Favorite Cult Classic Movies

[Nonny]

I have a goal to watch a bunch of "cult classic" movies that I haven't watched before. I kicked it off with Heathers the other day, but I'm not sure what to watch next.

[maryjane]

donnie darko
big lewboski
rocky horror picture show
spaceballs
jawbreaker
little shop of horrors
flash gordon
beastmaster

i love, love, love john hughes movies- especially ones w/ molly.

[perkyderky]

Would Pan or Labyrinth qualify? I've never seen either, but they seem "cult classic-ish" to me.

[Deleted]

I don't think this fits in to the category, but Dr Strangelove: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

[vaportrail]

Evil Dead trilogy
Anything Tarantino/Rodriguez
Tombstone/The Quick and The Dead
Eraserhead (if you dare...there's not a weirder movie)
Dazed & Confused
Almost Famous
American Psycho
Anything Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream/The Fountain/Black Swan)
The Shawshank Redemption
Anything Larry Clark (Kids/Bully)
A Clockwork Orange

I watch a lot of movies...

[Nonny]

LOL! By these suggestions I've actually seen a lot more cult classics than I thought I had.

MaryJane, I've seen all of your suggestions except Jawbreaker and Flash Gordon.

MavJen, This is Spinal Tap is a good suggestion! It's one that I think about sometimes but haven't seen. I'm going to pass on the Wes Anderson movies though. With the exception of Rushmore, all of the other movies I've seen of his I've found boring as hell. The Life Aquatic is one of only a handful of movies that was so awful that I stopped watching in the middle of it. Paul Thomas Anderson is a bit hit or miss for me too.

Love love love Stanley Kubrick though. He's one of the few people where we own all of his films on DVD. I should check out Akira Kurosawa, I don't think I've watched anything by him.

Perky, I don't know anything about Pan, but I love Labyrinth!

Vaportrail, I've seen most of your suggestions too, but not Earserhead. I do like David Lynch films though, so that's a maybe.

[sparrowsong]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Brick
Serenity (and Firefly)
Dogma
Primer
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Rocky Horror Picture Show

[maryjane]

oh! any of john waters' movies.

jawbreaker has the noxzema girl & rose mcgowen. heathers inspired it.

flash gordon is an awesome campy 80's sci-fi. queen did the entire soundtrack.

[egishere]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Clueless

[Deleted]

Empire Records. You're welcome.

[frankenschmertz]

Killer Klowns From Outer Space.

[moreace01]

Harold and Maude

[cjc2011]

Labyrinth (with David Bowie)
Rocky Horror
Hot Rod
The Last Unicorn (go for it )

[315bride]

The Big Lebowski
Heathers
The Princess Bride
Rocky Horror Picture Show
(Beastmaster used to be what I watched when I was sick and stayed home from school.)

[tacokick]

The Bad Seed
Mommie Dearest
Psycho Beach Party
House of Yes

[Dumbledork]

Clerks! I think Clerks 2 is better, but they're both hilarious. I love Kevin Smith.

[Nonny]

Lots of good suggestions! Thanks ladies. I've seen a bunch of these, but it's good to know my first pick of Heathers made the list. I also watched Mommie Dearest the other day. OMG!!

[tacokick]

Aug 5, 2012 18:36:56 GMT -5 Nonny said:

Lots of good suggestions! Thanks ladies. I've seen a bunch of these, but it's good to know my first pick of Heathers made the list. I also watched Mommie Dearest the other day. OMG!!

Mommie Dearest is great! We used to watch it on Mother's Day, lol.

[KateAggie]

Aug 3, 2012 10:02:40 GMT -5 @feinicstine said:

Empire Records. You're welcome.

:Y:

Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Blues Brothers
Animal House
Caddyshack
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Cool Hand Luke
Weird Science

and my all time favorite...
Better Off Dead

[dearprudence]

Real Genius

[Jam]

Aug 1, 2012 11:41:44 GMT -5 vaportrail said:

Evil Dead trilogy
Anything Tarantino/Rodriguez
Tombstone/The Quick and The Dead
Eraserhead (if you dare...there's not a weirder movie)
Dazed & Confused
Almost Famous
American Psycho
Anything Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream/The Fountain/Black Swan)
The Shawshank Redemption
Anything Larry Clark (Kids/Bully)
A Clockwork Orange

I watch a lot of movies...

Amazing list but you forgot Dead Alive. I mean really.

I'll add Donnie Darko
The Cube
Secretary
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless mind
Sunshine
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Buffalo 66
Eve's Bayou

[Deleted]

Does Clash of the Titans (with Original Recipe Harry Hamlin as Perseus) count?

[vaportrail]

Aug 13, 2012 16:24:06 GMT -5 Jam said:

Aug 1, 2012 11:41:44 GMT -5 vaportrail said:

Evil Dead trilogy
Anything Tarantino/Rodriguez
Tombstone/The Quick and The Dead
Eraserhead (if you dare...there's not a weirder movie)
Dazed & Confused
Almost Famous
American Psycho
Anything Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream/The Fountain/Black Swan)
The Shawshank Redemption
Anything Larry Clark (Kids/Bully)
A Clockwork Orange

I watch a lot of movies...

Amazing list but you forgot Dead Alive. I mean really.

I'll add Donnie Darko
The Cube
Secretary
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless mind
Sunshine
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Buffalo 66
Eve's Bayou

Is Dead Alive by Peter Jackson? I get it confused with Bad Taste.

[Jam]

Aug 15, 2012 18:48:28 GMT -5 vaportrail said:

Aug 13, 2012 16:24:06 GMT -5 Jam said:

Amazing list but you forgot Dead Alive. I mean really.

I'll add Donnie Darko
The Cube
Secretary
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless mind
Sunshine
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Buffalo 66
Eve's Bayou

Is Dead Alive by Peter Jackson? I get it confused with Bad Taste.

Yup! Peter Jackson.

[Doctorblue]

Jul 31, 2012 23:18:10 GMT -5 @mavjen said:

Definitely Christopher Guest movies, especially This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman

Mentioning Christopher Guest without saying The Princess Bride is blasphemous. You should be shot!

[daringmiss]

Aug 7, 2012 14:39:48 GMT -5 dearprudence said:

Real Genius

You beat me to it.

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