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".
Robert Mitchum gives one of his best performances as Harry Powell, a psychotic self-styled preacher who is after the stolen money of a hanged man. Set... Read more
Mickey Spillane's pugnacious private eye, Mike Hammer, becomes involved with femmes fatale, diabolical doctors and, perhaps, the end of the world cour... Read more
In one of moviedom's most influential roles, James Dean plays Jim Stark, the new kid in town. Stark's loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those... Read more
A giant, fire-breathing lizard threatens civilization in this all time classic Japanese monster movie. Now, for the first time ever, you can view the... Read more
Legendary pin-up girl Bettie Page struts her stuff along with fellow 'teaser' Lili St Cyr in this classic '50s sexploitation flick. Interspersed thro... Read more
An audacious offbeat comedy with Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida and Peter Lorre, and screenplay by Truman Capote, about a motley group of petty th... Read more
A hard as nails gangster film Ed Wood style. A hood on the lam shoots his partner, then forces his surgeon father to change his face... Stars Lyle Tal... Read more
The restored version of this masterpiece. Directed by George Cukor this classic musical drama about the doomed marriage of an entertainer whose career... Read more
Ro-Man, a sex starved robot monster (dressed in a gorilla suit and diving helmet), has destroyed all of humanity with the exception of a small band of... Read more
'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell form a unique duo in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', one of the classic musicals of the 1950's... Read more