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Tell me some must-see, "cult" films

waterwings [Edit] [Delete] 157 replies 13:21 May 9th, 2005

So far, my suggestions are:-

Withnail & I
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Big Lebowski
Rocky Horror
Office Space
Monty Python (e.g Life of Brian etc)

Any more for any more?

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Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films

Darkstar. Go see it. Now!!!! NOW!!!

thewarn | 9 May '05, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

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oldboy
spirited away
zatoshi
good bye lenin!
Fargo
All of the jay and silent bob fillms: clerks, mallrats, chasing amy, dogma, jay and silent bob strike back

thedaythatthatcherdies | 9 May '05, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
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Easy Rider
Clockwork Orange (or as someone called in on these boards - Chocolate Orange haha)

marcofella | 9 May '05, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
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  Barton Fink.
  Raising Arizona
  Blood Simple
  Miller Crossing
  The Thing
  Repo Man (no, really!)
  Cube
  Evil Dead 1 & 2
  The Hills have eyes
  Them!
  Witchfinder General
  Quatermass and the pit
  Soylent Green
  Ichi the Killer
  City on Fire
  Dark Days
  
  Shit, there's loads man. How do you define 'cult movie'? Is blade runner a cult movie? Star Wars? Just stick to 'good' and 'bad' films. The above ones are good. Generally.
  
  thewarn @marcofella | 9 May '05, 13:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i like the cut of your jib
    
    creakyknees @thewarn | 24 May '12, 07:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
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Swingers
Spinal Tap
Best In Show
A Mighty Wind
Dazed and Confused

colonol_k | 9 May '05, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
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  Punch Drunk Love
  Chungking Express
  Amores Perros
  Nine Queens
  American Splendor
  Magnolia
  Short Cuts
  Stranger Than Paradise (Or any Jim Jarmusch really)
  Rushmore / Bottle Rocket (Early Wes Anderson Movies)
  Last Life In The Universe
  Three Colours Trilogy
  Glengarry Glen Ross
  
  Prufrock | 9 May '05, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
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  A few more:
  
  the life aquatic
  i heart huckabees
  the royal tenenbaums
  28 days later
  blue velvet
  
  Theres absolutely loads, everything mentioned on here so far is worth seeing
  
  thedaythatthatcherdies @trident | 9 May '05, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
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    What about:-
    
    Amelie
    Cool Runnings
    Napolean Dynamite
    
    waterwings @thedaythatthatcherdies | 9 May '05, 13:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
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      Actually no, not Cool Runnings
      
      AAAAH - Back to the Future trilogy!!!!
      
      waterwings @waterwings | 9 May '05, 13:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
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  reese witherspoon looks about 11 in that
  
  tetsuo:iron man
  testsuo: body hammer
  brain dead
  bad taste
  the 9 lives of fritz the cat
  plan 9 from outerspace
  
  darkpigeon @trident | 9 May '05, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
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  dunno about cult, but good:
  
  1. kids in the hall: brain candy
  2. Hedwig and the angry inch
  3. Any Gregg Araki film
  4. Anchorman
  5. Willard
  6. Disneys beauty and the beast
  7. ghost world
  8. willard
  9. Bill and teds excellent adventure
  10. Zoolander
  
  gay4conoroberst | 9 May '05, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
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    Recently-
    Sin City. Watched it the other night, and it's incredible, up there with Pulp Fiction.
    Napoleon Dynamite's great too, one of those films that you can watch any single scene from on it's own and it makes you laugh.
    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Bill Murray. Enough said really.
    
    kovacs @gay4conoroberst | 9 May '05, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - rather than say willard twice maybe you should have said 'ben'
    
    even if only for the understanding of the meaning of the song :D
    
    creakyknees @gay4conoroberst | 24 May '12, 07:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
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  Dont agree about before sunset/sunrise personally...
  
  Just ethan hawk being iritating and smug.
  
  Some beautiful scenery though
  
  thedaythatthatcherdies @Pad1 | 9 May '05, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
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    Possibly a timing thing then, i watched them back to back with /after a one night stand.
    
