Entertainment Weekly's Top 50 Cult Movies

Updated June 14, 2019 19.5k views50 items

Entertainment Weekly's list of the fifty best cult movies of all time. There's a reason why these are the best cult classic movies.

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1
This Is Spinal Tap
Billy Crystal, Fran Drescher
Released: 1984
Directed by: Rob Reiner
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2
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry
Released: 1975
Directed by: Jim Sharman
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3
Freaks
Wallace Ford, Edward Brophy
Released: 1932
Directed by: Tod Browning
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4
Harold and Maude
Ruth Gordon, Tom Skerritt
Released: 1971
Directed by: Hal Ashby
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5
Pink Flamingos
John Waters, Divine
Released: 1972
Directed by: John Waters
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6
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jessica Biel, R. Lee Ermey
Released: 2003
Directed by: Marcus Nispel
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7
Repo Man
Jimmy Buffett, Emilio Estevez
Released: 1984
Directed by: Alex Cox
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8
Scarface
Jean Harlow, Boris Karloff
Released: 1932
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
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9
Blade Runner
Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah
Released: 1982
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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10
The Shawshank Redemption
Morgan Freeman, Rita Hayworth
Released: 1994
Directed by: Frank Darabont
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11
Five Deadly Venoms
Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng
Released: 1978
Directed by: Chang Cheh
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12
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Tor Johnson, Bunny Breckinridge
Released: 1959
Directed by: Ed Wood
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13
Brazil
Robert De Niro, Bob Hoskins
Released: 1985
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
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14
Eraserhead
Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates
Released: 1977
Directed by: David Lynch
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15
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Tura Satana, Susan Bernard
Released: 1965
Directed by: Russ Meyer
16
The Warriors
Mercedes Ruehl, Robert Townsend
Released: 1979
Directed by: Walter Hill
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17
Dazed and Confused
Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich
Released: 1993
Directed by: Richard Linklater
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18
Hard Boiled
Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Released: 1992
Directed by: John Woo
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19
Evil Dead II
Bruce Campbell, Kassie DePaiva
Released: 1987
Directed by: Sam Raimi
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20
The Mack
Richard Pryor, Juanita Moore
Released: 1973
Directed by: Michael Campus

21
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Phil Hartman, Morgan Fairchild
Released: 1985
Directed by: Tim Burton
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22
An Andalusian Dog
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Luis Buñuel
Released: 1929
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
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23
Akira
Takeshi Kusao, Mami Koyama
Released: 1988
Directed by: Katsuhiro Otomo
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24
The Toxic Avenger
Marisa Tomei, Mitch Cohen
Released: 1984
Directed by: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
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25
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson
Released: 1971
Directed by: Mel Stuart
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