There are several movies that didn't do well at the box office but have done well on VHS/DVD, or in the old days on HBO. A couple come to mind for me: Eddie and the Cruisers and Streets of Fire. Both movies have great soundtracks, and Michael Pare (whatever happened to him?) was a good actor.
What cult favorites do you all like?
Cult favorites
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Other than the obvious "cult" films (Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, etc.), I liked "Special Bulletin".
A film that was done just like a news cast bulletin about terrorists that plant an atomic bomb on a tug boat in a major U.S. city's harbor and demand that the goverment disarm its nuclear missiles.
It ends up that the "heros" (U.S. Navy Frogmen) are the ones who detonate the bomb by accident.
A few friends that had seen this before say
that the movie was realistic in it's portrayal of an actual "news bulletin".
A film that was done just like a news cast bulletin about terrorists that plant an atomic bomb on a tug boat in a major U.S. city's harbor and demand that the goverment disarm its nuclear missiles.
It ends up that the "heros" (U.S. Navy Frogmen) are the ones who detonate the bomb by accident.
A few friends that had seen this before say
that the movie was realistic in it's portrayal of an actual "news bulletin".
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
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It's 4:19...
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"Special Bulletin" was quite good...Charleston wasn't it? I also liked the mini-series "Amerika".
But for cult films...Tapeheads...one of the funniest movies ever. To Live and Die in LA, best cop/action/drama ever.
But for cult films...Tapeheads...one of the funniest movies ever. To Live and Die in LA, best cop/action/drama ever.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Any Monty Python flick.
Mystery Men.
Streets of Fire rocked.
Oh! Heavenly Dog. (Chevy Chase)
Being Jon Malkovich.
Mystery Men.
Streets of Fire rocked.
Oh! Heavenly Dog. (Chevy Chase)
Being Jon Malkovich.
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His response: "Holy $&!^. He's not kidding! Look at all these muffins!"
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Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, Dark City, The Prophecy, Clerks, The Crow, Trainspotting, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, Memento, Hugo Pool, Dr. Strangelove, Young Frankentein, Half Baked, Office Space
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Thirteenth Floor was a pleasant surprise. Same basic idea as the Matrix, more coherent story IMO.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Four Rooms was great. Momento, mentioned by Syl, is absolutely brilliant. Dark City, enjoyed thoroughly. And what about The City of Lost Children? Similarly film noir, and truly excellent.-
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Highlander, of course. Also The Fifth Element, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blade Runner, anything Monty Python (esp. Holy Grail), Army of Darkness, The Crow, Trainspotting... is The Usual Suspects considered cult? How about Death to Smoochy? That movie was awesome.
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I had a hard time sitting through that one. Something about it just wasn't appealing.Avatar wrote:And what about The City of Lost Children? Similarly film noir, and truly excellent.
Princess Bride is a good one. "And I will say to the six-fingered man, 'I am Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!'"
I also really appreciated Edward Scissorhands and A Nightmare Before Christmas.
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