    Still find ethan hawk really iritating though, particularly the whole smug/wacky thing that he does in before sunrise in particular.
    
    thedaythatthatcherdies @Pad1 | 9 May '05, 23:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
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      i watched them back to back about a month ago, i thought they were fantastic - especially the way the 2nd one and how they link it in so well with the backstory
      
      darkpigeon @thedaythatthatcherdies | 10 May '05, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
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    ghost world
    empire records
    napoleon dynamite
    
    wishpig @Pad1 | 9 May '05, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
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      oh and anchorman
      and zoolander
      rock n roll high school
      saving grace
      dazed and confused
      and now for something completely different
      
      wishpig @wishpig | 9 May '05, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
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      mulholland drive
      anything by wes anderson
      bubba ho-tep
      tamala 2010
      
      commandercool @wishpig | 9 May '05, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
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        ah, i loved battle royale.
        the animated version is even more gruesome than the original. fantastic!
        also, if you go for bloody gratuitous violence, ichi the killer is good. and starship troopers.
        
        anime worth watching - ghost in the shell, perfect blue, neon genesis evangelion, princess monoke (sp?)
        
        pretty_vacant @girl | 9 May '05, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        spirited away
        kiki's delivery service (childish but good)
        laputa castle in the sky
        
        in fact all the studio ghibli films are worth watching
        oh and you cant leave out akira. Fucking classic
        
        thedaythatthatcherdies @pretty_vacant | 9 May '05, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        ooo yeah, i forgot laputa!
        never seen kiki's..., but if childish but good is up yr street, My Neighbour Totoro is also great.
        
        akira? have never heard of it *looks ashamed*
        
        pretty_vacant @thedaythatthatcherdies | 9 May '05, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Buffalo 66
        La Haine
        Dobermann
        Dancer In the Dark (Bjork is just amazing in this)
        
        grinner @pretty_vacant | 9 May '05, 14:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        i couldnt get into dancer in the dark. i'll try watching it again.
        
        have remembered what akira is. motorbikes and such. yeah.
        
        pretty_vacant @grinner | 9 May '05, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Some more "cult" films that I don't think have been mentioned:
        
        Paris, Texas,
        Dekalog,
        Betty Blue,
        A Better Tommorow
        The Killer
        Q the winged Serpent,
        Alligator,
        Scum,
        
        thewarn @pretty_vacant | 9 May '05, 14:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        THE WARRIORS!
        MAN BITES DOG
        FITZCARRALDO
        AGUIRE WRATH OF GOD
        the original SOLARIS
        THE THING
        REANIMATOR 1 and 2 (good HP Lovecraft based Horror comedy)
        EVIL DEAD
        
        optimist @pretty_vacant | 9 May '05, 14:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        have remembered what akira is. motorbikes and such. yeah.
        
        Bit more than that :P
        
        Having read the Akira books, the film is slightly problematic for me, because it doesn't really compare - the manga goes so much further with the storyline, and its probably the most compulsive thing I've ever read. I was working nightshifts at a call centre when I was reading it, and I'd go to work, read a volume, and then order the next one online while at work... :D
        
        Still, technically a beautiful film, and damn fun to watch as well. It's so atmospheric, full of little background details - a perfect vision of a society teetering on a knife edge between salvation and complete and utter destruction.
        
        With motorbikes.
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        i've never read the manga. i assume you'd reccomend it then? :P i might search it out in forbidden plant. i find manga quite hard to read though, the whole 'backwards' thing confuses me :D
        
        pretty_vacant @guntrip | 10 May '05, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Don't worry, the Akira manga is 'flipped' - pages are mirrored so they read like any Western book.
        
        The manga is a bit of an investment [6 300-ish page books, about £20/volume] but WELL worth it imho.
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        really? oooh, i might buy it then (when i get my student loan of course. getting my priorities right :P), i've never found one that had been flipped.
        i have tried reading manga, but i lose track of everything because i forget and started reading the pages back to front, which is utterly confusing!
        
        pretty_vacant @guntrip | 10 May '05, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Yeah, me too :D I had some unflipped issues of the Eva manga, and although I would read the pages in the right order, I'd always forget to read right->left across the page :D
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 15:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        neon genesis evangelion
        
        This is probably my favourite piece of... anything. ever. bought all the videos when I was 16, fell in love with it.
        
        Picked up the first two of the new "platinum" collection DVDs last week, lovely stuff.
        
