Kevin's Watch

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?

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".

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Didn't Pulp Fiction do well at the box office?

Dirty Dancing is another example - that movie didn't really take off until released on VHS (way back in the 80s.)

I have Blade Runner Director's Cut, that movie kicks butt! Um, otherwise, Dark City was really good, and i don't think it was very big on the Big Screen.

"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.

Barfly and Tree's Lounge are two of my favs. Then there's always Harold and Maude, Eraserhead and Bambi vs Godzilla. (are Pi, Requiem for a Dream and Donnie Darko now considered cult?) Oh Jacob's Ladder and the extremely disgusting Pink Flamingos too!

Any Monty Python flick.

Mystery Men.

Streets of Fire rocked.

Oh! Heavenly Dog. (Chevy Chase)

Being Jon Malkovich.

Princess Bride

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

I'll add The Thirteenth Floor, it's a good double header with Dark City!

Yeh, Thirteenth Floor, agreed!

Thirteenth Floor was a pleasant surprise. Same basic idea as the Matrix, more coherent story IMO.

Strange Brew!!

Possibly the only movie made based on SCTV characters.

monty python

napoleon dynamite - wasnt big til it came out on dvd

resevoir dogs

fifth element

Four Rooms, Tim Roth was just brilliant!!!

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.

--Avatar

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.

Avatar wrote:And what about The City of Lost Children? Similarly film noir, and truly excellent.

I had a hard time sitting through that one. Something about it just wasn't appealing.

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.