 258
102 Léon: The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 259
103 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 262
104 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 266
105 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 267
106 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez 271
107 Badlands 1973 Terrence Malick 272
108 Cinema Paradiso 1988 Giuseppe Tornatore 275
109 Wings of Desire 1987 Wim Wenders 277
110 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 283
111 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 288
112 Black Panther 2018 Ryan Coogler 289
113 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 290
114 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Jacques Demy 292
115 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 293
116 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 295
117 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 296
118 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 297
119 A Hard Day's Night 1964 Richard Lester 303
120 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 305
121 Stand by Me 1986 Rob Reiner 307
122 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 310
123 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 312
124 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 313
125 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 318
126 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 323
127 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mizuho Nishikubo and Mamoru Oshii 324
128 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 325
129 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 327
130 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp 329
131 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 331
132 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 333
133 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman 337
134 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 338
135 Good Will Hunting 1997 Gus Van Sant 339
136 How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders 347
137 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Philip Kaufman 349
138 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 358
139 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 363
140 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 370
141 Chungking Express 1994 Kar-Wai Wong 372
142 Avengers: Endgame 2019 Anthony and Joe Russo 373
143 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 374
144 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011 David Yates 375
145 Dazed and Confused 1993 Richard Linklater 379
146 Eyes without a Face 1960 Georges Franju 381
147 Un chien andalou 1929 Luis Buñuel 382
148 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 384
149 The Elephant Man 1980 David Lynch 385
150 Magnolia 1999 Paul Thomas Anderson 387
151 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 392
152 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 396
153 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi 397
154 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 398
155 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 399
156 Godzilla 1954 Ishirô Honda 400
157 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 403
158 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 404
159 Withnail & I 1987 Bruce Robinson 407
160 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 409
161 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 413
162 The Producers 1967 Mel Brooks 420
163 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 421
164 Aladdin 1992 Ron Clements and John Musker 427
165 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 429
166 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 431
167 Hiroshima mon amour 1959 Alain Resnais 432
168 Last Year at Marienbad 1961 Alain Resnais 433
169 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 435
170 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Anthony and Joe Russo 436
171 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan 438
172 Black Swan 2010 Darren Aronofsky 440
173 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 441
174 Hate 1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 442
175 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 443
176 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 445
177 Le Samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville 455
178 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 458
179 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 459
180 Dunkirk 2017 Christopher Nolan 460
181 Audition 1999 Takashi Miike 463
182 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 467
183 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 468
184 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 470
185 Blade Runner 2049 2017 Denis Villeneuve 472
186 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Sergio Leone 476
187 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 479
188 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner 481
189 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 486
190 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 488
191 Animal House 1978 John Landis 489
192 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 493
193 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones 495
194 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 499
195 The Killing 1956 Stanley Kubrick 502
196 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 503
197 The Little Mermaid 1989 Ron Clements and John Musker 505
198 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 506
199 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 507
200 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven 511
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