        Have seen seen the The End Of Evangelion movie? The end of the world never made so much sense to me..
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        i've not got to it yet. i've got series 1 through 7 and the film lying on my floor waiting impatiently for study leave when i can lock myself in with the tv and watch the entire lot in one go.
        
        YAY
        
        pretty_vacant @guntrip | 10 May '05, 14:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Oooh, you must see the movie as well - it's an alternative ending, that replaces episodes 25 & 26. A lot of the fanbase hated the TV series ending [it's.. uh.. slightly unorthodox] so they went back and made a big budget movie that turned out to be even more of a head fuck :D
        
        Anyway, you can get it in a 2-movie boxset with Death & Rebirth, which if you don't know is a kind-of arty 'recap' movie, and its about £25 which isn't too bad.
        
        Watching them all in one day.. I did that once. I think it cause a brain meltdown :D
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 14:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        now you say it, i think it's death and rebirth that i have and possibly not 'the end of...' psht! one of my friends has it though, so i'll steal it when he's not looking :D
        
        i will manage the all in one day thing at one point this week. i just managed to stay awake to watch eight hours of lord of the rings.
        
        pretty_vacant @guntrip | 10 May '05, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        I was having my first week off in over a year while between jobs, and spent a day eating bagels and watching video after video after video. After ten episodes, it seemed like a prudent idea to head straight for the home stretch, especially given how involving it gets in the second half of the series.
        
        So, yeah, go for it.
        
        But don't blame me if you start babbling about Instrumentality and Angels and Seele.
        
        guntrip @pretty_vacant | 10 May '05, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
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        Being John Malcovich is class and also Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind is worth watching.
        
        julesfella | 9 May '05, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        oh, and all tim burton films, which goes without saying really :)
        
        pretty_vacant @julesfella | 9 May '05, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        AAAAAAAAAAAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
        
        wishpig @pretty_vacant | 22 May '12, 23:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Awww.
        
        DaddyorChips @wishpig | 22 May '12, 23:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
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        Gerry
        Leaving Las Vegas
        Rumblefish/The Outsiders
        Carnival of Souls
        Steamboat Bill Jr
        
        silence-r | 9 May '05, 15:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        haha I waited and waited to see if anyone put:
        
        Blue Velvet
        Welcome To The Dollhouse.
        
        Patricide @Kleeb | 9 May '05, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Who made Mulholland Drive? I really don't get that film at all.
        
        Patricide @Kleeb | 9 May '05, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Lynch again. It's better than Mullholland Falls, which is the worst film I've ever paid good money to see. Apart from Regarding Henry.
        
        thewarn @Patricide | 9 May '05, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Wow, Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz - my fave director)... dammit, why didn't i think of that??
        
        Other incredible Todd S. films:
        
        Happiness
        Storytelling
        
        & the incredible Palindromes
        
        marcofella @Patricide | 9 May '05, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Oh, happiness.
        So good, so dark. When the father starts using salt again at the end...
        
        I've yet to see Palindromes. That good, huh?
        
        You have excellent taste in films by the way Marco. Todd Solondz and James Woods... Good stuff!
        
        thewarn @marcofella | 9 May '05, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Kleeb, I agree with your recommendations, but I'm in an argumentative mood today, so:
        
        Best psychological horror ever = the original vanishing.
        
        Eraserhead: 'subtle' background white noise. You think? It's the first thing I notice, and am aware of it throughout the film. This is A GOOD THING!
        
        But yeah, get all 4 of them. All superb films.
        
        thewarn @Kleeb | 9 May '05, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        My hopes aren't high for this year. I saw HGTTG, it wasn't that good.
        
        Kes
        
        Patricide @Kleeb | 9 May '05, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Elephant.
        
        team_cooper | 9 May '05, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        napoleon dynamite
        evil dead 1 & 2
        clerks
        shaun of the dead
        bubba ho-tep
        
        soapy | 9 May '05, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        shaun of the dead was dreadful. i went to see it expecting big train random (prince/jockeys) genius. instead i got a romantic drama / comedy that dragged on like a burnley match... anyways...
        
        legend
        willow
        labyrinth
        He man the movie
        
        ^^^ god awful 80's films.
        
