These 10 Cult Classics Deserve WAY More Attention!

Another one I saw multiple times in the 1980s that is forgotten is "River's Edge." Keanu Reeves, Ione Sky and Dennis Hopper all the way back in the mid-80s.

Bad list: All just violent w/o memorable dialogue.

My underrated cult classic I always recommend to people is Gridlock'd with Tim Roth and Tupac. Its a great 90s dark comedy crime film about 2 heroin addicted jazz musicians and it somehow bombed despite being Tupac's final film role.

Man Who Fell To Earth and as long as I'm thinking "bowie" I'll throw in The Hunger as a bonus.

MIRACLE MILE is a long-time favorite, and one of my choices as a superior apocalypse films. Those films are split into three camps: (1) the Apocalypse has hit and the film is about survivors; (2) the film's characters are awaiting for the apocalypse; and (3) some films split the difference - first half, before, second half, after. MIRACLE MILE is #2: the apocalypse (nuclear war) is scheduled but denied/hidden/lied about for most everyone. Except this one diner's occupying characters. Highly recommended.

Two-Lane Blacktop is a film I'll never forget. It was not a commercial success when it came out but is now a cult classic. The plot if you call it a plot is aimless when no beginning or ending and is like no movie I've seen before or since. Excellent and unique.

Watching this at double speed doesn't make the voice over less stilted, but at least you get through the experience more quickly.

Paris, Texas....one of the best movies I've ever seen. Probably ry cooders soundtrack

Election
Route 66
Then God Spoke
(A cult film inside a cult film)
Hamlet Too

And my all-time favorite —

Streets Of Fire

Sky High(2005) should’ve been on here

Haven't seen paris texas yet ....so looking forward on seeing it

Other than Repo Man and Menace II Society, I'll give you credit for obscurity.

Every review of the 1991 film "The Rapture" is negative, but I thought it was great.

Where can I watch these movies?

Paris, Texas was a movie that really touched me deeply.

What about "A Simple Plan"?

Parents, Dead Alive, After Hours, When the Wind Blows, The Dark Backward, Bad Boys (S.Penn/C.Brown), House of Games, Southern Comfort .
Been rewatching a lot of my favs from then to show my kid.

Repo Man is hilarious. Everyone who has seen Kiss Me Deadly knows that it steals shamelessly from it. And the likeness of the driver to Sellers as Strangelove is not an accident.

Correction: Matt Dillon's first role was in a beautiful, almost forgotten movie from 1979 or 1980, My Bodyguard. If you don't know it and you watch it, you'll be glad I told you about it.

Straight Time has got to be the most underrated movies of all time.

Miracle Mile haunted me for weeks after seeing it. Criminally unknown. And One False Move made me a Bill Paxton fan.

How is Paris,Texas overlooked? It's highly acclaimed and regarded as a classic.

Miracle Mile (1988)

Blood in Blood Out (1993)

Light Sleeper (1992)

One False Move (1992)

Out of the Blue (1980)

Repo Man (1984)

Over the Edge (1979)

Menace II Society (1993)

Straight Time (1978)

Paris, Texas (1984)

I thought this was a great list. I recognize these particular films have resonated with some people and stayed with them all these years since I've seen them come up in conversations. Personally, I'd add Lone Star by John Sayles. That film would have fit nicely into this list.

"Miracle Mile" sticks with you long after you finish watching it, and "Repo Man" is what people mean when they say, "Cult Classic."

Thanks for this list. Quite a few I hadn’t seen and more than a few worth watching again.

Some otherd, El Topo, Gun crazy, Shock Corridor The Naked Kiss,

'Cult classic' means a small film that built a fanatical following, to me. Rocky Horror Picture Show, Cutter and Bone/Cutter's Way, Young Adam (McGregor's best work) and I could probably think of ten more if I had the time... Thanks for your selection.

Sorry, too many gangsta flicks selected... thumb down...

Menace II Society is what Boyz N the Hood wanted to be

Kurt Cobain loved Over the Edge

Bubba Ho-Tep is a great cult classic!

Wow. It's been so long since I've thought about blood in, blood out... Great movie.

Paris, Texas gets shitloads of attention.

I hope I can find these movies. They seem to be the type that are interesting and what I tend to like watching. Thanks for this list.

What makes a movie a "cult classic"? Either way I've seen 6 of these 👍

Paris Texas is a masterpiece. Wim Wenders created one of the greatest movie.

Blood In Blood Out needs more attention. For sure!! One of my all-time favourites.

Black people are part Homo-Erectus.
We are part Neanderthal. Different Species.

Theresa Russell was so cute in Straight Time

‘Miracle Mile’ for my #1 cult pick, then ‘They Lived’, ‘and ‘12 Monkeys’ comes to mind.

Suggestion: Keep the name of the film on screen the whole time, maybe small and in the corner.
I found that I had a hard time keeping the names in mind.
Great video though!

A couple of others that fit here are "Eating Raoul" with Paul Bartel; and "Romeo is Bleeding"- the first movie I ever saw Gary Oldman in, co-starring Lena Olin. OMG!

VINTAGEVERSE hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm VERY WELL DONE ,i predict big things for you , keep it up .

Harry and Julie made it out of the tarpit and finally tied the knot.

Great description by writer/narrator.