Danny Peary Cult Movies List

Danny Peary (born 1949) is a renowned American film critic, who published three influential books about "Cult Movies" in the early 1980s. Each book provides analytical essays about the plot and themes of all the films listed. Peary's books did a lot to attract attention to cult movies in the mainstream media and are often used as a reference guide. Many of the films he elevated to cult movie status are now considered Cult Classics.

Sadly, Peary hasn't released any newer editions since...


 * Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
 * All About Eve (1950)
 * Andy Warhol's Bad (1977)
 * Badlands (1973)
 * Beauty and The Beast (1946)
 * Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
 * Behind the Green Door (1972)
 * Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
 * Billy Jack (1971)
 * Black Sunday (1960)
 * The Brood (1979)
 * Burn (1969)
 * Caged Heat (1974)
 * Casablanca (1941)
 * Citizen Kane (1941)
 * The Witchfinder General (1968)
 * Dance Girl Dance (1940)
 * Deep End (1971)
 * Detour (1946)
 * Duck Soup (1933)
 * El Topo (1971)
 * Emmanuelle (1974)
 * Enter the Dragon (1973)
 * Eraserhead (1977)
 * Fantasia (1940)
 * Forbidden Planet (1956)
 * Force of Evil (1948)
 * 42nd Street (1933)
 * Freaks (1932)
 * The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
 * Greetings (1968)
 * Gun Crazy (1949)
 * Halloween (1978)
 * A Hard Days Night (1964)
 * The Harder They Come (1973)
 * Harold and Maude (1971)
 * The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
 * House of Wax (1953)
 * I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
 * I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
 * Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
 * It's a Gift (1934)
 * Its a Wonderful Life (1946)
 * Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
 * Johnny Guitar (1954)
 * The Killing (1956)
 * King Kong (1933)
 * King of Hearts (1967)
 * Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
 * La Cage aux Folles (1979)
 * Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
 * Laura (1944)
 * The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
 * Lola Montes (1955)
 * The Long Goodbye (1973)
 * Mad Max (1979)
 * The Maltese Falcon (1941)
 * Man of the West (1958)
 * Night of the Living Dead (1968)
 * The Nutty Professor (1963)
 * Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
 * Out of the Past (1947)
 * Outrageous (1977)
 * Pandora's Box (1929)
 * Peeping Tom (1960)
 * Performance (1970)
 * Petulia (1968)
 * Pink Flamingos (1973)
 * Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956)
 * Pretty Poison (1968)
 * The Producers (1968)
 * The Rain People (1969)
 * Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
 * The Red Shoes (1948)
 * Reefer Madness (1936)
 * Rio Bravo (1959)
 * Rock and Roll High School (1979)
 * The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 * The Scarlet Empress (1934)
 * The Searchers (1956)
 * Shock Corridor (1963)
 * The Shooting (1967)
 * Singin in The Rain (1952)
 * Sunset Boulevard (1950)
 * Sylvia Scarlett (1936)
 * The Tall T (1957)
 * Targets (1968)
 * Tarzan And His Mate (1934)
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
 * Top Hat (1935)
 * Trash (1970)
 * Two for the Road (1967)
 * Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
 * 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
 * Up in Smoke (1978)
 * Vertigo (1958)
 * The Warriors (1979)
 * Where's Poppa (1970)
 * The Wild Bunch (1969)
 * The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Second Edition (1980)


 * Altered States (1980)
 * Der Amerikanische Freund (1977)
 * Barbarella (1968)
 * Basket Case (1982)
 * Beat the Devil (1954)
 * Bedazzled (1967)
 * The Big Heat (1953)
 * Blood Feast (1963)
 * Blood Money (1933)
 * A Boy and His Dog (1975)
 * Breathless (1960)
 * Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
 * Children of Paradise (1945)
 * A Clockwork Orange (1971)
 * Cutter's Way (1981)
 * Dark Star (1974)
 * Daughters of Darkness (1971)
 * The First Nudie Musical (1976)
 * Godzilla (1954)
 * The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1977)
 * High School Confidential (1958)
 * His Girl Friday (1940)
 * Last Tango in Paris (1972)
 * The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
 * Marnie (1964)
 * Massacre at Central High (1976)
 * Mommie Dearest (1981)
 * Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
 * Morgan (1966)
 * Ms. 45 (aka Angel of Vengeance) (1981)
 * My Darling Clementine (1946)
 * Night of the Demon (1957)
 * Nightmare Alley (1947)
 * The Parallax View (1974)
 * Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
 * Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
 * Pretty Baby (1978)
 * Quadrophenia (1979)
 * Salt of the Earth (1954)
 * The Seventh Seal (1957)
 * Some Like It Hot (1959)
 * Sullivans Travels (1941)
 * Taxi Driver (1976)
 * To Be or Not to Be (1942)
 * Vanishing Point (1971)
 * White Heat (1949)
 * The Wicker Man (1973)
 * Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1971)
 * Wuthering Heights (1939)
 * Zardoz (1974)

Third Edition (1981)


 * An American Werewolf in London (1981)
 * Annie Hall (1977)
 * The Black Cat (1934)
 * Blade Runner (1982)
 * Blue Velvet (1986)
 * Body Heat (1981)
 * The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
 * Cafe Flesh (1982)
 * Chilly Scenes of Winter (1982)
 * Choose Me (1984)
 * Diva (1982)
 * Dr. Strangelove (1964)
 * Easy Rider (1969)
 * Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)
 * Five Million Years to Earth (1968)
 * Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
 * Glen or Glenda (1952)
 * The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
 * Imitation of Life (1959)
 * In a Lonely Place (1950)
 * Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
 * Liquid Sky (1983)
 * Martin (1978)
 * Miracle On Thirty Fourth Street (1947)
 * Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
 * The Naked Kiss (1964)
 * Napoleon (1927)
 * New York, New York (1977)
 * The Night of the Hunter (1955)
 * Now Voyager (1942)
 * Los Olvidados (1950)
 * On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
 * One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
 * Over the Edge (1979)
 * Psycho (1960)
 * The Quiet Man (1952)
 * Ride the High Country (1962)
 * The Road Warrior (1981)
 * Seconds (1966)
 * Sons of the Desert (1933)
 * A Star Is Born (1954)
 * The Stunt Man (1980)
 * The Terminator (1984)
 * That Hamilton Woman (1941)
 * The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
 * The Thing from Another World (1951)
 * Touch of Evil (1958)
 * Walkabout (1971)
 * The Wanderers (1979)
 * Where The Boys Are (1960)