        Pulp Fiction cannot be beaten.
        
        wrightylew @soapy | 9 May '05, 16:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        bad films:
        
        1. donnie darko
        2. american beauty
        3. magnolia
        
        there i said it
        
        gay4conoroberst | 9 May '05, 17:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        i have to agree on 1 and 2. not seen magnolia - but if it falls into the donnie darko/american beauty THIS REALLY IS A MEANINGFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING film then I'll steer well clear - thanks for the warning
        
        silence-r @gay4conoroberst | 9 May '05, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Why don't you like Donnie Darko, and American Beauty for that matter, I think they are both fantastic. I'm just interested as to why you dislike them. Oh yeah and I'll back up anyone who said Spirited Away, it rules so much and has anyone said Delicatessen, I think that's how you spell it. It's about a French butcher in a post apocalyptic world. Oh and Iron Monkey, top class kung fu action.
        
        smallpox_champion @gay4conoroberst | 9 May '05, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        It just seems there are certain films that are specifically designed to appeal to an audience that need to distinguish themselves from the popcorn munching masses by liking oh so arty and meaningful films, whilst still not bothering getting into anything to obscure and inaccessible (say the radiohead of film). American beauty seems especially contrived, some of the lines are so cheesy (admittedly disguised by good acting) e.g “ Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we're anything but.”etc. I’d probably like it if I thought it was sincere but I can just imagine some studio exec saying ‘how can we cash in on this disaffected 90’s attitude’, it seemed like a really bad Douglas Coupland book to me. As for Donnie darko, I like the film the director talks about in the commentary but that’s not the film he made, so much just isn’t there, ambiguity isn’t meaning it’s the opposite. Might give the directors cut a shot though.
        
        gay4conoroberst @smallpox_champion | 9 May '05, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        'Bedazzled'.
        1967 version, not the poxy 2000 remake. It was on telly a few months ago.
        Out on DVD in October. I've already ordered mine. :)
        
        shadyadie | 9 May '05, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Mad Max - no matter how many times I see the boomerang slice off dude's fingers it's funny.
        
        John Water's films, especially early 'blue' films - funniest movie scene ever is when Divine, a 400lb transvestite playing the role of a 16 yr old girl, throws her parents into the Christmas tree cos she didn't get the fuck-me pumps she wanted.
        
        Drugstore Cowboy - Matt Dillion and friends are desperate for drugs. And why not?
        
        Pope of Greenwich Village - Some of the best NYC banter you're ever gonna hear.
        
        Party Girl - Parker Posey. Nuff said.
        
        oceanRain | 9 May '05, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Akira is fucking awsome.
        and so is Ghost In The Shell.
        
        TheShapeOfPunkToCome @oceanRain | 9 May '05, 17:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        spring summer autumn winter spring
        
        a buddist monk lives on a lake and a boy grows up ... what more could you want ? sex and murder ? ok, you got it !
        
        soapy | 9 May '05, 22:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Drugstore Cowboy - Matt Dillion and friends are desperate for drugs. And why not?
        
        Great film! and i wish i had me some drugs
        
        My Own Private Idaho
        
        Also Repo Man. Casablanca is a cult film to me.
        
        fullerov @soapy | 9 May '05, 22:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
        
        OceanRain, the boomerang tolchok is in MadMax2
        
        cadd @soapy | 9 May '05, 22:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Mean Girls. No, seriously.
        
        bobbygeorge | 9 May '05, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        SarahIsPi this'd this
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Actually my contribution wasnt needed all these films are good.
        
        fullerov @bobbygeorge | 9 May '05, 22:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        I dont think anyone has mentioned this yet
        
        "Funny Games" an ultra violent musing on how violent can cinema go by German director Michael Haenke.
        
        Excuse the pretentious use of the word "musing". Its a good film.
        
        feedmetotheforest @bobbygeorge | 9 May '05, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        again, not entriely "cult" but:
        School of Rock!
        both Wayne's Worlds!
        Adaptation!
        and loads more that have been said.
        
        alcxxk | 9 May '05, 22:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Original Japanese Dark Water.
        
        Patricide @jezz | 9 May '05, 22:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains. Steve Martin at his best.
        
        bobbygeorge | 9 May '05, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        Johnny Suede.
        
        Brad Pitt & Nick Cave, with giant quiffs.
        
