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#1 BSLChrisStoner

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Posted 26 January 2021 - 08:32 AM

The Ringer: The 50 Best Cult Movies

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#2 Mackus

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Posted 26 January 2021 - 08:54 AM

This will be an interesting list and conversation. Lots of room for disagreement what even makes an eligible candidate and then how do you objectively rank things that are defined by their subjectivity.  Really this is an autobiographical list, because these types of movies are enjoyed because of who you watched (and rewatched and quoted) them with just as much as the content of the movie itself.

 

Of the ones on the list that I've seen, my favorites in an attempted order are:

 

Big Lebowski

Office Space

Wet Hot American Summer

Dazed and Confused

Clerks

Rushmore

Donnie Darko

Reservoir Dogs

Super Troopers

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Spinal Tap

Fear & Loathing

American Psycho

The Thing

Empire Records

Army of Darkness

Clue

The Warriors

Evil Dead 2

Event Horizon

 

Through Monty Python are movies I love, I thoroughly enjoy through Empire Records and like the others.


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Posted 26 January 2021 - 11:16 AM

Is Big Lebowski really a cult classic if it debuts at Sundance? I seem to remember that movie being a pretty big deal right away, the Cohen bros coming off of Fargo and all.

 

Pretty sure Clerks also won awards at Cannes. 

 

Pretty much what Mackus said, some disagreement on what qualifies is certain. 


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Posted 26 January 2021 - 12:02 PM

The original "Death Race 2000" is mysteriously missing (from the "So Bad It's Great" category)...

 

Speaking of 2000... where is "Cherry 2000"... it deserves a place...


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Posted 26 January 2021 - 01:52 PM

Starship Troopers needs to be on this list


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Posted 27 January 2021 - 06:23 AM

Starship Troopers needs to be on this list


Beat me to it. So good
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Posted 27 January 2021 - 08:28 AM

Beat me to it. So good

Would you like to know more?

 

 

I actually read the book too,  it's got a different vibe but was a fun read from what I remember.



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Posted 29 January 2021 - 06:19 PM

Would you like to know more?


I actually read the book too, it's got a different vibe but was a fun read from what I remember.


Also have read, very different vibe, great book.
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Posted 29 January 2021 - 10:49 PM


Also have read, very different vibe, great book.


Dude the cursing has to stop.

There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks.  Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

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Posted 29 January 2021 - 11:46 PM

Dude the cursing has to stop.


So does the trolling.
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Posted 30 January 2021 - 07:02 AM

So does the trolling.


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Posted 30 January 2021 - 11:19 AM

Consider the trolling OVER
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There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note

"Now OPS sucks.  Got it."

"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."

"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty

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Posted 30 January 2021 - 02:06 PM

Is Big Lebowski really a cult classic if it debuts at Sundance? I seem to remember that movie being a pretty big deal right away, the Cohen bros coming off of Fargo and all.

 

Pretty sure Clerks also won awards at Cannes. 

 

Pretty much what Mackus said, some disagreement on what qualifies is certain. 

Interesting post - I really don't know too much about the industry like some others here, but I always thought appearances/awards at festivals like Cannes and Sundance were more for cult classics over mainstream hits?



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Posted 30 January 2021 - 04:28 PM

Interesting post - I really don't know too much about the industry like some others here, but I always thought appearances/awards at festivals like Cannes and Sundance were more for cult classics over mainstream hits?


I feel like cult status means a movie was a complete unknown when it came it out. Then sometime later, 5,10 years or so, it gains popularity through word of mouth, and becomes a hit.

Even though Cannes and Sundance spotlight indie movies, doesn’t mean they are unknowns. IMO, makes them the opposite, at least for hardcore movie buffs who follow those events.

But, the definition can vary from person to person of course.
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Posted 30 January 2021 - 09:34 PM

Grandma's Boy is one I would add as well.  It's trash, but I love it.


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