Cult Films generally have limited but very special appeal. They are usually strange, quirky, offbeat, eccentric, oddball, or surreal. They may have outrageous, weird, cartoony characters or plots, and garish sets. They are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions. Cult films cut across many film genres (science fiction, horror, melodrama, etc.), and though they can be very stylized, they are often flawed or unusual in some striking way. To make a little sense of this unique genre, scroll the motherlode below, or take a side road by clicking a blue sub-heading to yer left... Visiting "Television Shows" and the "Cult Television" sub-feature may be worth checking out, also the "Animation" feature and the "Cult Animation" or "JapAnime" sub-feature will help with the bigger picture.. Right: Henry (Jack Nance) is "Eraserhead".
Lonely architect Miles purchases a fancy new "Pine cone" personal computer and clumsily spills champagne on it which, of course, imbues the computer w... Read more
Buckaroo Banzai is a skilled neurosurgeon and physicist who becomes bored with his scientific and medical work and embarks on a career as a rock star... Read more
This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this unique, existential heist thriller with a dark comic streak. Down and out, with only straight-to-DVD title... Read more
From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary Mad Max franchise, comes Mad Max: Fury Ro... Read more
After an unforgettable turn in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," Johnny Depp takes on another Hunter S. Thompson persona in this adaptation of the gon... Read more
Tells the story of a young man (David Essex) growing up in the dreary working-class world of Britain who comes of age and finds his proper outlet in t... Read more
This weird, morbid little sci-fi thriller stars Marjorie Eaton as a wealthy woman who employs a scientist to transfer her brain from its aging body in... Read more
Dick Contino stars as Phil Sandifer, a part-time truck driver and singer who is almost run off road by a feisty buxom platinum blonde. They meet up ag... Read more
A tense hostage melodrama set in Cloud Nine a rockin' bar where a new tone-deaf singer is auditioning. Dick Miller stars as Shorty, is an ill-tempered... Read more