        His powers lie in the shoes.
        
        John_Brainlove | 9 May '05, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        i love school of rock.
        i saw it four times in the cinema.
        
        wishpig @John_Brainlove | 9 May '05, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        its the only film i can remember seeing more than once in the cinema. its just so fuzzywarm. ew.
        
        alcxxk @wishpig | 9 May '05, 23:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        irreversible
        George Washington
        All The Real Girls
        Another Day In Paradise
        Heaven
        Das Experiment (still have around 20 mins left to watch next class but seems stunning so far)
        Garden state(hardly 'cult', but...)
        Amores Perros
        Lost Highway
        Pi
        
        are all worth a shout
        
        GoodMourningSpider @alcxxk | 10 May '05, 00:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        I was going to say garden state and got all the way to the bottom before you said it tchh!
        
        To whoever slagged off donnie darko by saying it was like a bad douglas coupland book i don't think dc has done a bad book (although all of them have their dodgy moments and some are harder to read than others) therefore i love donnie darko. Anyone who likes DD should watch garden state if you haven't already.
        
        Spirited Away - yes
        Original Dark Water - yes but very unpleasant
        Watership Down (ok i know it's probably crap and not at all cult)
        Any David Lynch
        Fargo, can't watch it without cringing.
        
        I might print this list out and start watching all the ones I haven't yet seen given i agree with the rest of them.
        
        Silver_Rocket @GoodMourningSpider | 10 May '05, 01:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        I wasnt slagging Doug (he is my god), I just thought american beauty (not Donnie Darko) is a bad version of the kind of stuff he does
        
        gay4conoroberst @Silver_Rocket | 10 May '05, 09:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        how how how can you suggest watership down but that it's a bit crap and not cult. come on have some conviction!
        
        watership down
        laputa (castle in the sky)
        grease 2
        weird science
        
        x
        
        stephanie_zinone @Silver_Rocket | 15 May '05, 11:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
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        the original vanishing is the franco-dutch Sluizer one right? or Spoorloos.
        
        the bit where he wakes up buried alive is v disconcerting
        
        not sure what i made of the film, probably due to having to write an essay on it while viewing
        
        GoodMourningSpider @GoodMourningSpider | 10 May '05, 01:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Yes. The banality and the motive of Raymond are what disturbs. Watch it again and put your pen down!
        
        thewarn @GoodMourningSpider | 10 May '05, 09:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        anything by Takeshi Kitano he has been described as a Cult director on many occasions
        
        also anything By Takashi Miike, but i suggest that you see happiness of the katakuri's, hilarious film oh yes, a bit japanese in the humour so it may be lost of some people, maybe not
        
        zombie_crew_1985 @Fellalady | 10 May '05, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        happiness of the katakuris is so funny, one of my favourite films
        
        commandercool @zombie_crew_1985 | 10 May '05, 10:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        If....
        Peeping Tom
        Buffalo '66
        Harold and Kumar get the munchies
        Repo-man
        
        Placid_Casual | 10 May '05, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        VANISHING POINT - tiptop 70s car chase movie packed with symbolism. Also the inspiration for a Primal Scream album.
        
        guntrip | 10 May '05, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Delicatessen...maybe not cult but fantastic film.
        
        Mad Max one of the all time greats, lost it a bit on the third but first two are classics.
        
        Slicky @guntrip | 10 May '05, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        2001: A Space Odyssey is shit i had to fast forward through the last half of it as i was so bored.
        
        TheShapeOfPunkToCome @pzm_ | 10 May '05, 13:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        No, it's boring !
        And it's already been said earlier in the thread !
        
        lyle @lunirules | 10 May '05, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        So many great films in this thread!
        
        Has anyone said "JFK" yet? As long as you're willing to disregard it as a historical document it's a masterly piece of filmmaking.
        
        Also "12 Angry Men"... not really cult, but still a low-budget wonder that never gets the critical recognition it deserves.
        
        Smileadelic | 10 May '05, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Ok, here's some, sorry if they've been repeated:
        
        The Edukators
        Dancer In The Dark
        Together
        Lilya 4-eva
        All About Lily Chou Chou (Everybody will adore this film, seriously go check it out, it's a cult bloody masterpiece)
        Ten (not 10 with Dudley Moore, this is an Iranian piece, but may not suit all tastes, shot in it's entirety on a car's dashboard!)
        The Idiots (or the majority of Lars Von Trier's work)
        Elephant
        He Loves Me He Loves Me Not
        Goodbye Lenin!
        Buffalo 66
        Eureka (Japanese film)
        
        But if it has to be one? Go for All About Lily Chou Chou!
        
        Dirtbomb | 10 May '05, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Belleville Rendez-vous is worth a watch
        
        Laurie3df | 10 May '05, 18:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Nobody said:
        
        My Life Without Me - Sarah Polley was also in Go, she's better than Johanssen by miles.
        
        Patricide @tinoringo | 10 May '05, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Ohh, actually go is a good call as well, got that bloke from grange hill in it and all.
        
        thedaythatthatcherdies @Patricide | 10 May '05, 19:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        I heard someone say that Breakfast Club was a cult film....WTF!?!?
        
        Wow, over 100 posts. I must be popular now. Can I have a DiS gold star?
        
        waterwings @thebigmusicII | 11 May '05, 21:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        the bigmusic is correct on Rocky Horror... except back in the day. Awful movie, and funny as hell when everyone used to act it out. (Did you guys have these rabid Dr Frankenfurter fans too?) The audience would use squirt guns when it was raining, throw rice at the wedding, throw toast and god knows what else! Pretty funny.
        
        My mistake. Was Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) which was a stream of terrific mindless violence. The best of the 3 by far.
        
        Pink Flamingos is actually one of the John Waters films I was talking about. Though usually I could give a fuck about ratings, some of you younger DiSers might wanna wait a year or two before corrupting yer moldy minds.
        
        Did anyone already say High Fidelity? For us DiSers, Rob, is sorta a cult hero, eh? Besides, it's Jack Black at his best. How many of us laughed hysterically when he tossed the Britney Spears buyer outta the store or started fighting with that one customer? Fucking ace, that was.
        
        Here are a couple others, too.
        
        Diva. The french subtitles version is best.
        Edie - Ciao Manhatten. You should all know your rock 'n roll history. Edie Sedgwick was the world's most famous groupie.
        Erotica. There's a Catholic schoolgirl scene worth the price of admission (kinda boring otherwise).
        Last Tango in Paris. See it to see it. Marlon Brando in a soft core film. G/F: "Butter? What's he gonna do, make a sandwich?" Me: "I don't think so, babe."
        Man Who Fell To Earth. David Bowie as a space invader. Freak fest. Get the uncut version to see the man "well hung with snow white tan."
        
        What's the average age here? These are not family films kids!
        
        oceanRain @waterwings | 12 May '05, 00:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        silence-r, leaving las vegas is ace, good call.
        
        strange days! good film. not a great, brain-melting, barrier-smashing film, but A Good Film. juliette lewis is great, ralph fiennes is sleazy, pathetic and actually interesting [as opposed to when he's doing his Ac-Torrr thing] and.... yes. it is good.
        
        dead man is also great. weird and dreamlike and somnambulist [i love that word] and creepy. and iggy pop is in it. it just gets no better than that.
        
        -gen- | 12 May '05, 03:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        the three colours trilogy films (red, blue, and i cant remember the other one!) are fucking quality
        
        bigmanwithagun @-gen- | 12 May '05, 04:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        (The other is white i think)
        
        Eraserhead
        Confessions of a Trickbaby
        Trouble Every Day
        Masters of the Universe
        Krull
        Save the Green Planet
        Salo
        Princess Mononoke
        Bubba Ho-tep
        
        Some have been mentioned maybe....couldn't read anymore after someone put Anchorman in which is disgustingly bad. Many more as well but can't think.
        
        less_than_zero @bigmanwithagun | 12 May '05, 16:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        It is pretty good though and it gained Sofia Coppola critical success. It's also about adolescence, the parents unwillingness to let their children reach puberty/womanhood, the resulting depression, supressed desires and sexuality.
        
        Patricide @killabunny | 12 May '05, 18:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Ah I think Anchorman is great.
        
        ooh it really singes the nostrils
        
        bigmanwithagun @Patricide | 13 May '05, 23:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        hmm... some I havent seen mentioned here that count among my favourites:
        
        Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - The funniest film ever... Steve Martin cut into loads of old film noirs. "Laugh, or I'll blow your lips off"
        
        Darkman - OK, everyone pans this film but I love it. It's Sam Raimi's missing link between Evil Dead and Spider-man. And stop thinking of the awful Darkman TV movies... I mean the Liam Neeson one. Class.
        
        The Princess Bride - Just good
        
        Invasion of the Body Snatchers - The 70s version with Donald Sutherland and Jeff Goldblum. Scary as hell.
        
        Oh, and to save you a couple of hours, don't bother with The Life Aquatic, it's actually shit. Any one who tells you differently is just trying to be "arthouse cool".
        
        http://listen.to/caretaker
        
        seb_pinter | 14 May '05, 10:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Irreversible is a fucking classic. Seul Contre Tous is quite cool as well...sort of linked by the fat naked guy at the beginning of Irreversible who fucks his daughter. Dans ma Peau is quite disturbing 'n' all.
        
        less_than_zero @brass-monkey | 14 May '05, 12:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Fair enough...i've actually bought that film three times due to losing them and lending them. Would have loved to see it in the cinema's though with the sickness inducing drone at the beginning.
        
        less_than_zero @brass-monkey | 14 May '05, 13:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Completely agree
        
        Never want to sit through that rape scene ever again but the film itself is a brutal fascinating movie
        
        spoiledff7 @brass-monkey | 23 May '12, 20:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        "Oh, and to save you a couple of hours, don't bother with The Life Aquatic, it's actually shit. Any one who tells you differently is just trying to be "arthouse cool"."
        
        Lies!
        
        The life aquatic is an excellent film, murray and houston are fantastic in it.
        
        Still despite your clear failings in film based taste you are in a good band, so shall let you off...
        
        thedaythatthatcherdies @seb_pinter | 15 May '05, 00:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Maybe not cult but gotta watch them anyway....
        Gummo
        Delicatessen
        Roadhouse (sorry)
        
        cheap-tat | 14 May '05, 15:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        not sure if you can call the wicker man cult anymore, but that, and
        
        "lord love a duck"
        
        grockle | 14 May '05, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        has Shawshank fallen from favour?
        
        I don't think I've seen Marathon Man added. Someone on DiS recommended not watching it to a user who was having teeth troubles. I found out why but I think it's a brilliant, thrilling, tense film.
        
        Where's Hitchcock in all these lists?
        
        Patricide @grockle | 14 May '05, 23:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        I just watched Leon. Its a stunning film that i really should have seen sooner. It is really well shot and Natalie Portman makes a truly captivating performance. My only downside is the abrupt nature of the ending but overall i totally recommend you all see it if you havent yet.
        
        HeartbrokenStar @narrowlong | 16 May '05, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        I don't think these have been mentioned:
        
        "Bambi Meets Godzilla"
        "Guard Dog"
        "Better Off Dead"
        "The Aristocrats"
        "Killer Klowns From Outer Space"
        "Trilogy Of Terror"
        "Primer"
        "F***"
        "This Film Is Not Yet Rated"
        "La Planete Sauvage" ("Fantastic Planet")
        "Motorama"
        "White Man's Burden"
        "Head"
        "Election"
        "Chopping Mall"
        "Secretary"
        "D.O.A."
        "Run, Lola, Run"
        "Falling Down"
        "Night On Earth"
        "The Girl Can't Help It"
        
        Also-- totally agree with:
        
        "Short Cuts"
        "Buffalo '66"
        "...Spinal Tap"
        "...Holy Grail"
        &, of course, "...Rocky Horror...".
        
        LaustCawz | 22 May '12, 23:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        LaustCawz this'd this
        
        Wow, it's bizarre seeing my mate's old posts on here.
        
        DaddyorChips | 22 May '12, 23:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        Oh, yeah--
        
        I also totally agree with:
        
        "Memento"
        "Requiem For A Dream"
        "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
        & Solondz & Waters movies,
        especially Solondz's "Palindromes"
        & Waters' "Pink Flamingos" & "Serial Mom".
        
        LaustCawz | 22 May '12, 23:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        Rock 'N' Roll High School
        
        LaustCawz | 23 May '12, 20:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        LaustCawz this'd this
        
        cult classics
        
        Rock 'N' Roll High School
        
        LaustCawz | 23 May '12, 20:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        My posts keep getting almost entirely cut out!
        
        LaustCawz | 23 May '12, 20:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The
        
        Tenant
        
        whynot | 23 May '12, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        "Cafe Flesh"
        "Chelsea Girls"
        "Heathers"
        "Frankenhooker"
        "Elvira's Haunted Hills"
        "Parents"
        "Theatre Of Blood"
        "Freaks"
        The "Cremaster" films
        
        LaustCawz | 23 May '12, 20:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        Totally agree on "Ghost World" & "Rock 'N' Roll High School".
        
        LaustCawz | 23 May '12, 20:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Bad Boy Bubby
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZ4u2ZVWOc
        
        The trailer doesn't do it justice. It's significantly more fucked up than that.
        
        WHISKEY_KITTENS | 23 May '12, 21:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Stroszek
        
        Brick
        Inland Empire
        Synecdoche, New York
        Moon
        Little Miss Sunshine
        Eagle vs. Shark
        
        bokonon | 23 May '12, 22:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        What counts as a cult film?
        
        Like, a lesser known English language film, rather than world cinema or something?
        
        Whoever mentioned Theatre of Blood- great choice!
        
        raindrenchedweekend | 24 May '12, 00:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Not technically a film was a BBC Play For Today
        
        but Nuts In May as one of the funniest 'films' I've seen and I suppose could be described as 'cult', along with Life Is Sweet which is also great.
        
        soulboy1968 | 24 May '12, 00:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oh, early Mike Leigh is untouchable...
        
        Meantime is a personal favourite
        
        raindrenchedweekend @soulboy1968 | 24 May '12, 00:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Man Bites Dog is amazing
        
        Drive
        Dark Star (John Carpenters first film, recently re-released on blu-ray)
        Cannibal Holocaust
        Bubba Ho-tep
        or, Anything with Bruce Campbell in it
        oldboy
        Primer
        Pi
        
        ClamingToBeOnTele | 24 May '12, 01:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        recently watched
        
        Aguirre: The Wrath of God by Herzog. incredible. doesn't get much better than Dead Man by Jarmusch either.
        
        sunstroke_house | 24 May '12, 02:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ICH BIN DER ZORNE GOTTES
        
        DaddyorChips @sunstroke_house | 24 May '12, 02:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        this thread AM I RIGHT?!
        
        Antelope | 24 May '12, 03:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Tell me some must-see, "cult" films
        
        Braindead
        
        and
        
        Eraserhead.
        
        in_limbo | 24 May '12, 05:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        <applauds> dis's collective taste
        
        creakyknees | 24 May '12, 07:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pacific Hights
        
        Belleville Rendevous (Animation)
        Clerks
        Deliverance
        Dr Strangelove
        Freda
        Kinky Boots
        L.A. Confidential
        Near Dark
        Of Mice & Men (Sinise & Malkovic)
        Pleasantville
        The Prophecy
        Secretary
        Spirited Away
        What's Eating Gilbert Grape
        
        TheGrudge | 24 May '12, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A few earlier suggestions...
        
        from the Golden Age:
        
        Double Indemnity
        Citizen Kane
        Sunset Boulevard
        M
        Rififi
        North by Northwest
        
        Mr_Grieves | 24 May '12, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DaddyorChips this'd this
        
        Repo Man
        Videodrome
        Dust Devil
        Hardware
        Possession[1981]
        Society
        Brain Damage
        Basket Case
        The Fountain
        Enter The Void
        Santa Sangre
        Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me
        
        DriftingSkeleton | 24 May '12, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        One Word:
        
        Brick
        
        doggod202003 | 24 May '12, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        bokonon and bokonon this'd this
        
        Whoops, accidentally doublethis'd - it is superb though, and looks stunning too.
        
        Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt <3
        
        bokonon @doggod202003 | 27 May '12, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        WHISKEY_KITTENS this'd this
        
        The Room
        
        Absolute classic.
        
        SarahIsPi | 24 May '12, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        cult classics
        
        Also--
        totally agree on:
        
        "Eraserhead"
        "Being John Malkovich"
        
        LaustCawz | 24 May '12, 23:51 | X | ^ This | Reply

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